Google removes Huawei Mate 20 Pro from the Android Q Beta Program

The last few days have been really bad for Huawei who first got stripped off their Android license and then the Trump administration forced other companies to stop all the dealings with the company. Unfortunately for Huawei, the problems didn’t stop here as a couple of hours ago, ARM instructed their employees to stop any ongoing deals they have with Huawei.

Now Google has taken another step and removed Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro from the list of devices that support Android Q Beta. As of right now, people won’t be able to download Android Q updates on their Mate 20 Pro and the users who already have the latest beta won’t get future updates. The best possible option for those users is to roll back to EMUI until the matter is resolved. In case you missed it, Huawei has been under fire for the last couple months over spying allegations.

As of now, Huawei is placed on the ‘Entity List’ which means any US based company can’t conduct business with Huawei without the prior approval of the government. The US government has given a 90-day extension to the company to wrap up its business as well as provide support to the existing users. The company is rumoured to be already working on an in-house OS as a substitute for Android. The details on the new OS are scarce at the moment but we expect to hear more from the company soon.

Via: Beebom