Huawei confirmed to launch Mate 30 series on September 19th:

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is gearing up to launch its Mate 30 series of smartphones on September 19, The tagline for the event is “Rethink Possibilities.”, but it seems that the smartphones won’t be allowed to ship with core Google services on board. Google has reportedly confirmed to The Verge that the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro will not be allowed to launch with Google apps and services on board thanks to the US-imposed ban on companies conducting business with Huawei.

Did you get it right? The countdown to #HuaweiMate30 starts now!
We're going full circle in Munich on 19.09.2019.
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— Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) September 1, 2019

The Mate 30 series of smartphones will still run on Android though, which is, at the very least, something. However, the lack of Google apps is definitely a huge deal for the company. Without access to those apps and services, the new Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro will not have the Play Store or Play Services installed on it, and that’s a major blow to their survivability in a market flooded with absolutely brilliant Android phones.

As you might recall, the US granted Huawei a 3 months license to do business with US companies, but that ended in August. Since then, Huawei has been granted another license that lasts till November 19, but that only covers previously released phones, which the Mate 30 series will not fall under.

The company has already been building out its own Play Store alternative and is reportedly working on a mapping service API for third-party developers but the thing is, apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp will not be available on that store because the companies aren’t allowed to do business with Huawei. Huawei also recently revealed its own operating system, HarmonyOS, but has downplayed its potential as an Android replacement for smartphones; the Mate 30 series will still likely be based on open-source Android.

We’ll have to wait and see how Huawei tackles this particular problem, and hopefully, the company will come up with some solution, because the Mate 30 series of smartphones will most definitely be pretty amazing in every other sense. For more updates stay tuned to CERader.