These days with all the fuss carried out by LG and Huawei (learn more about the LG sale and from Huawei), many wonder what does it mean for a mobile to be certified and what happens if ours is not. That is why we go out to solve the doubts that you may have.
And yes, surely that when reading that we talk about Huawei, and with all the problems that have occurred by the Trump administration with those restrictions for the use of Google Play and more, you are almost on the right track to know what the certification of an Android device means.
What does it mean if an Android device is not certified?
We also know that the apps Duo and Google Messages of the big G from the month of March They will stop working on non-certified Android mobiles, so there is a whole battle for the next few months and that is generating that we see one of the most important actors in the Android scene leave your high-end as happens with Huawei (go to the link given in the first paragraph to know all the details of this operation).
For the vast majority we hardly even have to worry when we deal with the rest of the brands that are not Huawei, and even now it could be Xiaomi as we knew, but it is not bad that we can know what a certified mobile is and how we can make sure that ours is.
Let's say non-certified Android devices are those that have not passed the compatibility test of Google's Android, to ensure minimum quality and safety standards. Newer Android devices are temporarily uncertified when they are released, but later the certification process is complete.
But in other cases, how could they be from Huawei, an uncertified device means that the manufacturer has not submitted it for certification or simply did not pass those quality and safety standards.
What happens if we use a non-certified Android device
From the Google support page a number of risks are indicated if one uses one of those non-certified devices:
- Devices that are not certified by Play Protect they wouldn't be safe
- Devices that are not certified by Play Protect they would not receive Android system updates and app updates
- Google apps on devices that are not certified by Play Protect are not licensed and would not be real Google apps
- All the apps and features on devices that do not have the certificate Play Protect would not work properly
- Data on such devices not certified by Play Protect would not be stored securely
It should be mentioned that not all uncertified Android devices are dangerous. For example, if we ROOT privileges on a device, it would revoke the device's certification. To have it again we would simply have to leave the mobile to the factory state.
How to check if the phone is certified
Google no longer supports some brands like Huawei, so keeping this in mind, we are going to do these steps to verify if we have the certificate:
- Open the Google Play app
- Click on the three-dot button in the upper left
- We go to adjustments
- Now to the About section and under "Device Certification"It should say 'certified' or 'not certified'.
If you have it certified without problems and continue with your day to day digital with your mobile knowing that you have your Android device certified.
