Table of contents:
- What is Petal Search
- How to download Petal Search
- How to download applications with Petal Search
- Can I download Google apps from Petal Search?
- How to update my apps from Petal Search
- Links to websites
There are already several alternatives to fill your Huawei mobile with applications. Even if you don't have access to Google Play out of the box, it's not impossible to download apps that are in that store. You are always left with the Internet repositories and other web pages where the apk files of these applications are archived and cataloged. And now Huawei makes it a little more accessible thanks to a tool that is present on your mobile. It's called Petal Search, and here we're going to teach you how to use it to find all those apps you need and learn how to keep them updated.
What is Petal Search
This is a resource that Huawei has developed to find applications on the Internet, through different repositories and well-known web pages. And it is that, if you know that there is a world beyond the Google Play Store, you will hear references like APKPure, Aptoide and other unofficial application stores In them too you will find many versions of applications already present in the Google Play Store. But not only that. Some companies like WhatsApp also allow you to download the latest version of the application directly from their website. Without having to go through any of the official stores.
Petal Search's mission, therefore, is to act as a application search engine through these repositories and official pagesWith this we can search for the WhatsApp application, for example, and find different options to download through APKPure, from the company's official website and other repositories. Even when WhatsApp is not yet available on AppGallery, Huawei's official app store.
It is, therefore, a rough solution to the problem of applications on Huawei mobiles that do not come standard with Google services. But it's effective for accessing to many more options than what's already in AppGallery And, in fact, it has a system to notify you of pending updates.
How to download Petal Search
Huawei is integrating Petal Search as a default application on the company's new phones. Although, if it does not appear, you can also get it by downloading it as a normal application from the AppGallery. This way you will have an icon like a search application that not only collects results from applications, but also from news, flights and hotels.
Another option is that, beyond counting as an application icon, it also functions as a search widget or shortcut that you can Place on any mobile desktop. In this way, like the Google Search widget, it allows you to do quick searches from the desktop, without having to open the browser or any other application. Pinch the desktop to display the available widgets and find the Petal Search widget here. So you can apply it to any desktop in search bar format.
How to download applications with Petal Search
Now that you're all set, all you need to do is do a search in the bar or app. Whether it's WhatsApp or any other tool or game you're looking to install, a list of results will appear.
This is where you should look where these versions of apps and games come from. Thanks to an indicator you will know if it is a link to the download from the official website or if it is from one or another repository.
The good thing is that, as in the usual app stores, you can directly press the Install button on the right side. Of course, you will have to take another step such as accepting the download of the application file on your mobile or clicking the install button on the installer screen. A process that in the Google Play Store or AppGallery is fully automated but that is not the case in Petal Search.
After that you will have the application installed on your Huawei mobile.As if it were another application. It doesn't matter that it doesn't come from the official app stores. If it does not require Google services, or if it can work autonomously, you can use it as a normal application
Can I download Google apps from Petal Search?
Here comes the tricky part. The answer is yes and no. And it is that Huawei mobiles now only include Huawei or HMS mobile services and not Google Services or Google services This implies that there are applications and parts of Apps that won't work. But that does not prevent you from downloading them and taking advantage of them in some way.
For example, you can search for Google Maps in Petal Search. And what is more interesting, you can download and install it on your mobile only with HMS. You can even start it and know your location on the map.This does not mean that Google Maps will be fully functional on your mobile, since everything related to Google services will not be available. However, what refers to the use of GPS and the Internet connection does work. And you can take advantage of it to locate yourself or guide you to a specific area without problem.
Something similar happens with WhatsApp. You can download the app and use it normally to text yourself. However you will not be able to use the backup on Google Drive, as it requires Google credentials.
How to update my apps from Petal Search
Another question that may arise when using the Petal Search system is the updates of these applications that we download. Should we be aware of them? Did we forget to update and receive news? The answer is no. Here Petal Search works hand in hand with AppGallery to keep track of what apps you have installed on your phone.Even if they are applications downloaded from third-party repositories. This way it can check that new versions of those apps have been released and show you a notification to download the update. A process that is not automated as in other app stores, but that serves as a solution to this problem.
Links to websites
Petal Search has a third option when it comes to taking you to certain applications. And it is that not everything is downloading the apk files In some cases it also presents you with the most direct and simple option: link to the web service of that tool. For example, it happens when you search for Tinder in this search engine. In addition to the options to download the application or even the lite version, you can also access the web version. This way you won't have to download anything.Just enter your user credentials. Of course, you will do everything through the Petal Search Internet browser, and not in the usual browser of your Huawei mobile.
You will be able to identify these cases because, instead of showing a button that says Install, the Go button will appear. And, next to the application icon, you will see the Petal Search symbol to indicate that you will navigate through this same platform.
