Together with the presentation of the new MIX 4, Xiaomi's new smartphone with UDC, the Chinese house has also announced important news regarding the software component of its devices. In particular we are talking about MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition and MIUI for Pad; let's go in order.
MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition is an improved version of MIUI 12.5 that fixes over 160 system and 224 system app-related issues, as well as introducing general code optimizations and a number of new features designed by zero, thanks to the work done by Xiaomi engineers over the last 6 months. In particular, the main innovations are these:
Below we propose the list of smartphones that will receive the Enhanced version of MIUI 12.5 starting from August 13 (in China). Xiaomi has confirmed that more details will be released later, including expansion to Western markets.
As for the MIUI for Pad, it is essentially an interface that is based on MIUI 12.5 and enriches it with optimizations designed for the larger tablet displays. Xiaomi has confirmed that, at the moment, only 300 of the most used applications are compatible with MIUI for Pad, but that it aims to reach 2000 by the end of the year.
In order to improve the Android tablet experience, Xiaomi has also launched the Xiaomi Open Platform, an alliance involving developers and manufacturers to work together in this direction. Together with MIUI for Pad, a new version of the Mi Security app dedicated to tablets was also announced.