More bad news for Huawei

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Looks like existing Huawei owners are also going to feel the childishness of Trump. Possibility of no new Android or security updates looms on the horizon.

Huawei’s license with the US has expired, and it’s bad news for current owners

When Huawei was placed on the US government’s Entity List, there were some caveats. One of those caveats is that companies could apply for an exemption to continue doing business with Huawei, and the other is that earlier devices released by Huawei would not be affected.

This meant that devices already released and were continued to be sold, like the Huawei P30 series, could still ship with Google Play Services installed on them, but the bad news is that it looks like the company’s license from the US Department of Commerce has recently expired, it look like these devices are now at risk of not being able to receive future Android and security updates.
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Huawei’s license with the US has expired, and it’s bad news for current owners - Phandroid

Huawei’s extended license with the US government has expired, and this spells bad news for current owners of Huawei’s devices.
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Sinbad said:
www.huaweicentral.com

Huawei and Honor phones will continue to receive software updates: Confirms Huawei

Huawei’s Temporary General License has recently expired, this allowed the company to manage its existing customers in the U.S. alongside providing software updates for its smartphones. So most of the users nowadays wondering, what will happen to them, will they continue to get the software...
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Nowhere in that piece does it confirm that the phones will continue to get Google/Android security patches, just that apps will still receive updates and Huawei security updates (which isn't the same thing).
 
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What’s more surprising is that these phones continuously receiving security updates even without Google Play licensing or Google Mobile Services (GMS) apps.

For instance, today (August 18, 2020) we reported about the August 2020 security update rollout for the Huawei P40 series in Europe, which is not equipped with GMS and solely runs on HMS and AppGallery.

Furthermore, Huawei on twitter also shared the same reply that Huawei will continue to send new software updates for its smartphone users.
 
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