Huawei AppGallery

Huawei AppGallery (abbreviated as AppGallery) is a package manager and application distribution platform, or marketplace 'app store', developed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. It serves as the official app store for devices running Huawei HarmonyOS; Microsoft Windows 11 is also supported.[1][2]

Huawei AppGallery
Developer(s)Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Initial release2011 (2011), in China[1]
2018 (2018) worldwide[1]
Stable release(s)
12.5.1.300 / 9 September 2022 (2022-09-09)
PlatformAndroid (open-source), HarmonyOS and Microsoft Windows (via Huawei MobileApp Engine)
Included withHuawei and Honor devices[1]
Available inavailable in 80 languages
TypeApp store, Digital distribution, Mobile game store
Websiteappgallery.huawei.com
AppGallery badge with 'Explore it on AppGallery' text

In 2022, AppGallery was used by 580 million monthly active users.[3]

History

Huawei AppGallery was launched in 2011 in China and in 2018 internationally.[1]

In May 2019, Huawei was added to the Entity List by the US Department of Commerce, effectively banning the company's software products from gaining access to Google Mobile Services (GMS), Google Play Store and other such applications.[4] As a result, Huawei began releasing its new devices with its own AppGallery, in which the apps were programmed with its own proprietary Huawei Mobile Services (HMS).

On August 9, 2019, soon after the US ban, Huawei launched HarmonyOS, first on smart TVs for Honor Vision and Vision S. In 2019 there were 45,000 Android apps using HMS on AppGallery.

During the third quarter of 2020, AppGallery had reached 350 billion app downloads.[1][5] In 2020, AppGallery had 490 million users in over 170 countries and regions,[1][6] On 1 March 2021, AppGallery had over 530 million active users.

Then, on June 2, 2021, Huawei launched HarmonyOS 2.0 with AppGallery pre-installed on its own smartphones and tablets. About a week later, Huawei launched a separate HarmonyOS section on its AppGallery to recommend HarmonyOS apps and compatible Android apps. Apps specifically made for HarmonyOS carried a small "HMOS" badge in the right hand corner of the app icon.[7]

On July 27, 2022, during the HarmonyOS 3 event, Huawei revealed that the HMS ecosystem had 5.4 million global developers,[8] up from roughly 1.6 million developers in 2020.[9] In October 2022, AppGallery had 580 million monthly active users.[3]

Number of apps

In 2020, AppGallery had more than 96,000 apps and over 50,000 HMS-enabled apps.[10][11] During Huawei's "Apps Up" event in 2021 the company announced that 134,000 apps were building on the Harmony platform (using Huawei Mobile Services).[12] By October 2022, AppGallery had established itself as one of the world’s top app markets, with over 220,000 HMS-based apps.[3][13][14]

See also

References
  1. "AppGallery is Huawei's alternative to Google's Play Store on Android". www.XDA-Developers.com. XDA Developers. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Amit (5 June 2021). "HarmonyOS applications launched: More icons with HMOS corners". Huawei Update. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. Astle, Aaron. "Huawei AppGallery surpasses 220,000 HMS apps and 580 million user milestones". Pocketgamer.biz. Pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. "What are the US restrictions placed on Huawei?". South China Morning Post. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. "The best announcements from Huawei Developer Conference 2020". www.XDA-Developers.com. XDA Developers. 13 September 2020.
  6. "How Huawei AppGallery is welcoming more big name global and local apps". www.Pocket-lint.com. Pocket-lint. 10 September 2020.
  7. Sarkar, Amy (10 June 2021). "HarmonyOS Apps and Games section launched on Huawei AppGallery". Huawei Central. Huawei Central. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. Amit (27 July 2022). "HMS ecosystem: 5.4 million developers, 203,000 HMS Core Apps". Huawei Update. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  9. "Huawei AppGallery 700 milyon kullanıcıya ulaştı" [Huawei AppGallery reaches 700 million users]. www.Hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. Ford, Thomas. "Know the Apps and Services in the HMS". AppsGalery. AppsGalery. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  11. "Huawei AppGallery now has over 530 million monthly active users". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  12. "Huawei's HarmonyOS already has 134,000 apps, over 4 million developers have signed on". GSMArena. Huawei. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  13. Matsui, Emiko (5 November 2022). "Huawei AppGallery crossed 580 million users with over 220,000 HMS apps". Huawei Central. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  14. Huawei. "HMS Core: Create Outstanding Apps and Elevate User Experience". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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