We all have heard the news about the awesome enhancements on EMUI 5.0 that will soon be coming to Huawei P9, Mate 8 & Nova series. But before going on board with the EMUI 5.0, I would like to take you guys on a tour on the best features currently available on the P9’s EMUI 4.1. Here’s the throwback to the heavy loaded feature Android Skin that I have ever used! Enjoy!
Huawei P9 has got all those that we would expect from a flagship-class droid. While software is always a key factor in choosing a new smartphone, Huawei P9’s home-brewed Emotion UI is spot-on. Running atop Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the custom UI is actually much more than just the ‘skin’ and adds some major functionalities to the operating system.
Huawei P9 uses EMUI 4.1 which was also seen on its sub-brand Honor’s recently launched device Honor 5C. Users seem to be verily divided when it comes to EMUI. Some are ardent fans; others who are in two minds actually don’t understand it at all. It is a heavy skin with which you need to be familiar first. And once you learn the ropes, you can’t stop loving it!
Since its release, Huawei P9’s snappy fingerprint sensor has become the talk of the town. But that’s not all EMUI has on offer. Why just your fingertip, it makes use of your knuckles too. Knuckle Gestures are cool Smart Assistance features that gets many things done with the strike of your knuckle. You can get scrolling screenshots, record video clip of onscreen activities with this. For more fun, just draw a letter on homescreen to open corresponding apps.
Draw a simple horizontal line across homescreen with your knuckle to double the fun opening dual windows. But I have seen some cribbing about Huawei P9’s knuckle sense. Probably, they are not striking their knuckle right. One gentle strike, a bluish firecracker sort of thing goes up and you are good to go now!
It tries its best to impress you the moment you wake up your phone. There are stunning, high-quality wallpapers—Huawei calls them ‘covers’-- that keep on changing each time you wake up your phone. You can also add your own images and personalize. I like the quick access ribbon that appears when you swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen. You get some handy options like, camera, calculator, flashlight and voice recorder there on display.
To customize homescreen, there are plenty of options. Pinch in on the homescreen and you have the customization options right in front of you. You can play with widgets, wallpapers and experiment with transition animations. More Settings give you the freedom to set the homescreen grid size to as high as 5X5.
Leica-brand dual cameras are the USP of Huawei P9. Keeping in mind neat engineering has gone into developing the camera software. Most of the interface navigations happens here just by swipes. You get baked-in shooting modes, setting options.
Near the shutter button, there is a quick option for Pro Mode. This makes it super easy to switch back and forth between auto and pro.
And there’s no denying how helpful is Phone Manager. It puts power and memory management tools all in one bucket. It is versatile with options like Harassment Filter, Batter Manager and App Lock.
Notifications are much more refined. I mean, I can get detailed information when reviewing notifications which is definitely something its peer’s lack.
While the debate on EMUI is on, tell us what do you feel about it…
Huawei P9 has got all those that we would expect from a flagship-class droid. While software is always a key factor in choosing a new smartphone, Huawei P9’s home-brewed Emotion UI is spot-on. Running atop Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the custom UI is actually much more than just the ‘skin’ and adds some major functionalities to the operating system.
Huawei P9 uses EMUI 4.1 which was also seen on its sub-brand Honor’s recently launched device Honor 5C. Users seem to be verily divided when it comes to EMUI. Some are ardent fans; others who are in two minds actually don’t understand it at all. It is a heavy skin with which you need to be familiar first. And once you learn the ropes, you can’t stop loving it!
Since its release, Huawei P9’s snappy fingerprint sensor has become the talk of the town. But that’s not all EMUI has on offer. Why just your fingertip, it makes use of your knuckles too. Knuckle Gestures are cool Smart Assistance features that gets many things done with the strike of your knuckle. You can get scrolling screenshots, record video clip of onscreen activities with this. For more fun, just draw a letter on homescreen to open corresponding apps.
Draw a simple horizontal line across homescreen with your knuckle to double the fun opening dual windows. But I have seen some cribbing about Huawei P9’s knuckle sense. Probably, they are not striking their knuckle right. One gentle strike, a bluish firecracker sort of thing goes up and you are good to go now!
It tries its best to impress you the moment you wake up your phone. There are stunning, high-quality wallpapers—Huawei calls them ‘covers’-- that keep on changing each time you wake up your phone. You can also add your own images and personalize. I like the quick access ribbon that appears when you swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen. You get some handy options like, camera, calculator, flashlight and voice recorder there on display.
To customize homescreen, there are plenty of options. Pinch in on the homescreen and you have the customization options right in front of you. You can play with widgets, wallpapers and experiment with transition animations. More Settings give you the freedom to set the homescreen grid size to as high as 5X5.
Leica-brand dual cameras are the USP of Huawei P9. Keeping in mind neat engineering has gone into developing the camera software. Most of the interface navigations happens here just by swipes. You get baked-in shooting modes, setting options.
Near the shutter button, there is a quick option for Pro Mode. This makes it super easy to switch back and forth between auto and pro.
And there’s no denying how helpful is Phone Manager. It puts power and memory management tools all in one bucket. It is versatile with options like Harassment Filter, Batter Manager and App Lock.
Notifications are much more refined. I mean, I can get detailed information when reviewing notifications which is definitely something its peer’s lack.
While the debate on EMUI is on, tell us what do you feel about it…
