Huawei... What does the future hold?

As you all must be aware, Huawei had been blacklisted by Google, and they are not allowed to use google services and apps like the play store, google maps, etc. What does this mean for the company? Is it all over for Huawei? Or did this actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise?

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Now that google services have been revoked for the company, Huawei has been trying hard to develop their own ecosystem, in a manner similar to Apple. This was always in the talks, but the focus of the company has always been on the hardware front, trying to get bleeding edge technology to the markets. Now that Google imposed the ban, they had no choice but to give adequate amount of focus to the software part, and start to develop their own apps to replace the lost ones.

They have a large community of developers working to develop apps for their own App Gallery. Also, they have developed their own OS, called the HarmonyOS, also called the Hongmeng OS in China. And are considering this to be a viable alternative to Android. It is an open-source software, meaning apps and features can be readily developed for this software, in a manner similar to Android.

If this indeed becomes a suitable alternative, we may be looking at a new market leader slowly emerging. Huawei, has consistently provided amazing hardware, with flagship grade performance. The Mate series, is always on the top of the innovation spectrum. The partnership with Leica, has steadily given us the top notch camera performance, with Huawei almost consistently being one of the best camera phones in the market, alongside the Google Pixel. Now with their own software, their own app ecosystem, and their own Kirin processors, we may be looking at a formidable force, emerging really soon. Of-course, for them to be able to compete, we have to see how these devices connect to the existing android and ios devices out there.

Things surely are interesting, very interesting for Huawei.

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