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How To How to make the Huawei Mate 8 easier to use with 1 hand

The Huawei Mate 8 is a very large phone. Unless you're a giant, it can be difficult to use with one hand. Thankfully, Huawei has included a feature called "One-hand UI." When enabled, it shrinks the screen to the left or right side so you can easily reach everything with your thumb. Here's how to do it.

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  1. Go to Settings > Smart assistance
  2. Select One-hand UI
  3. Select Mini screen view
  4. Switch the toggle on
To use One-hand UI, simply swipe across the navigation bar. If you're right handed, swipe from left to right. If you're left handed, swipe from right to left. To exit the One-hand UI, tap the black area outside of the screen.
 

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