ProtonMail is in talks with Huawei about including its encrypted email service in future mobile devices, part of the Chinese phone maker’s plan to develop an alternative to Google ecosystem. From a report: The Swiss company’s service could come preloaded on future Huawei mobile devices or be offered inside its app store, AppGallery, said Andy Yen, ProtonMail’s chief executive officer. The company hasn’t made a final decision about offering its service on Huawei’s channel, he said. Huawei may lose access to Google’s programs after the U.S. added it to a trade blacklist in May, meaning American businesses need a special license to do business with the Chinese company. The restrictions also affect updates for the Google Android operating system that powers all its smartphones abroad, and without which Huawei can’t offer critical apps like Gmail. As a result, Huawei has been racing to build out its own mobile operating system, HarmonyOS, and enlisting developers to offer services on its app store. “What they see from us is having an alternative to Google in case they can’t offer Google anymore,” Yen said in an interview.
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