How to use Magic Capsule on an HONOR phone (MagicOS 10)

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-use-magic-capsule-on-an-honor-phone/ · Checked October 2026 · BRP-NX1M, EEA), MagicOS 10.0, Android 16 (build 10.0.0.169(C430E7R2P1) · HONOR Magic7 Lite

3 of 3 steps with real screenshots · 2 official sources below

Device

Android

Shown on

HONOR Magic7 Lite (BRP-NX1M, EEA), MagicOS 10.0, Android 16 (build 10.0.0.169(C430E7R2P1))

App

Maps

Real screenshots

3 of 3 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Start a timer, recording or call

   The capsule appears at the top centre of the screen, around the front camera. Ours showed the timer counting down.

   Done

2. 

   Tap the capsule

   It expands: ours showed 04:46 Timer with pause and stop buttons.

   Done

3. 

   Choose which services use it

   Settings, Notifications & status bar, Magic Capsule. Ours: Screen recording, Recording, Media playback and Clock on, Face recognition off, and Maps on under App services.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Searched Settings and found nothing? Go to Settings, Notifications & status bar. Magic Capsule is the first row. Search said No matches on ours.

  

• Status icons missing while it shows? HONOR says Magic Capsule hides some status icons, and with the larger capsule the battery percentage moves inside the battery icon. Source: Magic Capsule hides status icons or shows them inside the battery icon
• App does not show a capsule? HONOR says only some preset functions support Magic Capsule, and quick access does not work for apps where it does not run in the background. Source: Magic Capsule

If this does not work

• No capsule? HONOR says only some preset functions use it, for example a Clock timer or a Recorder recording; start one and go back to the Home screen. Source: Magic Capsule
• Want it gone? HONOR says to tap it to switch to Card mode, then tap the X. Swipe down to see status icons instead. Source: Magic Capsule hides status icons or shows them inside the battery icon
• Shrank to a dot? HONOR says it shrinks into a little ball after a while; tap it to expand it again. Source: Magic Capsule

About this guide

Searching Settings for Magic Capsule found nothing on our phone, but the setting is there.

The screenshots are from our HONOR Magic7 Lite, the European model BRP-NX1M, with MagicOS 10.0 and Android 16 (build 10.0.0.169(C430E7R2P1)), in Dark mode. We started a 5-minute Clock timer to show the capsule and stopped it, and changed no capsule settings.

Good to know

To record the screen, screen record.

To control which apps can notify you, turn off notifications for one app.

In short: Start a timer; tap the capsule at the top to expand it.