25+ Huawei P9 Tips & Tricks
Are you the proud owner of a new Huawei P9? If you’re setting up your phone for the first time, we recommend checking out our 14 things every Huawei P9 owner should do article. There is a bit of overlap, but for this post we’ve pulled together more than 25 different tips and tricks which can be used to customize and optimize your experience with the Huawei P9. A few of them may seem basic, but we promise that there’s something for everyone. If you have a P9-specific tip you’d like to share with us and our readers, feel free to post it in the comments below.
The main purpose of the fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone is to keep your content secure, but Huawei’s software team has given the sensor a few extra tricks. If you navigate to Settings > Fingerprint ID you’ll be given the option to turn on or off five distinct fingerprint sensor actions which allow you to interact with your phone using the fingerprint sensor.
- Take photo/video – From the viewfinder screen, touch and hold the fingerprint sensor to take a photo or video
- Answer call – Touch and hold the fingerprint sensor to answer a call
- Stop alarm – When alarm goes off, touch and hold the fingerprint sensor to stop the alarm
- Browse photos – When viewing photos in full screen mode, swipe left or right on the fingerprint sensor to switch photo
- Show notification panel – Slide down on the fingerprint sensor to display the notification panel, double-touch to clear the panel, and slide up to close the panel