Huawei says Google’s Android OS will still be first choice as company struggles to find alternatives

The US-China trade war has visibly affected Huawei the most with the company losing out on Google’s official services. Huawei moved on by developing its own operating system (OS) for its future phones. But the company admitted Google’s absence is hurting its phone business. A new report has now stated that Huawei will not use Google apps for its phones even if the ban is lifted.

This comes from Huawei’s Austrian country manager Fred Wangfei who told Der Standard that the company will not return to Google’s services even if the US ban is lifted. Wangfei explained how Huawei wants to no longer depend on US politics which could potentially create future troubles for the company.

Interestingly, shortly after this report was published, Huawei released a statement (via 9to5Google) which doesn’t echo the same feelings.