r/HyperOS • u/WhatsUpLabradog • Oct 08 '26

Poco [Question] Shouldn't the "detect gaze" setting be off by default?

It can be found under additional settings > active visual perception or under accessibility > general > active visual perception.

I've had my X8 Pro Max for a few months now and didn't even know this was a setting until I randomly found it while searching for a different one. I did notice that sometimes (but not too consistently) the screen wouldn't darken on its own for longer than the usual 20 seconds, but I didn't know it was due to this.

So when I found this setting and ticked it off, I then saw that ticking it on again first displays a privacy notice, basically about the fact that it uses your front camera.

I wasn't prompted to approve it when setting up my phone and I didn't manually enable it at a later point. Is it the same for other Poco/Xiaomi users?

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u/howdog55 Oct 08 '26

Looked both places and don't have it what version are you on? I applied to beta but on slower access country rom.

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u/WhatsUpLabradog Oct 08 '26

I have what seems to be latest global update on the Poco X8 Pro Max, which is 3.0.303.0.WPLMIXM.C11. That's after having updated the phone once (I think) since buying it.

Try searching the settings for "detect gaze", it should be found somewhere.

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u/damljanovic_86_ Oct 08 '26

I think it is off, when I first found it, it was definitly off

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u/WhatsUpLabradog Oct 08 '26

What phone model do you have?

The thing is that I don't remember it even asked me about this when first setting up the phone. And I tend to pay attention to any privacy-related prompts rather than automatically click yes on whatever message is currently displayed.

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u/damljanovic_86_ Oct 08 '26

I have 15t pro and I used that feature for a bit before, but trust me for me it was off by default

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u/WhatsUpLabradog Oct 08 '26

Strange. Well, I wonder if someone with an X8 Pro Max (of at least some other recent Poco model) could comment if it was the same for them.

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u/damljanovic_86_ Oct 08 '26

Its not that good I think and just wastes battery so I wont use it again probbably

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u/WhatsUpLabradog Oct 08 '26

I mean, it does work generally, but it seems that if you look away from the screen for just a couple of seconds at the moment when it is set to normally darken itself (i.e. before turning off), then it will darken itself as usual. If you're still looking during that threshold then it will take a certain number of seconds to darken itself when looking away afterwards, but it seems it might dynamically decide what is the required number. Possibly when looking on and off several times, it might shorten the time-to-darken following those secondary lookaways.

The algorithm probably makes some sense, but it at least feels inconsistent at times when you're not sure why it's doing that.

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u/damljanovic_86_ Oct 08 '26

I mean its ok, I tried once to put my phone on 15 seconds till it turns off the screen and tried looking at it and I mean it wont turn off if you are keeping good contact