The Huawei P9, its smaller counterpart the Huawei P9 lite and its even bigger sibling the Huawei P9 Plus
are seriously impressive devices, with lots of power and useful
features. But are you making the most of them? These are our favorite
Huawei P9, P9 lite and P9 Plus tips and tricks.
Warning: not all tips and tricks are available on all three devices
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: browse faster in gallery
Huawei
has done a good job in the camera department for these three devices
and I am sure you've already saved plenty of photos in your gallery. So
when you look through these photos it might take some time. But you can
easily browse these photos quickly with a simple gesture.
Open one
of the photos saved in your folders and pinch it. The photo will shrink
and then you can slide your finger along the display and browse all
your photos in a snap.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: take a quick photo
If
you need to take a picture right away without unlocking the smartphone,
you can use the volume button. With a quick double click on the
low-volume button of your device, a picture will be taken immediately.
You won't miss another perfect picture by a second again.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: take a screenshot by knocking
Taking
a screenshot on Android devices is simple: grab your smartphone
and simultaneously press down on the down volume and power buttons. But
there's a way that will allow you to do it even quicker: use the knuckle
of your finger to knock twice in a row on the screen. Pretty easy,
right?
Just make sure you enable this in your Settings then hit Smart. Select Smart screenshots and activate it. Now close the Settings and tap the screen with your knuckle.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: launch WhatsApp drawing the letter W on the display
WhatsApp
is probably one of the apps you use most often during the day. But
there is a way that allows you to access it – and three other apps –
quickly from your P9. Draw a 'w' and it will open the chat screen.
To activate this, go to: Settings > Smart Assistance > Motion Control Draw and choose which app you want for the letters c, e, me and w.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: get longer battery life
Big
screens make big demands of big batteries, so if you’re finding that
your P9, P9 lite or P9 Plus isn’t making it through the day you’ll need
to turn to the power saving modes. Huawei’s Smart battery mode tries to
reduce battery consumption without obviously affecting performance, but
if you’re lost in the woods, being chased by a maniac and really need
your battery to last longer the ultra power saving mode throttles
everything down for maximum longevity.
There’s another power
saving option: ROG power saving. This cuts the screen resolution down to
720 x 1280, which Huawei says makes a big difference to how long your
battery lasts.
Huawei P9, P9 lite and P9 Plus tip: use wide aperture mode
Fancy
some creamy bokeh? If you’re not a photographer you might not know the
term, but you’ve seen it: it’s the effect you get with a good camera
when the subject is pin-sharp but the immediate background is blurry.
The P9, P9 lite and P9 Plus’s camera does a pretty good impression of
bokeh in its wide aperture mode. In the camera app, go into aperture
mode, tap the thing you want to focus on and then set the aperture to
somewhere between f/0.95 and f/16.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: Kill All, apart from that one
We’re
used to killing apps in the task switcher, but Huawei’s Emotion UI adds
a useful feature: down-swipe on an app and when you hit the Kill All
button, it kills everything but that app. That’s particularly useful if
you’re needing all your device’s power for something demanding such as a
game.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: use Smart Assistance to change the interface
Huawei’s
Smart Assistance is enormously clever. It enables you to change the
interface to make it easier to use, so for example you can customize the
navigation buttons or have a floating dock that gives you access to
navigation when you need it.
There’s a one-handed UI for
one-handed operation, and there’s also a bunch of motion control
options. You can use Draw to summon an app by drawing its first letter;
Flip to mute incoming calls, or timers and alarms; or Tilt to move icons
and widgets.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: control your phone by yelling at it
The
P9 doesn’t just have motion control. It has voice control too. If you
switch the features on you can answer or reject calls by saying “answer
call” or “reject call” and you can wake up your device with your voice.
You can customize the wake-up command, which is fun, and you can train
the voice recognition so it’s better at understanding you.
Do you have any favorite features, tips or tricks that we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments.
