According to a report on March 21, according to foreign media reports, Huawei still has not obtained Google's authorization, which also means that they cannot use the GMS suite on Android systems, but the company's own HMS service is playing more. Power, such as the built-in AppSearch, can help users find apps without the Google Play Store.
To make these users accustomed to relying on Huawei to solve their Android application problems, the company is offering a separate AppSearch application, which is a search program for Android applications outside the Google Play Store.
Of course, Huawei has its own app store. AppGallery has been the company's recommended way to get apps even before encountering Google issues. Despite its best efforts, this app store still has a small market share in other parts of the world, forcing Huawei and Honor users to search elsewhere.
AppSearch itself is an application of its own, and it tries to simplify operations and keep users in touch with Huawei by providing one-stop services for Android applications. It can help users search for their favorite apps that may not be in Huawei AppGallery and install them as if they were in their own app store.
The biggest disclaimer is that neither Huawei nor AppSearch provide APKs for these applications. Instead, they are obtained from other places, such as Amazon's App Store, APKMirror, the application's official website, and so on. In other words, Huawei is not responsible for the security and integrity of these APKs.
Foreign media believes that this is a recognized and clever solution that allows Huawei users to stick to Huawei's services while allowing them to install applications that Huawei itself cannot yet provide. Of course, this also puts those users at risk from potentially malicious software, because it doesn't fully protect them, and it actually makes it easier for them to make the wrong choice.
Re-increasing shipments in overseas markets
Previously, foreign media reported that Huawei internally predicted that its smartphone shipments would decline by about 20% this year. This forecast shows that after nearly 10 years of rapid growth, Huawei shipments have appeared The decline was due to weak sales expectations in Europe and other overseas markets.
In 2019, Huawei strives to increase its smartphone shipments to more than 240 million units. As a result, it surpassed Apple, which shipped 198 million phones for the first time. This makes Huawei the second largest smartphone maker in the world after Samsung. Regarding this expression, insiders said that the overseas market is not subject to too many restrictions, and the main shipments are some old models with GMS suites.
Since he didn't know when he could get the new authorization, Huawei started to build its own HMS service, and previously officially announced that it has landed in the European market. According to Yu Chengdong, AppGallery (app market) is after Google Play, Apple iOS The third largest app store in the world. According to official data, the AppGallery app store has more than 400 million monthly active users, and 55,000 apps are already on the shelves. It is second only to Google Play Store and Apple iOS.
Some industry insiders bluntly, in order to get more application support for HMS, especially some key native Google applications on Android, Huawei AppSearch is an inevitable and excellent practice, which can re-invigorate the choice of Huawei mobile phones for users in the European market. Increase corresponding shipments.
P40 series will be the beneficiaries
According to the latest information disclosed by the industry chain, Huawei's forthcoming P40 series mobile phones will be sold in overseas markets such as Europe. Huawei also has great hopes in shipments. Among them, the P40 series has a lack of solutions for overseas applications. Formal HMS + AppSearch, which can largely offset the disadvantages without GMS suite authorization.
More importantly, Yu Chengdong revealed in an interview with foreign media that some commonly used social media applications, such as Facebook and Twitter, should soon appear on Huawei's AppGallery. At the same time, they will strive for more Mainstream apps have been brought to Huawei ’s app stores, such as Instagram.
At present, the three apps, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, need to be downloaded through Google Play and rely on the Google service framework to run. This is a significant progress for the HMS ecosystem.
