Since it was added to an Entity List back in May that prevents US firms from doing business with Huawei without a license, there have been justifiable concerns that Google will sever ties with the Chinese giant, cutting off its access to Android.
With the prospect of this worst-case scenario, Huawei had reportedly been focusing on what was thought to be an alternative Android-based operating system called Hongmeng. It had even been seeking trademarks for the OS in 10 countries. But Catherine Chen, a Huawei board member and senior Vice President, told a a media roundtable in Brussels that Hongmeng wasn’t designed for smartphones, reports Xinhuanet.
