Super Device collaboration on HUAWEI earbuds |
The Super Device feature in HarmonyOS makes it easy to transfer videos on your phone to a HUAWEI Vision, PC, or tablet, while transferring the audio to your earbuds. This means you can watch a movie on the vast Vision screen, while listening through earbuds, which minimizes the distraction to others around you.
Before using this feature, enable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on a phone running HarmonyOS 2.0.0.135 or later, log in to your HUAWEI ID, and apply the following settings on the other device:
- For HUAWEI FreeBuds 6i, the Super Device feature of some HUAWEI PCs is being adapted and will be updated automatically in the near future. Please stay tuned for the latest updates and keep your PC connected to the Internet.
- For FreeBuds Pro 4/FreeLace Pro 2/FreeClip/FreeBuds Pro 3/FreeBuds 5/WATCH Buds/FreeBuds Pro 2/FreeBuds 6i/FreeBuds 5i/FreeBuds Lipstick/FreeBuds 4E/FreeBuds 4/FreeBuds 3/FreeBuds Pro/FreeBuds Studio/FreeLace Lite, update them to the latest version. For other earbud models and Bluetooth speakers, please stay tuned for official notices.
Steps
- Earbud detection and audio switching:
The phone's Super Device feature will automatically detect and display previously-paired earbuds when the earbuds charging case is opened. You can also manually turn on the earbuds icon to switch the audio channel to the earbuds. When the earbuds icon is turned off, the sound will play through the phone's speaker.
- HUAWEI Vision/PC/Tablet-earbuds collaboration for audio and video:
- The earbuds are connected to your phone and you are wearing them: When you are watching a video on your phone, set to project your phone screen to a Vision/PC/tablet in Super Device, and the corresponding device icon will turn on at the same time. The sound will continue to play through the earbuds. In this case, you do not need to pair the earbuds with the Vision/PC/tablet.
- The earbuds are connected to your phone but you are not wearing them:
- Projecting a phone video to the Vision: Turn on the earbuds icon and then put on the earbuds. The sound from the video will automatically switch to the earbuds.
- Projecting a phone video to the PC/tablet: When you put on the earbuds, the sound from the video will automatically switch to the earbuds.
- Only devices that have been paired with and connected to your phone will display in Super Device.
- Manually turning off the earbuds icon or Multi-Screen Collaboration device icon will disable collaboration between the phone, connected device, and earbuds, and the sound will be switched to the connected device or phone speaker.
- The earbuds icon in Super Device is not available during calls (including carrier calls, MeeTime calls, and calls in other social apps), during Cast+ projection on the Vision, or when the phone speaker option was selected for an app.
When used with HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 4/FreeBuds 6i/FreeClip/FreeBuds Pro 3/FreeBuds Pro 2 +/FreeBuds 5/WATCH Buds/FreeBuds Pro 2/FreeBuds 5i/FreeBuds 3 earbuds, the following models do not support Super Device after being updated from EMUI 9.X to HarmonyOS 2.0. Please stay tuned for the open beta test (OBT) plan for the specific release time.
- HUAWEI mobile phones: HUAWEI P10, HUAWEI P10 Plus, HUAWEI Mate 9, HUAWEI Mate 9 Pro, PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 9, HUAWEI nova 2s, HUAWEI nova 3, HUAWEI nova 3i, and HUAWEI Y9 2019
- HUAWEI tablets: HUAWEI MediaPad M5 10-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 Pro 10-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 8-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 lite 8-inch, HUAWEI MediaPad M5 lite 10-inch, and HUAWEI MediaPad
- HONOR 9, HONOR V9, HONOR Play, HONOR Note 10, HONOR Pad 5 8-inch, and HONOR Pad 5 10.1-inch