No more Gmail: Huawei set to launch first phone without Google apps

US ban threatens blow to Chinese tech flagship's global sales

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Google Play and other services have come preinstalled on Huawei phones, but that is poised to change. © Reuters

TAKASHI KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies' new smartphones slated for release this month are expected to ship without any Google apps, after the U.S. government decided not to extend a partial reprieve on the Chinese company's blacklisting.

This decision will first affect the Mate 30, the flagship smartphone set to be unveiled in Munich in mid-September. The foldable Mate X, which is expected to go on sale by the end of the month, will also be free of Google products and services.

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