Honor 90/80 series grabbing first MagicOS 9.0 closed beta

Honor has started rolling out the MagicOS 9.0 closed beta update for Honor 90 and 80 series smartphones. Both lineups are getting the major firmware with different versions. Although the changelog and software benefits are the same.

Inputs reveal that the Honor 90 series is getting the MagicOS 9.0 closed beta update with MagicOS 9.0.0.105 version whereas, the Honor 80 series users can identify the update with 9.0.0.102. Make sure to have at least 10GB of free storage space.

The latest update is full of amazing features. Honor has introduced new and useful changes for every section of the device. Whether it is gallery, UI, apps, YOYO Assistant, or battery life. Honor 90 and 80 models will get a new life with this update.

Speaking of AI, users will get new photo-editing tools like AI removal, face-swapping detection, and more to make their images and portraits more impressive.

Up to this point, Honor has opened the MagicOS 9.0 (Android 15) beta pool for many devices. Magic 6 and 5 series even joined the public beta activity and may soon get a stable release. The tech giant may provide details on the official version in the coming days. By that time, let’s explore the new update changelog.

Honor 90/80 series grabbing first MagicOS 9.0 closed beta (Image Credits: Honor)

Honor 90/80 Series MagicOS 9.0 Closed Beta – Changelog

UI Changes

• The new home screen design, redesigned icons, enhanced widgets style, and Control Center bring a refreshing aesthetic experience.
• Upgrade the system’s visual style, update the color and layout design of apps such as calendars and notes, and make the system more beautiful and easier to use.
• Upgrade the weather clock widget to provide colorful, lively, and vivid personalized options, bringing a vibrant visual perception.

Personalization

•  inch the home and lock screen with two fingers to go directly to the personalized space. You can create a unique home screen as you like, choosing fashionable themes or customizing the icon style, color, size, corner radius, etc.

Resource Library

• Added a new resource library feature to auto-detect and smartly suggest installing apps based on app functions. Through an easy-to-browse view, it is easier to open the required application. You can experience it by swiping up from anywhere on the home screen.

Magic Lock Screen

• Added AI lock screen image expansion feature that intelligently optimizes the lock screen wallpaper composition. (Settings > Home Screen > Personalization > Lock Screen Style > Photo > Pinch to Zoom the Picture > AI Enlargement tab
• Added the lock screen AI style feature, enabling a variety of creative lock screen wallpaper styles. (Settings > Home Screen > Personalization > Lock Screen Style > AI Style)

Camera

• Added a fan-shaped zoom feature to enhance the zoom experience.
• Moved the video resolution adjustment feature to the upper right corner of the interface for easier access.
• Adjust the entry position of some features like AI photography, simply the toolbar at the top of the camera, and make the camera interface more concise.
• Added support for posting dynamic photos on Xiaohongshu and Douyin.

Animations

• Added a new super one-shot animation effect to achieve smooth transitions across pages in scenarios such as the notification panel, Control center, media widgets, and calls/SMS notifications.
• Added a new press impulse effect that responds everywhere with just a press in interactive scenarios like home screen, global search, Control Center, and more.
• Added a new click effect to achieve a pleasant and comfortable sense of completion in scenarios such as the notification center, dragging apps to folders on the desktop, and entering the password interface on the lock screen.
• Optimized parallel response animations to achieve a smooth experience under extreme operations in the startup and exit scenarios of applications and widgets.

Smooth System

• Added a new AI refactoring compilation engine that improves the application startup speed and stability, achieving a fast, stable, and smooth experience.
• Optimized the system load at startup to improve the performance experience after version upgrade and restart.

YOYO Assistant

• Added a new interactive multimodal large model that supports picture Q&A and document Q&A; wake up the YOYO assistant to send a picture or document, and drag a picture or document to any door to start the YOYO assistant Q&A in one step.
• YOYO Assistant has added an intelligent voice image processing tool, which supports eliminating passers-by, beautifying photos, generating ID photos, and extracting card information to notes (supports ID cards, bank cards, household registers, driver’s licenses, passports, business licenses, and business cards) through voice commands.
• Added new features like smart coffee/milk, tea ordering, and turning on or off app notification permissions.

Anywhere Door

• Upgraded Interaction: Tap your knuckles and draw circles, and anywhere door will open automatically, allowing you to directly access the required service in one step. Intent recognition can understand you better and make service recommendations more accurate.
• Expanded service scenarios and added new services such as music, reading, car search, and translation, with richer intent recognition and a more convenient experience.

Smart Capsules

• Expanded the usage of Smart Capsules and included short-term weather reminders, AI face-changing detection, Honor sharing, etc to enhance the global access experience and ensure that important information is not missed.

Imaging Features

• AI Elimination: Smartly removes passers-by and debris in photos with one click-save capability. (Gallery > Select Photo > AI Edit > Magic Photo Retouch > AI Remove)
• AI Image Enlargement: Supports rotation and free-ratio image expansion, turning photos into blockbusters in seconds.
• AI Style: Enables a variety of creative styles to give photos a new lease of life.
• AI face-swapping detection: Automatically identify the risk of the other party’s AI face-swapping during video calls to protect your safety.

Gaming

• Added the game bullet screen function, supporting WeChat, QQ, and other application message notifications. You can set the background color, font color, bullet screen speed, etc. of the game bullet screen as you like so that you will not miss important messages during the game. (Game Manager > Bullet Screen Notification)

Personal Hotspot

• Added a new QR code for sharing personal hotspot networks, making sharing more convenient. (Settings > Mobile Network > Personal Hotspot > Turn on Personal Hotspot > QR Code Connection).
• Added the function of automatically shutting down the personal hotspot, and you can freely choose the duration of the hotspot’s automatic shutdown.

System Apps

• Added the WeChat and QQ third-party application call recording function. (Settings > Accessibility > Third-party application call recording.
• Added a new volume quick adjustment panel that supports individual adjustment of the volume for media, incoming calls, notifications, alarms, and in-app volumes.

Calls

• Optimized cellular self-healing solutions to improve internet experience in some scenarios.

Battery Life

• Added a new power consumption optimization feature. The system will give multi-dimensional power-saving optimization suggestions based on your usage of the device. You can optimize power consumption with one click and extend the use time of the device.
• Added a new system deep optimization feature to improve system fluency and battery life.