Did you ever think about how wonderful it would be to use the in-display fingerprint reader of your phone to quickly open any app or feature you need? Well, the new Xiaomi Mi 9 and Mi 9 SE are going to get this useful feature through a new update starting this week. The MIUI update that the Chinese giant is going to roll out to both its latest high-end devices will allow everyone to simply touch on the fingerprint reader area in order to open customized shortcuts.
In order to use the feature, the user will need to long press on the fingerprint reader: after that, a menu with several shortcuts will appear and the user will need to swipe on the desired app or feature in order to open it. Besides opening apps, the new fingerprint shortcut feature can also be used to summon the Xiao AI voice assistant, to open the mobile payments screen and much more.
Besides Xiaomi Mi 9 and Mi 9 SE, the feature will be available even on other Xiaomi devices, but only the ones equipped with an in-display fingerprint reader: the Mi 8 Pro was already confirmed a few days ago, and probably the feature will soon land even on the Mi 8 Explorer Edition that is the world’s first Xiaomi phone with a pressure sensitive in-display fingerprint reader.
The update for the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE and Mi 9 SE will also bring some camera improvements to the two handsets: there will be a new 48 MP camera mode, a super wide-angle mode with the support to flash and more. Last but not least, the update brings new security patches. In order to check if it is rolling out on your unit, you can head to the Settings menu and check the Info section about your device, then tap on Software updates.
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