8 Best Nokia 7 Plus Features and Tricks

Nokia 7 Plus has turned out to be a great smartphone. We have already published our review of the phone and it is one of the best mid-range devices you can buy today. Apart from bringing all the usual features of a smartphone, Nokia 7 Plus is also bringing some unique features which you cannot find on most other Android devices out there. In this article we are going to list out 8 best Nokia 7 Plus features and tricks which has impressed us the most:

Cool Nokia 7 Plus Features and Tricks

1. Face Unlock

After Apple popularized facial biometric system with FaceID on the iPhone X, some of the Android manufacturers also started including the face unlock features on their devices. OnePlus was one of the first companies to bring facial unlock with its OnePlus 5T, and now Nokia also joins the fold with its Nokia 7 Plus.

1. Face Unlock 1

To enable face to unlock on your Nokia 7 Plus, go to Settings -> Security & Location -> Face Unlock and tap on “Add face data”. After you add your face data to the device, you will be able to unlock your device using your face. Do remember that face unlock on Android phones including the Nokia 7 Plus is not as secure as the one on iPhone X as it just utilizes the smartphone camera. Still, it’s a great way to quickly unlock your phone.

1. Face Unlock 2

2. Nokia Spatial Audio Recording

One of the best features about Nokia 7 Plus is what the company is calling spatial audio recording. Technical nomenclature aside, the feature comes in really handy when shooting video or recording audio as the Nokia 7 Plus packs three high-quality microphones which can capture audio clearly, irrespective of the surrounding. So whether you are in a noisy environment or are a bit far away from your phone, your Nokia 7 Plus will be able to record your voice clearly.

2. Nokia Spatial Audio Recording

3. Pro Camera Mode

Most of the unique and interesting features that Nokia 7 Plus brings to the table has to do with its cameras. My favorite feature of Nokia 7 Plus camera is the Pro Mode which allows me to easily control ISO, white balance, focus, and the shutter speed of the camera. The biggest advantage of using Pro Mode in Nokia 7 Plus over any other smartphone’s pro mode is the fact that Nokia makes it ridiculously easy to manipulate the above mentioned parameters.

3. Pro Camera Mode 1

Nokia 7 Plus is using the same camera software which Nokia used to pack in its Lumia phones back in the day, and that’s a really good thing. The concentric circles with sliders to control the parameters is by far the best way to handle pro mode in my opinion. Accessing pro mode is easy too, just tap on the hamburger menu in the camera app and then tap on the Pro mode to access it.

3. Pro Camera Mode 2

4. Live Bokeh

One of the unique features of Nokia 7 Plus camera is the Live Bokeh mode which allows users to see how exactly their shots will look with bokeh effect even before they click the picture. While smartphones such as iPhone X and Pixel 2 take great portrait shots (bokeh shots), you don’t actually know how your picture is going to turn out until the phone has done the post-processing after you have clicked the picture.

4. Live Bokeh 1

With Nokia 7 Plus’s Live Bokeh mode, you can exactly see how your picture will look in the camera viewfinder before you take the picture. That means you can make necessary adjustments to your shots to get them exactly how you want them. Obviously, the picture you take will not exactly be the same as the one you saw through the viewfinder, that said, it’s better to have some inclination about how your picture is going to turn out rather than having nothing at all.

4. Live Bokeh 2

5. Bothie Photo Capture

Another camera feature that is exclusive to Nokia phones is what the company calls a Bothie photo capture which utilizes both the front and the back camera to capture a photo. The idea here is that if you have a friend sitting or standing in front of you, you can use the bothie capture to capture both your and his photo in a single shot.

5. Bothie Photo Capture 1

In Nokia 7 Plus, the bothie photo capture has two modes. The first is the normal bothie mode which divides the camera frame into two equal halves. The second is the picture-in-picture mode which captures the shot as if you were on a video call with someone. Although bothie is not something which you are going to use on a regular basis, it will certainly come in handy in certain situations.

5. Bothie Photo Capture 2

6. Go Live Directly from Nokia Camera App

Another great feature of Nokia 7 Plus’s camera is the live mode which allows users to directly go live from the camera app itself. You can use the Nokia 7 Plus’s camera to stream live content on Twitter or Facebook by connecting your social media accounts. Since we have the Chinese Nokia 7 Plus model, we cannot show you the full process, however, we can show you how you can access the Live feature.

6. Go Live Directly from Nokia Camera App 1

To go live directly from Nokia 7 Plus’s camera app, first tap on the video icon to switch to video mode. Now, tap on the Live button marked in the picture above. As you can see, our camera app is showing Weibo as the only option. That’s because we have the Chinese model. The Indian model will show Twitter, Facebook and any other social media channels which the app supports. To go live, tap on the social media icon and then log-in with your information.

