Is Xiaomi planning a Google-free Android future with HyperOS?

There have been rumors in the tech space of a collaboration among three Chinese tech players – Xiaomi, BBK Group (parent company of OPPO, Vivo, and OnePlus), and Huawei – to launch a Google-free Android alternative. This daring move would redefine the smartphone market we are used to, in response to Huawei’s forced exit from Google services in 2019. If rumors are to be believed, HyperOS 3 is potentially paving the way for Xiaomi to move incrementally away from Google’s ecosystem, moving forward with a completely independent operating system.

The Huawei Precedent

The experience of having been banned by the US since 2019 has been a tough yet eye-opening one for Chinese companies. With a prohibition against utilizing Google Mobile Services (GMS), Huawei hastened its work on its in-house Harmony OS and Huawei Mobile Services (HMS).

• Compelled to leave Google services in May 2019
• Created HMS as an alternative to Google services
• AppGallery set to replace Play Store
• Released Harmony OS to minimize Android reliance

In spite of an early struggle, Huawei has been able to establish a sustainable ecosystem, especially in China whose services are limited anyway for Google.

Is This Realistic for Xiaomi?

As the world’s second-largest Android smartphone brand, it would be very risky for Xiaomi to abandon Google. The firm established its global brand on delivering feature-laden phones with full Google support at reasonable prices.

Xiaomi dumping Google services would potentially:

• Alienate a vast number of users beyond China
• Decrease availability of apps in global markets
• Need enormous investment in alternative services
• May result in major market share losses

Xiaomi is again the world’s third most-selling phone brand

The Potential Strategy

If there is merit to such rumors, Xiaomi is hardly likely to be planning a full-fat break with Google. HyperOS, itself already a deviation in direction for Xiaomi in moving away from stock Android, would likely ease in:

1. Prioritize enhancing Xiaomi’s internal ecosystem services
2. Gradually reduce dependency on Google services
3. Develop region-specific variations with variable degrees of integration with Google
4. Create developer incentives for their own app marketplace

Why This Collaboration Is Logical

The collaboration among these three titans would form a technological powerhouse holding a large percentage of the global smartphone market. By sharing resources, they would be able to:

• Allocate development costs for main OS components
• Develop a more appealing alternative app environment
• Enhance bargaining power with global partners

Guard against future US trade restrictions Abandoning Google services entirely would be shooting themselves in the foot in Western markets, but offering a viable alternative provides them with insurance against geopolitical risks. For all the latest update news on HyperOS features and more, use our MemeOS Enhancer app available at the Play Store to also access hidden features of Xiaomi, updates for system apps, and access to update screens.

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