Autonavi Maps has reached a cooperation with Huawei, and the development of the first Hongmeng system map application has officially started
Recently, Autonavi Maps and Huawei held a signing ceremony for Hongmeng cooperation, which will officially launch the development of Hongmeng native applications based on HarmonyOS NEXT. Autonavi has also become the first company in the field of map navigation to launch the development of Hongmeng APP.
According to reports, as an industry-leading travel and location information service provider, Autonavi Maps has previously established a comprehensive and deep cooperative relationship with Huawei. For example, as early as 2020, Autonavi developed lane-level navigation using the Beidou satellite navigation system based on the Mate series of mobile phones, which was also the first high-precision positioning and navigation service for smartphones in the industry. Since then, it has also supported lane-level and immersive navigation services for the Huawei HiCar Smart Platform.
In addition, since October 2023, Autonavi Map has invested a large number of architects and R & D personnel, working side by side with Huawei Hongmeng engineers, deeply cooperating, actively discussing the design of Hongmeng technical architecture, and doing preliminary technical verification for the official launch of development; on October 24, Programmer’s Day, Autonavi Map also held an internal start-up meeting for all Hongmeng project staff to inspire morale and enhance cooperation confidence, and promised that with the development of the project, more R & D resources will be continuously invested.
During the launch ceremony, Guo Ning, chief operating officer of Autonavi Maps, said: "Autonavi Maps has always been committed to technological innovation, adheres to the open aggregation model, and is a living map connected to the real world. Now working with excellent companies like Huawei to build a Hongmeng ecosystem that transcends end end points and scene boundaries means that Autonavi has taken a milestone step on the road to creating an integrated travel service. We are both confident to jointly explore more possibilities in the era of full scenarios."
It is understood that Autonavi Maps applies the global positioning capabilities of the Beidou satellite navigation system, and aggregates global enterprises through an open model to provide all kinds of services such as driving, taxis, public transportation, riding and walking, alcohol travel, catering, refueling and charging, and is committed to building a user-centered integrated travel service platform. With deeper cooperation with Huawei in the future, Autonavi Maps will be based on the unique distributed technology of Hongmeng HarmonyOS to achieve more efficient multi-terminal deployment, allowing better travel and location information services to flow seamlessly on mobile phones, tablets, cars and other devices.
Zhu Yonggang, president of Huawei End Point Cloud as a Service, said: "The addition of Autonavi Maps will help Hongmeng Ecology to rapidly develop and improve the map navigation sector, and is an important ecological co-builder for us. Autonavi Maps has a solid and profound technical accumulation and rich application scenarios in the field of map navigation. In the future, Huawei hopes to combine the full-scene multi-device efficient collaboration of HarmonyOS, and the two sides will work together to bring better and diverse experiences and services to consumers, so that Autonavi Maps can become a popular travel and life service application for more people."
The latest data shows that as of August this year, the number of Hongmeng ecological devices has exceeded 700 million, and developers have broken through 2.20 million. After Huawei announced that HarmonyOS Next is ready to go in September this year, the Hongmeng native application plan has been fully launched. At present, 18 field partners have actively participated, gradually forming a "Hongmeng Thousand Sails Rise" vigorous scene.
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