6. Go Live Directly from Nokia Camera App 2

7. Gestures

I love when a smartphone manufacturer brings support for gestures on their smartphones as gestures make life so much easier. For example, on my OnePlus 3, I can double tap to wake the device, perform a three finger swipe to capture screenshots, and more. While Nokia 7 Plus also brings many gestures, my favorite is swiping down on fingerprint sensor to drop the notification panel.

7. Gestures

As you know, Nokia 7 Plus sports a 6-inch 18:9 display which makes it impossible to reach the top with just one hand. With the finger swipe down gesture, I can easily bring my notification panel down without having to reach the top. There are many more gestures that you can configure. To customize your gestures, go to Settings -> Gestures and configure the ones you want to use.

8. Android “One” 8.1

One of the best things about Nokia 7 Plus is that it comes with Google’s Android One program which basically means that you are getting a stock Android experience with faster updates. In fact, as of writing this article, Nokia 7 Plus has already received Android 8.1 Oreo update, which is just amazing.

8. Android One

Apart from faster updates, it also means that you will get all the goodness that comes with Android Oreo. For example, you will get the new power menu, notification dots, automatic light and dark theme support, and much more. You can check out all the major features of Android Oreo here to see everything that you are going to get with the device. The bottom line is that Android One ensures that you will get new Android features and security patches faster than 99% of Android devices out there.

SEE ALSO: 10 Best Nokia 7 Plus Cases and Covers You Can Buy

Enjoy These Awesome Features on Nokia 7 Plus

Nokia 7 Plus has been a joy to use and if you have bought this phone, I know that you are also enjoying it. Now that you have read the list of our favorite Nokia 7 Plus features, do share with us your favorite features of the Nokia 7 Plus in the comments section below.

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  • Adasha says:

    How do i record selfie videos on my nokia 7plus ar night…it doesn’t have front flash while recording videos.

  • Adasha says:

    I can’t find front camera flash while recording a video,its too dark at night no flash.please help

  • Saswata Chakraborty says:

    You can rollback to Oreo anytime you wish. Just grab a full rollback OTA package (August preferred), boot your device into recovery (stock recovery, not twrp) and sideload the OTA package. If it gives you timestamp error, just switch the active slot and try again. But first of all, make sure you have installed the universal ADB driver and OEM unlocking is enabled on your device.
    Important commands:
    For booting into recovery: adb reboot recovery
    For checking active slot: fastboot getvar current-slot
    For switching slot: fastboot –set-active=b or fastboot –set-active=a (according to your current slot)

  • gitanjali says:

    I have recently updated the Nokia 7 plus to android version 9 but after updating my phone got slow down , it started hanging now also the the face unlock features stop working…why? Please tell me any solution.

    • Rachit Agarwal says:

      It might be due to a bug. We have not experience any such problems on our device. Wait for the next update and it should fix it.

    • Saswata Chakraborty says:

      You can rollback to Oreo anytime you wish. Just grab a full rollback OTA package (August preferred), boot your device into recovery (stock recovery, not twrp) and sideload the OTA package. If it gives you timestamp error, just switch the active slot and try again. But first of all, make sure you have installed the universal ADB driver and OEM unlocking is enabled on your device.
      Important commands:
      For booting into recovery: adb reboot recovery
      For checking active slot: fastboot getvar current-slot
      For switching slot: fastboot –set-active=b or fastboot –set-active=a (according to your current slot)

  • najam hassan says:

    I am unable to find face unlock in my new Nokia 7 plus

  • Manu Nair says:

    Hi all. Just got my Nokia 7 plus and horrified to learn that there’s no default audio recording app. Can a suggest a good app which has been tried on this model? And where are the 3 microphones? I see only 2. (Rear above the camera and at the bottom) where is the third one??

  • Imran yousaf says:

    Hi
    I have nokia 7 plus and it’s running on latest 8.1.0 oreo update but it doesn’t have face unlock feature in this update, as you know it’s android one phone and it should update this feature in every phone, pls help me out how can I get the update

  • Hemu says:

    For Face unlock check trusted face under security & location in Nokia 7 plus

  • najam hassan says:

    i am still waiting for face unlock up date on my nokia 7plus in ksa

  • Maxine jones says:

    Voice recording awful. Sound ok for video recording but sounds underwater for voice only. Any fixes?

  • Kiwanuka Grace says:

    Failed to get face unlock on Nokia 7 plue

  • Tavnoor says:

    There is no face unlock option in settings….updated to 8.1…

  • kannan says:

    cant find face unlock
    cant use dual 4g option

  • SHYAM BABU says:

    Unable to find face unlock option in the Nokia 7 plus

  • Thamizh says:

    Face unlock option

  • Thamizh says:

    I have Nokia 7+..
    But gestures and gave out unlock option not shown in my phone…

  • Nehad says:

    I am unable to find face unlock in my new Nokia 7 plus

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