Huawei, the world’s leading technology company, announces the rollout of its new EMUI platform, EMUI 11, to an initial 14 flagship Huawei smartphones in the Philippines.
Launched last year during the Global Launch Event, EMUI 11 promised to bring a notable range of new software features, improvements to privacy and security, as well as a smoother and more intuitive user experience to help Huawei devices stay faster. EMUI 11 is expected to make the Filipinos’ user experience on devices not just seamless, but fun and convenient as well.
Devices included in the update are as follows:
- December 15, 2020 – Huawei P40 Series, HUAWEI Mate 30 Series
- January 20, 2021 – Huawei Mate XS
- January 27, 2021 – Huawei nova 7 SE
- February 28, 2021 – Huawei P30 Series
- March 3, 2021 – Huawei nova 5T
- March 21, 2021 – Huawei Mate 20 Series
The initial rollout from the first phase included the flagship devices Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, HuaweiP40 Pro+, Huawei Mate 30, Huawei Mate 30 Pro, and Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G and received the update last December 2020. Meanwhile, all other remaining devices will receive the update by March 2021. The update will be pushed by Huawei Over-the-Air (HOTA).
What’s new in EMUI 11?
Standout design and smoother performance
From a design perspective, EMUI 11 offers a new-generation Always-On Display (AOD) experience with the addition of a new modern art style. Comprising mainly red, yellow, and blue colors, the new AOD uses seemingly simple lines to depict a sense of inimitable elegance that seizes the attention of the beholder. The color palette can also be customized. Instead of primary colors, users are free to personalize their AODs by choosing from an expansive spectrum of colors.
Alternatively, users can use the color extraction technology built into the feature by taking a photo of their clothes, purse, shoes, or other accessories to generate a bespoke set of custom colors.
The support for the feature varies depending on the device model.
Integrating visually engaging imagery with intuitive interactions requires not only an aptitude for artist expressions but also extensive research into how people process information – also known as human factors research. EMUI 11 introduces Long-take Animations.
Inspired by its namesake technique in the field of cinematography, these animations leverage the shared content or areas between two interfaces to produce a smooth transition from one to another. This ensures focus continuity, allowing users to keep their eyes on the most important and active parts of the screen, all the while enhancing visual smoothness and providing a substantial boost to visual recognition efficiency.
Existing users should be no stranger to EMUI’s Smart Multi-Window, Edge Panel, Floating Window, and Multi-tasking features. EMUI 11 introduces an improved Smart Multi-Window experience.
The new operating system allows users to open multiple Floating Windows at once. These windows can be minimized to the new Quick Ball, which can be expanded to show all collapsed windows quickly with a single tap. Furthermore, in response to user feedback, EMUI 11 adds support for adjustable windows – re-sizing is as easy and effortless as dragging a corner of the window.
Productivity-boosting multi-Screen collaboration gets an update
Huawei’s distributed technology on EMUI 11 brings new improvements to smartphone-notebook and tablet-notebook Multi-Screen Collaboration. At the time of launch, users could have two concurrent active smartphone apps running on a PC (future updates will bring that to up to three).
With the update, users can easily compare prices between two online retailers, respond to text messages while catching up on a TV show, or enjoy complete control with stock quotes showing on one window and a trading platform on another.
Personal data stays personal, always
In today’s information-driven world, Huawei remains committed to safeguarding user privacy with innovation. At present, EMUI 10.1 already supports Password Safe and more user-centric privacy features.
Augmented with the CC EAL5+-certified TEE OS microkernel, EMUI offers comprehensive security protection for users. EMUI 11 builds upon the strong foundation with the introduction of Encrypted Memo, which secures personal memos behind a password or biometric check.
Sensitive data on captured photos, such as location, time, and model of the device used to create the image, can easily be purged from the media, preventing malicious actors from using the data for fraudulent purposes.
EMUI 11 improves the all-scenario experience
From the new UX design delivering beautiful visual and interactive experiences to powerful new enhancements to the Multi-Screen Collaboration and Smart Multi-Window offering a multi-tasking efficiency boost, EMUI 11 is shaping up to be a massive improvement over its predecessor.
Since the launch of EMUI 10, Huawei has greatly accelerated the pace of the update roll-out. And with EMUI 11, Huawei reaches another milestone with a beta program ready at the time of the OS announcement, a testament to Huawei’s commitment to the existing Huawei device user base.
