Xiaomi 12 Some tips and tricks to make it easier to use the phoneImportant explanations for the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro phones and the rest of the Xiaomi phones

If you own a Xiaomi 12 Pro, Xiaomi 12, or any Xiaomi phone that runs on the Xiaomi MIUI 13 interface or higher, then you are in the right place. Here are several tips and steps that will be useful to you and facilitate your use of your phone.

Tips and tricks for the Xiaomi 12 phone

• Bring back the previous notification center

In the latest versions of the MIUI interface, Xiaomi has changed things when the user swipes a finger from top to bottom. If you do so on the right of the screen, the Control Center will open, and on the left you will see the usual notification curtain.

If you want to go back to the previous one and drag from anywhere on the screen to show you the notification curtain, all you have to do is the following:

Settings, then Notification and Control Center, then Control Center style, and choose the old version.

Settings > Notifications and Control Centre. Find ‘Control center style’ and choose ‘Old version’.

• Stop MIUI from scanning Play Store apps after installation

When you install any application on any Xiaomi phone, the MIUI interface checks it to ensure that it is safe, however, this is not necessary with applications from the Play Store, as it is already safe, and fortunately you can turn this feature off to reduce the consumption of your phone’s resources.

The easiest way to do this is to go to the store and install an app or game, after installing it and when you see the scan screen, click on the settings in the upper corner and turn off the option that says scan apps from Google Play.

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• Darken app preview

When you go to the recently opened apps screen, you’ll see thumbnails of the apps’ preview, but sometimes you might want to hide the information that’s shown.

And to activate this option: Settings – Home screen – Darken the preview of applications, then choose the applications that you want to darken.

• Heart rate measurement

Yes, you read that correctly, the Xiaomi 12 Pro can measure your heart rate using the in-screen fingerprint.

Go to settings, then to special features, then choose heart rate, then tap on the fingerprint to measure the heart rate.