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Stable MIUI 8 ROM is now ready for download

AirylAugust 22, 2016

Xiaomi’s bread and butter has always been their smooth version of Android, MIUI. This custom ROM comes pre-installed on all of Xiaomi’s devices, with an existence preceding the very company that develops it.

MIUI has always been focused on providing casual users with simplicity and giving advanced users the tools to tweak and customize MIUI to their liking. Love it or hate it, it’s tough to argue that the ROM is by far one of the most prolific custom ROMs to come out of China.

Several years later, Xiaomi is now rolling out the 8th iteration of MIUI to many of their devices, and things seem to be better than ever. With more than 2 million global users, it may take a while for you to receive the update, so Xiaomi has also made it available on their website, making things way easier for some people.

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For those who don’t know, the list of supported devices is as follows:-

Xiaomi Mi2
Xiaomi Mi2S
Xiaomi Mi3
Xiaomi Mi4
Xiaomi Mi4C
Xiaomi Mi4s
Xiaomi Max
Redmi
Redmi Note

Along with that, here are some of MIUI 8’s features, present

Have you ever used MIUI before? What are your thoughts on the prolific ROM? Have you been anticipating this update? Tell us down in the comments below.

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About the author

Airyl
Enjoying life as a student, gently flowing in the stream known as life. Likes playing the piano, isn't very good at it. Likes playing games, is good at it. Constantly sleepy. Also does some tech stuff, but who cares about that?

saor
August 22, 2016
Have mi4c tried miui for an hour flashed cm not for me. Personally it seems like a iOS based design and more focused at Asian customers. Have xiaomi hybrid ear phones and using miui they did not sound great so that was my biggest reason to ditch the ROM as my phone is used a lot for music. Miui is a bit like Marmite you either love or hate it!
- Karly Johnston
  August 23, 2016
  - saor
    August 23, 2016
    - balcobomber25
      August 23, 2016

Ivo001
August 22, 2016
- balcobomber25
  August 23, 2016
  Could be because the Mi5 already received MIUI 8, the Redmi Pro shipped with MIUI 8 and the Redmi 3s is included with “Redmi”.
Carmelo Vita
August 22, 2016
August 22, 2016
Having the Mi5 I can say that it is also very supported, running smooth as butter! 🙂 <3
Kasper Johnsen
August 22, 2016
Also… “Along with that, here are some of MIUI 8’s features, present”
– And then just post some scrrenshots in chinese, doesnt add anything to the content. There are tons of sites and videos that explains the features, at least take the time to write a list.. I’m saying this in the most loving possible way. No offence.
- Airyl
  August 23, 2016
  None taken. I actually had a readable list prepared, but the website seems to have posted an earlier draft instead. I’m really sorry about this, I have no excuse for this shoddy stuff. I’ll get it edited as soon as possible.

saor
August 22, 2016
Have mi4c tried miui for an hour flashed cm not for me. Personally it seems like a iOS based design and more focused at Asian customers. Have xiaomi hybrid ear phones and using miui they did not sound great so that was my biggest reason to ditch the ROM as my phone is used a lot for music. Miui is a bit like Marmite you either love or hate it!
- Karly Johnston
  August 23, 2016
  Anyone coming to this page already knows what MIUI is.
- saor
  August 23, 2016
  “Have you ever used MIUI before? What are your thoughts on the prolific ROM?”
- balcobomber25
  August 23, 2016

Ivo001
August 22, 2016
- balcobomber25
  August 23, 2016
  Could be because some Mi5’s (depending on country) already received MIUI 8, the Redmi Pro shipped with MIUI 8 and the Redmi 3s is included with “Redmi”.
Carmelo Vita
August 22, 2016
but for Redmi Note also it intends redmi note 3 pro ( snapdragon ?)
Kasper Johnsen
August 22, 2016
Having the Mi5 I can say that it is also very supported, running smooth as butter! 🙂 <3

Kasper Johnsen
August 22, 2016
Also… “Along with that, here are some of MIUI 8’s features, present”
– And then just post some scrrenshots in chinese, doesnt add anything to the content. There are tons of sites and videos that explains the features, at least take the time to write a list.. I’m saying this in the most loving possible way. No offence.
- Airyl
  August 23, 2016
  None taken. I actually had a readable list prepared, but the website seems to have posted an earlier draft instead. I’m really sorry about this, I have no excuse for this shoddy stuff. I’ll get it edited as soon as possible.

