Google s license to update Huawei smartphones has expired
Huaweia’s license for updates from Google has just expired. What’s next for smartphone security? I feel sorry for Huaweia and I feel sorry for us, customers. Due to the trade war between the US and China, the ban on Google services for Huawei entered into force a year ago and since then it is not possible to buy a new model of the manufacturer with the services of Giant from Mountain View. Older Huawei smartphones, including the wildly popular Huawei P30, P30 Pro and P30 Lite, could use the already installed services without any problems and even received an update to the new version of the operating system. So far, they have also been provided with security patches from Google. Now, however, customers have probably been left on their own. Huawei smartphones may no longer get updates from Google. Although the latest models with Google services are by technological standards devices near the end of their lives (read: they are two years old or more), so many users – quite rightly –...