During President Trump’s first term, American companies were banned from working with Huawei, effectively denying it access to the Play Store and services. Now Trump has returned to power and started another trade war with China.
Against this background, there have been numerous rumors that Chinese Android smartphone manufacturers are looking for a backup plan in case they suffer the same fate as Huawei. We have already mentioned this in this article today.
If we talk about Huawei, it has already created its own HarmonyOS NEXT platform, and now Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and OnePlus, along with Huawei, are allegedly exploring the possibility of creating an Android version without Google.
Moreover, there is evidence that Xiaomi’s future HyperOS 3 platform will already begin to lay the foundation for such a step, but it is not yet clear how these different brands will cooperate in this project and what Huawei’s participation will be.
Recall that Huawei, with its HarmonyOS NEXT, went so far as to remove compatibility with Android applications from its platform. Will Xiaomi and the company do the same – and will they accept the Ark Compiler, Petal Maps, etc. from Huawei? It remains unclear for now.