Top Stories: Huawei Cutting American Technology, Pixel vs. "Phone X"

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In this week's best articles: Huawei has been cut off from a range of US technologies, including Google Play Store, and Google is making another clear comparison between Pixel 3a and "Phone X". Android Messages supports Google Assistant support, and more.

The biggest story this week actually began last Thursday when the White House imposed sanctions on Huawei's activities, banning the company from importing US-based technologies. This decision was merely part of a larger and ongoing trade war between the United States and China.

Sunday, in accordance with the sanctions, Google would have put an end to all business relations with Huawei. This included the cessation of Huawei's unpublished device certification for Android updates, the Play Store, and Google Play services.

Apparently, Google is still discussing specific details internally, but this effective ban would limit Huawei's use of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). For future Huawei devices, the Play Store would not be supported and Google-specific apps such as Gmail or Chrome would not be available either.

In the days that followed, it was revealed that the ban imposed by US technology would have only limited effects on Huawei's existing devices, with the promise that security updates would still arrive and services Google would continue to work. The US government has even temporarily relaxed the technology restriction to allow Huawei to provide its existing devices with additional months of support.

Huawei maintained a solid appearance as the consequences of the non-compliance with Google's sanctions continued. Huawei would have more and more a potential alternative to Android for the development of a plan B.

L & # 39; information quotes sources that describe Huawei's Z project as "far from ready" and having a hectic development process. However, once completed, Huawei still needs to use third-party developers to create applications. This could be easier in the country, but it would be a bigger challenge abroad. Yu also acknowledged that creating an ecosystem is key to the company's future plans.

Since then, Huawei's hopes of creating another mobile device (as long as the sanctions are in place) have significantly diminished when ARM and the SD Association suspended their activities with Chinese society, in accordance with the sanctions. These essentially prevent Huawei from creating new ARM processors and including a microSD card slot.

This suspension of activities between ARM and Huawei creates a new black cloud over Huawei, which will no doubt have difficulty exploiting the arm of its smartphone without access to ARM designs. It should be emphasized that HiSilicon and Huawei are free to continue to use and manufacture existing chips. This prohibition would mean that the company could no longer rely on ARM for assistance in developing components for devices.

In Pixel News, Google continues its somewhat controversial advertising campaign on "Phone X". This time, instead of attacking the camera, they take full advantage of the Google brand recognition. In commercials, it is clear that "Phone X has Google" but that "Pixel 3a is Google". This is a simple, factual and memorable way to get the message across.

Made by Google from the beginning, this deep integration of AI, software and hardware is the reason for its development. Meanwhile, "a Google" compared to "his Google" is quite eye-catching and a quick rebuttal, with cheaper pricing also a highlight of this style of ad.

In terms of applications, the long-awaited integration of Google Assistant with the Android Messages application has finally begun to be officially launched. For users with live functionality, Google Assistant may offer relevant search suggestions based on your current conversation.

For privacy-conscious people who may not want Google Assistant to read all of their private conversations, Google says that the wizard's suggestions in Messages are created by automatic learning directly on your device and not by Google servers.