According to a newspaper report, Google is seeking permission from the US government to stay in business with the Chinese Huawei Corporation. It is mainly about being able to provide Huawei smartphones with the Google Android operating system, wrote the „Financial Times“ today.
The Internet company argues that an end to the cooperation would be bad for the safety of users, it was said relying on persons familiar with the talks.
In mid-May, the US placed Huawei on a blacklist of companies whose business dealings with US partners are tightly controlled. Anyone who wants to sell or transfer US technology to Huawei has to acquire a license. This can be denied if security interests are affected.
Warning about Chinese operating systems
At the same time, US President Donald Trump relaxed the measures for 90 days. For users of Huawei smartphones, the move means, among other things, that Google can continue to provide the phones of today’s Huawei customers with full updates and apps by mid-August. However, the easing does not apply to the use of US technology in new products. Huawei has already announced to bring its own operating system for its smartphones to market at the latest next year.
Google now warns in talks with US officials that the Chinese operating system may have more software bugs than Android – making it easier prey for hackers, the Financial Times wrote. Therefore, the group in Washington is committed to a longer relaxation of the rules or a complete exception to the ban. Huawei is the second largest smartphone provider in the world and also a leader
