Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch Series Gets Hongmeng HarmonyOS 4.2 Update

TapTechNews reports on June 11 that the Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch series tablets (including the regular and performance versions) today received an official update to the Hongmeng HarmonyOS 4.2 version. The version number is 4.2.0.208 (C00E100R9P7), with new features such as shake-to-manage permissions, an auto-connect switch for WLAN networks, and the ability to take quick notes when the screen is off. The system package is approximately 6.46 gigabytes.

TapTechNews has attached the following highlights of this update:

System

Enhances the user experience in various scenarios such as app launching, task switching, and sliding operations, bringing you a smoother and more fluid operating feel.

Optimizes the global search user experience, and the desktop pull-down operation is more fluid.

Adds an auto-connect switch for WLAN networks, allowing for individual control over whether to automatically connect to previously connected WLAN networks (setup method: long press network name → modify network → auto-connect).

Interface

The Xiaoyi Suggestion scene cards can be stacked for display, enhancing the usage experience of scene cards.

Polishes the operational usage details in more scenarios to make the visual effects, prompts, etc. more refined and accurate.

Security

By controlling the permission that apps get for the device's orientation, it blocks ad jumps in the shake within apps, providing you with a purer app usage experience (control method: settings → privacy → permission management → device orientation obtained by apps).

Establishes an end-cloud cooperation mechanism to achieve more accurate and rapid control over malicious apps.

Adds an anti-misreporting mechanism for viruses and risky apps, intelligently identifying viruses and risky apps to make HarmonyOS cleaner and safer.

Controls the notification sending permission for newly installed third-party apps, effectively streamlining notification messages and making life easier.

Accessories

When the tablet's screen is off and the stylus taps the screen, it can quickly open the Notes app to take notes, achieving quick note-taking on pen-up (activation method: settings → accessibility → stylus → independent switch for quick note-taking).