{"id":3008,"date":"2021-11-03T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T10:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortadoblog1.wpengine.com\/two-years-on-are-huawei-devices-a-security-risk-at-work\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T08:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T08:56:40","slug":"two-years-on-are-huawei-devices-a-security-risk-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cortado.com\/en\/two-years-on-are-huawei-devices-a-security-risk-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Years On: Are Huawei Devices a Security Risk at Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2019 Google stopped supporting Huawei devices and prevented them from accessing the Google Play store. We consider if Huawei smartphones are still to be regarded as a security risk and if the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi may face a similar future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Huawei Mate 20: As Google made its announcement in 2019, this once popular device series suddenly became taboo in European businesses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not much has changed regarding Huawei since 2019. Due to US trade ban, devices produced by the manufacturer lost access to the important Google services like Google Play Store, Maps and Gmail. The trade embargo has hit their sale figures hard and also caused Huawei to sell the Honor smartphone brand last November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tying in with the ban, all Huawei products were pulled from the Android Enterprise Recommended list \u2013 a list of devices which Google recommends for business use \u2013 and as of today no devices back on the list. <\/strong>The Android Enterprise Recommended status carries essential advantages<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>and lists for examples which devices receive regular security updates\u00a0and therefore remains the key reason why Huawei\u2019s devices should not be used for business deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n