Huawei's Next Flagship Phone Poised to Sink Without Google Apps
- The company’s Mate 30 Pro is expected to launch in next month
- But without apps like YouTube and Google Maps, it’ll struggle
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The trade war between the U.S. and China is about to take its biggest bite out of Huawei Technologies Co. yet, after Google confirmed the upcoming Huawei flagship phone won’t have licensed Google apps.
The Chinese giant is expected to unveil its new Mate 30 Pro next month, making it the first top-line phone launch since the company was blacklisted by the U.S. and forbidden from trading with American partners. The Trump Administration signaled several times it would ease sanctions on Huawei, leaving uncertainty about its ability to work with American suppliers of chips and software. But Google has now said its licensed apps won’t be on the next device.