Huawei announces the Winners of Huawei Developer Competition 2020 in Pakistan

Today Huawei has announced the Pakistan winners of its 2020 edition of Huawei Developer Competition in the Middle East and Africa region, during a virtual awards event. The yearly contest has been held from September to December 2020 across twelve countries in the Middle East and Africa.

 

In Pakistan, a total of 269 Applications registered for the HDC and 66 Applications have completed the Integration out of which twenty winners have been selected across all categories.

 

Two Apps Easy Urdu Keyboard and Golootlo have received the Gold Award with a cash prize worth PKR 840,000/- each.

 

Seven Apps Mjunoon.tv, Tez Financial Services, Bike Stunt Trick Master, Modern Car Drive Parking 3D Game, Scary Teacher 3D and Advance English Dictionary have received the Silver Award with a cash prize of PKR 500,000/- each.

 

Eleven Apps Konnect by HBL, Learn English Speaking in Urdu, Askari Mobile App, FPS Sniper 3D Assassin: Offline Gun Shooting Games, Universal TV Remote Control, Speak and Translate Voice Translator & Interpreter, HOLY QURAN, Live Satellite View GPS Map Travel Navigation, HBL Mobile, QR Code Generator Free Wifi and Speech To Text Converter- Voice Typing App have received the Bronze Award with a cash prize of PKR 250,000/- each.

 

Huawei Developer Competition this year has seen submissions from developers of a wide range of fields. The contest's success can inspire more partners to develop their apps within HUAWEI AppGallery. As an integral part of Huawei's talent ecosystem construction, Huawei Developer Competition actively explores innovative talent development modes and plays a critical role in promoting partners technologies within HUAWEI AppGallery.

 

"Huawei would like to congratulate winners in Pakistan of the Huawei Developer Competition 2020. The quality and innovation shown in these winning apps highlight how the Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem enables local developers and partners to utilize our open, flexible and agile platform to create and customize apps that meet the users' needs in Pakistan. It also aims to provide a better and smoother experience for them," said Scott Huang, Huawei Consumer Business Group Country Manager – Pakistan.

 

Following Huawei’s vision on supporting developers through diverse initiatives, the Huawei Developer Competition has been created to incentivize existing or new developers in the region by awarding high-quality mobile applications built on Huawei Mobile Services platform. It also puts developers at the heart of innovation by enabling them to use Huawei Mobile Services' open capabilities to create new and unique experiences to benefit end-users in the region.

 

With more than 4,900 registrations across all countries, the Huawei Developer competition winners have been selected based on a comprehensive set of considerations. The main criteria of selection were based on the app's popularity within the market, the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Core integration of the app, and the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Special Kit integration. Winners have been selected within three different categories: Gold, Silver, and Bronze, and rewards included various cash prizes and Huawei Cloud Services vouchers.

 

Moreover, Huawei has invested USD 1 billion in the “Shining-Star” program to continuously provide incentives for global developers, encourage developers to launch their apps to AppGallery and to integrate with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Core. Up to now, more than 10,000 developers and partners around the world have received incentives from the “Shining-Star” Program for their innovative App.

Infinix Hot 10 Play with MediaTek Helio G35 is now available on Pre-orders with amazing TWS earbuds gift

Pre-orders are starting from 15^th February till 19^th February only on XPark alongwith free gift of XE08 (Truly wireless Bluetooth earbuds). Hot 10 play will be available in offline market from February 20^th onwards at PKR 18,999/-.

Steering the younger generation in the Pakistani market, the premium smartphone brand Infinix Mobility launches Infinix Hot 10 Play with another powerful MediaTek Helio G35 octa core chipset answering the needs of young people in Pakistan to get a smartphone that can help them to be more productive. The latest version of Hot 10 Play comes in 4GB/64GB memory options, and it also has a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 512GB.

The phone is offering a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera, a rectangular camera module with two sensors and a physical rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for security. An 8MP selfie camera and a massive 6,000mAh battery with standard 10W charging support. Ultra Power Mode by Power Marathon Tech is claimed to add 19 hours of battery life when the battery is at 5 percent charge.

