Huawei partnered with Sygic and a number of other established mobile developers for the newly announced launch of its Huawei AppStore. The upcoming digital marketplace is hence set to feature two Sygic-made apps, one of which is presented as a leader in its respective category. That honor is going to befall Sygic GPS Navigation, one of the most popular navigation apps in the world which will also be the top offering of its kind on the Huawei AppStore, the Bratislava, Slovakia-based company revealed. The other app from the firm set to be featured on the Huawei AppStore is Fuelio, a mobile service designed to help drivers track their travel expenses and ultimately save money.
Sygic’s partnership with Huawei is likely to be further strengthened in the future, as hinted by the company’s Chief Executive Officer Michal Stencl who attended the latest iteration of Huawei Eco-Connect Europe in Berlin earlier this week. The two apps themselves will be supported in the long term and are set to receive numerous new functionalities going forward, Sygic said, indicating that it’s adamant to not rest on its laurels and continue innovating in the navigation app segment in the future. Other partners set to be featured on the Huawei AppStore include the likes of productivity service provider MobiSystem, social eating platform VizEat, indie developers Imperia Online and NLL APPS, and location-based shopping platform Bonial.
Huawei’s digital marketplace is meant to encompass the best of what the Android ecosystem has to offer and provide consumers with an environment filled with high-quality apps, the Chinese tech giant said earlier this week. The app store will be pre-installed on all Huawei-made devices starting with those that are set to be released in 2018. Previously launched offerings from the original equipment manufacturer like the recently debuted Mate 10 flagship lineup is to be updated with the Huawei AppStore in Q1 2018, which is also when the service itself is set to be launched in Europe. Huawei’s latest move comes as the company continues its push on the Old Continent where its mobile devices are already relatively popular and compete with the likes of Samsung, Apple, and LG.