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It's been two years since Google services got yanked from Huawei devices, following US government putting the Chinese company on its entity list. It was a huge blow to Huawei, especially during a time when they've been aggressively working on Android phones and tablets. For Huawei smartphone users, that meant losing essential apps like Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Play Store from their phones (or no more updates after May 16, 2019). In the preceding months, Huawei took a huge hit -- sales dropped and interest in Huawei phones slumped. It seemed like the end of Huawei phones at that time. Those who are technically savvy were able to sideload Google apps into their Huawei phones but that did not last long as Google proactively blocked such attempts in succeeding updates. With no Google Play Store pre-installed, Huawei introduced the App Gallery and tried to attract as many developers to sign in and add their apps and games. The Huawei P40 series was launched in March 2020, the Mate 40 series in August of 2020, the Huawei P50 series in July 2021 -- all without Google's Mobile Services. Read more in our articles including "Has Huawei survived a world without Google?" and "Samsung feature lets the AI Assistant take calls while you're busy".