Infinix Hot 10 Play sports a 6.82-inch HD+ IPS LCD display with a waterdrop notch on the front for the selfie camera. It is powered by the MediaTek Helio G35 octa core chipset paired with up to 4GB RAM and 64GB storage that is further expandable via a microSD card option. It runs on Android 10 (Go Edition) with XOS 7 custom skin on top. Connectivity features include 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5, GPS, and micro-USB port. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for security.

This powerful phone is based on the XOS 7.0 version with Android 10 which is available in four appealing colour variants; AEGEAN BLUE , MORANDI GREEN , OBSIDIAN BLACK , 7° PURPLE at an amazing price point of PKR 18,999/- only.

 

Couples that work out together stay together! Here's how to stay on top of your fitness with Huawei

For all the fitness enthusiasts who want to get their partners to practice a healthier lifestyle? Valentine is the perfect time of the year to show your other half by improving their well-being, so if you are looking for a special gift this valentine? Look no more….Huawei’s fitness products and services will step up your game to help you achieve your fitness goals as a couple. Because couples that work out together, stay together!

 

As smartwatches and wearables became very trendy lately, what better way to help your loved ones care for themselves by gifting them a watch that can help them monitor their well-being? The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection is one of the flagship products in this category. This high-end smartwatch does not boast only a premium classic design but comes loaded with amazing features such as a long-lasting battery, upgraded health monitoring features, comprehensive sport and fitness tracking and it's also water-resistant. If your other half dislikes the hustle of carrying out chargers and cables, get assured that he or she will love this smartwatch as its battery can last up to two weeks and it supports wireless charging also. Moreover, the smart wearable offers a wide range of health monitoring such as oxygen saturation detection, sleep quality, stress level, and 24-Hour heart rate detection. With all these accurate monitoring features, can you think of a better way to live a healthier lifestyle?

 

The flagship smartwatch powered by Huawei supports also precise data tracking for more than 100 workout modes, such as climbing, outdoor running, rowing, surfing, tennis playing, and now skiing and golfing has been added too. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection is the perfect gadget for swimmers or beach lovers as it is water-resistant for a capacity of up to 50 meters*. The best thing about this watch is that it can interconnect seamlessly with your smartphone. After pairing it with your Huawei smartphone via Bluetooth, you can easily make or take phone calls when jogging or perhaps mute or reject them if you need silence, all that right from your wrist.

 

Thanks to Huawei AI Seamless life strategy, which aims to interconnect all your smart gadgets seamlessly, you can find additional options available when interacting with the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro with your Huawei smartphone. For example, you can listen to your favorite tracks stored on your phone, control your smartphone volume directly from the watch and also take pictures! Yes, the smartwatch works just like a remote shutter and allows you to remotely snap photos through the phone. Not sure if any other fitness gift can beat the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection this valentine?

*Leather Straps are not water-resistant

 

If your partner has already a smartwatch, don’t worry! Huawei offers a wide range of other products and services that interact seamlessly together to help you lead a healthier lifestyle. If you wish to stick to wearables you can also select various alternatives from the audio family. In this case, the HUAWEI Freebuds Pro earphones can be a good option as a valentine's gift and great accessory to listen to your favourite tunes while working out together or you can also use them to zone out  and focus on your yoga or meditation session with your partner! Apart from its stylish design and stunning audio quality, the HUAWEI Freebuds Pro can become your best friend when working out in crowded areas such as gyms or parks. The smart earphones feature an intelligent dynamic active noise cancellation that does not only cancel noise but also adapts to your surroundings. Moreover, you can connect these earphones seamlessly to your PC and tablet while watching fitness videos in case you don’t want to disturb your surroundings. If you get a call while listening to music from your tablet, you can answer the call and the music stops playing automatically on the tablet. After you hang up, the music continues to play!

 

Finally, while working out with your partner, you can enhance the ambiance by adding some music through HUAWEI Music. This music streaming service lets you enjoy a high-quality music experience by browsing songs including radio channels and playlists categorized by mood. The Huawei flagship mobile, HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro for example enables easy access to the all the cloud services such as HUAWEI Music or HUAWEI Health by simply creating a Huawei User ID and connect all your Huawei devices to its cloud.

 

Nowadays, fitness tracking technology and new innovative devices such as smartwatches and online applications on smartphones have become a necessity to live a healthy lifestyle. Huawei has understood the importance of it and is working continuously to enhance the user experience from a health and wellbeing perspective. This valentine, don’t struggle on finding the perfect gift to your loved ones, Huawei connected products and services are the best gifts that you can wish!

