When Chinese companies first started making an appearance in the European mobile phone market, Google services were generally not factory installed. This is because in the country of origin, China, users do not use the applications of the big G. And now, Xiaomi prohibits installing Google services on mobiles with Chinese ROM.
Huawei has been one of the big affected by the US government ban, but it seems that now it is also splashing the Asian company Xiaomi. That is why he is moving token to prevent him from reaching greater.
Xiaomi has suspended the download of Google services to phones that do not have the license, how does it affect you?
Xiaomi’s service staff has responded to the threat of possible restrictions by stating that due to policy compliance, the company no longer supports self-installation of Google services on devices that are marketed without them.
Currently, the affected models include Redmi K30 Ultra, Mi 10 Ultra, Redmi 10X 5G, etc. But these are not all the affected models, Xiaomi has not given a list of specific models.
Smartphone companies have been launching their devices in China without Google’s mobile services, as all Google platforms are banned in Asian countries. And now, Xiaomi has suspended the download of Google services to phones that are not intended for this purpose with the Chinese ROM.
This is because users residing in the Asian country could still use a VPN service to download the Korean company’s application store, as well as its services. This is a general practice in Europe when importing a phone with a Chinese ROM.
Specifically, this has been the response provided by the Xiaomi community: «First of all, thank you for your support of Xiaomi. For compliance reasons, MIUI national version does not support GMS installation by itself for models without Google Service service framework, thank you for understanding.
Unfortunately, Xiaomi users in China no longer have an easy option to do so. MIUI support staff has announced that starting this month, Mi and Redmi phones, purchased without Google services pre-installed, will no longer be able to download them for free.
There are many users who prefer to buy phones from China and then import them to their home countries, either because of the lower cost or because they liked a model that is not available in their country. Therefore, it is ruled out to be able to make this movement in a simple way as could be achieved until now.
For users who are indeed affected, Xiaomi’s service staff said that these users can use the CoolAPK platform that allows downloading applications. A solution is at least curious. There is also another alternative, microG Project.