Google will stop supporting older Huawei phones in the US as the temporary general license (TGL) issued to the company by the US government has expired. The license will ensure that Google-certified Huawei smartphones receive updates for Google apps and services. Huawei ‘s smartphones faced the expiry of the TGL license in May 2019, but were renewed a few times. However, with the ongoing review of the Chinese apps, it is uncertain whether the license will be renewed for another year. There has been no update from the U.S. Commerce Department to renew it again, according to a report by Android Headlines.
The U.S. government has placed Huawei on its entity list, which prohibits U.S. firms from working with Huawei. Since the license had expired in May 2019, Huawei will have to wait longer to provide security patch updates to the phones launched after May 2019. In addition, older Huawei and Honor phones are losing all Google apps as Google certifies the release of new software updates for all Android smartphones.
However, according to the report, Huawei has already replaced Google Mobile Services (GMS) with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) in its newly launched smartphones. Huawei has also built the App Gallery as an alternative to the Google Play Store. Due to the lack of support for GMS, the banking and payment related apps will be affected as the Google-backed SecurityNet Attestation API will no longer work.
