This is a companion app of Navigation - G Maps Viewer client app for Huawei smartwatches.
🔧Prerequisites:
• Application works on: HUAWEI WATCH 5 NEXT, HUAWEI GT6 / GT5 / GT4 / GT3 PRO / GT3, ULTIMATE, HUAWEI FIT 4, FIT 3 and FIT 2, HUAWEI WATCH D, HUAWEI WATCH 4, HUAWEI WATCH 3 smartwatches.
• Navigation - G Maps Viewer client app must be installed on smartwatch from Huawei AppGallery on smartwatch or via Huawei Health app on phone.
Keep your phone in your pocket and your eyes on the road. Navigation - G Maps Viewer brings Google Maps™ directions, ETA, and distances directly to your Huawei smartwatch. Perfect for driving, cycling or walking.
✨ Key Features:
• Turn-by-Turn Directions: View upcoming maneuvers clearly on your watch.
• Real-Time Data: Syncs distance, time, and ETA instantly from your phone.
• Haptics: Feel vibration alerts for turns.
• Custom Themes: Choose a color scheme that matches your style or improves visibility.
• Voice Guidance & Haptics: Hear audio instructions and detailed vibration feedback for turns (Supported on Android 10 and below only).
- Left turn: two short vibrations.
- Right turn: three short vibrations.
✨How it works:
🚀 First time after installation:
• Launch the phone app and grant the required permissions.
🚀 Every time when you want to use navigation:
• Open Google Maps™ on your phone and start navigation.
• The directions appear automatically on your wrist.
⚠️ Important Notes:
• Text-Based Navigation: This app displays directional arrows and text (ETA/Distance). It does not display the full map image.
• Compatibility: Voice guidance and advanced vibration signals are experimental features and currently support Android 10 or below.
🔧 Troubleshooting & Permissions: If directions aren't showing, please ensure:
• Connection: Watch and phone must be connected via Bluetooth.
• Authorization: If watch is connected but this app shows unauthorized status, please uninstall this app and install again.
• Autostart (Crucial): Ensure “Autostart” option is enabled for this app in phone settings. (For Huawei/Honor phones: Settings / Apps / App launch, search for Navigation - G Maps Viewer, switch off the toggle, change to Manage manually. Location of this option may vary depending on phone manufacturer).
• Background Activity: Ensure "Allow Background Activity" is turned on for this app in phone settings.
• Notifications: Ensure notifications are enabled for Google Maps™ in phone settings.
• Active Navigation: Navigation is actively running (you must press "Start" in Google Maps™, not just open the map).