 

Here is how Huawei's products, features and services can help our moms to be even perfect than they already are

 

A good tech device with its features and services can help make life more convenient and entertaining, which is why tech gadgets have soared up to the top of gifts charts simply because they are great to gift to everyone, including mothers. Mothers and parents in general are known for their unconditional and tender love towards their household members and family; therefore, a tech-gift, which will easily help them to constantly be in touch with their families or one that, will help them monitor their health and fitness levels should certainly be up for grabs.

 

This article should help you make up your mind as we have rounded up some of Huawei’s hottest gadgets, which we think, will help mothers stay in touch, relax, and get things done so much easier than before. Read through this article and choose the perfect tech gift for your mother.

 

 

Getting things done while on the phone

Your mother does not have to be disconnected from the world if she is busy with her daily tasks. With the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro, Huawei’s smart, iconic and comfortable pair of earphones, she could easily be cooking while catching up with her friends, colleagues and family over the phone without having to stop one or the other. The earphones come with Intelligent Dynamic Active Noise cancellation, which ensures external noise, is filtered such as kids’ chatter, which might interrupt her hearing experience. Additionally the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro can be worn for long periods of use without feeling discomfort. Moreover, the quick and effortless pairing process between her smartphone and the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro ensures she can easily talk or listen to her favourite tunes on the HUAWEI Music app; a streaming service that is part of Huawei cloud services and can be accessed with a HUAWEI ID.

 

Staying fit and on top of her game

Staying fit and knowing some of your vitals has become essential to wellbeing and mothers are not an exception. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection, the latest premium smartwatch from Huawei does not only come with a luxurious Moon phase feature and a premium classic design. It is also loaded with a battery that can last for two weeks^[1], upgraded health monitoring features including stress levels, Oxygen SpO_2, sleep and so much more which are all tracked and can be viewed on the HUAWEI Health app installed on her phone and smartwatch. In addition to comprehensive sport and fitness tracking with 5 ATM water resistance* and lots of cool Handy Assistant features that will let your mum be on top of her game. Additionally the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection can be used to displays notification is her phone is not on her making sure she catches everything else on time as well.

 

Staying in touch with her family

One of the most important thing for every mother making sure her family is safe and sound. The family’s wellbeing is always on our mothers and having the proper gadgets can help them rest assured. Huawei’s lineup of tablets the HUAWEI MatePad Series, which includes the HUAWEI MatePad Pro (available in a 5G variant) supports extraordinary features like Multi-Window^[2], Multi-screen Collaboration^[3] and HUAWEI APP Multiplier, which are prime features that elevate multi-tasking. She can be on a video call for work, while checking on her children on another texting app – at the same time!

 

All of Huawei’s products are smartly interconnected with one another and can be used simultaneously to enrich her experience. These products are complemented by Huawei’s Cloud services such as HUAWEI Health, HUAWEI Music, HUAWEI Video and HUAWEI Themes, which could be accessed with a universal HUAWEI ID to further enhance and enrich the overall experience.

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[1] HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro provides a long battery life of two weeks under typical user scenarios. Including heart rate monitoring enabled for 24 hours, scientific sleep monitoring switched on at nights, average weekly workout of 90 minutes (with location enabled), notifications on (receive 50 texts and set three alarms every day), screen wake up for 200 times every day, weekly music playback of 30 minutes.

[2] Requires the latest version of EMUI.

[3] Huawei Share enables Multi-screen Collaboration between a HUAWEI MatePad Pro and a Huawei (or Honor) smartphone. Please visit official website for details.

This Chinese New Year stay focused and determined on your fitness goals with Huawei's connected products to aid you

Chinese New Year 2021 is right around the corner and with the Year of the Ox upon us, it’s time to get more focused and determined on things that really matter, such as your health. With the theme of the Year of the Ox building heavily on diligence, persistence and honesty, it’s time to stick to a healthier lifestyle without breaking away from it and most importantly, be honest to yourself with goals and progress. But how can you do that? Well, Huawei is here to help and it’s brought a couple of friends along.

