Unlike its former owner Huawei, Honor’s new phones can run Gmail and the Google Play Store.

After being sold off by Huawei, Honor is back in the limelight with its new flagship Magic 3 series. It’s the company’s first global flagship launch since Huawei sold Honor to a consortium of buyers. And unlike Huawei devices, the Magic 3 lineup, will run Google’s popular software and apps in their full capacity — features it lost access when it was owned by Huawei due to to US sanctions.

Ref: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/honors-magic-3-is-first-post-huawei-flagship-launch/