This after Huawei was added to the US Entity List in May, which prevented US businesses from conducting business with the Chinese company and resulting in a storm of speculation around the future of its operating system and consumer technology products. 

Companies including Google, Facebook, ARM, and Western Digital were forced to cut their contracts with Huawei, and Huawei responded by stating it had a Plan B which it could implement if the United States continued to enforce its trade ban. 

Huawei South Africa CBG general manager, Likun Zhao, told MyBroadband that the software and functionality of their devices would remain unaffected. He confirmed that apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook would continue to work as normal going forward.

MyBroadband