94 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 63FEATURE
If any of these options works, however, Huawei’s
sheer size could create the first true competitor
to iOS and Android, and put a serious dent in
Google’s dominance.EMUI as a service
To leave its EMUI OS intact and extract Google’s apps,
services, and the Play Store, Huawei would either
have to develop its own app store or partner with an
existing company. Of course, any attempt to replicate
the current Android/Google experience without
linchpins such as Maps and YouTube would almost
certainly result in an experience inferior to what’s
offered now, with a much smaller catalogue of apps.
Our phones may be able to do a lot out of the box, but
both Android and iOS rely on third-party developers
to augment device capabilities. Huawei would be at a
serious disadvantage starting essentially from scratch.Huawei’s Watch GT
runs a proprietary
OS, which could
be a precursor to a
smartphone one