“Huawei will continue to provide security updates and after-sales services to all existing Huawei and Honor smartphone and tablet products, covering those that have been sold and that are still in stock globally,” a Huawei spokesman said by email. Google said its Google Play app store and the security protections from Google Play Protect would continue to function on existing Huawei devices. As well as restrictions on the software running its devices, Huawei faces the prospect of losing access to some of the US hardware suppliers it needs to produce its technology. Apple Face ID parts supplier Lumentum Holdings Inc followed Google in clamping down on the business it does with Huawei Technologies. Those with more exposure to Huawei are companies like Skyworks, Qualcomm, and Seagate,” said Chaim Siegel, an analyst with Elazar Advisors.

Source: The Express Tribune May 21, 2019 10:07 UTC