Huawei P40 User Guide

User Guide

Essentials

Basic Gestur System Navigation Phone Clone Lock and Unlock Your Screen Get Familiar with the Home Screen Notication and Status Icons Shortcut Switches Home Screen Widgets Set Your Wallpaper Screenshots & Screen Recording View and Clear Notications Adjust Sound Settings Enter Text Split-screen Mode & Floating Window Show Date and Time When the Screen Is O Power On and O or Restart Your Device Charging

Smart Features

HiVoice AI Lens HiTouch Easy Projection Multi-Screen Collaboration Huawei Share Switch Audio Channels Between Devices

Camera and Gallery

Launch Camera Take Photos Shoot in Portrait, Night, and Wide Aperture Modes Master AI Zoom to Take Photos Super Macro Take Panoramic Photos Take Black and White Photos AR Lens Light Painting Take HDR Photos Moving Pictures

Add Stickers to Photos Documents Mode Underwater Mode Take High-Resolution Photos Pro Mode Record Videos AI Movie Eects 4K HD Videos

w-Mo Recording

Slo Time-Lapse Photography Dual-View Mode Leica Colors Filters Use the Camera with Other Devices Adjust Camera Settings Manage Gallery Golden Snap Gallery Smart Categorization Huawei Vlog Editor People Album Videos Highlights

Contents

Apps

Apps Contacts Phone Messaging Calendar Clock Notepad Recorder Email Calculator Flashlight Compass Mirror App Twin Quickly Access Frequently Used App Features Optimizer Phone Clone HiSuite Tips

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Settings

Search for Items in Settings Wi-Fi Bluetooth Mobile Data More Connections Home Screen & Wallpaper Display & Brightness Sounds & Vibration

Notications

Biometrics & Password Apps Battery Storage Security Privacy Accessibility Features Users & Accounts System & Updates About Phone

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Essentials

Basic Gestures

Basic Gestur

Air Gestures

You can use gestures to take screenshots and scroll without touching the screen.

Go to

ensure that Air scroll and Grabshot are enabled.

Settings > Acc

essibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Air gestures, and

Air scroll

To air scr

Scroll down: Hold your hand half an arm's length away from

the screen, with the palm of the hand facing the screen, and

your ngers point

the scr

Scroll up: Hold your hand half an arm's length away from the

screen, with the back of the hand facing the screen, and your

oll, do the following:

ing upwards. After

een, mo

ve your hand downwards to begin scrolling.

appears at the top of

System Navigation Gestures

Go to Settings > Sy

selected.

stem & updates > System navigation and ensure that Gestures is

ngers pointing downwards. After

the screen, mo

Take a grabshot

Place y

with the palm of the hand facing the screen, and wait for

to appear at the top of the screen. Then close your st to

capture a scr

Back

Swipe inw

previous screen.

our hand half an arm's length away from the screen

ve your hand upwards to begin scrolling.

eenshot.

ard from the left or right edge to return to the

appears at the top of

Back to the home screen

Essentials

Swipe up fr

om the bottom to go to the home screen.

View recent tasks

Swipe up fr

om the bottom of the screen and hold to view

recent tasks.

Close an app

On the r

ent tasks screen, swipe up on an app preview to

close the app.

Switch apps

• Swipe in a cur

• Enable Swipe across bottom to switch apps and swipe

ve along the bottom edge of the screen.

horizontally across the bottom edge of the screen.

Knuckle Gestures

Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures to enable Take

screenshot and 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 dr

scrolling screenshot.

aw an "S" to take a

Capture part of the screen

Essentials

More Gestures

Knock and draw an enclosed ar

ea with a knuckle to capture

part of the screen.

Record screen

Knock twic

e on the screen with two knuckles to start or end a

screen recording.

Access Home screen editing mode

Pinch t

o ngers together on the home screen.

Display the shortcut panel on the lock screen

Swipe up fr

om the bottom of the lock screen.

Display the search bar

Swipe do

wn on the home screen.

Open the notication panel

Swipe down from the status bar.

Button Shortcuts

Essentials

Power o and restart

Press and hold the P

Restart options appear.

Increase the volume

Press the V

Decrease the volume

ess the V

olume up button.

olume down button.

ower button until the Power o and

Take a screenshot

Press the V

Ultra snapshot

Double-press the V

or locked to take a photo.

