POCO M8 Pro 5G: Top Tricks for a Cleaner, Faster, and Easier Phone Experience

Notification and Status Bar Customization

• 💡 Compact notifications can be achieved by selecting the Android style, offering a cleaner look.
• ⚠️ You can customize icon displays by turning off options like Do Not Disturb, Hotspots, Location, and Bluetooth, though not all icons can be removed.
• 📌 The number of notification icons can be limited to one, three, or hidden entirely for a minimalist status bar.
• ⚙️ The carrier name can be edited or hidden, and options like hiding the notch are also available.

Home Screen and App Organization

• 📱 The home screen mode can be switched between App Drawer and Classic.
• 🧩 The App Drawer offers automatic sorting into categories (e.g., Communication, Entertainment), which can be manually customized, including the ability to create custom categories with emojis.
• 📰 Google Discovery can be disabled or switched to Appvault, which provides news and other information at a glance.

System Navigation and Circle to Search

• 👆 System navigation can be set to Buttons or Gestures.
• 🚫 The full-screen indicator bar at the bottom can be hidden by toggling an option.
• 🔍 Circle to Search activation can be inconsistent, especially with gestures enabled; it requires the full-screen indicator to be visible for reliable activation.
• 📸 Circle to Search can detect text and images, allowing for Google searches on visual content, though it has limitations within certain apps like Photos.

Display and Personalization Settings

• 🌃 Dark mode options allow for customization on an individual app basis.
• 🌈 Color schemes offer modes like Vivid, Standard, Original Color Pro, and advanced settings (P3, sRGB) for display saturation.
• 🌡️ Color temperature can be adjusted to add a tint (cold, warm, default) to the display.
• 🎨 Personalization settings allow customization of lock styles, fonts, and icons.
• ⏱️ The Always On Display feature can be customized but annoyingly only shows for 10 seconds after tapping, not permanently.

Advanced Features and Multitasking

• 👆 Fingerprint animation can be turned off, but the illumination light for the sensor remains.
• 🚫 Wallpaper carousel and AI dynamic wallpapers are mentioned, with a personal preference to turn off the former.
• 🖼️ Floating windows and pop-up apps can be enabled for multitasking, allowing for resizable windows.
• 🎛️ Split screen functionality is available, enabling two applications to be open simultaneously in different views, though saving these combinations is not supported.