Huawei says it would return to using Google services if US lifted ban

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Author: Chris Welch

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge
Despite executive comments to the contrary, Huawei says it’s still open to using Google services after being forbidden from including them on devices last year. Huawei’s Fred Wangfei apparently said the company has no plans to return to using Google’s mobile services — the Play Store, Gmail, Google Maps, and other Google-made apps — even if the US government decides to lift the trade ban that forced Huawei to come up with its own alternatives.

WinFuture reported on remarks that Wangfei shared with Der Standard, and it seems he didn’t leave much wiggle room.

Just as a note for others who read this. There was no wiggle room in what Huawei told me, I asked them several times (as I was rather surprised myself) and they insisted on not...

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