HUAWEI’s AppGallery has been a little on the anaemic side when it comes to essential apps. However, the company has been busy at work trying to get app developers to bring their apps to the platform. The latest app to make its way to the AppGallery is the HERE WeGo City Navigation.
The HERE WeGo app fills in a void left by the lack of availability of a proper navigation application on the AppGallery. So far, users have had to opt to using the web version of Google Maps to get around. With the launch of HERE WeGo, HUAWEI users can now get access to a navigation app which will be able to run natively on newer HUAWEI devices which run on HUAWEI’s Mobile Services.
The Maps service will bring free voice-guided navigation to HUAWEI users. It also allows users to download maps for offline navigation. Public transit information for more than 1,300 cities is also available on the app. The cities include large metropolitan cities such as Kuala Lumpur, New York City, Munich and more.
HUAWEI users have been feeling the pinch ever since the U.S. initiated a trade ban against the company. The ban has, in particular, affected HUAWEI’s mobile business which has been forced to turn to an in-house developed Mobile Services platform to deal with the inability to license Google’s Play Services which provide the API backbone for essential mobile functions. This includes access to the Play Store and Google Apps.
