Huawei Mate40 Pro User manual

User Guide

Contents
Essentials
Basic Gestures 1
System Navigation 5
Phone Clone 6
Lock and Unlock Your Screen 7
Get Familiar with the Home Screen 9
Notication and Status Icons 10
Shortcut Switches 12
Quickly Access Frequently Used App Features 13
Home Screen Widgets 13
Set Your Wallpaper 14
Screenshots & Screen Recording 14
View and Clear Notications 19
Adjust Sound Settings 20
Enter Text 22
Multi-Window 23
Show Date and Time When the Screen Is O 26
Power On and O or Restart Your Device 26
Charging 27
Smart Features
AI Voice 30
AI Lens 34
AI Touch 36
AI Search 37
Easy Projection 38
Multi-screen Collaboration 42
Multi-screen Collaboration Between Your Tablet and Phone 46
Huawei Share 48
AR Measure 52
Smart Remote 53
Switch Audio Channels Between Devices 54
Camera and Gallery
Launch Camera 55
Take Photos 55
Shoot in Portrait, Night, and Wide Aperture Modes 58
Master AI 60
Zoom to Take Photos 60
Macro 61
Take Panoramic Photos 62
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Take Black and White Photos 62
AR Lens 63
Light Painting 64
Take HDR Photos 65
Moving Pictures 65
Add Stickers to Photos 66
Documents Mode 66
Take High-Resolution Photos 67
Pro Mode 68
Record Videos 71
Tracking Shot 72
Slow-Mo Recording 73
Time-Lapse Photography 75
Story Creator 75
Leica Colors 76
Filters 76
Adjust Camera Settings 76
Manage Gallery 77
Golden Snap 83
Smart Photo Categorisation 84
Huawei Vlog Editor 85
Huawei Vlogs 86
Highlights 86
Apps
Apps 88
Contacts 89
Phone 92
Messaging 100
Calendar 102
Clock 103
Notepad 105
Recorder 108
Email 109
Calculator 113
Torch 113
Compass 114
Mirror 114
App Twin 115
Optimizer 115
Phone Clone 118
HiSuite 119
Tips 121
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Settings
Search for Items in Settings 122
Wi-Fi 122
Bluetooth 123
Mobile Data 124
More Connections 131
Home Screen & Wallpaper 141
Display & Brightness 142
Sounds & Vibration 146
Notications 149
Biometrics & Password 151
Apps 154
Battery 154
Storage 156
Security 157
Privacy 161
Accessibility Features 164
Users & Accounts 169
System & Updates 170
About Phone 175
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Essentials
Basic Gestures
Basic Gestures and Shortcuts
This feature may vary by device.
Air Gestures
You can navigate on your device using air gestures, without having to touch the screen. For
example, you can use air gestures to take a screenshot, scroll up or down, answer a call, or
pause audio/video playback.
Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Smart Sensing, and make sure that Air scroll,
Grabshot, or Air press is enabled.
Grabshot
To take a screenshot using air gestures:
Hold your palm about half an arm's length (20–40 cm, or 8–16
inches) away from the screen, until appears at the top of
the screen, then make a st.
Air press
To answer a call, or pause/resume audio/video playback using
air gestures:
Hold your palm about 30–40 cm (12–16 inches) away from the
screen until appears at the top of the screen, move your
palm closer to the screen, and stop when it is about 5 cm (2
inches) away from the screen.
To resume playback, repeat the preceding operation.
Air press only takes eect for video playback in the Video
app.
You will not be able to use Air press to control audio
playback in the following scenarios:
•The screen is locked, and the music control is not
displayed on the lock screen.
•The music player is running in the background when
another app is open.
•The music player is opened for the rst time after your
device is powered on, and no music is playing.
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To scroll up or down on the screen using air gestures:
•Scroll up
Hold your hand about half an arm's length (20–40 cm, or 8–
16 inches) away from the screen, with your palm facing the
screen and your ngers pointing upwards, until appears
at the top of the screen, then ick your wrist down.
