China's Huawei issued its first statement after receiving a heavy blow by withdrawing its Android operating system license from Google in response to US government demands, but the statement leaves the door open for more questions than for users.
Huawei has become a global force in the smartphone industry and has grown rapidly to become the second largest smartphone vendor in the world, replacing Samsung.
The company, through its e-mail statement to The Verge, confirmed its contribution to Android's growth worldwide. Huawei has already made significant sales in the field of Android smartphones, while other smartphone vendors are retreating.
The statement reassures the current owners of Huawei and its subsidiary brand - Honor - that they will continue to receive security updates and after-sales service. This promise includes the phones shipped, along with devices currently in storage worldwide, without further promises beyond that.
"Huawei has made significant contributions to the development and growth of Android worldwide, and as one of the major global partners of the Android system, we have worked closely with the open source platform to develop an ecosystem for users and industry," Huawei said in the statement.
Huawei will continue to provide security updates, after-sales services for all smartphone products, and existing Huawei and Honer Honorable tablets covering those sold, which are still in storage worldwide.
The Chinese giant said it is continuing to build a safe and sustainable ecosystem in order to provide the best experience for all users worldwide.
Google said that Huawei's phone owners will retain access to the Google Play store, with the ability to update their applications, but the big question is the future impact of the decision, and the phones get more Android operating system updates from Google.
Huawei has been preparing for years to lose access to US software and services from companies such as Google and Microsoft and has developed its alternative operating system for the Android system. This may be what the company points out in its final paragraph when it says it will continue to build a safe ecosystem And sustainable.