Introduction
The Realme 10 Professional and 10 Professional+ are the primary Realme telephones to return out with Android 13. There may be little you may see from the unique Android interface as Realme makes use of its customized Realme UI, now in model 4.0.
It is a good factor that the Realme UI 4.0 combines Android 13 and Realme UI optimizations, so you will not be lacking options of both one.
Android 13 spotlight options embrace:
- Expanded customization choices.
- Improved copy & paste.
- Improved media controls.
- Simpler notification management with new permissions.
- Spatial Audio assist, Bluetooth LE Audio assist.
- Improved privateness.
- Built-in QR scanner.
Realme UI 4.0 additionally brings a slew of updates:
- New card-like structure, new simplistic icons.
- Improved At all times-on Show with music controls.
- Dynamic widgets.
- Massive folders.
- Auto Pixelate private data on IM screenshots.
- Non-public Protected up to date with Superior Encryption Normal (AES).
And now, let’s take a better take a look at this new software program suite. We used the Realme 10 Professional+ as our guinea pig, as it’s our most feature-rich cellphone with Realme UI for now. Some Realme telephones might not get all of the performance we’re about to discover, although.
Android 13 and Realme UI 4
At all times-on display is on the market, and it might probably present the same old content material – clock, date, notifications icons, and battery, however you may opt-out of a number of the info. The AOD has been expanded with Realme UI 4.0 with varied themes, clocks, and even customized patterns to attract. The AOD now helps Spotify media controls, too.
The AOD may be power-saving (disguise after a brief immobile interval), scheduled, or at all times on.
At all times-on show
And here’s a comparability with the Realme UI 3 At all times-on Show – a easy choice, although nonetheless one which will get the job completed.
Realme UI 3 At all times-on Show
One of many new At all times-on Show choices is the Perception always-on show. It visualizes a timeline with knowledge on each time you unlocked and used your cellphone all through the day. It is one thing of an addition to the Android Digital Wellbeing system of types, so you may monitor how a lot you employ your cellphone.
Perception always-on show
And whereas we’re speaking about personalization, Realme UI 4.0 is versatile with regards to this. There may be a complete Type (and Wallpapers) web page in Settings. You possibly can change wallpapers (reside and static), swap to completely different icon packs, completely different fast toggles icon shapes, change fonts, and select utterly completely different colours that may change the complete Realme UI look. Completely different AOD themes and fingerprint scanner animations can be found, too. You possibly can even activate/off Edge Lighting, which is unbiased of the At all times-On Show.
Personalization choices
Realme UI 3 has an analogous personalization web page, however a number of the choices are organized otherwise.
The outdated Personalizations web page
The launcher has no-nonsense homescreens, a simplistic and clear notification/toggles space, and an easy-to-use job switcher.
An App drawer is on the market, too, and it’s as clutter-free as one may hope for. You possibly can choose out of the app drawer when you choose.
Realme UI 4.0
There may be additionally an expanded Search web page with dynamic widgets.
The brand new Search • The brand new Search • The outdated search
And that is Realme UI 3 on the Realme 10 with the outdated Google Search web page.
Realme UI 3.0
The brand new launcher provides assist for Massive Folders and Dynamic Widgets. Any folder may be enlarged or shrunk fairly simply – simply faucet and maintain on it to allow/disable this perform. Naturally, a Massive folder can have a number of pages with apps. In the event you faucet on a shortcut that is seen within the folder – the app opens instantaneously. Or faucet on the folder’s identify to broaden it.
Massive folders
In the meantime, the brand new Realme widgets will not be that many, however they refresh in real-time and at all times present related info.
Dynamic Widgets
Darkish Mode is on the market, however not like earlier than, it doesn’t supply three completely different darkish kinds. As a substitute, Realme UI 4.0 makes use of a mix of the earlier three grey hues.
The outdated darkish mode • the brand new Darkish Mode
There are lots of highly effective instruments throughout the settings menu in order for you full management over your Android OS. Or you may go away every part as is and luxuriate in a hassle-free Android expertise optimized by Realme’s AI algorithms and machine studying.
Settings
You may as well reduce an app to a floating window, now known as a versatile window, as a result of it is tremendous straightforward to resize it on the go. You possibly can alternate information between the full-screen and versatile apps by drag and drop.
Versatile home windows can be found throughout the Job Switcher or the Sidebar. If an app is suitable, you are able to do both of those or use the acquainted Cut up Display screen.
