With Honor, it'll be interesting to see if Huawei will revise
its EMUI software running on top of Android with the Marshmallow.
In the past, Huawei's
EMUI software running on top of Android has been the one major downside of any experience with the company's smartphones.
Not exact matches
It's
running an old version of Android and an older version of the
EMUI interface, with
software bugs first spotted more than a year ago on the Huawei P8, still unfixed.
Things are just as interesting on the
software front, with the P Smart
running the latest iteration of
EMUI 8.0 based on Oreo out of the box.
On the
software front, the smartphone
runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0 - based on
EMUI 4.1 OS.
On the
software front, smartphone
runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with
EMUI 4.1 on top.
On the
software front, the tablet
runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with
EMUI 5.1 on top.
The look and feel is just fine — it's clean and inoffensive, though there's less of a coherent design language
running through
EMUI compared to Samsung or Google's
software.
As for the
software, the Honor 8 from Huawei
runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 with
EMUI 4.1 on top.
The smartphone
runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0 topped with Huawei's in - house
EMUI 4.1
software.
The handset
runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0 topped with Huawei's
EMUI 4.1
software.
The phone is expected to
run EMUI on top of the latest Android 8.1 Oreo
software.
Things are just as interesting on the
software front, with the P Smart
running the latest iteration of
EMUI 8.0 based on Oreo out of the box.
On the
software front, Honor 9i
runs on Android 7.0 Nougat OS with
EMUI 5.1 on top.
As for the
software, it is
running Android 8.0 Oreo with a slightly upgraded version of
EMUI: version 8.0.1.
Running Huawei's
EMUI 3.1
software over Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, the Honor 5X's interface is markedly different from stock Android.
It's
running older
software, between
EMUI 5.1 and Android 7.0 Nougat, but the 7X is still an excellent phone for the price.
Based around Huawei's
EMUI 5.1 skin
running atop Android 7.0 Nougat, the
software still needs some polish.
It's
running an old version of Android and an older version of the
EMUI interface, with
software bugs first spotted more than a year ago on the Huawei P8, still unfixed.
Regardless, much of the
software experience from the Honor 7 has made it across to the 5X, which
runs Huawei's
EMUI 3.1 atop Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.
Running Android 8.0 Oreo - based
EMUI 8 on the
software side, the Honor View 10 is billed as «your first AI phone», leveraging the Huawei Kirin 970 SoC's built - in neural - network processing unit to «truly understand you.»
It
runs the company's
EMUI 8
software, which is based on Android 8.0 Oreo.
It's one of the few phones
running Android Oreo, and Huawei's
EMUI 8 firmware brings additional
software features.
On the
software front, the Honor 8 Pro is
running EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.0 Nougat.
The Ascend Mate 7 comes out of the box
running Android 4.4.2 KitKat, modified with Huawei's Emotion UI 3.0 — frequently shortened to «
EMUI» throughout the
software.
But if you have the Huawei Mate 9, Honor 9, or any of Huawei's devices
running EMUI, this helpful feature is built into the
software, though it's only limited to two specific apps at present.
Unlike the recently launched Ascend Mate 7, the Honor 6 for Europe is
running a previous version of
EMUI, Huawei's custom
software.
The Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro
run on Android Oreo with the
EMUI 8.0 skin over the top, while the Mate 9 launched on Android Nougat with the
EMUI 5.0
software.
On the
software side of things, the Huawei Mate 10 is expected to
run Android 7.0 Nougat straight out of the box, with Huawei's latest version of
EMUI running on top.
On the
software front, it's
running EMUI 4.1 atop Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
On the
software side of things, the Huawei Mate 10 Lite will
run Android Oreo straight out of the box with Huawei's
EMUI 5.1 skin
running on top.
At first glance it looks to be
running Huawei's previous
EMUI software, version 2.3 based on top of Android KitKat.
On the
software side, the smartphone
runs Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box, with Huawei's own
EMUI 8.0 on top.
Despite all of the bad press
EMUI gets, the
software experience
running on top of Android 8.0 Oreo is pretty good.
It
runs on Huawei's
EMUI 3.1
software suite, based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.
The standard model, the Mate 10 Pro, the Porsche Design and Lite model, but from the look of things, it's possible only the Pro variant will be coming to the U.S. Apparently, the phone will ship with the same AT&T
software you already know of and
run Oreo out of the box with
EMUI 8.0 skin on top.
Out of the box,
EMUI 5.1 feels a lot more like Android than prior versions, and there's a pleasant blue and white theme
running through Huawei's own apps — while other parts of the
software can be endlessly themed and customized.
It's
running Android Oreo out of the box, augmented by Huawei's
EMUI 8
software.
Though Huawei's
software customizations aren't for everyone, the View 10 is
running the latest
software available, with
EMUI 8 and Android Oreo out of the box.
«The main caveat is the
software, which has much in common with the version of Huawei's dubious iOS - style
EMUI seen on the Mate 8, but
runs atop Android Lollipop instead of the newer Marshmallow.
The P10 offers Huawei's best
software experience ever,
running the company's own
EMUI 5 overtop Android 7.0 Nougat.
EMUI 8 is the
software running on the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro and Honor View 10, and it will soon be coming to a bunch of Honor and Huawei devices being upgraded from
EMUI 5.x.
It's
running Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, along with Huawei's
EMUI 4.1
software layer.
The Honor 8
runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow under the
EMUI 4.1 custom
software layer.
Elsewhere, 4000mAh batteries help the phones stay online longer, and they
run Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box with an updated version of Huawei's
software skin,
EMUI 8.
As already mentioned, the Huawei P10 Plus users who are
running a Chinese version of the
software are now also getting this update, though you'll need to be on the latest version of
EMUI as well in order to get notified that the update is available.
Additionally, the
software also shows that the Mate 10 Pro will
run Android 8.0 Oreo straight out of the box with Huawei
EMUI 8.0 skin
running on top.
It's also nice to see Android 8.1 Oreo (with
EMUI 8.0 on top)
run the
software show out the box in the US, while the $ 499 starting price pits the Honor View10 directly against the OnePlus 5T.
On the
software front the G7 is
running Android 4.4.4 with
EMUI 3.0 over the top of it, exactly the same as the Mate 7.
Huawei's Apple - envy comes to a head with the
EMUI skin
running on top of the Android 5.0
software.