Huawei Mobile Services Strengthens its Footprint in APAC Market

Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) is set to reinforce its position in developing the HUAWEI Ecosystem – an all-scenario, fully-connected smart living. At the APAC HUAWEI Developer Day that was held on November 13, HMS revealed a wide range of developer incentive programmes and open capabilities, showing its determination in growing quality content on the platform. At the same time, it also introduced new services and user benefits in the APAC market to further enhance the user experience.

HMS is now servicing the global market with HUAWEI AppGallery, HUAWEI ID, HUAWEI Themes, HUAWEI Assistant, HUAWEI Mobile Cloud and more. To date, it covers more than 570 million global users across 170 countries and regions.

Through HUAWEI AppGallery, users can search and download mobile apps from 18 different categories including Games, Education, Lifestyle, Daily Essential, and Fashion. At present, more than 1.07 million developers have registered as HUAWEI Developer, and over 50,000 apps have already integrated to the HMS Core.

A Proactive Approach to Secure Quality Content

To sustain this upward trend, HMS is now focusing on onboarding high-quality apps and services onto HUAWEI AppGallery, taking into the consideration of the consistent global experiences and unique local features that are available for the users.

Reinforcing Developer Support

Huawei Mobile Services has rolled out different programmes to invest in the growth of its developer community. As announced in August this year, a total of USD 1 billion has been invested in the HUAWEI Shining-Star Programme to support mobile app developers all around the world. Shining-Star Programme will provide training, innovation supports, and marketing resources to apps and services relating to AI, AR/VR, and IoT. Developers who are eligible for the programme will be given priority to access HUAWEI’s new open capabilities and receive incentive support in marketing their products and services.

Huawei Mobile Services has also opened up its chipset-device-cloud capabilities to the global developers, which grants developers full access to 24 HMS Core kits, 55 services and 997 APIs. HMS open capabilities cover various development scenarios with services such as Map, In-App Purchases (IAP), HiAi, AR and VR.

Developers only need to integrate the HMS Ecosystem once, then distribute their service across HUAWEI smart devices to reach global users.

To empower developers with HMS open capabilities, HUAWEI Developer Day (HDD) will be held in different cities across the APAC region. It covers code labs, tech-trend analysis, case studies and the latest industry insights. Developers can meet HUAWEI’s tech experts and get hands-on support for integrating HMS into their apps.

There are also student incubation programmes such as DigiX Geek Contest, AI internship and campus ambassador to be rolled out under the Shining-Star initiative. The company aims to encourage innovations among young developers and support them to take part of building the HUAWEI ecosystem.

HMS Users In APAC In For aTreat

HMS users in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand will be the first in the region to enjoy FREE 5GB storage of HUAWEI Mobile Cloud.

Users can store photos, contacts, messages, documents, and more into the cloud storage by logging onto HUAWEI ID. The data stored can be auto-synced across different mobile devices, enabling users to access their data anytime, anywhere.

From 20 November to 31 December 2019, HUAWEI users can enjoy 1 month of 50GB Mobile Cloud storage at a promotion price, subject on their local currencies.

Follow these steps to claim the 50GB HUAWEI Mobile Cloud Promotion:

• Go to “Settings”
• Click on “HUAWEI ID”
• Enable “Cloud”
• Read and agree to the “HUAWEI Cloud Privacy Notice”
• You can now upgrade your Mobile Cloud storage

50GB HUAWEI Mobile Cloud* Promotion

 *For existing HUAWEI Mobile Cloud users, it might take up to 30 minutes to activate this promotion.

While in conjunction with the launch of HUAWEI’s latest flagship model, the HUAWEI Mate 30 Series, HMS also announced deals exclusively crafted for users of the HUAWEI Mate 30 Series.

By downloading the HUAWEI Member Center app from the AppGallery, users in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand can now redeem free HUAWEI Points, Trip.com hotel booking voucher and Lazada shopping voucher available in the app.

Member Center Rewards for Mate 30 Series Users

**The Lazada voucher will be available by end-November 2019. Stay tuned for the update!

Besides, HUAWEI Mate 30 Series users in the above countries are also entitled to 3 months of free 50GB HUAWEI Mobile Cloud storage***, 2 years warranty and free screen replacement from HUAWEI HiCare.