The Huawei P9, its smaller counterpart the Huawei P9 lite and its even bigger sibling the Huawei P9 Plus
are seriously impressive devices, with lots of power and useful
features. But are you making the most of them? These are our favorite
Huawei P9, P9 lite and P9 Plus tips and tricks.
Warning: not all tips and tricks are available on all three devices
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: browse faster in gallery
Huawei
has done a good job in the camera department for these three devices
and I am sure you've already saved plenty of photos in your gallery. So
when you look through these photos it might take some time. But you can
easily browse these photos quickly with a simple gesture.
Open one
of the photos saved in your folders and pinch it. The photo will shrink
and then you can slide your finger along the display and browse all
your photos in a snap.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: take a quick photo
If
you need to take a picture right away without unlocking the smartphone,
you can use the volume button. With a quick double click on the
low-volume button of your device, a picture will be taken immediately.
You won't miss another perfect picture by a second again.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: take a screenshot by knocking
Taking
a screenshot on Android devices is simple: grab your smartphone
and simultaneously press down on the down volume and power buttons. But
there's a way that will allow you to do it even quicker: use the knuckle
of your finger to knock twice in a row on the screen. Pretty easy,
right?
Just make sure you enable this in your Settings then hit Smart. Select Smart screenshots and activate it. Now close the Settings and tap the screen with your knuckle.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: launch WhatsApp drawing the letter W on the display
WhatsApp
is probably one of the apps you use most often during the day. But
there is a way that allows you to access it – and three other apps –
quickly from your P9. Draw a 'w' and it will open the chat screen.
To activate this, go to: Settings > Smart Assistance > Motion Control Draw and choose which app you want for the letters c, e, me and w.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: get longer battery life
Big
screens make big demands of big batteries, so if you’re finding that
your P9, P9 lite or P9 Plus isn’t making it through the day you’ll need
to turn to the power saving modes. Huawei’s Smart battery mode tries to
reduce battery consumption without obviously affecting performance, but
if you’re lost in the woods, being chased by a maniac and really need
your battery to last longer the ultra power saving mode throttles
everything down for maximum longevity.
There’s another power
saving option: ROG power saving. This cuts the screen resolution down to
720 x 1280, which Huawei says makes a big difference to how long your
battery lasts.
Huawei P9, P9 lite and P9 Plus tip: use wide aperture mode
Fancy
some creamy bokeh? If you’re not a photographer you might not know the
term, but you’ve seen it: it’s the effect you get with a good camera
when the subject is pin-sharp but the immediate background is blurry.
The P9, P9 lite and P9 Plus’s camera does a pretty good impression of
bokeh in its wide aperture mode. In the camera app, go into aperture
mode, tap the thing you want to focus on and then set the aperture to
somewhere between f/0.95 and f/16.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: Kill All, apart from that one
We’re
used to killing apps in the task switcher, but Huawei’s Emotion UI adds
a useful feature: down-swipe on an app and when you hit the Kill All
button, it kills everything but that app. That’s particularly useful if
you’re needing all your device’s power for something demanding such as a
game.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: use Smart Assistance to change the interface
Huawei’s
Smart Assistance is enormously clever. It enables you to change the
interface to make it easier to use, so for example you can customize the
navigation buttons or have a floating dock that gives you access to
navigation when you need it.
There’s a one-handed UI for
one-handed operation, and there’s also a bunch of motion control
options. You can use Draw to summon an app by drawing its first letter;
Flip to mute incoming calls, or timers and alarms; or Tilt to move icons
and widgets.
Huawei P9, P9 lite, P9 Plus tip: control your phone by yelling at it
The
P9 doesn’t just have motion control. It has voice control too. If you
switch the features on you can answer or reject calls by saying “answer
call” or “reject call” and you can wake up your device with your voice.
You can customize the wake-up command, which is fun, and you can train
the voice recognition so it’s better at understanding you.
Do you have any favorite features, tips or tricks that we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments.
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