Huawei Consumer Business Group has been rolling out its latest EMUI 9.1 software update from June 27 in Singapore. EMUI 9.1 is Huawei’s customised user interface based on Android 9.0 Pie.
The update will be launched in different phases starting with the Mate 20 Series in late June, followed by P20 Series and Nova 3 Series in July and subsequent models including Mate RS, P10 and P10 Plus in August.
Users can update their device on the HiCare app in their Huawei handsets under ‘Services’ and ‘Update’. With the new updates, users will be able to enjoy new and enhanced features depending on their phone models listed below:
Incoming caller video and GPU Turbo 3.0: for all updated handsets
Huawei Share OneHop: Mate and P series
Moon Mode: Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20X
Huawei Vlog: Mate series, P series, Nova 4 and Nova 3
EROFS: All series except Y9 2018 and Nova 3e
Feature upgrades
- Incoming caller video allows users to customise a personal video as a caller ringtone.
- GPU Turbo 3.0 supports more games for an improved gaming experience. It has added 19 new international games to the existing six games supported. The feature will now offer a total of 25 games a better experience with higher frame rate and lower power consumption.
Improved data transfer speeds
Huawei Vlog offers new features and effects for you to edit the video with one simple click. The Highlight videos are automatically edited with dramatic filters with the option to apply special speed effects and background music. You can share your personal cinematic masterpiece easily with the enhanced video editing features.
Huawei Share OneHop allows for file transfer between Huawei MateBook and Huawei flagship phones on a single tap. The feature is available to flagship series including the Mate 20, P20, Mate 10, P10 and P9 series.
Performance upgrades
Faster launch time with improved launch speeds for the most popular apps on the market. It includes improved features in WeChat for QR code scanning, large picture loading, shooting and sharing pictures.
- New EROFS (extendable read-only file system) provides an increase of 20% read speed compared to the EXT4 file system. It ensures that the system has a better performance. The read-only memory design also isolates outside interference for added security in your system files.
- Intuitive design of the Simplified UI in EMUI 9.1, making it easier and more intuitive.
- Illustrated functionality that provides instructions and description in an engaging way.
Launched end-2012, the first edition of EMUI was known as Emotion UI 1.0 and built on Android 4.0. The user interface received its current name with the introduction of EMUI 3.0 in 2014 and a new app store for the China market. In 2017, EMUI 8.0 was launched alongside the release of Huawei Mate 10, with a renewed focus on its AI capabilities. The EMUI 9.0, based on Android 9 Pie, was released alongside the Huawei Mate 20 series. The Huawei P30 series was launched along with the latest EMUI 9.1 system with improved features.
In April 2019, Wang Chenglu, president of the software department at the Huawei Consumer Business Group said that Huawei's EMUI skin had reached over 480 million daily active users. EMUI is now available in 77 languages across 216 regions in the world.
As of June 3, 2019, the number of users that have upgraded from EMUI 8 to EMUI 9 has exceeded 80 million globally and continues to grow. It is estimated that this figure will reach 100 million by the end of June.
