Author: Jonjo

Xiaomi is expected to officially present the next iteration of MIUI in the coming weeks. Ahead of the unveiling, the company has been releasing some features to the closed beta group in China. Perhaps, these are features of MIUI 13, and hopefully, we will get a confirmation in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the company has just released another interesting feature – a smart toolbox. It’s currently limited to particular regions, but we anticipate wider availability in the coming weeks/ months. Perhaps, the upcoming MIUI 13 will bring these features to stable ROM users. A couple of days ago, the Chinese…

There’s no doubt that Xiaomi MIUI needs some polishing to start competing favorably with other Android skin out there. With the virtual revamp experienced with MIUI 12 that left some bugs, the company is still trying to come back from that. For that reason, they have gone to release MIUI 12.5, which the Enhanced Edition is currently rolling out. Luckily, that addressed some issues faced by MIUI fans, but some have persisted. Hopefully, the new MIUI Alpha launcher addresses it according to the update log. With the upgrade to MIUI 12.5, Xiaomi blocked its phones from using third-party launchers. That’s…

The recently launched Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro show that Google remains the company to beat smartphone photography. This year, the company made a huge upgrade, which includes a new in-house Tensor Chip and camera hardware. Before now, they relied heavily on software processing for the pictures, but with the Pixel 6 series phone, the hardware has been improved as well. Of course, the company also made some upgrades in the Google camera software. They debuted some features, which are currently limited to the Pixel 6 series phones with the Google camera 8.4. However, the most fascinating thing about…

The Redmi Note 11 series phones comprising Note 11, Note 11 Pro, and Note 11 Pro Plus are the latest offering of the Xiaomi sub-brand. They debuted running Android 11 on top of MIUI 12.5, which makes them eligible for Android 12. It’s the same for the Xiaomi 11T, Xiaomi 11 Lite NE, Xiaomi CIVI, and Redmi Note 10S, which are now testing the Android 12 update internally.  Xiaomi, since the first Android 12 beta 1 update has subjected some of its phones to internal testing. Luckily, these phones have received MIUI development based on Android 12. They’re currently waiting…

Xiaomi, unlike other OEMs, rarely releases a roadmap for major Android OS upgrades. While they do for their in-house MIUI Android skin, we have to rely on the company’s update policy for phones eligible for that next Android OS upgrade. The company is making changes to its policy and will start pushing three Android OS updates starting with the Mi 11T, 11T Pro, and 11 Lite NE 5G. It’s unclear if other phones will receive three Android OS updates, but we hope to find out soon. Meanwhile, the Redmi K30 Pro / POCO F2 and Redmi K30S Ultra / Mi…