Job Supervisor • Cut up display • Versatile window • Versatile window
And talking in regards to the Sidebar, it is fairly acquainted – a small seen mark on the sting of the display that expands right into a menu anytime you swipe on it. You possibly can customise the actions for this menu and the app shortcuts that seem there.
The Sensible Sidebar additionally affords background stream, that means you may put YouTube, or any streaming app, within the background, and it’ll proceed to play sound. This works when the display is locked, too. Neat!
Sensible Sidebar
The Realme UI 4 (significantly as seen on the Realme 10 Professional+) additionally helps the RAM Growth function. As evident from the identify, this function allows you to broaden your smartphone’s RAM – albeit just about – through the use of the cellphone’s inner storage. You possibly can add from 4GB as much as 12GB digital RAM. This function is energetic by default, and Realme has chosen 4GB for the default setting.
RAM enlargement
Oppo and, by extension, Realme have been recognized for the gestures it has applied in Realme UI over time. The screen-off gestures, for instance, will let you launch sure apps or the flashlight by drawing letters on a locked display are right here to remain.
Display screen-off gestures and movement gestures
Realme additionally stored the Icon pull-down gesture. Swiping alongside the left or proper fringe of the display crams icons on the backside half of the display to allow them to be simply reached together with your thumb. The gesture is fairly dependable as nicely. By default, the swipe down gesture on the Residence display opens up the so-called world search, however you may at all times set the notification shade as a substitute.
A Fast launch choice can also be out there – you simply faucet on the fingerprint scanner (in case your system comes with an optical reader, that’s) and maintain till icons to your pre-defined apps seem. Dragging your finger on one among them launches the app in query.
Icon pull-down gesture • Icon pull-down • Fast launch • Fast launch
Throughout the Realme lab part, you can see Twin-mode audio, Sleep Capsule, and Coronary heart Fee Measurement (for telephones with an under-display fingerprint reader). The Twin-mode audio lets you join each wired and wi-fi headphones and hearken to music by each. Sleep Capsule is an evening mode, which restricts particular apps. And the Coronary heart Fee Measurement makes use of the optical fingerprint scanner to measure your coronary heart fee. It might not be that correct, although.
Beforehand, this Lab Web page additionally contained DC dimming, however now this kind of show habits (DC or PWM) is dealt with by the software program robotically.
Realme labs • Sleep Capsule • Coronary heart Fee • The DC dimming from Realme UI 3 is not any extra
The multimedia apps akin to Images, Music, and Movies – are supplied by Realme. There may be additionally a revamped File Supervisor and even a Telephone Supervisor app. This completes the non-Google app checklist.
Images • Music • Movies • Telephone Supervisor • Telephone Supervisor • File Supervisor
As a part of Android 13 comes an improved copy & paste performance, which lets you edit the textual content earlier than pasting it elsewhere. See, while you copy one thing, a small clipboard window seems across the backside – faucet right here, edit the textual content, and there’s no want to repeat it once more, then simply go and paste it. Neat!
Android 13 copy and paste
And talking of Android 13, yow will discover its built-in QR scanner as a part of the Fast Toggles space. It results in Google Lens, in case you have been questioning.
QR scanner
Realme 4.0 UI additionally helps this cool auto-pixelate function, which might blur/pixelate delicate info while you take a screenshot in WhatsApp or Messenger, and you plan to share it with others. Sadly, it blurs solely the identify and footage robotically, however will not detect, say, cell numbers.
Auto pixelate
We favored Realme UI 4.0. The interface is clutter-free and simple to make use of, and it feels nice when it is drawing at 90fps or at 120fp. But, it retains loads of highly effective instruments must you select to dig deeper and use them.
Closing ideas
We’re followers of the brand new Realme UI 4 that is primarily based on Android 13. It feels considerably quicker, and extra refined, and a number of the reorganized settings now make extra sense.
The expanded personalization choices are a lot appreciated, the brand new widgets and folders are good, too, and there’s a lot extra performance to be found when you dig into Settings.
There are issues that would have been completed higher – like widget stacks, a extra clever Telephone Supervisor, and a DeX-like or ReadyFor-like connectivity to a bigger display. Realme hasn’t set in stone a particular replace coverage both, so that you by no means know what number of updates you’ll get together with your new Realme cellphone.
Realme UI, ColorOS and OxygenOS have been unified beneath the ColoroOS launcher, so when you discover this Realme UI acquainted, it is as a result of it is a model of ColorOS 13, a quite equivalent one, we would say. Additionally it is just like the newest OxygenOS 13, for higher or worse. We hope this unification will finally work as promised and we start to reap the befits sooner quite than later.
