Along with the dual camera smartphone Mi 5X, Xiaomi has officially launched its next iteration of popular ROM, MIUI 9 at an event held in Beijing, China. MIUI 9 is based on Android Nougat that comes with various new features and improvements. Xiaomi Mi 5X will be the first Mi device to come pre-installed with MIUI 9. MIUI is used in 55 languages, 142 countries with 2.8 billion active users.
MIUI 9 Features
- Faster app launch time
- Image search using keywords (Ex – Beach, Selfie etc)
- Dynamic resource allocation for fluent experience
- Smart app launcher – Launches an app based on screen contents
- Smart Assistant like Google Assistant
- Long press on the content to get relevant information
- Advanced word search
- Automatic document archiving – ID card, Passport etc
- Organized travel schedule information
- Dynamic icons
- Split-screen multitasking
- Redesigned home screen editor – Sort, Patch, Bulk delete apps
- Intelligent notification filter – Filters notifications that are not important
- Easy to use long screenshots
- New messaging app – Group by time, Batch read/delete
- Silent mode – Turn on Mute or DND directly from the volume control panel
- Optimized haptic feedback and intelligent CPU acceleration
- New file system with cache management
MIUI 9 Compatible Devices and Update Schedule
- August 11 – China Developer ROM – Mi 6, Mi 5X, and Redmi Note 4X Qualcomm
- August 25 – China Developer ROM – Mi MIX, Mi Note 2, Mi 5, Mi 5s, Mi 5s Plus, Mi 5c, Mi Max 2, Mi Max, Mi 4S, Mi 4c, Mi Note Pro, and Redmi 4X
- September 2017 – China ROM – For all the other Xiaomi / Redmi devices (except Mi 1/1S and Mi 2A)
The features included in MIUI 9 China ROM and Global ROM might be different and few features are available in China only for the time being. MIUI 9 global rollout will be announced soon.