44 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44
REVIEW
is that you have a choice of whether to use the usual
Android soft navigation keys or EMUI’s floating button.
You’ll have to learn the gestures for the button,
but because you can position it anywhere on the
screen, it could be a quicker way to operate the phone
with one hand. Disabled by default is the always-on
display. This shows the time, date and notifications
just like the Pixel 2 XL and Galaxy S8. You can
schedule this, too, so it doesn’t use power at night.
Like Motorola, Huawei adds quite a few handy
features to Android, such as double-pressing the
power button to launch the camera when the phone
is off, and letting you quickly call someone by holding
the volume down button and speaking their name.
Thanks to the wider screen, the Mate 10 Pro has a
feature called Smart Split-screen. This automatically
displays some apps in two columns in landscape