Hello zäme
I would like to buy this phone especially because it doesn't have Google services. Unfortunately, there are apps that want that.

Now to my question:
Do the apps (UBS Mobile Banking, UBS Access Card, UBS Twint) work with the Mate 40 Pro? In addition, UBS has (unfortunately) switched off Mobile Pay and virtually forced customers to use the Google Pay app.... Is there a way to use this anyway (otherwise I'll just have to use the tedious, slow Twint app...)?

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Hello zäme
I would like to buy this phone especially because it doesn't have Google services. Unfortunately, there are apps that want that. 

Now to my question:
Do the apps (UBS Mobile Banking, UBS Access Card, UBS Twint) work with the Mate 40 Pro? In addition, UBS has (unfortunately) switched off Mobile Pay and virtually forced customers to use the Google Pay app.... Is there a way to use this anyway (otherwise I'll just have to use the tedious, slow Twint app...)?

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Without Google services? The best thing would probably be an iPhone, but having a phone where you have to install every app via sideload doesn't seem like a very good solution to me. I also don't think there will be many banking applications, this tinkering with alternative stores, I wouldn't do it. For sure, this is not a solution that will last in the long run. Well, China doesn't have Google services on Xiaomi phones either, but we don't live in China. And for me, the security of being able to get all the apps I need via a secure store, be it Apple or Google, would be more important than a few technical refinements. But that's just a matter of opinion.

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