How to disable Notch on Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Huawei Mate 20 Pro is a superb device. It has the up to date design. It has everything that a flagship device of 2018 should have, but it has a notch as well. The notch trend, which was initiated by Apple, is being ruthlessly copied by Android phone makers and Huawei is one of those. If you do not want to have the notch on your Huawei Mate 20 Pro, you can disable it. Disabling the notch on Huawei Mate 20 Pro is possible because it runs on Android as well. Basically, you can disable notch on all the Android phones. Before we take a look at how to disable or hide notch on Huawei Mate 20 Pro, let us take a look at the specifications of this beast.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro – A beast in all the ways!

Huawei Mate 20 Pro is the most powerful smartphone that the Chinese phone maker has ever produced. It comes with a 6.39-inches AMOLED screen. The resolution on this screen is 1440 x 3120 pixels and the display ratio is 19.5:. This screen is built by Samsung. Mate 20 Pro is water and dust resistant with the help of IP68 certification. Huawei Mate 20 Pro uses the Kirin 980 SoC which is Huawei’s first 7 nm processor. This CPU is accompanied by Mali-G76 MP10 GPU.

The internal storage on this phone is either 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage or 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. Mate 20 Pro has got a triple camera system at the back. There is a 40MP wide shooter, 20MP ultrawide shooter and an 8MP telephoto shooter in the rear camera system. On the front, it has a 24MP camera. Mate 20 Pro lacks the headphone jack. It comes with the USB Type-C headphones instead. The phone also lacks a speaker at the bottom, the USB Type-C port acts as the speaker. It has the under-display fingerprint scanner which works amazingly. Inside the phone, there is a 4200 mAh battery. It runs on Android Pie out of the box.

Disable Notch on Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Notch on the Mate 20 Pro has a cutout right in the middle of the screen. This Notch has the front camera and all the sensors mounted right inside. The status bar icons appear on both the sides of the Notch. Apparently you will not find any problems with the Notch, however, as soon as you play a video in full screen or you play a game in the full-screen mode, you will find the notch coming in the way. This is when you would want to disable it in order to enjoy the videos and games without any display cutout. Thankfully, it is very easy to get rid of the Notch on the Mate 20 Pro. Follow these steps to hide or disable Notch on Huawei Mate 20 Pro.

1. On the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, open Settings.
2. In Settings, go to Display. It should be the 7th option in Settings.
3. In Display > More Display Settings.
4. Now click on “Notch” to open the Notch settings.
5. Now tap the option next to “Hide notch” which says “Darken the surrounding areas to hide notch”.
6. Get back to the home screen now.
7. The Notch should be gone. That’s all.

Conclusion:

So that’s how we removed the Notch from the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. If you need any further help regarding the Mate 20 Pro, feel free to reach out to me through the comments section below. Stay tuned to catch more guides on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro.