What do you lose when your Android phone is not supported by Google? A lot...

Huawei has been in some hot waters lately. The company has been added to the dreaded US entity list and, as a result, all USA-based businesses are forbidden to work with it. So, Google pulled out, saying “Sorry, but future Huawei phones will not be getting our Android”.

This, of course, has thrown us all in confusion. What does this mean for current phones? Is Huawei really developing its own OS? Is it just based on Android? Can we just use Android without Google Services on it?

Well, yeah, that’s a fair question. Android is an open source software product, which means it’s free for ...

Monday 17 June 2019 GSM ARENA GSMArena.com