Why Doesn’t the Huawei Mate 30 Have Google Play Services?
The Huawei Mate 30 was a popular flagship phone when it launched, but one question many people ask is why it doesn’t come with Google Play Services, meaning apps like the Google Play Store, Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and others aren’t preinstalled . The reason isn’t about the phone itself being incapable but because of government restrictions and trade policies . The Real Reason: U.S. Trade Restrictions In 2019, the United States government placed Huawei on a trade blacklist (the Entity List), restricting U.S. companies from doing business with Huawei without special permission. Since Google is a U.S. company, this meant that newer Huawei phones could not include Google’s proprietary software , including: Google Play Store Google Play Services (the framework many apps depend on) Google apps like Gmail, YouTube, Maps, Drive, etc. Because of these restrictions, Huawei cannot legally preinstall Google’s services on certain devices including the Mate 30 series even...