Today’s Xiaomi’s news comes in two parts, the first that the Xiaomi Max could launch 10th May, and that on the 8th May MIUI V8 will be announced.
Xiaomi’s own Android based ROM, MIUI, has been around even longer than Xiaomi phones and is currently in it’s 7th version, however some might argue the last major change happened back in MIUI V5 and since then only cosmetic changes have been applied to the ROM.
A new video posted today (here) shows an experimental version of MIUI V8 with some changes to the notification area. The video primarily focusses on the new notification area which can be resized when in use and features a colorful interface, toggles etc.
Xiaomi are obviously wanting to keep all the details quiet for now, but we do expect more short videos like this to be posted in the coming days in the run up to launch.
Gizchina News of the week
Obviously Xiaomi fans are going to want to know when their phones will receive MIUI V8 and it seems likely the Xiaomi Mi5 and current gen Redmi phones will be among the first to receive the upgrade, but it will be the Xiaomi Max that is first to ship with the ROM.
Apparently MIUI V8 will be released on May 8th and on May 10th the large screen Xiaomi Max will be announced.
Xiaomi Max Specs
The Xiaomi Max is believed to have a screen size of 6.4-inch with a 1920 x 1080 resolution, Snapdragon 650 chipset, 2GB RAM, 16 mega-pixel rear camera, 5 mega-pixel front and it’s MIUI version will be based on Android 6.0.1.
Here comes the great news of today. MIUI 8, a new big update of Mi phones’ operating system, will be launched on May 10. You’ll witness the launch of MIUI 8, Mi Max and Mi Band 2 on the event in May.
Best thing about MIUI is that it can be replaced with something worthwhile…
Really, I don’t want to change MIUI again and again. Stuck a lot of time with MIUI 5 cause I like it, never used MIUI 6, then change to MIUI 7 LESS THAN A YEAR!!
SO you dont like updates?
I like it but hated MIUI 6/7 “minimalistic” crap UI, 5 was better, just updated because needed to make work Mi Band and was promised a ” better performance” and less battery consumption… Yeah right!
I know what you mean. I had a Redmi Note 3G with Miui V5. IT was really fast and the OS didnt eat much ram. But since the V7 ram consumption has gone up a lot. I believe its also because of crappy Android 5. Lets wait and see if Android 6 + MIUI 8 brings any changes.
Exactly! I hope so, having a 2Gb RAM phone with 1.3GB used by system at start is too much
I have mi note pro with 4GB ram, and most of the time almost 3GB Ram is used by MIUI
Wtf! That much! I have a Z5s with Miui V7 under Android 4.4 with 1GB free with a lot of programs running behind since start. There’s something wrong with android 5 and miui ?
Its like the more ram your phone has, the more miui eats up
well the leeco le 2 pro had 2,3gb if i remember correctly with everything cleared (without rebooting tho as that gives also back some ram atleast on miui in my case)
and it also has 4gb of ram.
letv has EUI not miui
yes..it was just an example.. i also told that my mi 4 hast 1.7 everything cleared with 3gb…so 2,3~ sound normal with 4..i just wante dto make like a comparison with the free ram
i only go down to 1gb if i have all my programs and a game open
with my 3gb ram mi4
usually it starts with 1,7gb onboot and if i have my usuall programs open like a few messenger, facebook twitter reddit it goes down to 1,3-1,4 and with a game and youtube maybe around 0,9 free without anything closing in the background
I’m curious about The camera. If The camera is good, it is an instant buy for me. I really miss my large size devices.
I hope my RN3 Pro will get Marshamallow when MIUI8 is available for my phone. 😀
It will get MM for sure, doesn’t matter at what form – custom or official ROM.
This is complete bull**** on Xiaomi’s side!!! I was expecting a 6.4″ QHD Flagship with SD820 and at least 4GB of RAM and they do this abomination??? Who the f**k needs a 6.4″ FullHD screen? I was so much looking to the unveiling on 10 of May and now I don’t know if I even want to hear anything from them anymore…. 🙁
Hopefully with MIUI 8 they got the permission manager right? With current v7 iteration it doesn’t support the newest API, which is a mess.
The MIUI8 notification area seems back to old days before MIUI popularized the current notification style. Just like my old Samsung galaxy phone.
Ok Xiaomi, I got it you don’t want to resemble meizu with a fp home button like theirs, but this actual style is just hideous!