Worried about losing access to Android, Huawei has been building its own OS?

As you probably know by now, if it loses its last chance appeal with the U.S. government, Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE faces a life without U.S. exports until March 2025. That means it could have an immediate future without the Android OS, Snapdragon chips, and any other parts sourced from U.S. firms. Now, with word that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating Huawei for violating sanctions against Iran, the buzz out of China is that the company has been building a backup OS just for situations like this.

Actually, Huawei has a few reasons for worrying. Besides possibly losing ...