Thus, Google can stop being the main operating system on mobile phones

The whole world sees how decisions taken in the White House tremble the values ​​of the markets of all countries, and Europe does not stay outside. Trump administration decisions with prices seem random, but They are not the only ones to take.

Until a few weeks ago, it seems that the United States An open war against China, at the economic levelAnd it could climb much faster than it seems. Now it seems that there is a slight decrease in pressure, but that does not guarantee anything. Quick and erratic changes generate uncertainty, and that does not like businesses or markets. In the telecommunications sector, this could be done in front of the last decades of stability in the sector, especially in mobile telephony.

From Apple will present the iPhone and Google He will react with a last minute change with Android to look more like the iOS system and less that of Blackberry, These two companies have distributed the market for mobile operating systems. The previous bets, such as Symbian, pale, and the hinders, like Windows Phone, never came to take enough traction.

18 stable years

This caused, although proposals occur during these almost two decades, we saw how Google and Apple were able to go ahead and consolidate without competition, fight with each other, but not brutally. Apple had its own operating system that was not going to fire and Google was not going to enter the equipment sector Through the big door, especially not for the anger of members like Samsung.

It did both the Korean giant and The rest of the Chinese manufacturers will opt for AndroidTo avoid the development of its own software platform and, above all, have to gain the favor of developers, which is most complicated. Throughout this period, each brand has tried to differentiate itself from others, but always from the Android base.

But that ended in the case of Huawei because of the veto that the United States put with the first Trump administration. According to the US government, Huawei’s case was special for its alleged ties with the Chinese government, which prohibited it from using American technologies. In fact, these prohibitions have recently been increased and now Huawei cannot sell Windows computers.

Official Huawei

It was a very strong blow to Huawei, who was already fighting to be the first market sales like Europe, Where he rivaled you with Samsung, at any level. But without Google Apps, I couldn't do it, at least not in the same way. It is currently possible to use the applications of the Mountain View company in a simple way, but it has failed to regain the confidence of the users.

SO, Huawei decided that he was not going to redo the same mistake and started to develop the bone harmonyits own operating system that was originally based on Android but that In his last versions, he has completely independent. This means that it may be the third most used mobile operating system in the world, given its customers in China.

Huawei OS then is a long -term project, in which Huawei does not want to depend on Google, but reproduce its model. This implies that he has created an open source system that any business can use and implement like his, which means saving development and compatibility with applications.

Xiaomi, opposite, living …

If the United States continued to increase the pressure on China, it would not be strange that it also does it on companies that do not operate directly on American soil Simply to sit the Chinese government to negotiate. Strange things have seen in recent weeks. And the problem is that the Chinese government can consider this scenario and encourage its companies to depend less on foreign technologies.

If negotiations are not an option for Xi Jinping administration in the terms the United States would like, this could imply that brands such as Xiaomi and Oppo, among others, were to leave Android aside. It would be catastrophic outside the Chinese bordersBut in your country, the use of Google applications and services is prohibited, so there would be no big change.

Barmony

If it happened, it would be a golden opportunity for Openharmony, the open source version Created by Huawei and currently developed in collaboration with other companiesAs Google does with Android AOSP. If all the great Chinese players joined to use the same operating system, it would be a question of time to have a critical mass powerful enough to make the jump from China. In fact, Xiaomi already has an application developed for this operating system.

This does not mean that they enter the United States, but in Southeast Asia, perhaps South Korea and Japan (with which he now closes the agreements) and, of course, in Africa, Latin America and Europe. Creating an ecosystem like this would be a sudden blow for Android, This would remain mainly in brands such as Samsung, Google and perhaps nothing and other minor companies.

The electric car

It would also be a huge change in another sector that is booming, that of the electric car. Currently, software development is one of the biggest problems with which Western brands faceWith the exception of Tesla. Google has a good option on Android Automotive, but in China, they are not in the same position.

The software of many of its marks does not make, with proposals such as those of the own Huawei, who has agreements with various manufacturers to provide his autonomous driving, entertainment and others to their vehicles. And there is also a harmonyos.

For the moment, nothing makes us think that Donald Trump will undertake economic attacks against China which affect electronics, but given the speed at which the events and the intensity of the climbing occur, It is not something that can be excluded, even less. China knows and already studies these scenarios already, since The Asian government is characterized by decades seen, not in seen months.