While the United States' block to Huawei remains, the company can't install on its new devices Hardware or software for American companies. This includes Google services, or Huawei has been preparing for its replacement for some time, and your services under the HMS name either Huawei Mobile Services.
HMS is a package of tools that is ready to be used by developers in the same way they do with Google services, and is one of the pillars of HarmonyOS and Android's taste outside of Google as EMUI 10 has been introduced to new terminals like Huawei Mate 30. HMS 4.0 beta release, a real test of this alternative for Google is starting.
Developers can now try HMS
Huawei should do it the bulk of the changes in 2019 out of the way after its listing on US government agencies, from switching to suppliers of chemical devices to "recycling" models already authorized to launch under another name, such as Huawei Nova 5T. They are sufficient in the short term, but over time the company has been forced to behave with confidence to secure its future.
This satisfaction is also required in software, should use an empty Android version from Google. The problem is not so great that the mobile comes without Gmail, Google Maps or YouTube specified, but that Google Services is missing, a set of APIs for various tasks such as geolocation, sign-in, payments, real-time notifications or display ads.
Developers can use Google services to use these functions without having to rewrite them from scratch or enter it into their app code, but under the assumption that the phone will install it. If not, applications stop working
This is exactly what Huawei is doing in its own way Huawei Mobile Services or HMS, an alternative to Google services that was born as an add-on and the provision of various services the company already has. Huawei already has its own user accounts, payment system and even app store, ready to work without Google in the Chinese market, but the challenge now is to do the same globally.
Changing an app to use Huawei services instead of Google (or one or the other, depending on what is available) is an expensive process. In an interview with The Economic Times, Huawei's manager and Honor in India says it is dealing with 150 top requests in the country for HMS support. In this case they have invested $ 1 billion and will donate up to $ 17,000 of HMS integration goals
HMS is still on Work in progress, but with the release of SDK 4.0 Beta begins to take shape beyond the engineering aspect. This new version updates several components (such as the module of locations) its first active public form, though it is still in beta.
Huawei is asking developers not to integrate this SDK right now into their APK and publish it extensively for users, since their purpose is to used as a test. The big question is whether Huawei will persuade enough developers to integrate its SDK.
Via | Gizmochina
