Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
MIUI 10

The latest MIUI 10.2.1 update brings new gesture shortcut to trigger Google Assistant on Xiaomi smartphones. With the new MIUI update, users can use gestures to launch Google Assistant. The feature is disabled by default and will require users to head to the settings menu in order to enable it.

Xiaomi had introduced full-screen navigation gesture with the MIUI 9 and enabling it meant a lack of a button to trigger Assitant since the full-screen gesture navigation removes the home button. Now, with MIUI 10.2.1 update, users can use gesture navigation to launch the Google Assistant.

After the MIUI 10.2.1 update has rolled out, Xiaomi devices get a new option in the settings menu by holding the power button for 0.5 seconds. The gesture is disabled by default and users will have to enable it manually. In order to enable gesture controlled Assitant launch, users need to head to Settings > Button and Gesture Shortcuts > and toggle on ‘Press and hold the Power Button for 0.5 seconds to turn on Google Assistant’.

XDA Developers was the first one to report about this feature.

Redmi Note 5 pro was the first device from Xiaomi to start receiving MIUI 10.2.1 update. The update began rolling out in January and by now should have reached to all the Redmi Note 5 Pro devices.

Xiaomi’s incorporation of the gesture navigation control and Assistant launcher is same as OnePlus incorporated in Open Beta 3 for OnePlus 6. The gesture requires users to hold the power button for 0.5 seconds in order to launch the Assistant. However, there is no option to modify the delay before triggering Assistant. The trigger also makes it difficult to discuss the shutdown menu. Huawei has taken a different approach with their gesture control on the EMUI by assigning Assistant trigger functionality in the left swipe gesture.

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