After launching its custom user interface EMUI 9 based on Android 9 Pie operating system, China-based Huawei has been trying to push the new interface to as many smartphones as it can. After rolling out the update to the majority of the recently launched smartphones of Huawei and Honor, it is now planning to release EMUI 9 to older devices.
The company has today announced through its official Weibo account for EMUI that the new beta update for the Honor 9 Youth Edition, Honor 9i, Honor Play 7X, Huawei Enjoy 7S, Huawei Enjoy 8 Plus, and five other smartphones will soon roll out and the public beta recruitment is currently underway.
To recall, EMUI 9.0 comes with several changes in the UI which Huawei says makes it “Simple, Enjoyable and Consistent.” The changes include new gesture controls which aid users to quickly navigate, multitask and open the AI assistant.
It also comes with a new password manager capable of auto-filling passwords using ID verification from the fingerprint scanner or via facial recognition. Last month, the company also introduced support for two profiles in the facial recognition feature.
The EMUI 9 also comes with GPU Turbo 2.0 which reduces the touch response of the phone by 36 percent and adds a new app assistant. It brings support for four more games: Vainglory, Arena of Valor, Rules of Survival, and NBA 2K18. These are in addition to PUBG and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang which also carries support for the second generation version of GPU Turbo.
Since EMUI 9 is based on Android Pie, it also gets navigation gestures. Among other features, the Android Pie also comes with Adaptive Battery which makes use of machine learning technology to improve the phone’s power management.
