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How Google’s Huawei licence ban could change Android forever

A bad month has just got a lot worse for Huawei. As we saw on page 4, Google has cut off the China-based smartphone maker’s Android licence, preventing future Huawei phones (such as the upcoming Mate 30) from using the Play Store and Google’s popular apps and services.

The bombshell comes just days after Donald Trump signed an Executive Order barring US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms that “pose a national security risk”. While the order didn’t single out Huawei, the Commerce Department simultaneously added Huawei

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