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Do you have a 2020 Huawei mobile? Yes, from terminals that do not have Google applications. Well, you already know that there are some methods to install them. Or that there is Huawei's own application store with more and more tools available. But what you may not know is that your mobile has a very interesting application search engine. It's called Petal Search, and its Find apps widget is the most useful thing you have at hand for finding all those apps that interest you.
By default, your Huawei phone should have Petal Search pre-installed right out of the box. If this is not the case, feel free to visit AppGallery and look for this application. It is completely free and you can download it in a couple of steps.
You already know that it is an application search engine. Thanks to the work of different search engines, it finds applications that are available outside of the Google Play Store. So, in this way, we bypass the limitation of not having the Google application store. It also works as a news aggregator and Internet search tool. But he has an interesting trick up his sleeve: his widget
How to use the Find apps widget to find apps
The key to Petal Search is in its widget, since it saves us a lot of time when we want to search for an application. We don't have to click on the application, travel to the apps tab and do the search. In this case we only use the widget or shortcut to search for the name of the app and that's it.
Of course, for this we have to plant the shortcut on one of the terminal's desktops. To do this, once after having installed Petal Search, we must make the pinch gesture directly on the screen, anywhere This displays the tools to customize the desktop of our Huawei mobile.
Look at the widget tab at the bottom. This will allow you to access the carousel of widgets and shortcuts that are available on your Huawei mobile depending on the applications and tools you have installed on it.Find the Find apps from Petal Search and select it
Now all you have to do is place it on a desktop on your mobile. Note that this is a long search bar, so it will take up one row of apps. You can plant it on the home screen to always have it at hand. From then on you will only have to click and search for the application you want. From WhatsApp to Google Maps Yes, even though it is a Google application you will find repositories such as APKPure where you can download it and use it on your Huawei mobile. This time with fewer steps than directly using the search engine within Petal Search.