Do you get a "Google Play Services are updating" message every time you open Google Maps or even Uber on your Huawei or Honor phone? This is a Play Services bug and Google knows about it!
Have you ever gotten a little drunk after the last subway has passed? In these specific cases, there is only one solution left: call an Uber.
It still has to be possible. However, for some Huawei and Honor phone users, a very annoying bug related to Google Play services simply prevents them from using the Google Maps application or any application based on its maps. These simply do not appear to make way for the message “Google Play Services are updating”.
No Google Maps on Huawei and Honor
You guessed it: this issue has also affected me using the Huawei P20 Pro over the past few weeks, and would specifically affect Huawei phone users and Honor under EMUI. It seems that the 12.6.73 update of the Google Play Services application is at fault, and not the manufacturer's interface. Note that the latter also seems to crash Android Auto.
This issue has been reported on Google forums as well as Google's issue tracker. The developer is well aware of the situation, and will soon update its application. The problem is treated as a top priority.
However, Huawei seems to have admitted some responsibility. A user who contacted the manufacturer was told that an EMUI update should be deployed within one to two weeks to resolve "all the concerns related to Google Maps".
How to temporarily fix this problem
While waiting for an update to reach your devices, I can at least tell you how I fixed it. To find a functional Google Maps, I had to empty the data from the Google Play Services application:
The procedure is obviously a little violent, and should not be performed regularly. Other users have reported that disabling the entire app and restarting the phone can help, or simply uninstalling all app updates.
Everything is permitted until a definitive solution is deployed. Let's hope it happens quickly, since no specific release window has been given.
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