System Navigation

Change the Navigation Mode

olume down and Power buttons simultaneously.

olume down button when the screen is o

Go to

according to your preferences.

Settings > Sy

stem & updates > System navigation to select a navigation mode

Navigate with Gestures

Go to

Gestures.

Settings > Sy

stem & updates > System navigation and enable or disable

Essentials

After enabling Gestures

• Go back to the previous screen: Swipe inward from the left or right edge.

• 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.

• Switch apps: Swipe in a curve along the bottom edge of the screen, or when Swipe across

, you can:

bottom to switch apps is enabled, swipe horizontally across the bottom edge.

Three-Key Navigation

Go to

navigation.

Touch Settings to select the navigation key combination you prefer.

The icons on the navigation bar are as follows:

•

Settings > Sy

stem & updates > System navigation, and select Three-key

: Back key to return to the previous screen, exit an app, or close the onscreen keyboard.

•

• : Recents key to display the recent tasks screen.

• : Notication k

: Home key to return to the home screen.

ey to open the notication panel.

Customize the Navigation Key Combination

Go to Three-key navigation > Settings. You can:

• Select a navigation key combination.

• Enable Hide navigation keys to allow you to hide the navigation bar when not in use.

Navigation Dock

Go to

Navigation Dock.

After the Navigation dock button appears, you can:

• Drag the button to your desired position.

Settings > Sy

stem & updates > System navigation > More, and enable

• Touch the button to go back.

• Double-touch the button to go back two steps.

• 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.

Phone Clone

Essentials

Phone Clone lets you quickl

calendar, images, and videos) from your old phone to your new phone.

y and seamlessly move all the basic data (including contacts,

Clone Data from an Android Device

1 On y

our new phone

updates > Phone Clone, touch This is the new phone, then touch Huawei or Other Android.

, open

Phone Clone. Alternativ

ely, go to

Settings > Sy

stem &

2 Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install Phone Clone on your old device.

3 On your old device, open

onscreen instructions to connect your old device with your new phone by scanning a code or connecting manually.

Phone Clone and touch This is the old phone. Follo

w the

4 On your old device, select the data you want to clone, then touch Transfer to start

cloning.

Phone Clone is only available on phones running Android 4.4 or later.

Clone Data from an iPhone or iPad

Essentials

1 On your new phone

updates > Phone Clone, touch This is the new phone, then touch iPhone/iPad.

, open

Phone Clone. Alternativ

ely, go to

Settings > Sy

stem &

2 Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install Phone Clone on your old device.

ollo

3 On your old device, open

onscreen instructions to connect your old device with your new phone by scanning a code or connecting manually.

Phone Clone and touch This is the old phone. F

w the

4 On your old device, select the data you want to clone, then follow the onscreen

instructions to complete the data cloning.

Phone Clone is only available on phones running iOS 8.0 or later.

Lock and Unlock Your Screen

Lock and Unlock Your Scr

Lock the Screen

een

If your phone remains inactive for a period of time, it will automatically lock the screen and

enter sleep mode to save power.

Alternative, you can manually lock the screen in either of the following ways:

• Press the Power button.

• On the home screen, pinch together two ngers to enter screen editing mode. Touch

Widgets, then dr

Screen Lock icon to lock the screen.

Set the Screen Timeout Period

Go to

Keep the Screen On While Looking

You can set the screen to stay on while you are looking at it, such as when you are reading.

Go to Settings > Biometrics & passwor

instructions to access the Face recognition settings screen, and make sure Keep screen on

Settings > Display & brightness > Sleep and select a screen timeout period.

ag the Screen Lock icon to the home screen. You can now touch the

d > Face Recognition, follow the onscreen

while looking is enabled.

Wake Screen

You can turn on the screen in either of the following ways:

• Press the Power button.

• Go to

enable Raise to wake or Double-tap to wake.

Settings > Acc

essibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Wake screen and

Essentials

• When Raise to wak

• When Double-tap to wake is enabled, you can touch the screen twice to turn it on.

e is enabled, you can pick up your phone to turn on the screen.

Unlock the Screen with Password

Once the screen is turned on, swipe up from the middle of the screen to display the password

input panel. Then, enter your lock screen password.

Use Face Unlock

Turn on the screen and align it with your face. Your phone will unlock once your face is

recognized.

