mo4ch:>Google cuts ties with Huawei following trade blacklisting - report | Mo4ch News

Google has reportedly suspended some of its product-sharing agreements with Chinese communications giant Huawei, as Washington accuses the company of spying for Beijing.The Silicon Valley tech giant has cut its business deals with Huawei that involve the transfer of hardware and software, an anonymous source told Reuters on Sunday. Following the move, Huawei will lose access to Android operating system updates, and its forthcoming smartphones will be shut out of some Google apps, including the Google Play Store and Gmail apps.The Chinese firm will still have access to the open source version of the Android operating system, the source told Reuters.Huawei has repeatedly been accused of installing so-called ‘backdoors’ on its products - effectively giving the Chinese government free rein to gather any information sent or received on a Huawei device. The heads of six US intelligence agencies warned American citizens against using Huawei products last year, and the Chinese company’s phone…