EMUI 11 vs EMUI 12: Control Panel and Quick Settings

Amy Sarkar — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:50:24 +0000

EMUI 11 is a revamped version of EMUI 10.0 and 10.1 and it comes with substantial improvements over the predecessor. However, EMUI 12 is something new and we’ll conduct a comparison series between EMUI 12 and EMUI 11 before EMUI 13 comes out. For this, we’ll first look into the changes that have been made to the EMUI quick settings or control panel and check out the differences.

Time to dive in.

EMUI 11: Quick Settings

EMUI 11 quick settings have the traditional quick access icons with a switch feature, which you can enable or disable with a tap. Other than that, you can also change the brightness level through the slider.

Furthermore, the notification panel is attached to the quick settings. Similar to the last version, the EMUI 11 also comes with various customization features to add/remove icons.

The panel has a soft background color that helps you differentiate between the icon and the background.

EMUI 12: Control Panel

EMUI 12 comes with a brand new Control Panel, which is a combination of various services in one place. The Control panel includes a media controller, and smart device manager that helps you connect and control devices such as tablets, FreeBuds, and Smartwatches.

That’s not it, Huawei has retained the quick settings icons from EMUI 11 and added them inside the control panel.

The EMUI 12 control panel has a better appearance with lots of new features. On the flip side, you can edit the switches or disable the smart device panel as per your preference.

We’ll soon bring you the next comparison, until then stay connected.

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Android 12: Quick Settings and Material You

Amy Sarkar — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:49:30 +0000

Quick Settings are an essential part of any Android device, as it’s consists of a bunch of features and could be accessed with top to bottom swipe from the taskbar. Throughout the revolution of the Android device, this part has also been evolving with various additions as well as well removals.

With Android 12, Google has taken the concept of Quick Settings to the next level. The Android 12 Quick Settings is by far proven to be the best Quick Settings layout possible in the stock lineup. On the other hand, the addition of the Material You design scheme has made it more elegant in terms of user experience.

So, without further ado, let’s talk about Android 12 Quick Settings:

The new quick settings opened up gradually and consist of notifications that will appear in a detailed or shrunk manner according to the notification space and the area available. If there are too many, the notification begins to stack on their corresponding app notification tree.

To make things simple, you can jump on the “manage” notification menu or tap on “clear all” to clear all of the active notifications on your notification panel. If you choose to tap on Manage, it’ll lead towards the notification settings, from here, you can tweak all of the settings accordingly.

Quick Settings Tiles:

The most interesting part of the Android 12 Quick Settings comes with the new Tiles system along with a new enhanced brightness control slider. The new tiles system is very intriguing and helps you to reach the least possible option without missing a touch. The width and the high adjustment are perfect in terms of access and each tile fits on places once the quick setting expands.

The tiles are big and placed in two-column style, Therefore, users can swipe right to find more options. In terms of customization, you can also add or remove tiles from the Quick Settings as per your requirement.

How can we forget the new Material You touch on the tiles, the new Android 12 Quick Settings, similar to other parts of the UI, can adapt the color of the wallpaper and enhance the overall look and feel of the Quick Settings Menu.