Android, due to its open nature, gives various manufacturers many possibilities to customize the UI. There are also many unique UIs, such as Samsung TouchWiz, HTC Sense, Xiaomi MIUI, Meizu Flyme, etc. Huawei officially launched its own Emotion UI in 2012, which is widely used in mobile phones of its own brands D2 Let's take a look at the uniqueness of the Emotion UI.

Emotion UI is an in-depth customization system based on Android 4.1. Compared with native Android, it has many improvements in ease of use and humanization. The mobile phone tested this time is Huawei Ascend D2 , the resolution is 1920 * 1080, and the Emotion UI version 1.5 is equipped. The following screenshots and features are all from the system on D2.

The Emotion UI unlocking interface is very similar to Huawei's 2D interface in the 4.0 era. There is an unlocking ring in the middle, which can be dragged to different directions to unlock and quickly open three programs. These shortcuts support user-defined ▼

Of course, the three shortcuts may be a little less for some users. Some third-party ROMs support four or even seven custom shortcuts. The following is the AOSP based third-party system ▼ on Nexus 4

The launcher of the system, the Emotion UI, also uses the same design of canceling the secondary menu as many manufacturers' deeply customized UI nowadays. Of course, different people have different opinions on whether this is good or not. The system is based on Android 4.1.2, and the overall smoothness is excellent ▼

System information, quad core K3V2 1.5G, RAM 2G, storage space 32G, available 25G, emotion UI version 1.5 ▼

The emotion UI plug-ins are also deeply customized. The Me Widget is more distinctive, which can customize a large 4 * 3 plug-in, including some small plug-ins such as weather, time, contacts, music, and photo albums. This form of expression is relatively rare, and users can use their imagination to create a unique plug-in ▼

Add plug-in interface ▼

D2 does not use the touch key design, so there will be virtual keys at the bottom of the screen. From left to right, there are return, home and multi task management. In addition, there is a small down arrow at the far left of the virtual bar. Click it to automatically hide the virtual key, which is also a patented technology of Huawei. If gesture operation can be added after the virtual key is hidden, it will make this function more practical ▼

However, hiding the virtual key will also cause some small problems. When the screen is horizontal, hiding the virtual key and then opening the input method will result in the situation that the input method cannot occupy the full screen (both the built-in input method and the third-party input method will have this situation) ▼

Although D2's Emotion UI has many customized applications built in, it can be uninstalled at will, which is commendable ▼

The dropdown bar of the Emotion UI is convenient to use and supports customization. However, the icon in the drop-down bar doesn't seem to match the overall style. It would be better if you could beautify it properly ▼

The setting interface is divided into two columns: common and all settings ▼

Native Android setting interface ▼

The theme switching of the emotion UI may be that the 1080P mobile phone has just started to adapt, so the number of themes selected is not much ▼

The display settings are equipped with Huawei's unique intelligent backlight, which enables users to switch between different lighting environments in a more natural way. In addition, the color temperature adjustment is very distinctive. We know that there will be no small difference in color temperature between displays of different batches, and this function allows users to fine tune to meet the different needs of each user ▼

There are three modes in the setting. In fact, the author believes that the common mode and the performance mode should be combined. The whole machine can only stay in the power saving and normal working modes, which is also a way to reduce the learning cost. Everything should be simplified ▼

Music player and music playing plug-in ▼

Ringing tones can be selected from CDMA and GSM respectively, and multiple equalizers can be selected for sound effect ▼

The video player supports Dolby sound effect, and the virtual key will automatically hide ▼ when playing the video

The picture browser and the built-in browser are not changed too much. The built-in browser performs well and loads and zooms quickly ▼

The built-in application of the clock is also matched with the overall interface style, becoming white. In addition, the system also supports user-defined profiles ▼

A big selling point of D2 is that it supports the dual card dual standby function. When two cards are inserted, you can select which card is the main card in the settings, select the default phone/information card, and the selection interface is also friendly ▼

You can also quickly select which card to use when dialing ▼

Compare Android native dialing interface ▼

The SMS interface will also have buttons ▼ corresponding to the two cards

The native dialing interface and input method show that the SMS interface of the Emotion UI is very similar to the native one, and more is just the color matching change ▼

The photographing interface is not different from the general Android camera. There are many options in the setting, which is easy to use. What's more commendable is the special functions ▼ such as double click shutter, focus tracking and volume key shutter

UI demo video ▼

summary

Huawei's Emotion UI is excellent in appearance, fluency and design. It is also easy to use in daily use. The optimization of the system is excellent. In terms of special functions of the system, Me Widget and some special functions of photographing are quite brilliant, but there are not many special functions that really impress people. Today, Android hardware tends to be homogeneous, and an excellent UI can better show the characteristics of the product. At present, there are many customized UI in China, but many of them just customize and transform the native Android in appearance. There are fewer products that can really achieve strong recognition. Huawei's Emotion UI has a good foundation in terms of appearance and speed. In the next version, if the function can be further improved, I believe it will be more popular with users.

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