•Scroll down
Hold your hand about half an arm's length (20–40 cm, or 8–
16 inches) away from the screen, with the back of the hand
facing the screen and your ngers pointing downwards, until
appears at the top of the screen, then ick your wrist
up.
To scroll left or right on the screen using air gestures:
•Scroll right
Hold your hand about half an arm's length (20–40 cm, or 8–
16 inches) away from the screen, with your palm facing the
screen and your ngers pointing right, until appears at
the top of the screen, then ick your wrist left.
•Scroll left
Hold your hand about half an arm's length (20–40 cm, or 8–
16 inches) away from the screen, with the back of your hand
facing the screen and your ngers pointing left, until
appears at the top of the screen, then ick your wrist right.
This feature may vary by device.
System Navigation Gestures
Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation, and conrm that Gestures is
selected.
Return to the previous screen
Swipe inward from the left or right edge to return to the
previous screen.
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Return to the home screen
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to return to the home
screen.
View recent tasks
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold to view
recent tasks.
Close an app
When viewing recent tasks, swipe up on an app preview to
close the app.
Switch apps
•Slide along the bottom edge of the screen.
Before using this gesture, go to System navigation >
Settings and conrm that Slide across bottom to switch
apps is enabled.
•Swipe across the bottom of the screen in an arc.
Knuckle Gestures
Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures to enable Take screenshot,
Record screen.
Take a screenshot
Knock twice on the screen with a knuckle to take a screenshot.
Take a scrollshot
Knock on the screen with a knuckle and draw an "S" to take a
scrolling screenshot.
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Capture part of the screen
Knock and draw an enclosed area with a knuckle to capture
part of the screen.
Record screen
Knock twice on the screen with two knuckles to start or end a
screen recording.
More Gestures
Access Home screen editing mode
Pinch two ngers together on the home screen.
Display the shortcut panel on the lock screen
Swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen.
Display the search bar
Swipe down on the home screen.
Open the notication panel
Swipe down from the status bar.
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Button Shortcuts
Power o and restart
Press and hold the Power button until the Power o and
Restart options appear.
Increase the volume
Press the Volume up button.
Decrease the volume
Press the Volume down button.
Take a screenshot
Press the Volume down and Power buttons simultaneously.
Ultra snapshot
Double-press the Volume down button when the screen is o
or locked to take a photo.
System Navigation
Change the System Navigation Mode
Navigate with Gestures
Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation, and enable or disable Gestures.
You can then:
•Go back to the previous screen: Swipe inward from the left or right edge.
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•Return to the home screen: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
•Access the recent tasks screen: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold.
•Close an app: From the recent tasks screen, swipe up on an app preview. Swipe down on an
app preview to lock an app. A locked app will not be cleared when you touch on the
recent tasks screen.
•Switch apps: Swipe across the bottom of the screen in an arc. Or when Slide across bottom
to switch apps is enabled, swipe across the bottom edge of the screen.
You can enable Show navigation bar to display the navigation bar to assist your gesture
operations.
Use Three-Key Navigation
Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation, and select Three-key navigation.
You can then:
•Touch to return to the previous menu or exit the current app. You can also use this key
to close the onscreen keyboard.
•Touch to return to the home screen.
•Touch to access the recent tasks screen.
You can touch Settings to congure more settings.
•Select a navigation key combination.
•Enable Hide navigation keys to allow you to hide the navigation bar when not in use.
•Touch (if available in the selected navigation key combination) to open the notication
panel.
Use the Navigation Dock to Operate the Device
Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation > More, and enable Navigation
Dock.
After the Navigation dock button appears, you can:
•Drag the button to your desired position.
•Touch the button to go back.
•Touch and hold the button, then release it to go back to the home screen.
•Touch and hold the button, then swipe left or right to view recent tasks.
The feature availability varies by device.
Phone Clone
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