Use Fingerprint Unlock

Once the screen is turned on, the ngerprint icon will display on the screen. Touch the icon

with an enr

olled nger to unlock the scr

een.

Change the Lock Screen Display

When using an ocial theme, you can set to display your step count and signature on the

lock screen.

Display Your Signature on the Lock Screen

Go to

Settings > Home screen & w

allpaper, touch Lock screen signature, then type

text to display on the lock screen.

To remove the signature, touch Lock screen signature and delete the text.

Access Apps from the Lock Screen

You can access commonly used apps such as Camera, Recorder, and Calculator from the lock

screen.

• Turn on the screen, touch and hold

• Turn on the screen, then swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen to open the shortcut

, then swipe up to open Camera

panel. Shortcuts for Recorder, Flashlight, Calculator, and Timer will be available.

Get Familiar with the Home Screen

From the home screen, you can:

• Check the status of your phone and notications from the status bar at the top of the

scr

een.

wipe left or right to view apps and widgets displayed on the home screen.

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Essentials

Notication and Status Icons

Network status icons may vary according to your region or network service provider.

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not be applicable to your phone.

5G network connected 4G network connected

3G network connected 2G network connected

Full signal strength Roaming

ary according to the device model. Some of the following icons may

Data saver enabled SIM card not found

Hotspot enabled Hotspot connected

Calling VoLTE enabled

Wi-Fi network connected SkyTone in use

Essentials

Hotspot disconnected

Network being switched by Wi-Fi

Airplane mode enabled Alarms set

Battery empty Battery low

Charging Quick charging

Super charging Power saving mode enabled

Bluetooth enabled Bluetooth device battery

Bluetooth device connected VPN connected

Driving mode Projection device connected

Location service enabled Eye comfort mode enabled

Headset connected

Headset with a microphone

connected

Missed call Unread SMS

Microphone disabled Muted

More notications Vibrate only

NFC enabled Do Not Disturb mode enabled

Data syncing Data sync failed

Performance mode enabled New emails

Event reminders Digital balance enabled

Essentials

Shortcut Switches

urn on a Shortcut Switch

Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down further to

sho

w all shortcut switches.

• Touch a shortcut switch to enable or disable the corresponding feature.

ouch and hold a shortcut switch to enter the settings screen for that feature. (Only

• T

available for some features)

• Touch

to open Settings.

Customize Shortcut Switches

Essentials

Touch

Home Scr

You can add, move, or delete home screen widgets, such as Screen lock, Weather, Notepad,

Clock, Contacts, and Calendar, according to your personal requirements.

Add a Widget to the Home Screen

, touch and hold an icon, then drag it to the desired position.

een Widgets

1 Pinch together tw

o ngers on the home screen to access the Home screen editor.

2 Touch Widgets, then swipe left to view all widgets.

3 Some widgets, like Weather, come in various formats. Touch the widget to view all

formats, then swipe right to return.

4 Touch a widget to add it to the home screen. If there is no room on the current screen

page, touch and hold it, then drag it to a dierent screen page.

Move or Delete a Widget

Essentials

Touch and hold a widget on y

desired position or touch Remove.

our home screen until your phone vibrates, then drag it to the

Set Your Wallpaper

Use a Preset Wallpaper

1 Go to

Settings > Home screen & w

2 Touch an image you want to set as the wallpaper.

3 Set the following according to your preferences:

• Blur: applies a blur eect, which can be adjusted by dragging the slider.

• Scrollable: enables the wallpaper to be scrollable on the home screen.

4 Touch

screen

, then determine whether you'd like to set it as the wallpaper for the Lock

, Home screen, or Both.

allpaper > Wallpaper.

Set an Image from Gallery as Your Wallpaper

1 Open

2 Go to

Gallery, and open the image you w

> Set as > Wallpaper, then f

ollow the onscreen instructions.

ant to set as your wallpaper.

Screenshots & Screen Recording

Take a Screenshot

Take a Grabshot

Essentials

1 Go to Settings > Acc

ensure that Grabshot is enabled.

essibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Air gestures, and

2 Place your hand half an arm's length away from the screen with the palm of the hand

facing the screen, and wait for to capture a screenshot.

Use Your Knuckle to T

1 Go to

and ensure that Knuckle screenshots is enabled.

