The loss of Google’s apps is proving to be a major problem for Huawei, an executive told the Financial Times over the weekend. The controversial Chinese company is operating under the weight of a US ban imposed by the Trump administration, and it’s been forced to use an open-source version of Google’s Android operating system on its latest phones.
Even though Huawei’s managed to find replacements for much of the equipment it used to get from American companies, Joy Tan, Huawei US vice president of public affairs, admitted to the paper that operating without Google services like Play Store or apps like Chrome and Maps is “the most challenging part.”
