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What does the major update from Xiaomi offer us?

With MUI 12, Xiaomi is greatly developing its software, after having upgraded part of its hardware. We were able to access the beta update on a Xiaomi smartphone, the opportunity to tell you what we thought about it. SPOILER: it’s pretty positive.

After having gone upmarket with its latest Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro, Xiaomi is now drastically developing its software with MIUI 12. The good news is that MIUI 12 will also be available on the least expensive smartphones of the Mark. In its twelfth iteration, MIUI sees things big and acquires many features, in addition to a significant refresh of its interface. So, there is room for all kinds of animations, with a rather spectacular side, but also with the arrival of a brand new dark mode, and new privacy protection parameters, previously one of the black spots of the brand. This update will be distributed on Xiaomi smartphones from the end of June, starting with the Mi 9, Mi 9T and Mi 9T Pro. Ultimately, around thirty smartphones will be compatible. Here is our introduction to the new features brought by MIUI 12!

A lively interface

The first novelty of MIUI 12 is clearly visible. The interface has indeed been completely revised to give pride of place to all kinds of entertainment. First find these new wallpapers, the “Super Wallpapers”. These are images of the Earth, the Moon or even Mars which were supplied to the brand by NASA itself. When unlocked, we are therefore entitled to a rather spectacular animation which literally makes us “land” on the home screen with panache. If some may find it too much, we admit to having been rather seduced by this animation which has its effect. It is of course possible to choose a “normal” wallpaper if you do not want to be dizzy every time you unlock your smartphone equipped with MIUI 12.

In the interface itself, Xiaomi continued the work by adding many animations everywhere. Rather than overloading the interface, these animations make navigation very pleasant, and above all, natural. The Mi Render Engine, intended to accelerate the animations, perfectly fulfills its purpose, and we have never encountered the slightest lag anywhere, even on this beta. In this regard, note all the same that we had access to this early beta on a Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro, which has a screen clocked at 90 Hz as well as a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC. The animations were therefore particularly fluid , but it will be necessary to test all this on more modest smartphones in order to see if any slowdowns occur.

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