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

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

Contents

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

Contents

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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.

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.

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