Settings > Acc

ake a Screenshot

essibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Take screenshot,

to appear at the top of the screen. Then close your st

2 Knock the screen twice in quick succession with one knuckle to take a screenshot.

Use a Key Combination to Take a Screenshot

Press and hold the Power and Volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot.

Use a Shortcut to Take a Screenshot

Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it again

to show all shortcuts. Touch

to take a screenshot.

Share and Edit a Screenshot, or Switch to Scrollshot

Essentials

After you take a screenshot, a thumbnail will display in the lower left corner of the screen.

Then you can:

wipe down on the thumbnail to take a scrolling screenshot.

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• Swipe up on the thumbnail to select a sharing mode and share the screenshot with your

friends.

• Touch the thumbnail to edit or delete it.

Screenshots are saved to Gallery by default.

Use Your Knuckle to Take a Scrolling Screenshot

Essentials

1 Knock the screen with a knuckle and hold to dr

scroll down to the bottom for you to capture the entire page.

aw an "S". The screen will automatically

2 You can touch the screen at any point to stop the screenshot.

Take a Partial Screenshot

Essentials

1 Knock the screen with a knuckle and hold to dr

aw an outline around the part of the

screen that you want to capture. Make sure that your knuckle does not leave the screen.

2 The screen will display the movement trajectory of your knuckle and take a screenshot of

the selected area. You can then:

• Drag the frame to the desired position or resize it.

• Touch a shape icon to determine the shape of the partial screenshot.

3 Touch

Precaut

• Please double knock the screen consecutively at the same place and at an appropriate

speed.

• Keep your knuckle vertical to the screen.

• If you want to take more than one screenshot, wait 2 seconds before knocking on the

screen again.

• If there is a screen protector on the screen, knock the screen harder or remove the screen

to save the screenshot.

ions for Using Knuckle Screenshots

protector and try again.

Record the Screen

Essentials

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awesome gaming skills, and a lot mor

d your screen activities in sharable videos to compose a tutorial, show o your

Use a Key Combination to Start Screen Recording

Press and hold the P

stop recording, press and hold both buttons again.

Use a Shortcut to Start Screen Recording

ower and Volume up buttons simultaneously to start screen recording. To

1 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it

again to show all shortcuts.

2 T

ouch Screen Recorder to start screen recording.

3 To stop the recording, touch the timer at the top of the screen.

4 The recording will be saved to Gallery.

Use Two Knuckles to Start Screen Recording

1 Go to

ensure that Record screen is enabled.

Settings > Acc

essibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Record screen, and

Essentials

2 Knock the screen t

stop recording, knock twice again.

Record Your Voice During Screen Recording

You can enable the microphone to record your voice while recording the screen.

After starting a screen recording, touch the microphone icon and ensure that it is displayed as

. You can now record your voice.

If the microphone is disabled (if it is displayed as ), you will only be able to record

system sounds, such as music. If y

recording, mute your phone and turn o any music or other media sounds before

starting the screen recording.

wice in quick succession with two knuckles to start screen recording. To

ou don't want any system sounds in your screen

View and Clear Notications

View and Clear

Notications

View

When there is a notication reminder, you can turn on the screen and swipe down from the

status bar to open the notication panel and view the notication.

Notications

Essentials

Clear Notications

• Swipe right on a notication r

• Touch

Block, Silence, or Delay Notications

Swipe left on a notication, then touch to block, silence, or delay notications from that

sour

Some system notications can't be blocked, cleared, or delayed.

at the bottom of the notication panel to clear all notications.

eminder to clear the notication.

Adjust Sound Settings

Adjust Sound Set

Press a Volume Button to Adjust the Volume

ings

Press the Volume up or down button to adjust the volume.

Essentials

Press the Power Button to Mute Your Device When It Rings

our

When y

phone rings for an incoming call or alarm, you can press the Power button to

mute it.

Flip to Mute or Raise to Reduce the Ringtone Volume

When there is an incoming call, you can ip your phone to mute it, or raise it up to reduce

the ringtone volume.

For the features to take eect, go to

Settings > Acc

essibility features > Shortcuts &

gestures > Mute ringtone/Reduce volume and make sure that Flip to mute ringtone and

Raise to lower volume are enabled.

