Despite the fact that EMUI 13 has not made its way to us, Huawei Mate Xs 2 and Nova 9 users can download January 2023 security update with EMUI build version 12.0.1.190 and 12.0.1.271 respectively (via Huaweiportal).

Huawei Mate Xs 2 is an exceptional smartphone and it is a second-generation outward folding device that made its way to the global market. On the other side, it provides a new user experience than the predecessor.

The Nova 9 has a unique design and helped Huawei to recover Nova series sales among global consumers supporting a high-quality camera system. It equips 120Hz refresh rate and Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G.

Interestingly, Huawei Mate Xs 2 and Nova 9 launched with pre-installed EMUI 12 software and there are various features that caught our eye. However, it’s been already an entire year since Huawei rolled out a major upgrade. And EMUI 13 is all we’re waiting for.

For now, Huawei has not informed us about the EMUI 13 release date but these two smartphone owners eagerly waiting for a new announcement. Don’t forget that you can check for the latest firmware via system Settings > tap on System & updates > then move with the Software update to fetch a new upgrade for your Mate Xs 2 and Nova 9.

Below you can check the full changelog for both of these rolllouts.

• This update improves system security with security patches.

[Security]

• January 2023 security patches integrated for better system security.

Update notes:

• With this update, your personal data will not be deleted, but it is recommended to backup all important data before updating. If you encounter any problems during the update, please call Huawei customer service support line or visit one of the Huawei service centers for assistance. This update package will be deleted automatically after the update is complete.

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According to the information, Huawei Nova 9 is getting December 2022 security update with EMUI version 12.0.0.166 and it has various fixes for the threats found in the last software build. We suggest you grab this rollout as soon as it appears on your smartphone.

Huawei Nova 9 users can download the latest firmware update via System settings or alternatively via the My Huawei app.

Don’t forget that Huawei Nova 9 is one of the top contenders to get an EMUI 13 software upgrade. However, there’s a roadmap still awaited from the tech maker. Meanwhile, Huawei Nova 9 continues to offer an optimal user experience for consumers.

There are some notes that you can keep in my while upgrading. The update package will delete automatically right after the installation. Make sure you have sufficient storage to download and store the update package.

More on this, the phone should be charged sufficiently. The Huawei Nova 9 will restart automatically and may take a few minutes to settle things for the first use case.

Thanks to the tipsters for this wonderful input.

Huawei Nova 9:

Huawei Nova 9 packs a 6.57-inch of OLED panel with 1.07 billion colors, 120Hz refresh rate, 300 Hz touch sampling rate, and FHD+ resolution. The phone’s display has a center top hole punch cutout to house a selfie camera.

This amazingly designed device is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 778 chipset that has octa-core architecture – Octa-core, 4 x Cortex-A78 at 2.4 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 at 1.8 GHz.

You should know that the phone has a memory combination of 8 GB RAM + 128/256 GB storage.

Huawei Nova 9 brings a quad camera system, a 50 MP Ultra Vision Camera (f/1.9 aperture), an 8 MP Ultra Wide Angle Camera (f/2.2 aperture), a 2 MP Depth Camera (f/2.4 aperture), and a 2 MP Macro Camera (f/2.4 aperture). On the front side, it will get you a 32MP high resolution portrait camera.

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Despite being a third-party device, it’s interesting that WIKO will launch this phone with HarmonyOS software and HarmonyOS mobile applications. Also, this phone will have 5G access, which is different than the 4G variant launched by the Chinese tech maker.

Yesterday, we reported WIKO will clone Huawei Nova 9 SE and launch it under its own umbrella. It has appeared on China’s TENAA certification platform. According to this, the WIKO has replaced Huawei branding on the rear side. While the rest of the phone remains the same as Huawei Nova 9 SE.

The promo image shared on Weibo also confirms that this WIKO phone has a 108-megapixel camera system, which assures that it’s a modified Nova 9 SE. But there are some details added to the rear panel.

The camera is a mix between Huawei Nova 9 and Nova 10 series because it consists of the gold outline from the Nova 10 series around the camera design. On the other hand, it has camera placement and hardware from Huawei Nova 9 SE. Furthermore, the back side of the phone has a substantial change in texture.

Specs:

It sports a 108 MP High-Resolution Camera (f/1.9 aperture), an 8 MP Ultra Wide Angle Camera (f/2.2 aperture), a 2 MP Depth Camera (f/2.4 aperture), and a 2 MP Macro Camera (f/2.4 aperture). There are various modes to take high-quality photographs.

