Huawei announces EMUI 9.0 at IFA 2018 — find out what’s new here

Huawei has announced EMUI 9 at IFA 2018 in Berlin. The new software, which will launch on the Huawei Mate 20 in October, is based on the recently launched Android 9.0 Pie.

Huawei's Wang Chenglu, President of software engineering, introduced the new software at a press briefing, outlining three core focus areas of the new UX. With EMUI version 9.0, Huawei is aiming to deliver a system that is "Simple," "Enjoyable," and "Consistent," setting out to achieve this with a few key improvements.

Beginning with the settings menu – which, as anybody who has ever used the EMUI will attest to, is a nightmare – Huawei wants to reduce the items found here from 940 in EMUI 8.0 to 843 in EMUI 9.0 (Samsung actually has more than 1,000 items in the settings menu with its UX, according to Chenglu).

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This seems like a smart move, so long as Huawei doesn't lose some of the nuance when combining certain sub-menus: hopefully, this isn't going to bury any important privacy or security settings.

Other features designed to improve usability include small additions like positioning menu tabs at the bottom of the display rather than the top. This should help make them easier to reach when using long phones with one hand — something that's going to be more and more important as more 18:9 and 19:9 devices become available.

Huawei is targetting an immersive and intuitive experience thanks to new gesture navigations also. These will be peppered throughout the UI to allow users to "quickly navigate, multitask and [activate] AI assistant."

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Smoother operation and quicker app start times should also arrive with EMUI 9.0. Chenglu noted a 12.9% increase in system operation times and the likes of 11 percent and 12 percent increases in Spotify and Instagram loading times respectively.

Meanwhile, native Android Pie includes features such as AI-based battery optimizations in "adaptive battery," digital well-being stats, and gesture navigation. You can read more about all the new features in our Android Pie review at the link.

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