Xiaomi, Oppo, vivo and OnePlus are rumored to be exploring the idea of Android without Google | Infinium-tech

During the first term of President Trump, American companies were forbidden to work with Huawei, which effectively cut off its access to Play Store and Services. Now Trump is back in the office and has started another trade war with China – so rumors are roaming that the Chinese smartphone manufacturers are looking for a backup plan, when they follow the same fate as Huawei.

Talking about Huawei, it made its platform, harmonous. And now Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and OnePlus are allegedly constructing Google-free version of Android with Huawei.

The rumor is that Hyperos 3 will begin to do ground functions for such a step. It is not clear how much various brands will cooperate on this project or what Huawei’s participation will be.

Huawei went as the removal of Android app compatibility from its platform. Will Xiaomi and the company do the same – and will they adopt Huawei’s ark compiler, petal maps etc.? It is unclear now.

Global market share by the company (image Source,

Depending on the most recent data, Xiaomi is the largest phone manufacturer in China, followed by Huawei, then it is Oppo and Vivo in the third and fourth place. These companies sent two-thirds of smartphones to China in Q1 this year. While Huawei lost his global dominance, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo are in the top 5 globally, so if they start selling Google-free phones, it will have a big impact on the market.

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