On the front side, the phone features a 6.78-inch screen with 16.7 million colors, a TFT LCD panel with 90Hz refresh rate, and FHD+ resolution. It also brings a hole punch display with a 16MP front-facing f/2.2 aperture camera.

According to the information, the phone will pack a large battery that could recharge with a 66W super fast charger.

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According to the information, Huawei Nova 9 refurbished smartphone is now officially launched at the Huawei Vmall store starting today. It’s revealed that the phone’s 128GB version is priced at 1899 yuan and the 256GB version is priced at 2199 yuan.

Huawei Nova 9:

The phone expands at 160mm in length, 73.7mm in width, and 7.77mm in thickness, and weighs approx 175 grams.

The phone features a 6.57 inches screen size, 1.07 billion colors, a P3 wide color gamut, an OLED screen, supports up to 120Hz refresh rate, 300 Hz touch sampling rate, and FHD+ resolution.

The phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G chipset with octa-core architecture – Octa-core, 4 x Cortex-A78 at 2.4 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 at 1.8 GHz.

It has a quad rear camera system 50-megapixel HD camera (f/1.9 aperture), 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera (f/2.2 aperture), 2-megapixel depth-of-field camera (f/2.4 aperture) and 2-megapixel macro camera (f/2.4 aperture).

On the front side, the phone offers a 32 megapixels portrait camera system with f/2.0 aperture.

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Huawei Nova 9 brings you EMUI 12 out of the box. It would be interesting to see this smartphone gearing up with EMUI 13 as soon as possible.

The November 2022 firmware update for Huawei Nova 9 is rolling out with EMUI version 12.0.1.263. On the other hand, the package size is 358MB, which may vary in different markets.

Still, the rollout is expanding in batches and it will release gradually for Nova 9 users.

Huawei Nova 9 changelog:

This update improves system security with security patches.

Security:

Integrates security patches released in November 2022 for improved system security.

Huawei Nova 9 users can download this software update via Settings and we suggest you make a backup of important files before upgrading to the latest version.

Huawei Nova 9:

Huawei Nova 9 comes in three colors – Starry Blue, Crush Gree, and Black. The phone has 160mm in height, 73.7mm in width, and 7.77mm in depth. The phone packs 6.67 inches screen, 1.07 billion colors, 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate, and FHD+ 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution.

Huawei Nova 9 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G and octa-core chipset (4 x Cortex-A78 at 2.4 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 at 1.8 GHz) and Adreno 642L GPU.

This beautiful smartphone has a quad rear camera – 50 MP Ultra Vision Camera (f/1.9 aperture), 8 MP Ultra Wide Angle Camera (f/2.2 aperture), 2 MP Depth Camera (f/2.4 aperture), and 2 MP Macro Camera (f/2.4 aperture).

The rear camera system has various modes Vlog, Story Creator, AI-Camera, Ultra Wide Angle Lens, Night, Portrait, High-Res, Photo, Pro, Video, Dual-View Video, Super Macro, Panorama, Time-Lapse, Slow-Mo, Aperture, Stickers, Documents, Moving Picture, Filter, Timer, Capture Smiles, Audio Control, Ultra Snapshot, Burst Shooting.

While the front camera has a 32-megapixel selfie cam with f/2.0 aperture.

Thanks to the tipster, Bz0N

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Huawei Nova 10 and Nova 9 smartphones have already received stable HarmonyOS 3 software update in China. The November 2022 software update for Huawei Nova 10 and Nova 9 smartphones comes with HarmonyOS 3.0.0.163.

Also read – Huawei HarmonyOS 3.0.0.163 changelog and features

A similar version has been noted and widely rolled out for stable HarmonyOS 3 smartphones in China. Meanwhile, this update comes with a new Super Hub feature as well as a bunch of other system optimizations for user experience.

If you have a Huawei Nova 10 or Nova 9 series HarmonyOS 3 smartphone, then we suggest you download the new firmware. Visit Settings > System & updates and then Software updates.

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Speaking of the full version, HarmonyOS 3 stable build is now rolling out for Huawei vision devices, including Smart Screen V75 Super, V98, V55 2021, V65 2021, V75 2021, and V85 2021.

All users of the above-mentioned smart screen will now be able to install stable HarmonyOS 3 just from Settings.

To register for the beta or the stable version, move on to the My Huawei app and then tap on the HarmonyOS early adopters. Followed by the signup process.

