Download EMUI 9 Android Pie on Huawei Honor Phones

Honor is the sub-brand of Huawei. Huawei has previously released Honor devices under the Huawei brand. It makes sense to use the Honor name for this new brand as it already has some awareness amongst our audience. They share the technology used in the smartphones, both are in high quality. However, there is a difference in their communication strategies. It is in the fortunate position of being able to benefit from the extensive hardware and software experience and global footprint of the Huawei parent company, but it is run by a dedicated team and is run as a separate business. Huawei and its sub-brand Honor have released stable Android 9 Pie updates for 8 devices and beta updates for 14 devices. Follow this guide on how to download/update EMUI 9 Android Pie on Huawei Honor Phones.

Features

The firm manufactures its own processor Hisilicon Kirin. And the recent among them is the new Kirin 980. It is the world’s first 7nm process mobile phone SoC chipset, firstCortexx-A76 architecture chipset, first dual NPU design & the world’s first chipset to support LTE Cat.21. It combines multiple technological innovations and leads the AI trend to provide users with an impressive mobile performance and to create a more convenient and intelligent life.

The processor uses four off the shelf ARM Cortex A76 CPUs, two clocked at 2.6GHz, and two clocked at 1.9 GHz. The Cortex A76 is a major overhaul to the Cortex A75 design, this time with a 4-wide front end instead of 3 for the predecessor. The Kirin 980 also comes with 4 Cortex A55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz for the low power tasks. kirin has a dedicated Neural processing Unit which extensively helps the chip in machine learning and AI capabilities so you can expect better AI features followed by some machine learning.

Android 9 Pie focuses on the user experience, which will change dramatically with new gesture controls to quickly navigate between apps. However, the main driving force will be its AI. Intuitive new technology learns how users go about their day. Huawei and its sub-brand Honor have released stable Android 9 Pie updates for 8 devices and beta updates for 14 devices. The firmware includes EMUI 9.0, the latest upgrade to the company’s skin over Android. A sorted list about EMUI 9 Android Pie on Huawei Honor Phones is given down in this article.

If your phone didn’t receive the notifications. Please try to use HiCare to upgrade to EMUI 9.0.

EMUI 9.0

EMUI 9.0 stable has already been rolled out in China and the beta program is over in India. This December the First of the Honor Phones to receive EMUI 9.0 will be The Honor Play, Honor 10 & Honor View 10. Honor 8x will be getting pie in the second phase of the update rollout. Huawei uses machine learning-supported memory optimization under the hood. Based on your behavior, the most frequently used apps are kept ready for quick access. This makes the smartphone just as snappy as when you first started using it, even after several months of use.

The EMUI 9.0 was born with a minimalist natural design to harmonize technology with humanity. This upgrade enables quality life and gives you an immersive experience with nature. The new upgrade provides system speed enhancements, greater AI capabilities and new ways to improve your everyday life.

List of EMUI 9 Android Pie on Huawei Honor Phones

• Honor 10
  • COL-L29
    • 9.0.0.159(C185E2R1P11)
    • 9.0.0.159(C432E4R1P9)
    • 9.0.0.159(C636E2R1P12)
    • 9.0.0.160(C10E3R1P12)
• Honor Play
  • COR-L29
    • 9.0.0.156(C432E1R1P9)
• Honor View 10
  • BKL-L09
    • 9.0.0.159(C432E4R1P9)
    • 9.0.0.159(C636E3R1P12)
    • 9.0.0.160(C10E2R1P12)

How to Update?

1. One is the general method to update the firmware given directly from the company side to your device.
2. To do this open your phone settings, navigate to System>About Phone/Device>System Update/Software Update.
3. On clicking this one can directly download the new firmware Android 9.0 Pie.
   If your phone didn’t receive the notifications. Please try to use HiCare to upgrade to EMUI 9.0.
4. The Second method is by using Firmware Finder. It is used to manually find a firmware to sideload, but you have to be sure that you’re flashing the right firmware.
   Users opting this method cannot flash the unauthorized firmware which hasn’t been approved to your device.
5. Open the Firmware Finder link given in downloads section, find the correct firmware regarding your model name, download and flash it.
6. The last method uses FunkyHuawei.club site. FunkyHuawei lets you rebrand i.e change the region of your device, unbrick or flash the latest updates on many recent Huawei mobile phones and devices. FunkyHuawei provides the information on unreleased devices, but we don’t benefit from any sales of their service.
7. The site seeks for SignUP permissions. Later some instructions will be displayed to handle the site.
   
   
8. Navigate to Click here to choose from a list of all available firmware, click on it.
   
9. Find the correct firmware regarding your model name, download and flash it.
   
10. For the methods 2 & 3, you should unlock the bootloader first.
11. To do so follow this guide Unlock Bootloader on any Huawei/Honor devices.

That’s all! You can now enjoy the EMUI Android 9.0 Firmware update on your Honor devices.