Against Play Store: Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi join forces
The Chinese quartet wants to counter Google by making it easier for developers to upload their apps to all four app stores simultaneously. This is to be achieved with a joint platform.
The four largest Chinese manufacturers Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi have joined forces in the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA) to break the international dominance of Google's Play Store.
As Reuters reports, the four companies are to work together to make it easier for developers outside of China to offer their apps in the manufacturers' respective app stores.
The Reuters report reveals that the four companies want to harmonise their respective app platforms so that developers can upload in parallel.
In China, the background to the action is that Google's Play Store is not available at all. Google's monopoly position outside of China is now under attack. Huawei in particular is probably very interested in competing against the Play Store due to the trade embargo.
The project is set to launch in March 2020 - but initially only in nine regions, including India, Indonesia and Russia. Switzerland and Germany are not among them. <p
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