Huawei entered its post-Google era on Thursday March 26, 2020 with a flagship smartphone that does not use any of the Android manufacturer’s applications, now that the Chinese group has been blacklisted by American authorities.

The new P40 may not be the first Google-free phone launched by Huawei, it is the first high-end phone intended to woo early adopters and show off its technological prowess.
The United States has expressed concern that Huawei’s mobile phone network equipment could contain security flaws that allow China to spy on global communications traffic, and although the company has denied the accusation, he was effectively banned from working with American companies.
For smartphones, this means Huawei has had to give up Google’s Android operating system and the plethora of apps available to run on it.
Huawei, which was the world’s third-largest smartphone maker last year behind Samsung with a 17% market share, now faces the challenge of creating an alternative attractive enough to attract both app developers and consumers.
According to the presentation posted on YouTube, P40 smartphones sold in France, Germany and Italy will use a European search engine called Qwantrank instead of Google.
Huawei is phasing out Google software from its phones after shipping its first model without Google last year, but it has not given a date by which it plans to complete the change.
The P40 will be available starting April 7 at a price ranging from 799 to 1,399 euros (880 to 1,540 US dollars), depending on specifications.