Set the Default Volume

Go to

Settings > Sounds & vibrat

ion, then you can set the volume for the following

items:

• Media (video, games, music, and more)

• Ringtone

• Alarms

• Calls

Essentials

Use a Shortcut to Switch B

etween Ring, Vibrating, or Mute Mode

1 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it

again to sho

ouch the

2 T

modes.

w all shortcuts.

Sound, Silent, or Vibration icon to switch bet

ween dierent

Enter Text

Edit Text

You can select text displayed on your screen, copy or cut it to the clipboard, then paste it

somewhere else. You can also share it in multiple ways.

1 Touch and hold the text until

In some apps, what happens after y you touch and hold a sent or received message, an option menu will be displayed, and

appears.

ou touch and hold the text may dier. For example, if

will appear only after you touch Select text.

2 Drag and to select the text you need, or touch Select all to select all text.

3 Touch Copy or Cut as needed.

4 Touch and hold the space where you want to paste the text until Paste appears, then

touch Paste.

Split-screen Mode & Floating Window

Multi-Window

Multi-Window allows you to open apps in split screens or in a oating window for

mult

itasking.

Essentials

Enable Split-screen Mode from the Multi-Window Dock

• Enable Split-scr

een mode:

1 Open an app and swipe inward from the left or right edge and hold to bring up the

Multi-Window dock.

Essentials

2 Drag an app icon out of the Multi-Window dock.

• S

witch the split-screen panes: Touch and hold

the pane shrinks. Then drag the pane to the other side of the scr

• Exit Split-screen mode: Drag

or vert

ically until either pane disappears.

• Support for Split

• The screen of a single app can't be split into two.

• Split-screen mode applies only to two apps at any given time.

-screen mode varies by app.

or in the middle of the split screen line horizontally

Display the Floating Window from the Multi-Window Dock

While playing a game, y

ou can also chat with y

having to exit the game.

• Display the oating window:

at the top of a split-screen pane until

een to switch them.

our friend in a oating window without

1 Swipe inward from the left or right edge and hold to bring up the Multi-Window dock.

Essentials

2 Touch an app icon in the Multi-Window dock to open the app in a oating windo

• Relocate the oating window: Drag the horizontal line at the top of the oating window to

the desired locat

• Display in full screen: Touch

window in full scr

• Close the oating window: Touch

ion.

on the oating window to display the content in the

een.

on the oating window to close it.

The size of the oating window cannot be adjusted.

Switch Between Split-screen and Floating Window

• Switch fr

om Split-screen mode to oating window: Touch and hold a split-screen pane, then

drag it to the left or right when in Portrait mode, or drag it downwards in Landscape mode.

• Switch from oating window to Split-screen mode: Touch and hold the bar at the top of the

oating window, then drag it to the upper/lower part of the screen when in Portrait mode,

or to the left or right when in Landscape mode.

Drag and Drop Between Apps with Multi-Window

Use the Multi-Window feature to easily drag and drop images, text, and documents between

apps.

• Drag and drop an image: When taking notes with Notepad, open Files, select the photo

you want to add, and drag it into the Notepad editor.

Essentials

• Drag and drop text: When sending a message with WeChat, open Notepad, touch and hold

the text y

• Drag and drop a document: When writing an email, open Files, select the document you

ou want to send, and drag it to the text input box in WeChat.

want to attach, and drag it into the email editor.

Not all apps fully support drag-and-drop with Multi-Window.

Add, Move, or Remove an App from the Multi-Window Dock

• Add an app: In the Multi-

Suggested or Mor

• Move an app: In the Multi-Window dock, touch

e apps, then touch Done

in the dock, then touch Done

• Remove an app: In the Multi-Window dock, touch

of the icon of the app y

Window dock, touch

, touch the app you want to add from

, drag the desired app to any location

, touch in the upper right corner

ou want to remove, then touch Done.

Disable Multi-Window

Multi-Window is enabled by default. To disable it, go to

Settings > Acc

essibility features

> Multi-Window, then disable Multi-Window dock.

Show Date and Time When the Screen Is O

Always On Display

With Al

the screen is o.

Enable Always On Display

1 Go to Settings > Home screen & wallpaper > Always On Display, and enable

Always On Display.

2 Set the Start and End times according to your preferences.

Set Clock Style for Always On Display

You can customize the clock style for Always On Display according to your preferences.

ays On Display enabled, the lock screen will show the date, time, and more when

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