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Before we get down to business, we have to explain a little what it is that we call 'Ambient Display' and that we have in some terminals of the Xiaomi brand (in addition to other brands like Samsung). The 'Ambient Display' is a screen mode in which we obtain information, directly from the 'off' screen of the phone. That is, if we have the mobile on the table, locked, instead of having a screen turned off we can see a clock, the date and some notifications. Does it drain battery? A bit, but why do we want the battery if not to use it?
In some Xiaomi terminals, as we said, we have this 'Ambient Display' technology available. In addition, thanks to the arrival of version 11 of the MIUI customization layer, this 'ambient screen' has received new and substantial improvements. Taking advantage of the fact that we have a Xiaomi terminal compatible with this technology, in this case a Xiaomi Mi 9T, we are going to teach you how to configure it correctly to get the most out of the benefits. And if you don't want to have it, we also teach you to get rid of it.
Configure the 'Ambient Display' to your liking on a Xiaomi mobile
Take your Xiaomi mobile with MIUI 11 and compatible with 'Ambient Display' and enter the settings. Then, we access the section 'Always active screen and Lock screen'.
To activate the ambient screen we turn on the 'Ambient screen' switch. We must make sure that it is activated, because if not, it will not appear under any circumstances. Later, in 'Style' we will choose what to see on the screen. We have several themes at our disposal, from illustrations like that of an astronaut or a cactus to kaleidoscopes that change shape throughout the day, analog and digital clocks and we can even place a personalized phrase.
Certain sections can also be configurable. For example, in the 'analog clock' we can change the clock face; in the drawings we can change the color of the text. We just have to enter the chosen design and, on the next screen, see what we can change.
In each of the topics, in addition, we will select the color of the text, if we want it to show us the status of the battery and the notifications that come to us. Of course, we will only receive certain notifications from selected applications, and not from all those that would normally reach us. In the 'Signature' section we can change the personalized text and put the color we want. A great way to set reminders and make sure we don't forget something.
When we have chosen the design of our preferred 'ambient display' we will click on 'apply' and we will test to see if it has been to our liking. In the following settings we have, for example, 'show elements', which is nothing more than choosing when we want to have this information active. We can always leave the ambient screen or choose a programmed time slot. For example, in my personal case I have to activate at 7 in the morning and deactivate at 10 at night.
We can also choose the notifications view, that is, the visual effect of the ambient screen when we receive a notification. We can choose between four different ones: lighting the screen, rhythm (the edges light up intermittently), pulse (the same as the previous one but the light is red) and stars (an animation with blue circles appears that fills the screen). We can also choose that the screen does not do anything when a notification arrives.
