After 13 years of development, Xiaomi says goodbye to MIUIits popular customization layer for your mobile phones, to welcome HyperOSa new operating system that will not only be present in some of its smartphones, but could also reach other smart products of the brand or even the car that the company is developing.
HyperOS, specifically, It will be based on Android and a self-developed operating system called Vela. Although there are not many details about it, everything indicates that it will, therefore, be a version of Android with some additional functions that the company has in its operating system, as well as an interface design that could be different from the one the company has in MIUI.
Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, in fact, has underlined that HyperOS is not simply a facelift of MIUI, but This is a complete renovation. In any case, and although the company has not confirmed it, it is likely that HyperOS will reach the European market with the Google Play Store, as well as compatibility with Google applications and services.
HyperOS also focuses on the Internet of Things. According to the company’s top official, the operating system will allow you to connect with each other with “more than 200 product categories.”
We have been preparing for a long time. In 2014, when the IoT business began to take shape, we began exploratory development and verification. In 2017, the research and development of a new system to support all green devices and applications with an integrated system framework was officially launched. [HyperOS]. This is our goal.
Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi.
HyperOS will arrive first on the Xiaomi 14
The Xiaomi executive has confirmed that HyperOS, which officially began development in 2017, will come first to the Xiaomi 14 series. This, specifically, could debut at the beginning of the year with the Xiomi 14, 14 Pro and 14 Ultra. It is not clear, however, if it will only reach the Asian market, or Xiaomi will also expand it globally.
Xiaomi, in fact, It is not the only company that has developed its own operating system based on Android. Huawei also did it with HarmonyOS a few months after the United States vetoed the company and prohibited it from using Google services. Huawei’s operating system, however, is only available in China, and globally it can only be seen on devices such as the Huawei Watch.