Huawei AppGallery is a

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and application

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platform, or marketplace '

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', developed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. It serves as the official app store for the devices running on Huawei

HarmonyOS HarmonyOS (HMOS) ( zh, s=鸿蒙, p=Hóngméng, tr=Vast Mist) is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei for smartphones, tablet computer, tablets, smart TVs, smart watches, personal computers and other smart devices. It has a microk ...

, and is also available for Huawei

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and

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via the Mobile Engine emulator. As of 2022, AppGallery had 580 million monthly active users.

History

Huawei AppGallery was launched in 2011 in China and in 2018 internationally. In May 2019, Huawei was added to the

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by the

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, effectively banning the company's software products from gaining access to

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(GMS), Google

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and other such applications. 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 Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) is a collection of proprietary services and High-level programming language, high level application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Huawei, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Its hub known as HMS Core serves as a ...

(HMS). On 9 August 2019, soon after the US ban, Huawei launched

, 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. In 2020, AppGallery had 490 million users in over 170 countries and regions, On 1 March 2021, AppGallery had over 530 million active users. Then, on 2 June 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. On 27 July 2022, during the HarmonyOS 3 event, Huawei revealed that the HMS ecosystem had 5.4 million global developers, up from roughly 1.6 million developers in 2020. In October 2022, AppGallery had 580 million monthly active users. On 18 January 2024, during HarmonyOS Ecosystem development event, Huawei's President of Device Cloud announced that the

HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS NEXT ( zh, s=鸿蒙星河版, p=Hóngméng Xīnghébǎn) is a proprietary software, proprietary distributed operating system that succeeded the similarly named HarmonyOS, with the main difference that the "Next" operating system was de ...

software system marks the second stage of development for

. By the end of 2024, the company expects an additional 5,000 native apps to hit on HarmonyOS AppGallery and hopes to exceed 500,000 native apps for HarmonyOS in the near future. On 7 March 2024, it was reported that more than 4,000 apps have joined the HarmonyOS ecosystem on native .APP format apps for pre-released HarmonyOS NEXT Galaxy Edition version system on the incoming HarmonyOS 5 version, since the end of the first quarter of 2024. On 17 April 2024, it was reported more than 5,000 native HarmonyOS apps have been built for HarmonyOS NEXT at Huawei Analyst Summit 2024 after rotating chairman confirms HarmonyOS NEXT stable version release later in the year. On 22 April 2024, it was reported that Huawei has 1,000 apps in negotiations, alongside its 5,000 apps in total that are scheduled to be updated by planned September launch announced at HarmonyOS Developer Day HDD 2024 on 17 May 2024. On 21 June 2024, at HDC 2024 over 1,500 native apps have already completed the

-based version and are available on the AppGallery for China's initial market for developer beta testers and the native app development mark reached 5000 apps for the

platform. On 19 September 2024, it has been reported by Huawei that more than 10,000 apps and meta-services launched on HarmonyOS Next before commercial release in Q4. On 16 October 2024, it has been reported by Huawei that more than 13,000 apps and meta-services launched on HarmonyOS Next before commercial release on October 22nd 2024.

Number of apps

In 2020, AppGallery had more than 96,000 apps and over 50,000 HMS-enabled apps. During Huawei's "Apps Up" event in 2021 the company announced that 134,000 apps were building on the Harmony platform (using

). By October 2022, AppGallery had established itself as one of the world’s top app markets, with over 220,000 HMS-based Android apps. As of 22 October 2024, it has been reported by Huawei at its official

HarmonyOS Next HarmonyOS NEXT ( zh, s=鸿蒙星河版, p=Hóngméng Xīnghébǎn) is a proprietary software, proprietary distributed operating system that succeeded the similarly named HarmonyOS, with the main difference that the "Next" operating system was de ...

5 launch event that more than 15,000 apps launched on HarmonyOS platform.

References

External links

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AppGallery Connect
— official Huawei mobile app services portal, at Huawei Developer {{Authority control 2011 introductions Android (operating system) AppGallery Mobile software distribution platforms

History

Number of apps

See also

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