diff --git a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/IDeviceService.kt b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/IDeviceService.kt
index 0b8d2d3635..5cda91bc70 100644
--- a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/IDeviceService.kt
+++ b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/IDeviceService.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ interface IDeviceService {
     val hasAllHMSLibrariesForPushKit: Boolean
     val hasFCMLibrary: Boolean
     val jetpackLibraryStatus: JetpackLibraryStatus
+    val supportsHMS: Boolean
+
+    fun supportsGooglePush(): Boolean
 
     enum class JetpackLibraryStatus {
         MISSING,
diff --git a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/impl/DeviceService.kt b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/impl/DeviceService.kt
index fa592539de..3e641833e7 100644
--- a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/impl/DeviceService.kt
+++ b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/impl/DeviceService.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.onesignal.core.internal.device.impl
 
+import android.content.Context
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import com.onesignal.common.AndroidUtils
 import com.onesignal.core.internal.application.IApplicationService
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ internal class DeviceService(private val _applicationService: IApplicationServic
     companion object {
         private const val HMS_CORE_SERVICES_PACKAGE = "com.huawei.hwid" // = HuaweiApiAvailability.SERVICES_PACKAGE
         private const val GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_PACKAGE = "com.google.android.gms" // = GoogleApiAvailability.GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_PACKAGE
+        private const val PREFER_HMS_METADATA_NAME = "com.onesignal.preferHMS"
         private const val HMS_AVAILABLE_SUCCESSFUL = 0
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +39,17 @@ internal class DeviceService(private val _applicationService: IApplicationServic
     override val deviceType: IDeviceService.DeviceType
         get() {
             if (supportsADM()) return IDeviceService.DeviceType.Fire
-            if (supportsGooglePush()) return IDeviceService.DeviceType.Android
+
+            val supportsHMS = supportsHMS
+            val supportsFCM = supportsGooglePush()
+
+            if (supportsFCM && supportsHMS) {
+                val context = _applicationService.appContext
+                val preferHMS = AndroidUtils.getManifestMetaBoolean(context, PREFER_HMS_METADATA_NAME)
+                return if (preferHMS) IDeviceService.DeviceType.Huawei else IDeviceService.DeviceType.Android
+            }
+
+            if (supportsFCM) return IDeviceService.DeviceType.Android
 
             // Some Huawei devices have both FCM & HMS support, but prefer FCM (Google push) over HMS
             if (supportsHMS) return IDeviceService.DeviceType.Huawei
@@ -62,7 +74,7 @@ internal class DeviceService(private val _applicationService: IApplicationServic
             return IDeviceService.JetpackLibraryStatus.OK
         }
 
-    private fun supportsGooglePush(): Boolean {
+    override fun supportsGooglePush(): Boolean {
         // 1. If app does not have the FCM library it won't support Google push
         return if (!hasFCMLibrary) false else isGMSInstalledAndEnabled
 
@@ -104,7 +116,7 @@ internal class DeviceService(private val _applicationService: IApplicationServic
             }
         }
 
-    private val supportsHMS: Boolean
+    override val supportsHMS: Boolean
         get() {
             // 1. App should have the HMSAvailability for best detection and must have PushKit libraries
             return if (!hasHMSAvailabilityLibrary() || !hasAllHMSLibrariesForPushKit) false else isHMSCoreInstalledAndEnabled()
diff --git a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/test/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/DeviceServiceTests.kt b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/test/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/DeviceServiceTests.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21f31fe174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/test/java/com/onesignal/core/internal/device/DeviceServiceTests.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package com.onesignal.core.internal.device
+
+import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
+import br.com.colman.kotest.android.extensions.robolectric.RobolectricTest
+import com.onesignal.common.AndroidUtils
+import com.onesignal.core.internal.device.impl.DeviceService
+import com.onesignal.mocks.MockHelper
+import io.kotest.core.spec.style.FunSpec
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.mockkObject
+import io.mockk.spyk
+
+@RobolectricTest
+class DeviceServiceTests : FunSpec({
+    test("devicetype is Huawei when preferHMS manifest value is true when a device supports HMS and FCM") {
+        // Given
+        val mockDeviceService = Mocks().deviceService
+        every { mockDeviceService.supportsHMS } returns true
+        every { mockDeviceService.supportsGooglePush() } returns true
+        mockkObject(AndroidUtils)
+        every { AndroidUtils.getManifestMetaBoolean(ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext(), "com.onesignal.preferHMS") } returns true
+
+        // When
+        val deviceType = mockDeviceService.deviceType
+
+        // Then
+        deviceType shouldBe IDeviceService.DeviceType.Huawei
+    }
+
+    test("devicetype is FCM when preferHMS manifest value is false when a device supports HMS and FCM") {
+        // Given
+        val mockDeviceService = Mocks().deviceService
+        every { mockDeviceService.supportsHMS } returns true
+        every { mockDeviceService.supportsGooglePush() } returns true
+        mockkObject(AndroidUtils)
+        every { AndroidUtils.getManifestMetaBoolean(ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext(), "com.onesignal.preferHMS") } returns false
+
+        // When
+        val deviceType = mockDeviceService.deviceType
+
+        // Then
+        deviceType shouldBe IDeviceService.DeviceType.Android
+    }
+
+    test("devicetype is FCM when preferHMS manifest value is missing when a device supports HMS and FCM") {
+        // Given
+        val mockDeviceService = Mocks().deviceService
+        every { mockDeviceService.supportsHMS } returns true
+        every { mockDeviceService.supportsGooglePush() } returns true
+
+        // When
+        val deviceType = mockDeviceService.deviceType
+
+        // Then
+        deviceType shouldBe IDeviceService.DeviceType.Android
+    }
+})
+
+private class Mocks {
+    val applicationService =
+        run {
+            val mockApplicationService = MockHelper.applicationService()
+            every { mockApplicationService.appContext } returns ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext()
+            mockApplicationService
+        }
+
+    val deviceService: DeviceService by lazy {
+        spyk(
+            DeviceService(
+                applicationService,
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+}