Huawei Reveals Details of EMUI 5.1 Update

A full week ago we saw Huawei start to tease EMUI 5.1 on their Weibo account. They didn’t give many details of the update other than telling us it would be launched with the Huawei P10 and the Huawei P10 Plus. At the time, they didn’t even officially call it EMUI 5.1 since they were teasing it with red cloth that was covering the 1 in 5.1. It was clear what Huawei was going for in that teaser, but there still wasn’t anything official released at that time.

Now though, the Huawei P10 and it’s larger counterpart are both official and you can find our coverage of the MWC 2017 launch right here. Just like they teased, EMUI 5.1 is debuting on both of these devices and since then we’ve learned about some new changes that are going into the company’s new OEM skin. We can see there are two big changes that directly impact performance, there’s a new feature that adds new functionality, and then there are some changes happening to some of the applications.

So first off, we have a new feature in EMUI 5.1 that Huawei is calling Ultra Memory. This is a newly developed algorithm that will focus on recycling the RAM it feels should be used right now. Much like what Android already does, it learns application habits and should keep your most used applications in memory more often than not. Then there’s a new feature called Ultra Response which is said to allow for faster touch response thanks to a new driver.  There’s even a way to use the hardware Home key as a multifunctional tool. So you can tap for Back, hold for Home, or swipe for Tasks.

Not only should the new driver improve touch latency, but it also adds support for predictive finger tracking. Highlights is what Huawei is calling their a new feature in their Gallery application. This feature will index your photos and sort them by places and people. Huawei says they’ve made some improvements to the Calendar application and have added some new sharing options. Last up, we have learned the default wallpaper of EMUI will match the phone’s color SKU.

Via: GSM Arena Source: Weibo