The Honor Play was released just over a year ago and has received one major update: Android Pie. That will apparently be the end of the road for the device, which is unfair to owners of the Kirin 970-powered phone. Even worse, though, is Huawei's justification for the decision.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Honor-Play-will-not-receive-Android-10-and-that-s-unfair.439932.0.html