We bring you all the news of MIUI 12, the new version of the Xiaomi operating system. It was officially announced in April, but it was today when the Chinese manufacturer held the global event to present it in society along with all the news, which are the ones that we are going to summarize.
As we did in the past with the previous version, the method that we are going to follow is to summarize the news in a list, so that you can have them all at a glance and know the general idea of each one. Then, if you want to go deeper into them, you have this Xataka article in which they describe the main ones in more detail.
MIUI 12 news
Here you have the list in which we will briefly tell you the main news that Xiaomi has presented for its customization layer. Obviously, you will have to wait for the devices to start updating to be able to test them thoroughly and see all their possibilities, but here are the initials.
- Improved dark mode: The second generation of Xiaomi dark mode brings new functions such as darkening third-party applications in addition to those of the operating system. To do this, you will be able to recognize the tones of each app to be able to darken it. This dark mode is also different, more natural and with higher contrast.
- A more polished and minimalist interface: MIUI 12 takes a new step towards minimalism with its design, with clean menus and smooth transitions, integrating better with real elements in the interface. There will be backgrounds that vary in some apps, and in general, the entire interface will be more polished and clean.
- New engines for animations: One of the main changes in MIUI 12 is in animations, which with their new engines will now appear everywhere to be more visual. The system will seem more alive than ever, with animations in all interface elements, from navigation gestures to buttons and icons that come to life and behave differently depending on the gesture you make when manipulating them.
- Improvements in the control center: The control center that you can open with shortcuts for the main functions also receives its dose of animations and minimalism, to be consistent with the rest of the elements of the operating system.
- Changes on the screen on the phone: The menu on the phone now will not limit itself to showing you aspects and information of the mobile operating system, such as storage, but it will do it in a much more visual way. They not only show numbers but also what those numbers represent. Data will also be displayed more visually on other parts of the phone, such as battery information.
- Universal casting to send content: You can stream videos, emails, games, applications and documents from your mobile to the application. Also, if you minimize the application that you are broadcasting or casting, it will stay in a floating window and will continue to be seen on the screen, but the rest of the things you do will not be seen. With this, for example, if you receive a message while you cast a video, you will be able to read it and reply without it being reflected.
- 3D wallpapers: Xiaomi has also put effort into aesthetics through wallpapers. Its dedicated application offers more than 1,000, and now 3D backgrounds of sites like the planet Mars, icebergs or nature reserves are incorporated. They are impressive maps with detailed satellite images.
- Improved multitasking with floating windows: MIUI will allow you to choose an application and make it a floating window so that it will always be a thumbnail while you do other things with other applications. It can help a lot of things, like having a note open while using it in another app.
- Ultra battery saving mode: When the mobile phone battery falls below 5%, you can activate this mode to have several more hours of autonomy by keeping only essential functions activated, such as calls or messages.
- Organized app drawer: MIUI will allow a new application drawer, which organizes the apps you have by categories in order to stay organized. Improved artificial intelligence: MIUI 12 incorporates a new API called Mobile AI Compute Engine, which allows you to perform tasks such as recognizing which calls are Spam or improving the recognition of activities and exercise.
- Privacy and security improvements: The new version of the customization layer implements some ideas from the latest versions of Android, allowing apps to only obtain certain permissions once or while the app is active. You can also delete metadata and the location of the photos before sharing them, start applications without the need for permissions with a kind of virtual identity or consult the history of information that an app has accessed.
- Background behavior notifications: The operating system will also show you with icons in the upper left the actions that are active. For example, you can know if the camera, microphone or location is being used without you knowing. When you tap on the icon, it will tell you which apps are using it so you can close them.
- More options to improve your health: The health application is also updated, allowing the recording of sleep without an activity bracelet, algorithms to measure the quality of sleep or the recording of snoring and the number of times we speak asleep. According to Xiaomi, this data remains on the mobile without being sent to its servers.
- More video editing tools: Native video editing will also be improved with the system’s own tools, including a new toolbar for video.
- Game mode improvements: The game mode implemented by MIUI will improve with increased acceleration and new screen recording so you can save your games.
- Xiaomi apps facelift: The native apps and services included in MIUI 12 will update their design to be consistent with that of the rest of the operating system.
- Weather app improvements: The weather app also improves substantially, with a wallpaper that varies depending on the weather outside with realistic backgrounds.
- Always On Screen Enhancements: If you turn Always On mode on so that the display shows a clock and some items when it is turned off, new designs have now been included to customize its appearance.
- Travel reminders: If you have a trip scheduled and you have emails with your details, the watch will remind you when to leave so you don’t miss.