Read more – Check new HarmonyOS 3 Control Panel features

HarmonyOS 3:

A week ago, Huawei rolled out HarmonyOS 3 stable update for 15 smartphones including Nova 9, Nova 10, P40 series, Mate 30 series, and Mate Xs foldable phone.

Also, the company then began Huawei Nova 6 and Nova 7 series closed HarmonyOS 3 beta.

Other than these, Huawei is continuously seeding new features for the first round of stable devices such as the P50 series and Mate 40 series. Read more.

HarmonyOS 3 installs a brand new user experience for Huawei smartphones that includes better large folders, better animations, improved speed, and an optimized widget system with stacking and grouping options.

At Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) 2022, Huawei announced HarmonyOS 3 captured over 320 million installations around and it’s growing rapidly.

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To download the November 2022 app optimizations for Huawei Nova 9 just tap on the System & updates section, from here tap on Software updates, and navigate for the consequent on screen instruction.

However, it could be preparation for EMUI 13 upgrade and it’s seemingly eligible to upgrade to the latest EMUI version.

According to the changelog, the update doesn’t bring any extra features for the Nova 9. Meanwhile, you can download the latest firmware via the My Huawei app as well.

However, you can take measures such as backup your important data, so you can prevent any data loss.

Thanks to the tipster – bz0n

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These phones come with various capabilities and boast camera prowess. On the other hand, Huawei introduced Nova 10 and Nova 10 Pro phones in the global market that packs EMUI 12.

Meanwhile, in China, the phone is installing HarmonyOS 3 public beta and soon upgrade to HarmonyOS 3 stable build. To be mentioned, this firmware could be enjoyed by existing beta testers as well as HarmonyOS 2 users.

HarmonyOS 3 brings a lot of improvements over HarmonyOS 2 such as new smart folders with multiple large folders layouts. It also brings you a better widget management system, privacy center, security center, and much more. HarmonyOS further focuses on smart device management and feeds more power to your user experience.

Below you can check HarmonyOS 3.0.0.156 software update eligible Huawei Nova 9 and Nova 10 series models:

• Nova 10 (NCO-AL00)
• Nova 10 Pro (GLA-AL00)
• Nova 9 (NAM-AL00)
• Nova 9 Pro (RTE-AL00)

Below you can check all of the software updates notes:

• Due to version restrictions, please upgrade to 3.0.0.154, otherwise you will not receive the version push.
• During the early adopters of the Beta version, please turn on the user experience improvement plan switch (path: Settings > System & Updates > User Experience Improvement Plan), which is convenient for engineers to perform system and application analysis, fault diagnosis, etc., and continuously improve the quality of the version.
• This update will not delete your data, but it is still recommended that you back up all important data to a PC or the cloud before upgrading, and confirm that the backup content is complete and valid, otherwise, there may be a risk of data loss.
• Because some third-party apps may not be compatible with HarmonyOS, the third-party apps may not work properly after the update. It is recommended that you try to update the app to the latest version in the Huawei App Store.
• After the upgrade is completed, the phone may experience heat, freeze, or slow charging. This is caused by some self-optimization adaptations performed by the system after the upgrade. Please use it with patience, and it will recover by itself after a period of time. It is recommended that you charge for 1 hour in the idle time. During the charging period, the system will perform optimization to ensure that the mobile application is quickly adapted.
• This update needs to reserve 8GB of data space, and the installation package will be automatically deleted after the update without occupying storage space.

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According to the information, Huawei has announced HarmonyOS 3 public beta for the following Nova 10 and Nova 9 models.

1. Huawei Nova 10
2. Huawei Nova 10 Pro
3. Huawei Nova 9
4. Huawei Nova 9 Pro

According to the information, Huawei has confirmed that the phone users could enroll for the latest public beta to get HarmonyOS 3 ahead of the final release.

HarmonyOS 3:

HarmonyOS 3 comes with a number of new features including smart large folders, as well as a new widget management system consisting of widget group and widget stacking. These two features contribute the largest to keeping the home screen clean and tidy.

On the other hand, HarmonyOS 3 improves system stability for improved performance. While it brings you a better user experience co-sponsored by some tiny optimizations.

It also brings you better connectivity via the new Super Device as well as smart screen collaboration to connect your HarmonyOS device with other smart devices.

HarmonyOS 3 also brings you a privacy center and security center to improve the safety of your Huawei smartphone. To be mentioned, Huawei has already rolled out stable HarmonyOS 3 for the first batch of devices and you can check in the article linked below.

Stable HarmonyOS 3 starts to rolling out for 21 Huawei devices

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