HUAWEI is consistently adding apps and services to its AppGallery. The latest addition to the HUAWEI app store is popular food delivery service, Bolt Food. It is now available to European HUAWEI users on AppGallery. Bolt has been available on AppGallery since last summer and was one of the first major brands to have joined AppGallery. It is said to have enjoyed great uptake among consumers, delivering nearly 4 million app distributions on the platform. 

Bolt, the company best known for its popular ride-hailing service which became available on AppGallery last summer is now making its food delivery service Bolt Food available across Europe. The company has built a strong reputation for being one of the quickest, safest and most reliable services available, and further differentiates itself by being competitively affordable.

Being listed on AppGallery gave Bolt an opportunity to increase its customer base by tapping into HUAWEI’s wide range of smartphone users. AppGallery has now become the world’s third largest app marketplace with 530 million monthly active users (MAUs), growing in Europe by 61.5% year-on-year to more than 42 million users.

HUAWEI says that there were more than 2,000 requests for users to on-board Bolt Food on AppGallery. Bolt Food has presence in 20 countries having achieved considerable and rapid growth, taking just one year to scale out in contrast to several years it took its competitors. The service has now expanded to 40 cities in total across Europe and Africa. Unlike other takeaway apps, Bolt has a major advantage in ensuring that its deliveries are predictable, faster and reliable.

Bolt Food is the first regional level takeaway app completely integrated with HMS. The app is the latest in a growing number of high-profile apps that have been built, or adapted, specifically for millions of consumers using Huawei’s newest HMS devices such as the P40 or Mate 40 or Mate 30 series. 

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A new Huawei AppGallery study in conjunction with The Stress Management Society says that two-thirds (65%) of Brits say they feel more stressed than usual as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Further, over, three-quarters of Brits (78%) have used technology to de-stress or motivate themselves since March 2020, with 94% of those saying tech has boosted their wellbeing. Hence, the company is introducing the mindfulness app Headspace to its AppGallery.

“With national lockdown measures set to continue until the end of March, Brits have revealed the biggest technology benefits from their time at home, with entertainment (61%), socialization (52%), and the sense of escapism tech provides (46%) the most important,” says the study. The Stress Management Society identified three major trends in the way Brits have been feeling during the lockdown: feelings of disconnection, uncertainty, and a loss of control. In addition, 36% of those surveyed reported difficulty in concentrating and 38% say they feel a lack of motivation.

Respondents who agree they have felt more stressed since the pandemic began include those who are employed working behind a counter (86%), in hospitals (80%), and in education (76%). While 78% of students also agree they feel more stressed, as do those between the ages of 18-24 (79%). 

More people are practicing mindfulness since the pandemic began with 17% trying it for the first time this year, while 30% of regular users have upped their practice to cope with lockdown stress. Exercise tracking, anxiety reduction and relaxation techniques are all features attracting Brits to download wellbeing apps like Headspace, while 7% have also been listening to bedtime stories to get to sleep. The Stress Management Society recommends that practicing a form of meditation or mindfulness can help people to be less distracted by ‘what if’ thinking and become more aware of the ‘here and now’.

Hence, Huawei is adding Headspace, a global leader in meditation and mindfulness, to its platform to give customers access to the app’s science-backed content and additional wellbeing support during this time of increased stress.

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Huawei has announced that AppGallery, the official application distribution platform for Huawei devices, has launched a special grants initiative for games. The AppGallery has over 500 million monthly active users and 2 million registered developers. It has become one of the top 3 largest app marketplaces globally by launching in over 170 countries and covering 18 app categories, AppGallery offers small and large developers a global platform to launch and grow their games.

Huawei has announced plans to provide additional support for the Indie games community acquisition price pool worth €30,000, VIP technical support, and new featured ‘indie games’ placements on AppGallery.

All games published on AppGallery through Unity Distribution Portal from 19 November to 14 December 2020 will be eligible to receive special grants including: 

• 85% IAP revenue share for game developers for the first 2 years.
• VIP technical support during the on-boarding process.
• Top 30 indie games will receive Huawei Ad Platform credit worth €1,000 and support to launch their first campaign.
• Top indie games will also be featured on a special ‘Indie Game’ slot on the AppGallery store.

Dr. Jaime Gonzalo, VP of HUAWEI Consumer Mobile Services in Europe, described the initiative as “an important step in Huawei’s continued commitment and investment in the developer community. The mobile games industry has shown incredible growth over the last few years and we are delighted to be able to support more Indie developers and studios in bringing their games to the market”.

To participate in the grant program, developers can create their Huawei Developer account and submit their game to AppGallery through the Unity Distribution Portal by December 14. To submit a game, you can click here.

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HUAWEI has bagged yet another popular platform, Mondly to feature on their AppGallery. The app is set to feature at the next in its series of Developer Webinars, to demonstrate the unprecedented opportunities for content providers and developers who are looking to access Chinese audiences.

Mondly is said to be one of the world’s most popular language-learning apps enabling users to study from their own language, and featuring a conversation-focused curriculum, speech recognition and bite-sized lessons that aim to encourage fast and easy fluency. 

The platform has over 60 million users internationally. It gives a choice of 41 languages and was the first of its kind to launch a virtual-reality language learning experience supported by gamification technologies and chatbot with speech recognition.  Just recently, Mondly partnered with Oxford University Press to introduce a suite of custom English progress tests, offering over 3500 questions for learning and assessment, available in 33 languages.

“At the same time we are keen to support Mondly and our other European-based developer partners with the assistance they need to get listed and enjoy millions of downloads. That’s why we are highlighting Mondly as one of the overseas case studies at the next HUAWEI Developer Webinar – Grow with AppGallery in China,” said Wang Heng, Vice President, Global Partnerships and Eco-Development at HUAWEI Consumer Business Group, CEE and Nordics.

To date, over 2 million developers around the world have joined the Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem. More than 96,000 applications have been integrated into HMS Core

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HUAWEI is putting in its best efforts to make AppGallery the go-to alternative to Google Play Store on its phones. The latest addition to its AppGallery is of an Uber-alternative called Bolt. The app is an on-demand transport company that is sometimes dubbed as European Uber.

Bolt is in the final stages of the integration process and is expected to land in AppGallery this week. It will now provide a much needed Uber-like alternative to millions of HUAWEI users around Europe. The app has a presence in some 150 cities in Europe and Africa and serves about 30 million users in over 35 countries globally.

For reference, Bolt is Europe’s third-fastest growing technology according to FT. It has raised $109 million to expand its services and branch out into food delivery services similar to Uber Eats. The company says Bolt’s launch will be most immediately felt right now thanks to its dive into micro mobility with electric scooters, as more European countries are easing out their lockdowns with public transport still a major concern to use.

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