In addition to allowing us to unlock our Xiaomi in a fairly simple way, MIUI offers us other functionalities for the under-screen fingerprint reader . Can you imagine being able to use it to quickly access certain applications?

As many of you know, MIUI is full of options and functionality. In addition to allowing us to change the animation of the fingerprint reader , it also provides us with certain shortcuts so that we can quickly access certain basic functions.

In this way, if we activate the shortcuts in the fingerprint reader , as soon as we unlock our Xiaomi we can access the browser, the QR code reader or even other functions of certain compatible applications such as My Calendar among others.

How to activate the MIUI shortcuts for the fingerprint reader under the screen

To activate the shortcuts in the fingerprint reader under the screen of your Xiaomi, we will only have to perform the following steps:

1. Go to Settings> Passwords and security> Fingerprint unlock
2. Once inside we will look for the option « Shortcuts » and proceed to its activation.

Once we activate this option, we will only have to unlock our Xiaomi through the fingerprint reader and keep the finger pressed after unlocking . In this way, the available shortcuts will be displayed, thus allowing us to access certain actions.

It should be noted that this functionality allows us to adjust two different access methods . Either keeping our finger pressed on the screen or sliding it once it has recognized our fingerprint.