Huawei points out that he has "no plans" to unlock the Mate Series 30 bootloader

Update from September 22, 2019 at 10:42 am EST: A spokesman for Huawei contacted Android Authority to clarify the comments of Richard Yu at the launch of the Mate 30 series, stating that Huawei has "no plans" to unlock the boot loader on the Mate 30 series devices. The impact of this choice on users wanting to bypass Google Play services is still unknown and we do not know yet if this decision can be revised in the future. In the absence of Google Play services and Google applications ready for use, the Mate 30 series presents a tough battle in the West, unless, of course, Huawei has another plan to its Scope – interpret Richard Yu's comments below as follows: you will be. Huawei declined to comment further on the boot loader situation, but we will update this article with any other information revealed.

Original message, September 20, 2019, 10:52 am EST: At the launch of the Huawei Mate 30 smartphone series in Munich, CEO Richard Yu sits down to answer questions from various journalists, including Android Authority. One of the questions was about unlocking the Huawei Mate 30 Pro boot loader.

Since the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro will ship without Google apps, an unlocked boot loader is the only way to allow users to download playback services indirectly to devices. However, Huawei's recent policies have focused on deterring users from unlocking the boot loaders of its devices.

It seems that because of the current situation regarding Huawei and the US government, the company will change its position regarding the unlocking of the Huawei Mate 30 Pro boot loader. The company plans to allow users to unlock the phone.

The Huawei Mate 30 Pro bootloader will be unlocked

Here is Richard Yu's statement:

We have limited [bootloader unlocking] because we wanted to ensure more safety for consumers. But this time we will leave more freedom to consumers so that they can do more customization by themselves. So we plan to let consumers do it.

Unfortunately, Richard did not explain how this process would work. Will the Mate 30 series come with an unlocked boot loader? Will users need to understand how to unlock the bootloader themselves, then XDA developers"Forums to spread the word? Could Huawei put on-line explicit instructions on how to unlock the Huawei Mate 30 Pro boot loader to simplify things? The company was mother on none of these details.

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It's still good news. If you want to use the Huawei Mate 30 or Mate 30 Pro because of stellar hardware but you can not swallow the idea of ​​not using Google applications, it will allow you to acquire it anyway. Unfortunately, unlocking a boot loader and side loading applications may still be something that the average consumer does not understand, so the jury has not yet decided whether or not it would help device sales – or hardly affect them.

Are you considering buying a Mate 30 device and unlocking the boot loader to load Google apps? Are you planning to buy a Mate 30 device and stay without Google? Or do you avoid the device completely? Let us know in the comments.