Huawei and its Honor brands have been updating its smartphones regularly. The company promised to bring the new EROFS file management system on all EMUI 9.1 based smartphones this year and today, 8 new models, including the ones from the Huawei Mate 9 series and P10 series are getting this new update.

The 8 models in question are the Huawei Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro, Mate 9 Porsche Design, Huawei P10, P10 Plus, Nova 2S, Honor 9, and Honor V9. All these models will get the new EMUI 9.1 update which brings two major features: EROFS file management system and GPU Turbo 3.0.

To recall, EROFS is a new file management system developed by Huawei that brings improved compression to boost performance and speed. The new file system also manages to save disk space, proving to be a significant upgrade to previous technologies such as the EXT4 file system.

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As for GPU Turbo 3.0, the new update adds support for more games in China, adding 51 new titles for Android, taking the total supported gaming titles to 60! Huawei’s GPU Turbo reduces power consumption by 10%, improves the average frame rate during gameplay and lowers power consumption. It’s definitely a handy feature for Android gamers.

The EMUI 9.1 update is already rolling out to the said devices in China.

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Last year, Huawei introduced GPU Turbo technology, a software-based feature which energizes gaming performance on several Huawei and Honor smartphones. It offers a smoother gaming experience and improved battery performance while gaming.

Since its launch in June last year, the feature has been updated a couple of times for performance improvements and the inclusion of more titles. And now, the company has announced the third iteration of the GPU Turbo mode with support for 19 Android games.

The third generation of GPU Turbo comes as part of Huawei’s latest firmware version i.e. EMUI 9.1 which is based on Android 9 Pie operating system and was released with the company’s latest flagship smartphones — Huawei P30 and P30 Pro.

The company claims that GPU Turbo 3.0 cuts down on SoC power consumption by 10 percent and optimizes “the underlying system performance to provide a continuous gaming experience.” Currently, the GPU Turbo 3.0 is exclusively available on the P30 and P30 Pro smartphones, it will be rolling out to other Huawei as well as Honor smartphones with the EMUI 9.1 update soon.

Along with system optimization, it also comes with a number of Android game titles which can utilize GPU Turbo. The list of supports games have now been increased from 6 to 25, which includes Fortnite, Knives Out, Battle Bay, Crazy Taxi, Real Racing 3, Into the Dead 2, NBA 2K19, Dragon Nest M, Duel Links, PES2019, DRAGON BALL LEGENDS, FIFA Mobile, Free Fire, Minecraft, Helix, Plants vs. Zombie Heroes, Subway Surfers, Brawl Stars, Speed Drifters.

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One of the interesting thing about the GPU Turbo from Huawei is that the company has not limited it to just flagship smartphones and is also pushing it to budget devices such as Honor 7X and Honor 9 Lite for a better gaming experience.

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