Earlier last week, the US-based tech giant Google revoked Huawei’s license to use the Android operating system as the base for its EMUI skin. That came after President Trump signed an executive order to put Huawei on what’s known as the “Entity List.” This means that all American companies are forbidden from doing any kind of business with the Chinese tech giant without explicit government approval.
As a consequence, Google silently removed Huawei’s last year’s flagship—the Mate 20 Pro—from the Android Q Beta supported devices page as several US-based companies were forced to cut ties with the Chinese giant to comply with this order. Furthermore, Huawei’s membership was revoked by the SD, Bluetooth, and JEDEC associations as well as the WiFi Alliance.
Mercifully, Huawei’s membership was restored yesterday in all 4 associations. And in another good news to the Chinese company, Google has added back the Huawei Mate 20 Pro to the list of the Android Q Beta supported devices, suggesting that business between the tech giants could resume to its normal state within the following days. However, with ARM still suspending their contracts with Huawei, there is not so much yet to be optimistic about, since this means Huawei can’t even manufacture newer models of their in-house Kirin processors.
Source: Android Developers
