As the paths between Huawei and Google separate, the Chinese company is forced to strengthen its own tools, which it once had in the background. An example is the enormous improvement that the AppGallery application store has undergone to compete with Google Play, the arrival of Virtual Assistant Celia as an alternative to Google Assistant, or Huawei’s own Assistant, which claims to be the greatest competition for Google Discover .
Since the arrival of EMUI 10, Huawei has improved several of its own developments, especially since the United States imposed the veto that prevents the Chinese firm from integrating Google Services into its devices. One of the tools that are here to stay is Huawei Assistant, your own personal assistant that appears by swiping to the left of the screen just like Google Discover.
A manager with news and suggestions
Within this page we can find services or information. We will also have SmartCare cards on hand , where the user can see basic information about their phone and third-party services, such as live content or upcoming trips. It also integrates “Huawei Newsfeed” a partnership of the company with the main news agencies and providers, thus offering personalized news for users in real time.
On mobiles with EMUI 10 or EMUI 10.1 without Google Services, Huawei Assistant is already activated and Google Discover has disappeared. However, it is still active on updated mobiles that were launched with GMS. For this reason, we will have to proceed to its activation manually.
How to activate Huawei Assistant
To do this, we leave pressed in an empty place on the desktop, and click on “Main screen settings”. Now, we will see the desktop settings and we will have to click on the last option, which says “Publications”. Once we press we will see the available options, and it is possible that Google Discover is checked, so we will only have to click on Huawei Assistant.
Now we can go to the desktop and swipe left from the main screen. By doing so we will access Huawei Assistant for the first time. The tool will be in charge of requesting various access permissions to our device in order to function properly. It may also require the installation of Quick Apps. Once done we will have full access to the wizard and customize our tastes in terms of news and shortcuts, in addition to having a quick search engine at the top.