Xiaomi has always been fairly aggressive in bringing about changes to its MIUI software. This is partly the reason why a lot of Xiaomi phones take time to get to the newest version of Android; the company likes to ‘bake’ the features into its ROM.
MIUI 7 was all about the 2015 design philosophy – flat, blurred and colourful. MIUI 8 is set to bring a change to that, hopefully a fresh and new one.
From what Xiaomi have to share about MIUI 8, it seems as though there’ll be a ‘symmetric’ aspect to the up and coming iteration of the ROM. What exactly? We know only as much as you do!
For starters, Xiaomi’s MIUI 8 teasers come with the following: A WORD about colors, about mirrors and more. I’m not quite sure what that means, while I hope it isn’t just a bad Chinese to English translation from their presentation material.
Anyway, Xiaomi reveal that MIUI 8 will feature stock apps with a fresh design. While this can be expected of any new iteration, it is nice to get a glimpse before the actual ROM starts seeding.
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Take a look at the phone app below:
Most importantly, it seems as though the very popular (and honestly, effective) notification area is set to get a major revamp. The toggles will now appear on the same page as the notification (as opposed to being on a different page, one swipe away) which might remind some of Samsung’s TouchWiz.
Take a look here:
All in all, MIUI 8 feels a bit like Xiaomi’s preparation for the Western markets. Previous versions of MIUI seemed suited more for Chinese and other markets. We’ll know more when MIUI 8 is officially announced alongside the Xiaomi Mi Max on the 10th of May.
Thoughts?
Hate flat design, V5 was better. But that’s because material design in general, Google’s fault.
you know miui give you tons of themes that change how the whole system look, right?
you can change it to v5 style if you want.
this is one of the best things i love in miui, the option to really change how the system looks.