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[Update: Rolling out for Huawei Y9 Prime] Honor and Huawei announce global rollout of Magic UI 2.1/EMUI 9.1 with GPU Turbo 3.0
The latest major update to Honor/Huawei devices comes in the form of Magic UI 2.1/EMUI 9.1 which brings features such as GPU Turbo 3.0, EROFS and more!
Magic UI 2.1 is the next major update to Honor's UX, which in turn builds upon the changes and improvements that Huawei undertakes for EMUI 9.1. The Magic UI 2.1 update was set to arrive on the Chinese variants of Honor View20 and Honor Magic 2 in May, while global variants received the update in June. Meanwhile, EMUI 9.1 is rolling out to devices over the next few months as well. Now, Honor and Huawei have announced that several of its previous devices, including the Honor 8X, Honor 10, Honor View10, Huawei P30 Lite, and Huawei P20 Lite will receive GPU Turbo 3.0 with this update.
EMUI 9.1 beta rolls out to the Honor View 20, Honor Magic 2, Honor 7X/8X/9/10, Huawei P10, P20 Lite, Mate 20 Lite, and Nova 3/3i/2 in China
Huawei has started rolling out EMUI 9.1 beta to a large number of devices including Honor 7X/8X/9/10, Huawei P10, P20 Lite, Mate 20 Lite, others in China.
Huawei announced EMUI 9.1 based on Android 9.0 Pie last month at the Huawei P30 Pro launch. It comes with with a slew of changes over EMUI 9.0 including a simpler and more intuitive UI, GPU Turbo 3.0, nature alarm sounds, optimizations to HiVoice, improved AR functionality with HiVision, etc. While EMUI 9.1 is currently available on select devices including the P30 Pro, Mate 20 Pro, and the Mate 20 X, the company has promised the update for as many as 49 Huawei and Honor devices. Now, a beta update brings the latest EMUI to a dozen of devices in China and paves way for the global update.
Huawei launches the Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i in India
Huawei has launched the Huawei Nova 3 and the Huawei Nova 3i in India. The Huawei Nova 3 costs ₹34,999, while the Kirin 710-powered Nova 3i costs ₹20,990.
At an event in Delhi today, Huawei launched the Huawei Nova 3 and the Huawei Nova 3i in India. The phones are the first in the Nova series to officially make their way to India. The Huawei Nova 3 has high-end specifications including the HiSilicon Kirin 970 system-on-chip (which is a first for the Nova series), while the Huawei Nova 3i is the first Huawei phone to feature the new HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC.
Last week, we exclusively reported full specifications and press renders of the Huawei Nova 3. The Huawei Nova series is Huawei's mid-range smartphone series, and the Nova 3 series slots up below the Huawei Mate 10 series as well as the Huawei P20 and the Huawei P20 Pro. The Huawei Nova 3 went up for pre-order in China before its official launch, and now the company has revealed its pricing. The Huawei Nova 3i, a "lite" variant of the Nova 3, has also been made official.