Download Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 Android 10 with Magic UI 2.1 / EMUI 10

HUAWEI Y9 Prime 2019 is the best budget phone equipped with a pop-up camera and an Ultra Wide Angle Lens in its rear triple camera. The device came out of the box with EMUI 9.0 based on Android 9.0 Pie out-of-the-box. If you’re a Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 user and waiting for the Android 10 update, then you are in the right place. Here you can download and Install Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 Android 10 Q update based on the latest Magic UI 2.1 aka EMUI 10.0. Today the company started rolling the official version Android 10 for the devices running stock firmware.

Currently, the update is in open beta channel and rolling out in batches with plenty of Android 10 features, UI changes, and other system improvements as well. For your info, the stable roll-out process may take a couple of days or more to hit all the units globally. So, you can follow the full guide below to install the Android Q on your device manually. But if you’ve already applied for the EMUI 10.0 beta testing program, you will soon receive the software update notification.

EMUI 10 Update

Huawei has announced the latest EMUI 10 custom skin based on Android 10 at Huawei’s developer conference. The new version of custom skin already surfaced on new refreshed Huawei P30 Pro device variants at IFA last week. The company has revealed the update timeline for its devices which will receive the Android 10 stable version. The EMUI 10 is currently available in the beta version.

As the latest Android version is the 10th generation of Google’s Android OS and it brings a bunch of new features and system improvements as well. Therefore, the Android 10 based EMUI 10 custom skin will also get all the core features.

• 3D Touch: It gives a super smooth touch effect with animation. It feels so fast and responsive than a normal touch pressure effect.
• Live Caption: The Live Caption brings real-time automatic captions to media on your device. It will provide live captions for the videos, podcasts, and audio messages, apps, etc. It works offline too.
• System-Wide Dark Mode: The dark mode saves battery juice a lot and reduces eye strain during night time.
• Gesture Navigation: The swipe gesture navigation control offers more improved functionalities in Android 10.
• App Drawer: The new app drawer seems just like a Pixel Launcher. The drawer opens like swipe up from the home screen.
• New Stock Camera UI: The stock EMUI camera app UI has been tweaked a little bit. The slider between camera shutter button and modes text appears as a red dot this time.
• Notification and Quick Settings Toggle: The latest upcoming EMUI version will allow users to choose and set notification controls. It offers quick shortcut toggle.
• New Transition Animation: Huawei has introduced the new transition animation style for the swipe to go home gesture.
• Privacy and Security: It enables system security, app permission control, location control, and more.
• Bubbles: Bubbles feature is a new feature in Android Q which looks and works like Facebook Messenger.
• Desktop Mode: Android Q in EMUI 10 will feature desktop mode to connect your device easily to the monitor.

Additionally, you can check more EMUI 10 features and supported device list.

What’s on Android 10?

Google has started rolling out the latest Android 10 version update to its Pixel series devices which is the 10th iteration of Android OS. It brings plenty of new features to the device system like system UI, new gesture navigation, improved privacy and location control. The update also offers enhanced app permissions, foldable display support, security features, system-wide dark mode, etc.

The Android 10 also offers built-in call screening, multi-camera API, smart replies in the notification panel, 5G support, improved call quality, bubble feature, live caption, and more. While the latest version also improves battery life, Focus mode which is similar to the Do Not Disturb mode, etc. Apart from that Android 10 also features 65 new emojis. It also comes with direct audio streaming support to hearing aid devices.

Android 10 Features

Here we will provide short details of the most highlighted features of Android 10 (aka Android Q). Check out the Top 10 Android 10 features.

• Live Caption: This feature will automatically start caption when you will play media on your phone.
• Smart Reply: It will offer suggested responses or actions to your incoming messages like Facebook Messenger.
• Sound Amplifier: It will boost audio, filter background noise, and fine-tune the sound for the improved listening experience.
• New Gesture Navigation: This system is now smoother and faster than before.
• Dark Theme: It offers better battery backup and reduces eye strain during lowlight conditions.
• Privacy Controls: It features offers your device system to choose when and how your data will be shared.
• Location Controls: It feature also offers advanced security layers and control any apps or the map to access your location.
• Faster Security Updates: This option will be useful for both the smartphone OEMs and users via Google Play service. This will offer faster updates.
• Focus Mode: It’s an improved version of the Digital Wellbeing feature with an enhanced user interface and few changes.
• Family Link: It’s quite similar to the Focus mode which is basically for kids. The parents can now control devices or apps usage time limits and content limits as well.

Steps to Install Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 Android 10 Update

Make sure to download the required tools, drivers and ROM before trying this method.

Pre-Requirements:

• Supported Device: Huawei Y9 Prime 2019
• What you need: You need to Activate the Developer Option and Enable USB Debugging.
• Required Drivers: Download Huawei USB Drivers.
• Backup before upgrading: Take a complete backup before flashing the firmware on your phone. Here is some backup method that you can follow.
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• Charge before upgrading: Make sure you have enough battery to run the upgrade process. It is recommended that the power of the battery is more than 30%.

Before trying to upgrade via the given method, make sure to check for the new software update manually by using the HiCare app.

1st Method: Instructions:

• First, you need to download EMUI 10 Beta Flashy v0.2 and extract on your PC’
• Download the firmware and extract it inside the same flashing tool extracted area.
• You need to enable OEM unlocking and USB Debugging on your device
• Once you have enabled OEM unlocking, now open the flashy tool and run the Flash.bat file inside it.
• This will now flash the Android 9 Pie on Huawei Y9 Prime 2019.
• Once it is done! Reboot your device and enjoy the Android 10 EMUI 10.0 beta.
• That’s it! You have successfully flashed the Android Pie.

2nd Method: Instructions:

for the second method, you have to download Huawei Multi-Download Tool and Huawei Handset Product Line Driver. Now make sure to download the update.zip file for the firmware.

3rd Method: Instructions:

Still not able to update? then you can flash the latest update using this guide: Download Firmware for Huawei Devices with Huawei Firmware Finder

We have also shared a useful extraction trick to Extract and Install the Update.app file from Huawei Firmware package.

We hope this guide was helpful enough to flash the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 Android 10 Update.

Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 Specifications:

Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 features a 6.59 inches IPS LCD display with a screen resolution of 2340 x 1080 Pixels. The smartphone is powered by Octa-core 4x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 710F, 64-bit Processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64/128GB internal memory which can also be expanded up to 512GB via microSD card. The camera on the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 comes with Triple 16MP + 8MP + 2MP LED flash rear camera and also a 16MP depth sensor front shooting camera.

Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 runs on Android 9.0 Pie and a Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery with fast charging. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. The handset supports dual sim with 4G on both slots. It comes with connectivity options such as Bluetooth, Wifi, USB OTG, FM, 3G, and 4G.