How to Enable Real Always On Display (AOD) on POCO M8 Pro 5G

Enabling Always On Display (AOD) on POCO M8 Pro 5G

• 💡 To begin, unlock your POCO M8 Pro 5G and navigate to Settings.
• 🎯 Then, scroll down to find and select Personalization.
• 🔑 Within Personalization, tap on Always on display and enable the feature.

Testing the Default AOD Behavior

• ⏱️ After enabling, the default AOD will disable after approximately 10 seconds.
• ⚠️ A quick test by locking the screen confirms that the display disappears, requiring another tap to reactivate.

Accessing and Utilizing Developer Options

• 🚀 To achieve a truly always-on display, you must first enable Developer options.
• 📱 Go to About phone, then locate the OS version for Poco and tap it seven times.
• 🔒 If prompted, confirm your PIN code to activate developer mode.

Activating System Optimization for Persistent AOD

• ⚙️ Return to Additional settings and find Developer options.
• 🖱️ Scroll to the bottom of Developer options to locate Reset to default values.
• ✨ Tap this option multiple times (around five) until the System optimization toggle becomes visible.
• ✅ Turn on System optimization and confirm the prompt by clicking accept.

Final Test of Real Always On Display

• 🌟 Lock your screen again and wait for a few seconds.
• ⚡ The Always On Display should now remain active in real-time, without disappearing, providing glanceable information.