HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS) has announced upgrades to , a one-stop search engine to discover and download apps, games, and experiences. These upgrades make the search experience more intuitive and result-oriented, and also enable the user to extend the environment to other smart devices. The innovative, versatile, and secure search experience promised by HUAWEI Petal Search continues seamlessly in the V11.0.1 release.

Adam Xiao, Managing Director, HMS and Consumer Cloud Service for HUAWEI Consumer Business Group MEA, said: “At Huawei, we are constantly striving to push the boundaries of innovation and technology so that it can benefit consumers as much as possible. Since the launch of Petal Search, millions of Huawei smartphone users in the region have taken advantage of its extensive range of features. And this is what motivates our R&D teams to continue on their path of innovation, with a focus on new and improved features that impact everyday life and experiences.”

The user-experience upgrades to Petal Search include the revision to a more friendly experience from the URL bar, including the ability to return to previous search results. Auto-suggestion has been improved too, with more information leading directing the user to the best results.

Petal Search on TV
This is the first Huawei brand search tool for searching third-party apps. It has now solved a requirement from customers by extending Petal Search coverage to compatible TVs.

Petal Assistant
To enhance the experience, Huawei has enriched what the assistant can do in Petal Search. ‘My Day’ allows users to see cards related to schedule management. ‘Moments’ Provides users with cards related to personal interests and scenario-based tools.

In-app Push Improvement 
As a brand communication channel, campaign landing pages and results pages can guide users to enable notifications, and access information about brands, offers, and what matters to them.

Internal Message
Users can now choose to receive internal messages from Petal Search such as announcements and promotional information. It is also easier and faster to check important information within Petal Search.

Related Images in Image Detail Page
Visually similar images are now pushed to users, more shopping data is shown according to user click pattern, and visual search is supported with the currently clicked image. Browser times have also been improved with enhanced user engagement. Frequently-used operation buttons have been optimized, shortening the user path and improving convenience. An associated visual search function forms a benign mutual diversion mechanism.

Image Search Ads
The Petal Search upgrade introduces shopping ads into image search and enhances shopping data conduction.

Petal Search Website Optimization
Now with a Newsbox feed, search bar words and optimized shortcut and hot word cards, users receive richer information and enjoy improved operational capabilities. The Petal Search website – www.petalsearch.com – has more information and promises better experiences.

Course Box
This aggregates course material in two languages – English and Spanish. The Course Box will show when users search for a course-related query. Users can select from 21 courses categories and five sorting patterns to obtain the most relevant course results.

Football Player Box
This solution integrates professional data such as player statistics and transfer history, significantly enhancing the richness of Football Player Box and building differentiation.

Shopping Center
On the Shopping Center business platform designed for e-commerce partners to upload and manage product data, partners are able to efficiently manage products, build campaigns, and push product data to the advertising system.

Travel Center
A one stop portal for hotel owners, OTA, and agencies, the Travel Centre helps commercial partners upload and manage their hotel feeds, pricing, and optimizing and managing data feeds for Huawei Hotel Ads. It offers real-time data monitoring and a daily data report to track performance.