EMUI 11 & Magic UI 4.0: Here’s the List of Eligible Huawei and Honor Phones

Huawei and its sub-brand Honor have quite the market share in the smartphone business. Despite the company’s differences with the US, it has managed to maintain a strong position for itself. Now, every year, Google launches a new Android version, and Huawei and Honor patch their EMUI and Magic UI on top of it. Last year, we had Huawei devices running on EMUI 10 and Magic UI 3.0, based on Android 10 OS. Now Android 11 is official. So, here we will discuss Android 11-based EMUI 11 and Magic UI 4.0.

EMUI 11 and Magic UI 4.0 Based on Android 11

Dr Wang Chenglu, President of Huawei’s Consumer Business Software Department, has confirmed in an online event that EMUI 11 will announce in Q3 2020. It is expected that the next generation’s EMUI will debut alongside the upcoming Huawei Mate 40 series.

Recently, the Huawei Member Center app, available on AppGallery, has received the latest update in China. In the changelog, “Optimized for EMUI 11” is clearly written, which suggests development for the next version of EMUI has started.

It took Huawei two months of testing before rolling a stable version of EMUI 10 for the Mate 20 and P30 devices from Huawei. As Magic UI is just a rebranded form of EMUI, it didn’t take the company long to roll out Magic UI 3 for the Honor View 20, Honor 20, and Honor 20 Pro devices. A report has come in that, to date, more than 50 million devices worldwide are running on EMUI 10.

Now, it is not even a fraction of the total devices that Huawei has out there. So it will probably be the Q3 of 2020, by which all the eligible Huawei devices will be running on EMUI 10. So, by the time this becomes a reality, we will probably have Huawei working on EMUI 11 on top of Android 11, which will launch later this year.

Now, based on past experiences, we have come up with a list of Huawei and Honor phones that are most likely to receive the Android 11-based EMUI 11 and Magic UI 4.0 update. These are just speculations, though, and the actual results might change in the future. However, the list so far seems fairly true.

List of Huawei Phones Expected to Receive EMUI 11 Update

EMUI 11 will be based on Android 11, so this update will take a long time to come true. But so far from Huawei, we can expect an Android 11-based update for the entire Mate 20 phones, P30 series phones, and the Mate X. The Mate 30 series will receive the EMUI 11 update.

Further, we will have an EMUI 11 update coming to the entire Nova 5 series, including the Nova 5i and the Nova 5 Pro. The Nova 5T will also receive the EMUI 11 update. However, the first ones to receive this new update will be the new Nova 6 series phones that come with Android 10 out of the box. So definitely, the OS update on these devices will be a priority for the company.

Other Huawei devices expected to receive the Android 11 update will be the Huawei Enjoy 10, Enjoy 10S, Enjoy 10 Plus (Y9 Prime 2019), MatePad, and MediaPad M6.

List of Honor Phones Expected to Receive Magic UI 4.0 Update

• Honor 30
• Honor 30s
• Honor 30 Pro
• Honor 30 Pro+
• Honor V30
• Honor V30 Pro
• Honor 9X
• Honor 9X Pro
• Honor 9X Lite
• Honor V20
• Honor 20
• Honor 20e
• Honor 20 Pro
• Honor 20s
• Honor 20 Lite
• Honor X10 Max 5G
• Honor 30 Lite (Youth)
• Honor Play 4
• Honor Play4 Pro
• Honor X10 5G
• Honor V6
• Honor 9A/ 9C/ 9S
• Honor Play 4T Pro
• Honor Play 4T

There is some news about budget Honor devices receiving EMUI and not Magic UI for Android 11, but it is not certain yet. The Honor devices that are eligible and most certain to receive the Magic UI 4.0 update include the entire Honor 20, View 20, and View 30 series of devices, along with the budget-oriented Honor 9X duo and Honor 20 Lite.

Possible features of EMUI 11

• Improved system-wide dark mode with a scheduling option
• Side return gesture sensitivity
• Re-designed UI with Smoother Animations
• Touch sensitivity customization
• Share to Print option to make it easier to print images and PDFs
• Improved security and stability
• Built-in screen recording
• Optimized battery charging