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Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi To Challenge Google’s Play Store Monopoly – Not Quite Accurate
February 09, 2020
The US trade ban against Huawei means it’s unable to use the Google Play Store and other Google services on new devices. The Chinese brand is already spending money to bring third-party apps to its AppGallery, and there was a report that other Chinese OEMs were joining forces with it. Reuters said that Huawei, OPPO, vivo, and Xiaomi have teamed up to let foreign developers upload apps onto all of their app stores at the same time. The initiative is reportedly dubbed the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA) and was featured as an indirect Play Store rival. The GDSA apparently aims to make it easy for developers to market their apps in foreign markets. An early website has already gone live showing developers how to sign up for an account and confirming that it covers nine markets. India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Spain, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam were named but the documentation shows that paid app support varies by OEM and nation (with Spain missing).
A Xiaomi representative commented on the GDSA news dispelling the threat to Google. “Xiaomi’s goal with joining the group isn’t meant to create competition with Google — it’s simply meant to make developers’ lives easier when uploading to multiple app stores from other manufacturers.”
Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi To Challenge Google’s Play Store Monopoly – Not Quite Accurate
February 09, 2020
The US trade ban against Huawei means it’s unable to use the Google Play Store and other Google services on new devices. The Chinese brand is already spending money to bring third-party apps to its AppGallery, and there was a report that other Chinese OEMs were joining forces with it. Reuters said that Huawei, OPPO, vivo, and Xiaomi have teamed up to let foreign developers upload apps onto all of their app stores at the same time. The initiative is reportedly dubbed the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA) and was featured as an indirect Play Store rival. The GDSA apparently aims to make it easy for developers to market their apps in foreign markets. An early website has already gone live showing developers how to sign up for an account and confirming that it covers nine markets. India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Spain, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam were named but the documentation shows that paid app support varies by OEM and nation (with Spain missing).
A Xiaomi representative commented on the GDSA news dispelling the threat to Google. “Xiaomi’s goal with joining the group isn’t meant to create competition with Google — it’s simply meant to make developers’ lives easier when uploading to multiple app stores from other manufacturers.”
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