- An allegedly official HUAWEI Pura 70 render showcases several Google apps on the home screen, placed in the dock alongside the HUAWEI AppGallery.
- Such a render can imply official out-of-the-box support for Google apps, giving consumers false hope that the apps could be present or easily installable on the phone.
- HUAWEI cannot ship phones with Google apps because of the ongoing HUAWEI-US trade ban.
If you’ve followed HUAWEI’s journey in recent years, you’d know how deeply the HUAWEI-US ban has affected the company. The ban effectively disrupted the functioning of some of the most innovative Android flagships, and it’s a great loss to consumers at the end of the day. Consumers who still want to buy HUAWEI phones have to live a Google-less experience with AppGallery as an alternate app store or follow unofficial steps to install the Google Play Store on their phones. HUAWEI knows that the experience either way is less than ideal, and it seems the company is being rather sneaky about what its latest phones can do.
Journalist Roland Quandt, who has been reliable about many device leaks, pointed out a suspicious render of the HUAWEI Pura 70.