However, Google apps would still remain inaccessible.Īmidst the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, the world number 2 smartphone maker has found itself in a quagmire after having been accused by US authorities of violating trade sanctions and performing espionage for the Chinese Government. Huawei is reportedly proposing to offer a ' very significant' revenue share to European wireless partners while also offering marketing support and ' China app store exposure' to developers who hop on board. Bloomberg reports that Huawei's App Gallery had already catered to about 50 million users at the end of 2018 and the company is trying to court app developers to directly publish to the App Gallery to circumvent US restrictions. It may be recalled that Huawei already offers its own App Gallery store for users in China where Google Play services are unavailable. Either way, it remains to be seen how well Huawei curates the Aptoide store as users are likely to bump into 'dodgy' apps here and there. Right now, it is being speculated that Aptoide's app store could either be offered as a dedicated app or Huawei could tap into an API to offer Aptoide's collection via its own front-end. It is not clear at this moment as to how exactly Aptoide's marketplace would be integrated with upcoming Huawei devices. The contacts were alive, we exchanged emails, we had meetings and they have shown interest, so we revive this contact.' We see this news as an interesting market opportunity to create a partnership with Huawei and solve this problem that has arisen for them.

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