[Huawei Developers] Martin Bieber:
March 15 - HMS Core 5.2.0 is now official! :cowboy:

This issue introduces Huawei Network Kit, which gives your networks higher bandwidth and lower latency. New features are available in other kits as well – channel analysis reports in Analytics Kit, and custom special effects of volumetric clouds in Computer Graphics Kit.

Get the details on this update:

https://developer.huawei.com/consum...es/hmssdk-kit-0000001050042513?ha_source=hms3

New Kits

Network Kit：

The on-device SDK of Network Kit provides:

(1) A network request framework based on RESTful APIs, helping accelerate the access speed and reduce network latency, while also supporting smooth network migration in weak network environments.

(2) A file upload and download function, based on multi-task and multi-thread technologies. It fully utilizes network bandwidth resources and supports resumable data transfer, resulting in a notably enhanced user experience during file uploading and downloading.

(3) A range of network acceleration services, including hQUIC Kit and Wireless Kit. Integrating Network Kit brings about an all-link acceleration experience. The Kit supports HMS Core ecosystem partners in industries like game and e-commerce in developing mobile apps with lower latency and higher throughput

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New features

Analytics Kit:

Added the channel analysis report, which offers a number of analytical dimensions, including new users, active users, total users, and day-2 retention. These indicators help you comprehensively evaluate the quantity and quality of new users acquired from each app store, boosting your ROI.

Upgraded install attribution. This function is now capable of intelligently distinguishing between paid traffic and organic traffic, as well as tracking app installation sources, helping acquire new users more accurately.

Provided a rich range of user profile tags, including App uninstalled, Consecutive active days, and Consumption times tier in last 6 months, which enable you to perform targeted operations and precision marketing.

Added the SDK for quick apps, satisfying the requirements for unified analysis of user behavior.

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ML Kit:

Added Bulgarian and Croatian to the list of languages supported by real-time translation.

Added Persian, Latvian, and Khmer to the list of languages supported by on-device language detection.

Added support for the function which obtains the list of supported languages for automatic speech recognition, audio file transcription, and real-time transcription.

Added support for the recognition of hair for image segmentation.

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Video Kit:

Added the pre-loading function. It enables quick starting of videos, improving user experience.

Added the live streaming function. It enables live videos to play with low latency, which can be widely used in live streaming industries such as online education.

Added support for switching between multiple embedded audio tracks and subtitle tracks.

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Audio Kit :

Enriched audio experience for users by:

Supporting audio playback in chunks. For example, audio files stored on cloud can be played.

Supporting playing audio files in the APK, which is useful in playing audio like special sound effects and background music.

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CG Kit :

Added the special effects of volumetric clouds. It allows you to customize volumetric clouds and achieve immersive rendering effects on the Android platform, giving gamers the impression that they are hovering amidst actual clouds.

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Audio Kit :

Enriched audio experience for users by:

Supporting audio playback in chunks. For example, audio files stored on cloud can be played.

Supporting playing audio files in the APK, which is useful in playing audio like special sound effects and background music.

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Made necessary updates to other kits. Learn More

New Resources

Network Kit :

Sample Code: Added hms-network-demo. The demo illustrates how to integrate Network Kit, make synchronous and asynchronous network request by using HttpClient and RestClient, and use the Kit to upload and download files.

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Health Kit :

Sample Code: Updated hms-health-demo-kotlin and hms-health-demo-java. Added the readLatestData API to the DataController class to read the latest data point of a specified data type list.

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For more details, you can go to:

l Our official website

l Our Development Documentation page, to find the documents you need

l Reddit to join our developer discussion

l GitHub to download demos and sample codes

l Stack Overflow to solve any integration problems