Website that allowed users to install Google apps on Huawei Mate 30 phones taken down

A China-based website that allowed for manual installation of Google’s Android apps on Huawei’s newly launched Mate 30 devices went offline on Wednesday after a security researcher highlighted the “backdoor” to sidestep a U.S. ban.

The link to the website, LZPlay, surfaced about 10 days earlier on Reddit.

“This GMS (Google Mobile Services) installer is ad-free, well-designed, and ONLY works for Huawei devices,” wrote a user.