 

Being honest with yourself is the key factor of any fitness journey, which is then followed by the hard work towards it and tracking your progress along the way. Huawei makes all of this possible with great ease thanks to its cloud services, its range of smart products and an inter-connected ecosystem that brings it all together.

 

For instance, you can go for a run, hit the gym, go swimming or do any physical activity and rest assured, your HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro Moon Phase Collection resting on your wrist will keep track of it all. This way, you have a solid record of your progress and you can also keep an eye on how well you did overall. Once recorded, it automatically updates on Huawei Health on your smartphone, the HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro for instance, and now you are able to keep proper track of everything as you make your way towards your fitness goal.

 

Most of us even like to have a little music while we work out, which is where smart audio devices like the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro comes in for an immersive audio experience with dynamic active noise cancellation to ensure that you are in the zone at all times! Don’t worry if you are out for a run though, because the HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro’s Awareness and Voice Modes ensure that you don’t miss out on surrounding sounds such as cars, alerts or even of people have to talk to you. On the other hand, if you want some music at home, the HUAWEI Sound X is your solution, where you can simply tap your Huawei smartphone to instantly play music at top-notch quality without any connectivity hassle.

 

But how does Huawei do all of this? It’s quite simple, by having every product and service connected under one ecosystem as a part of the HUAWEI Seamless AI Life. This allows for a more connected experience especially in everyday scenarios and changes how things are done with the help of shared data and more interactions. On top of this, all the devices from Huawei are connected under one Huawei ID. This allows access to all of the cloud services from multiple registered devices, making it easier to view data, have preferences shared and even allowing for customization through Huawei Themes. This basically means that all of your devices are connected and all your data is shared between them, making using multiple devices a whole lot easier.

 

This Chinese New Year make the decision to get healthier, which can be done with a change in lifestyle and an overall change in your fitness regime. Keeping the themes of diligence, persistence and honesty close at heart, commit yourself to a new and healthier life and you can do it all with Huawei’s range of connected devices and service at your disposal.

Top 3 free messaging apps alternatives that you can download from HUAWEI AppGallery right now!

Are you adept at social messaging and in search of the best alternative free apps to benefit from? Don't waste your time searching further… here are the top-performing messaging apps available on the HUAWEI AppGallery right now. Ranked by the highest number of downloads across the MEA region, Botim, Imo, and Moya have made their way to the top four most downloaded apps falling under the "Communication" category in HUAWEI AppGallery.

 

BOTIM

BOTIM - Unblocked Video Call and Voice Call is a free worldwide calling and messaging app for everyone. It can bring your family and friends closer than ever. The application supports both video and audio calling among BOTIM users. In addition, it lets you sent text messages, photos and short videos.

 

imo

imo is a global instant communication platform aiming to provide the most convenient, interactive and fun way for people to connect. Through accessible audio and video communication services, rich multi-media content and other features such as games, imo connects over 200 million users in 62 languages, across more than 150 countries around the world.

 

Moya

Moya App is a #datafree super-app for messaging, browsing, checking your SASSA grant, live scores and more. No airtime? No worries! The Moya App works in all countries and is #datafree.

 

With over 96,000 applications available across all categories, HUAWEI AppGallery, the third-largest global app distribution platform from Huawei, offers a wide range of diverse apps and enables the users to use these applications seamlessly with strict protection of their privacy and security. In fact, HUAWEI AppGallery deploys the highest level of verification to isolate and protect users’ sensitive data and privacy. Personally-sensitive information will never be processed outside the Huawei device, giving the user complete control over their personal data[1]. Moreover, thanks to Huawei EMUI services included on Huawei smartphones, users have complete control over apps user permission.

 

Popular messaging apps such as Botim, imo, and Moya are fully usable within the Huawei Mobile Service thereby enabling smooth and enhanced user experiences. This highlights Huawei’s commitment to continually develop its app portfolio to provide users with innovative and high-quality apps that meet their needs and enhance the overall user experience.

 

To discover more messaging apps on HUAWEI AppGallery, click here

Four exciting ways to boost your productivity with Huawei EMUI 11

Living in a century were surrounded by technology, we often wonder if the predominance of these tech gadgets in our daily lives helps to improve our productivity, or on the contrary, are responsible for its decline?

