Huawei Mate 20 X receiving stable EMUI 11 update globally

Huawei Mate 20 X (4G) is now receiving stable EMUI 11 update globally. The company has already rolled out the stable EMUI 11 update for Mate 20 X (4G/5G) in its home country, China. 

In December last year, the beta recruitment started for the global Huawei Mate 20 X. Recently, the update rolled out for the Mate 20 X (5G) in the global market and now reaching 4G variant as well.

The latest update for Mate 20 X (4G) is rolling out to both beta users as well as to non-beta users who are on EMUI 10.1. This is a major update and brings tons of new features including Super notepad, AI subtitle, improved UI, and Customizable AOD.

As per the information, the update is currently rolling out in Europe carrying firmware version 11.0.0.140 and a package size of 1.85GB. We can expect the update to reach other regions pretty soon.

Device: Huawei Mate 20 X (4G)

Software version: EMUI 11.0.0.140

Package size: 1.85GB

Changelog:

• Always On Display (AOD): AOD allows users to customize their screen and showcase their personal style by adding text and images to their lock screen.
• Multiwindow mode: Multi-Window allows you to open apps in a floating window for multitasking. You can relocate the floating window to the desired location or minimize it to a floating bubble for easier access later.
• Smoother animation: The brand new, intuitive animations throughout EMUI 11 create a smoother, more unified, and visually pleasing user experience when touching items or sliding on the screen.
• Subtle effect: Whether you’re toggling switches on or off, subtle effects have been enhanced throughout the OS for greater visual satisfaction.
• Super Notepad: Notepad now supports editing notes simultaneously from multiple Huawei devices. For example, you can insert a photo from your phone to the note being edited on your tablet.
• Lasting smoothness: A new standard for system animations has been introduced, improving app launch speed and the smoothness of general operations.
• Rhythmic ringtones: System vibration has been upgraded, and incoming calls and alarms now have their own custom vibration patterns. The combination of stereo sounds and coordinated vibrations bring you a more immersive experience.
• Multi-screen Collaboration: This is a special feature that enables your devices to work together to achieve their full potential. You can mirror your phone to your laptop’s screen to improve your productivity with up to three windows readily available. (This feature requires a Huawei laptop installed with version 11.0 or later of PC manager.)
• File Transfer: New large file flash transfer function allows the user to transfer large files, HD video, and images without any fear of size, distance, and image quality are not compressed.
• AI Subtitles: AI Subtitles support converting audio to text for songs, videos, or speech picked up by your microphone even when the sound volume is turned off, as well as translating English content into Chinese in real-time.
• Gallery: On the discover tab in Gallery, you can create video stories by applying preset templates with special effects and background music. The video editing features are optimized providing you with more instructions on how to use the timeline and edit options.
• System translation: Translate screen allows you to touch and hold the text on a foreign language web page with one finger, or on a picture with two fingers, to have the text translated. You can also adjust the area of the screen to be translated.
• Undisturbed screen protection: When you project your phone in Do Not Disturb mode onto your Huawei laptop, messages and incoming calls are displayed only on your phone screen, both protecting your privacy and ensuring the continuity of screen projection.

Steps to install the update

Via Settings App

• Open Settings app
• Go to System & updates -> Software update 
• Then, click on Check for updates
• Download and install the update.

• Open Support app
• Go to the Services tab
• Click Update
• Then, click on Check for updates
• Download and install the update.