Tipster @AdakFenglangjuxu says that Huawei could make the camera and gallery access much safer with the future HarmonyOS NEXT updates. He shared his experience with the new software beta regarding systems and third-party apps.

Most apps, especially social ones require access to the gallery and camera for media content sharing. Although this permission often raises security concerns.

But HarmonyOS NEXT ensures secure access to both these system apps in every manner. The tipster says the HarmonyOS NEXT gallery ensures all apps have safer access at all times. It validates if images/videos are obtained via secure access controls.

Adak reveals two methods to access the gallery app:

The first one uses the device system’s component to obtain data. For instance, the Mee Time app directly uses the Image Picker to access the gallery app. It supports the device system’s component to control and obtain the data.

WeChat, on the flip side, uses its UI design to control access. It doesn’t directly support the device’s system components for every app.

Most of the applications such as the GoPaint app or Weibo use the second type (their own UI design) to access the gallery app rather than the device system’s component.

HarmonyOS NEXT may further secure camera, and gallery access in the future (Image Credits: Weibo)

This might appear as insecure access to many users. The same goes for the camera app. Adak says that the camera should have a preview frame in real-time before scanning double QR codes and beauty cameras.

Such apps and services have their algorithms to access the camera which may not be secure in every manner. Note that these don’t harm your data but can’t be said safe as well. Following these points, Huawei could boost its security for gallery and camera access with the upcoming HarmonyOS NEXT versions.

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The update changelog reveals that Huawei Pura 70 Pro+ and Ultra are getting a new “AI Image Expand” feature. This tool will likely appear in the AI retouch section.

From the name, the feature will recognize the image’s structure, based on the AI composition algorithm. It further uses photo generation tech to suggest appropriate image expansion ratio and area as well as fulfill the missing parts in the picture.

Users will get a wider view of the image without compromising the picture quality. Another add-on to the update is gaming optimizations. The company has improved the user experience for some games to deliver robust performance to users.

Pura 70 Pro+ and Ultra models are receiving the new enhancements with the HarmonyOS 4.2.0.172 version. The phone holders need to download a software package of 647 Megabytes to check on the latest offerings of the firmware.

You can check the changelog below.

Huawei Pura 70 Ultra (Image Credits: Huawei/Weibo)

Gallery:

• Adds the Expand feature to AI retouch in Gallery, which analyzes the content and structure of images, optimizes their proportions, as well as fills in missing sections, to provide a better and more expansive viewing experience.

Games:

• Improves the user experience in certain games.

Note that this feature is compatible with the high-end Pura 70 models. However, the standard and the Pro version don’t support this capability at this moment. But the company might add some significant changes for the other two variants as well.

Huawei Pura 70 series supports AI retouch touch that adds a natural beauty to your snaps. It is also capable of removing unwanted items from the picture without affecting its quality. Thus, users can get amazing results within 10 seconds. Know More…

Huawei Pura 70 Ultra is getting an AI image expand feature update (Image Credits: Fabrizio Degni/X)

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According to the information, HarmonyOS Gallery App 11.0.16.430 version brings new features including automatic smart classification of photos and videos. Adding to this, the feature allows smart identification and special moments captured in your phone.

Furthermore, the update will allow cloud synchronization of photos and media in your account. This enables multi-device sharing and a user can view those synchronized photos on different devices via cloud services.

HarmonyOS Gallery App 11.0.16.430 beta version also brings a unique new feature of hiding albums and individual photographs.

These features work as:

Hide Album:

Enter album tab, tap on the top right corner, and select hide album. If you want to unhide the album, you need to switch to the album view in the hidden album, enter the album grid page, click the upper right corner menu hide.

Hide Single Photo:

While selecting a photo or multiple photos, you need to click on the lower right corner of the photo menu to hide them.

Furthermore, the Recently Deleted menu has also been restricted with this testing version and established this option to a new place.

According to the testing notification, this version of Huawei Gallery is under testing for the following models:

1. Huawei P30 series
2. Huawei Mate 30 series
3. Huawei Nova 6 series
4. Huawei MatePad Pro (Kirin 990)

Currently, this version of HarmonyOS is testing for the Chinese consumers and you will need to wait to get this version on board once the testing phase completes.

