Huawei wants P40 users to navigate museums in AR

Huawei’s AR Map app is available worldwide, but it only works at a few sites in China

The Huawei AR Map app shows off the Deer of Nine Colors, a traditional Buddhist tale, at the Mogao Caves. (Picture: Huawei Terminal/Bilibili)
The biggest selling point of Huawei’s newly unveiled P40 series smartphones is probably the cameras. But there’s also a related feature that hasn’t received as much attention: A map app that uses augmented reality for navigation.

For now, the feature is pretty limited. Huawei told us the app is available to download worldwide, but it currently only supports a few locations in China.

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