The new Honor smartphone series will come with support for Google services

Last year’s change of ownership with the Chinese brand Honor, which belonged to Huawei, actually paid off. It is not covered by the ban on selling American technology to Chinese Huawei and can trade freely with American manufacturers. According to the portal GSMarena her upcoming smartphones will be able to use Google services and applications again after a year and a half.

After Qualcomm chipsets, Google services are also targeting Honor smartphones

A ban on the sale of US technology to Huawei was announced by the US Department of Commerce in May 2019. The reason was allegations of espionage in favor of the Chinese government by the US secret services. Whether the allegations were true or the reason was Donald Trump’s trade war with China, it posed several problems for Huawei. Most serious was the loss of Google’s certification for the manufacturer’s new smartphones. And because the ban also applied to its stand-alone Honor brand, its smartphones came to the market without Google services, Google applications and especially the Google Play store.

The change of ownership in November last year tied the Honor brand’s hands and could resume trading with American companies. The agreement with the American chip manufacturer Qualcomm to use its chips, which will replace the Kirin brand chips from Huawei, is practically on the verge of collapse. And besides, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant its upcoming smartphones will receive Google certification. As a result, the Android system will be linked to Google services again and the pre-installed official app store will be Google Play.

Which models will receive Google certification?

This change will not affect the upcoming models of the Honor V40 series, which were still being developed under Huawei. For this reason, they will use the Magic UI extension with HMS services and an alternative AppGallery application store from Huawei. Customers will only encounter the change with the Honor X11 model and the Honor 40 flagship series. Russian daily Kommersant also recalls that Honor is the second best – selling brand after Samsung in the Russian market. It is also doing well in the European market and its market position can be further strengthened by the return of Google services.