Huawei P20 and Mate 10 series gets Camera, Display optimizations with April 2023 upgrade

Huawei is rolling out April 2023 upgrade for the Huawei P20 and Mate 10 series smartphones in China and the company has various new optimizations for these two lineups along with Mate RS Porsche Design.

You should know that P20 and Mate 10 series currently testing HarmonyOS 3. Therefore, the tech maker is sending new beta builds for smartphones to prepare for the official release.

A week ago, Huawei officially announced a stable HarmonyOS 3 rollout for these two old flagships. So, we can come to the understanding that the stable patches may come soon to the beta testers. Still, there’s a large proportion of Huawei P20 and Mate 10 users that are waiting for the stable OTA rollout.

Huawei P20, Mate 10 April 2023 Upgrade:

Note that the current version progress is only related to the first batch of HarmonyOS 3 beta activity participants.

According to the details, the Huawei P20 series, Mate 10 series, and Mate RS Porsche Design are getting April 2023 upgrade with HarmonyOS 3 build 3.0.0.165. A few days ago, Huawei sent HarmonyOS 3.0.0.161 for the P20 devices non-log version and won’t require installing all of the upgrades with this new release. Moreover, the size of the package varies depending on log and nolog versions.

Below you can check the models eligible to upgrade to the latest version:

• P20 (EML-AL00)
• P20 (EML-TL00)
• P20 Pro (CLT-AL00)
• P20 Pro (CLT-AL01)
• P20 Pro (CLT-AL00l)
• P20 Pro (CLT-TL00)
• P20 Pro (CLT-TL01)
• Mate 10 (ALP-AL00)
• Mate 10 (ALP-TL00)
• Mate 10 Pro (BLA-AL00)
• Mate 10 Pro (BLA-TL00)
• Mate 10 Porsche Design (BLA-AL00)
• Mate RS Porsche Design (NEO-AL00)

What’s new

This is quite an essential installation for all of the Huawei P20 and Mate 10 owners. It brings new optimizations to alarm clock icons in the status bar. The update will also improve the camera effects for certain scenarios. Meanwhile, you will see a notification prompt for keyboard applications.

Furthermore, this upgrades the vibration effect in some situations. Last but not least, the build version brings the latest HarmonyOS 3 security patches released in the month of April 2023.

Changelog

• Display: Optimize the appearance of the alarm clock icon in the status bar
• Camera: Optimize the recording experience of cameras in some situations
• Notification: Optimize the notification prompt of the keyboard apps
• System: Optimize the vibration effect in some situations
• Security: Integrates the April 2023 security patch to enhance system security.