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The tech company usually updates the system of smartphones on a weekly basis. After a long while, the developers made an optimization update for MIUI 13. The beta activities were made to a halt due to some occasion in the respective nation. However, the update procedure again came into the headlines on February 3, 2022.

MIUI 13 22.2.9

As per Xiaomiui, the MIUI 13 22.2.9 mends the previous errors and defects of the device. Alternatively, these errors include some basic units of the device. Therefore, on the demand of users, the company made illustrations and resolutions for these segments.

Changelog:

• Gallery: Improved the image quality and made an increment in the firmness of the album. In addition to several bug fixes, the system provides stable and reliable picture storage.
• Clock: Repairments in the ringing function of the alarm clock.
• App vault: For some cases, the credit card experience delivers enhancement to the users,
•  File Manager: The users can now opt for various dimensions of the windows accordingly. Moreover, an interactive and effective display experience with small window pages for the device.

These are some essentials that MIUI 13 interface provides in the weekly update. Further, we have a list of devices that are grabbing this weekly session. Let’s check out, which device users can have the experience of the above-mentioned implements.

Eligible Devices that are receiving the weekly release

• Mi Mix 4
• Mi 11 Ultra / Pro
• Mi 11
• Mi 11 Lite 5G
• Xiaomi Civi
• Mi 10 Pro
• Mi 10S
• Mi 10
• Mi 10 Ultra
• Mi 10 Youth Edition (10 Lite Zoom)
• Mi CC 9 Pro / Mi Note 10 / Mi Note 10 Pro
• Redmi K40 Pro / Pro+ / Mi 11i / Mi 11X Pro
• Redmi K40 / POCO F3 / Mi 11X
• Redmi K40 Gaming / POCO F3 G
• Redmi K30 Pro / POCO F2 Pro
• Redmi K30S Ultra / Mi 10T
• Redmi K30 Ultra
• Redmi K30 5G
• Redmi K30i 5G
• Redmi K30 / POCO X2
• Redmi Note 11 5G / Redmi Note 11T
• Redmi Note 11 Pro / Pro+
• Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G / POCO X3 GT
• Redmi Note 10 5G / Redmi Note 10T / POCO M3 Pro
• Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G / Mi 10i / Mi 10T Lite
• Redmi Note 9 5G / Redmi Note 9T 5G
• Redmi Note 9 4G / Redmi 9 Power / Redmi 9T
• Redmi 10X 5G
• Redmi 10X Pro

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Also, the latest Gallery version has new optimizations to provide a better user experience. To be mentioned, the latest Gallery app has been initiated test version for HarmonyOS 2.0 but also supports EMUI 11. The app version is 11.0.13.386 with an app size of 78.9MB.

The Huawei Gallery app can automatically and smartly organize photos and videos. The AI-powered feature of this app intelligently chooses and makes a unified album for your top moments.

The app comes pre-installed on Huawei devices and can synchronize your media data among different devices through cloud service.

Let’s take a look at these features of the Gallery app for HarmonyOS 2 devices.

New Features of Huawei Gallery App:

• GIF logo display. GIF format pictures are newly added to display the GIF logo, which can more intuitively identify GIF resources.
• Document correction supports the magnifying glass. When dragging the selection box in the document correction mode, a magnifying glass display is added to position the document more accurately.
• External selection optimization. When some apps support selecting gallery photos, you can choose cloud photos as the material. (Such as text messages, contacts, memos, etc.)
• More experience optimization.

Supported devices:

This public test is only limited to some of the devices (listed below) and requires EMUI 11.0 and above. The support for other models is expected to be on later on.

• Huawei Mate 30
• Huawei Mate 30 5G
• Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
• Huawei Mate 20
• Huawei Mate 20 Pro
• Huawei Mate 20 X
• Huawei P20
• Huawei P30
• Huawei P30 Pro
• Huawei Nova 5
• Huawei Nova 5 Pro

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