Russian manufacturers have found a way to install Google services
Miscellaneous / / May 11, 2023
It is not yet possible to combine them with RuStore.
The American company Google refused to renew licenses for its services in Russia. However, domestic manufacturers of smartphones and tablets have found a way out of this situation, found out "Kommersant".
In particular, some of them now classify their products as international. For example, the Russian smartphone vendor Inoi began positioning itself as an Estonian brand back in October 2022. Some manufacturers also use the addition MicroG or Huawei Mobile Services (HMS).
But even with these workarounds there are difficulties. Almost all gadgets are made in China, where applications are preinstalled on them. And Chinese factories have already received a deauthorization notification in case of cooperation with customers from the Russian Federation. However, some domestic companies do not see this as a disaster.
It is likely that Google is not always able to track the ultimate beneficiaries of the licenses that Chinese productions receive.
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In addition, too careful tracking of the Google Mobile Services (GMS) license is not in the interests of the corporation, the interlocutors of the publication are sure. One of the electronics manufacturers explained that the company has about 100 million users in Russia and "does not want to part with this asset."
But these gray schemes have one serious drawback - smartphones have to be released without a pre-installed store. RuStore, which should now be on all new devices in Russia. An anonymous interlocutor of the publication noted that "manufacturers are working on a solution to this problem."
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