More than 3,000 developer teams from five regions worldwide participated in Apps Up 2020, HUAWEI HMS App Innovation Contest. The final winners are announced today.
The HUAWEI HMS App Innovation Contest for HMS developers was launched in June in Europe, China, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa, attracting contestants from over 170 countries. The contest spanned more than 100 days, as contestants found innovative ways to use HMS Core services.
After an extensive public voting phase combined with assessments by our panel of experts, more than 100 entries have been selected for the following categories:
– Best App
– Best Game
– Best Social Impact App
– Most Popular App
– Honorable Mention
Apps Up 2020 winners enjoy a share of a USD 1 million prize pot, plus potential angel investment and promotional opportunities. Winners will also enjoy the promotion of their apps on HUAWEI AppGallery, as well as free access to HUAWEI Mobile Cloud resources and Huawei Developers events, courses, and certifications. Apps Up winners also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with the competition judging panel.
All contestants already have their apps published on HUAWEI AppGallery, giving them access to a market of millions of HUAWEI device users worldwide.
Huawei welcomes submissions from a wide range of fields, including physical and mental health, education, science, agricultural development, environmental protection, transportation, and public safety. Huawei aims to promote apps that create a new smart-living experience for everyone worldwide.
Here are a few examples of the creative and inspiring inventions emerged in the Apps Up 2020 Contest:
- Europe: PlantSnap provides a platform for users to share their passion for plants, nature, and the environment with like-minded people worldwide. Powered by HUAWEI Account Kit and other HMS Core capabilities, it can identify plants in seconds.
- China: Earthquake Map & Alert App provides real-time and historical earthquake data sourced from official meteorological websites, helping people worldwide. It integrates HUAWEI Push Kit.
- Asia Pacific: Spick & Span is an arcade game that encourages players to push for a cleaner world. It integrates In-App Purchases, Account Kit, Push Kit, and HUAWEI Ads.
- Latin America: SOSMex is a panic button app that enables women in Mexico to alert their friends and family of their whereabouts, so they know when they are in danger. The app is built with HUAWEI Awareness Kit, among other HMS Core open capabilities.
- The Middle East and Africa: The Deaf Sign Language App (ASL) helps users learn sign language by merely saying a word or phrase to communicate easily with people who suffer from hearing impairment. It integrates HUAWEI Analytics Kit and HUAWEI Account Kit.
Zhang Ping’an, President of Huawei Consumer Cloud Service, says: “We remain committed to providing developers with more capabilities, IDE, and tools, aspiring to help them make their innovative ideas into reality and bring their creations to the world. Huawei welcomes all developers to join us in the HMS ecosystem and looks forward to joining hands with them to shape the future of technology.”
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