Alexander van Scherpenseel
August 23, 2016
- miftitah
  August 23, 2016
Dominó85
August 23, 2016
SO Snapdragon 615 in Mi4i is too weak for MIUI 8? Congratulation Xiaomi. MIUI 8 should be a power hungry, unoptimized system again! Just like the MIUI 7. Nubclap for Hugo Barra!
- balcobomber25
  August 23, 2016
  Considering the Mi2/s is one here which uses an S4 Pro I doubt the 615 was too weak for MIUI 8. The 615 was a terrible all around chipset that Xiaomi should have never used but that is a different story for a different day.

Alexander van Scherpenseel
August 23, 2016
- miftitah
  August 23, 2016
balcobomber25
August 23, 2016
The list of devices is incomplete, according to the MIUI forums these are the devices to receive the update:
Redmi 1S, Redmi 2, Redmi 2 Prime, Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm, Redmi Note 3 Special Edition, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G, Redmi Note Prime, Redmi 3, Redmi 3S/Prime, Mi 2/2S, Mi 3, Mi 4, Mi 4i, Mi 5, Mi Note, Mi Max 32GB
- Muhammad Yasir
  August 23, 2016
  Quit fooling around @balcobomber25:disqus , today’s my Birthday !
  weren’t you supposed to be in Karachi in August ?!
  - balcobomber25
    August 23, 2016
    Yea I ended up going to India instead.
    Happy Birthday though! How old are you now, 22?
    - Muhammad Yasir
      August 23, 2016
      yep 😀
      thanks amigo !
      any chance you can take a detour to Karachi on the way back to US :p
      - balcobomber25
        August 23, 2016
        Muhammad Yasir
        August 24, 2016
- Alex
  August 23, 2016
  I got my Mi5 Update yesterday. The China rom release is faster than the global ones.
  It sucks that my old RN 3G is still on KK after the update.
  - balcobomber25
    August 24, 2016
Dominó85
August 23, 2016
SO Snapdragon 615 in Mi4i is too weak for MIUI 8? Congratulation Xiaomi. MIUI 8 should be a power hungry, unoptimized system again! Just like the MIUI 7. Nubclap for Hugo Barra!
- balcobomber25
  August 23, 2016
  Considering the Mi2/s is one here which uses an S4 Pro I doubt the 615 was too weak for MIUI 8.
balcobomber25
August 23, 2016
The list of devices is incomplete, according to the MIUI forums these are the devices to receive the update:
Redmi 1S, Redmi 2, Redmi 2 Prime, Redmi Note 3 Qualcomm, Redmi Note 3 Special Edition, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G, Redmi Note Prime, Redmi 3, Redmi 3S/Prime, Mi 2/2S, Mi 3, Mi 4, Mi 4i, Mi 5, Mi Note, Mi Max 32GB
BUT Not all of those devices will get it on the 23rd:
Devices which will get OTA update on August 23rd are: Redmi 1S, Mi 2/2S, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G. All users of these devices will be able to receive the update over-the-air today.
Some users will be able to receive the OTA update for Redmi Note 2 and Redmi 2 on August 23rd as well. The update will be open to everyone on August 25th.
- Guest
  August 23, 2016
  Quit fooling around @balcobomber25:disqus , today’s my Birthday !
  weren’t you supposed to be in Karachi in August ?!
- balcobomber25
  August 23, 2016
  Yea I ended up going to India instead.
  Happy Birthday though! How old are you now, 22?
- Guest
  August 23, 2016
  yep 😀
  thanks amigo !
  any chance you can take a detour to Karachi on the way back to US :p
- balcobomber25
  August 23, 2016
  Haha I am already back in the US and will be here for quite sometime.
- Alex
  August 24, 2016
  I got my Mi5 Update yesterday. The China rom release is faster than the global ones.
  It sucks that my old RN 3G is still on KK after the update.
- balcobomber25
  August 24, 2016
  That’s because of the MT6592 it uses. Mediatek stopped supporting it after Kit Kat.
- Guest
  August 24, 2016