/PRZWT/ In today's world where smart terminals are increasingly integrated into people's lives, whether the operating system and apps can "coordinate and cooperate" well has become a core factor influencing users' perception. Especially when using mobile phones, have you ever been troubled by repeatedly switching applications for navigation and the lack of coherence in desktop components? Based on this, Honor MagicOS has reached a deep cooperation with Baidu Maps, jointly promoting seamless integration of system-level capabilities and travel services, to bring users a more efficient, convenient and immersive smart travel experience. This cooperation is not only an important outcome under the impetus of Honor's Grand Voyage Plan, but also provides a practical model for the deep integration of "operating system + industry services" in the industry.
MagicOS collaborates with Baidu Maps for the "Shining Ahead" initiative, lighting up the "searchlight" for the partnership.
With the increasing demand for full-scenario ecological experience from users, in 2025, the Honor Long Voyage Plan will launch the "MagicOS Ecological Experience" incentive policy, encouraging developer partners to independently upload and adapt to the MagicOS ecosystem, and giving priority to those applications that are better adapted more opportunities to be displayed. The Baidu Maps App responded positively to this policy, integrating into Honor mobile phones in the form of an adapted product, and was the first to complete the deep integration with MagicOS, becoming the "leader" in the ecosystem adaptation cooperation.
Behind this efficient collaboration, it is not merely simple traffic support, but an all-round empowerment system ranging from technology to resources. MagicOS provides developers with a complete and detailed adaptation support system: standardized access documentation, efficient debugging response channels, and full support from the R&D team throughout the process, ensuring rapid response to issues and closed-loop management. What's more convenient is that complex adaptations such as visual transparency effects only require the Baidu Maps team to configure the corresponding tags, and the system will automatically complete the rendering, significantly reducing the complexity and cost of development.
Adhering to the collaborative concept of efficient response, Honor and Baidu Maps have also established a dedicated joint development team. The Honor side provides a full-process accompanying service. Regarding the technical difficulties and detailed issues that arise during the adaptation process, through multiple rounds of special meetings, real-time alignment and communication are carried out to quickly resolve them, clearing obstacles for the implementation of functions and ensuring the efficient progress of the adaptation work. This collaboration and empowerment system has enabled Baidu Maps to quickly achieve a deep integration with the MagicOS ecosystem. It not only verified the feasibility of the collaborative innovation between the operating system and industry services, but also achieved an exponential improvement in the user's travel experience.
Core functions undergo triple refreshment, precisely illuminating the "experience lighthouse" of the map service
Baidu Maps and Honor MagicOS have jointly focused on this project, leveraging each other's technological advantages to achieve mutual collaboration. By integrating various system ecosystem solutions such as "Transparent Cards", "Honor Any Door", and "Dynamic Capsules", they have optimized the user navigation experience in three major aspects: operational efficiency, visual integration, and information accessibility.
【Exclusive Transparent Design for Android】: Beyond aesthetics, it also takes into account practicality and focus.
Nowadays, the integration of OS visual design has become one of the aesthetic pursuits of many users for their mobile phone desktops. If the third-party application cards are out of sync with the system style, they are likely to damage the overall aesthetic of the desktop and cause a disconnection in the experience. MagicOS is the first system in the Android ecosystem to achieve transparent visual design. After the Baidu Maps App "Commute Card" was adapted, users only need to enable the transparent mode, and the "zero gravity, light breathing" transparent cards can seamlessly integrate into the system interface, presenting a light and immersive visual experience like "transparent crystal". This design significantly enhances users' willingness to use desktop cards and drives the growth of application usage rates. The related themes have continuously topped the Honor Theme Store, which fully demonstrates the users' recognition of the solution.
【MagicOS Honor Anywhere Door Compatibility 】 : Address "Just drag and reach", making travel navigation more efficient
Baidu Maps has collaborated with Honor to launch an ecological function called "Honor Any Door Direct Navigation", which precisely addresses the cumbersome operation issues arising from sharing social addresses. Previously, users had to perform multiple cross-application jumps such as pasting the address - exiting - opening Baidu Maps - pasting the address to complete the navigation. Now, simply by long-pressing the address in the chat interface and dragging it into the side area of the Honor Any Door, they can directly invoke Baidu Maps and start the navigation with just one click, truly achieving "one drag and reach" across applications.
【Dynamic Capsule Real-Time Navigation】: Route information is complete without any omissions. Multiple tasks can run simultaneously without any interference.
In scenarios where users are engaged in multiple tasks simultaneously, such as walking or cycling, and need to constantly monitor navigation information while frequently switching between mobile applications, the Dashing Capsule feature of Honor MagicOS offers an elegant solution. Baidu Maps displays the core navigation information for walking and cycling, such as the direction of travel and remaining distance, in real time within the top Dashing Capsule on the screen. Even if the application is placed in the background or the user is browsing other content, the key information remains easily visible. This addresses the previous issue where users had to repeatedly switch between applications or endure navigation interruptions, achieving a continuous information experience during multi-task parallelism.
Maps, as a high-frequency service closely related to users' travel, each evolution in its experience essentially represents a practical response by technology to human needs. The deep cooperation between Baidu Maps and Honor MagicOS is a vivid illustration of the successful empowerment of leading applications by the Honor Grand Voyage initiative and the enhancement of terminal user experience. It not only validates the tremendous energy that the deep collaboration model of "operating system + core services" can unleash, but also demonstrates the crucial value of an open ecosystem in driving an experience revolution. In the future, the Honor Grand Voyage initiative will continue to launch MagicOS ecosystem experience incentives for application ecosystem partners. We look forward to more partners logging onto the Honor Developer Service Platform and joining the MagicOS ecosystem to jointly explore the unlimited possibilities of intelligent services and create a new experience of smart life that gets smarter and more efficient as users use it more.
