Was Google right to restrict Huawei’s access to the Android operating system? Will this cause the collapse of Huawei?
Google Inc. banned Huawei of accessing Android operating system and closed down the businesses happening with the Chinese brand, Huawei. This is done as per the commands ordered by the American government and to comply with the words of the American President, Mr. Donald Trump. According to the American government, the second-biggest phone manufacturer in the world, Huawei is making supplying unethical products in USA. These products can be used for spying, stealing confidential data and breaks the privacy of many. The products are not safe to use.
We cannot judge Google Inc. of the decision of banning Huawei of accessing Android OS for their upcoming devices as of now. This is because the things are not clear yet. Whatever Google Inc. is doing, it is to comply and respect the decisions made by the American government and the words of the American President, Mr. Donald Trump. Whatever the company did, it was to give respect to their nation and President. Though, I would say that this was a major decision by Google to do so as they are actually shutting their business with the world’s second largest phone manufacturer, Huawei. This company has a really big name around the globe and loved by many. This would definitely affect Google Inc. as well as Huawei to a big extent. It is even possible for Google to start their trade with Huawei again or come with new rules.
The most demanding operating system for phones in the world is Android where iOS (by Apple Inc.) takes the second position. This will be really challenging for Huawei to switch to a new operating system. Their market will be affected to a large extent due to loss of Android OS in their devices. It is understood that, the company cannot even trade with Apple Inc. for their operating system, iOS as it is out of company’s rule to share their OS with any other brand. Where the other operating systems are not accepted by the market, not efficient enough or not worth. Even considering all these factors, we cannot say that this will cause the ‘collapse’ of Huawei. This is because, this company is the second largest phone manufacturer in the world with the support of the second-largest phone manufacturing country, China. They may surely come up with a solution. The company is working to come up with their own operating system based on Android and like Android. Rumours say that it will be named as ‘Ark OS’ and will roll out sooner or later. One of the main challenge is the restriction of YouTube and Google Play which are must for users these days. We can say that this will be very difficult and a setback for the company but we cannot say that this can lead to ‘collapse’of the company. Though, we cannot predict as we don’t have the complete picture of the issue. Anything is possible.
Asked by Jonathan Grimm