While some people think that banning technology will lead to a better focus and productivity, the truth is the same technology, when used successfully, can help to get things done easier and faster.

 

Simultaneously, multitasking has also become increasingly common in our society, we often attempt to perform multiple tasks such as texting, browsing social media, streaming videos, reading emails, all at the same time. For that, we are constantly switching devices and apps which can be a real source of stress and frustration.

 

Huawei’s customer-centric vision places the user at the focal point of its strategy and works continuously to enhance Huawei’s user experience. The latest update of its operating system EMUI 11, is the perfect example how technology serves productivity. In fact, the new EMUI 11 includes new human factors-based experience, new privacy, and security features, and improved all-scenario experiences.

 

If you are interested to boost your productivity while working, exercising, or completing your daily tasks….here are four exciting ways to do so, all thanks to Huawei's latest EMUI 11 features.

 

1.            Multi-screen collaboration

The multiscreen collaboration is a signature feature of Huawei’s recent EMUI generations and must be the most effective in terms of productivity. This innovative technology enables devices to virtualize and share their software capabilities with each other. For instance, if you are at a business meeting and need to share a picture or show an email from your smartphone, you can easily project it to your tablet. If you are working on your PC and receiving a video call from your smartphone, you can easily answer your call directly from your PC. If you are working out and wish to stream a video of a workout tutorial from your smartphone to your PC or tablet, you can also do so. The multi-screen collaboration enables better synergy between PCs and tablets and smartphones. EMUI 11 breaks down the hardware barriers between devices through distributed technology, allowing users to easily work across multiple screens. Bringing together the user’s devices in one place allows tasks to flow naturally across different devices for both a consistently controlled experience and a boosted productivity. 

 

1.      Smartphone multi-windows

Are you always on your phone, using different applications at the same time? How much time do you spend searching and swapping between apps on your phone? Do you dream of a new way to see all your favorite apps on one screen? Well, with Huawei's updated EMUI 11 features, multitasking is now easier than ever, you can use the multi-window feature on your Huawei smartphone and multitask with zero hassle!

Multi-Window allows for three apps to be displayed side by side and interact with each other. Text, images, and documents can be transferred as easily as dragging and dropping the content from one app to the other. Also, there is an ingeniously designed dock to incorporate your favorite apps in a shortcut menu so you can activate a floating window for quick action. If you are gaming and receive a message, no need for you to disconnect from your favorite game, in fact, never waste time switching app with the multi-window feature. Student can also benefit from this feature, they can use the multiscreen collaboration as it also supports up to three active windows. For instance, they can use the first window to watch the stream, the second window for a notetaking app, and discuss lecture materials with fellow classmates on the third. This will help to gather their focus on one screen and multitask easily to enhance their productivity in classes.

 

2.      Smart AI gestures

EMUI 11's Smart Gesture Control builds upon Gesture Control features first introduced on EMUI 10. Through the gesture sensors, users can perform a variety of functions on-screen without having to touch the device, creating a new way to interact with your device. For instance, if you are running on the treadmill or doing your morning workout, or even enjoying a swim, you can easily answer your incoming call by performing a simple press gesture in the air to answer it. Now, on EMUI 11, not only can you use gestures to answer calls but you can perform a myriad of AI gestures: Hover your palm over the screen to wake up the display, Gesture up, down, left, and right to navigate with ease, pressing gesture in the air to pause the music, decrease brightness or ringtone volume. All these innovative smart AI gestures enable you with more freedom while enjoying your daily activities leads to better productivity.

 

3.      Share the enjoyment while keeping your data private

We have all become more and more accustomed to documenting our lives through photography, but our cameras now save not only the beauty of a cherished moment but the exact location in which it took place. With EMUI 11, Huawei has introduced a new privacy protection feature for photo sharing, giving you the option to wipe your photos of any location, time, or device details relating to the moment the image was captured. This means that you don't have to waste your time anymore on deleting any sensitive information while sharing the picture.

 

The new EMUI 11 offers existing users an interactive and all-scenario experiences supported by distributed technology, as well as Huawei's latest thoughtful privacy and security features. All these features have brought ease and efficiency to our daily activities and by consequence reduce stress and improve productivity. EMUI 11’s upgrade is part of Huawei's AI seamless life strategy and is now integrated within most popular Huawei smartphones for a better user experience.