Huawei clarifies statement and says its international models will still be able to run Android apps،
If you live in the United States, you know that you can’t just go to a carrier-operated store in the United States and buy a Huawei phone. But you can find the international variant of some of the company’s handsets on Amazon and eBay, including the 2022 photography-based flagship, the P50 Pro. However, recently Huawei made a worrying announcement for those who regularly purchase the company’s innovative and well-designed phones for global markets.
The announcement stated that the next version of Huawei’s Harmony operating system, called HarmonyOS Next, would completely lose the ability to support all Android apps. The Chinese manufacturer, however, clarified its remarks by specifying that none of its phones sold outside China will use HarmonyOS Next. Instead, these phones will use the EMUI operating system which is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) version of Android, but without Google services and apps.
Huawei is not allowed to offer the Google version of Android for several reasons. The Chinese government bans the use of certain Google apps in the country, and Huawei’s placement on the U.S. entity list as a national security threat means it can’t work with Google at all. But Huawei phones outside China will run on EMUI, allowing users to download Android apps on their Huawei phones.
The Huawei P60 Pro
According to a translated version of CNMO “Huawei will “continue to increase its support for developers around the world.” Wccftech says Huawei has a large number of developers who make sure all their apps work smoothly on phones without Google services. Unfortunately, Huawei has no plans to develop an international version of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro series phones for sale outside of China.
Huawei’s next flagship lineup is expected to be the photography-based P70 series, which will also be powered by Huawei’s 7nm Kirin 9000s 5G application processor. It is unclear whether Huawei will offer this line for sale outside of China. The P70 series is expected to be announced in the first quarter of next year. If Huawei offers an international version of the P70 series phones, these units should have EMUI pre-installed allowing owners to sideload Android apps that will run natively on these handsets.
