Huawei Assistant: Google App replacement is now available and you can test it

Huawei has introduced the Huawei Assistant for Android smartphones a few months ago, the new app is similar to Google app. Now, for the first time, an early trial version of the new app is available and you can install it on your device and try it out. The Huawei Assistant offers us four key points, which should keep users up to date at all times.

• Global search for contacts, apps, emails, etc.
• Quick access to features of your choice
• Display of appointments, weather, missed calls, etc.
• Newsfeed for quick overview of current news

You see, Huawei wants to cover first and foremost what the Google apps already offer. In addition, such applications help to expand their own ecosystem and to bind users to themselves. The smartphone manufacturers get a little more freedom through their own offers on top.

Download Huawei Assistant

Anyone who has a recent smartphone from Huawei or Honor with at least EMUI 9.1 can download the Huawei Assistant. If you submit feedback for the app, you can even win a Huawei P30 Pro. Everything else can be found behind this link.

What does the HUAWEI Assistant do?

• Global Search

Global Search is an all-in-one search bar that allows user to search for information on your phone such as locally installed apps, memos, emails, calendar entries etc. as well as online.

• Instant Access

Instant Access displays your favourite shortcuts conveniently at the top of the HUAWEI Assistant. Users can customize the shortcuts displayed and their location.

• SmartCare

SmartCare displays contextual cards provided by Huawei & partners.

At launch the internal functions Calendar, Weather, Missed Calls, Phone Usage and Data Consumption are enabled. Huawei will add more cards in the future.

• Newsfeed

For the Huawei Newsfeed we partnered up with the leading news agencies and providers. Newsfeed displays content based on the language & region settings of the device to enable news in users’ language