Chinese manufacturing giant, Xiaomi, is currently working on its latest Android skin, MIUI 14. A few days ago, some information about the upcoming MIUI 14 system hit the public domain. Some tech enthusiasts were able to decompile the relevant information of MIUI 14 fields in the code base. After decompiling the code, it revealed two devices’ codenames which are “Nuwa” and “Fuxi”. According to the reports, “Nuwa” and “Fuxi” are currently testing the MIUI 14 system.Ā After the comparison and inspection, netizens believe that these smartphones “Nuwa” and “Fuxi” are likely in the Xiaomi 13 series.
Both names “Nuwa” and “Fuxi” have links to Chinese mythology and culture respectively. Available information from an encyclopedia reveals that Nuwa is the goddess of creation in Chinese mythology. Furthermore, Fuxi is the founder of Chinese culture, one of the “Three Emperors”. At a time were Xiaomi fans are expecting the MIUI 13.5 system, there is already information about the MIUI 14 system.
MIUI 14 is coming
Furthermore, popular Weibo tech blogger, @DCS launched a topic on Weibo “What to expect from MIUI 14”. This raises the discussion that the MIUI 14 system is coming soon. Unexpectedly, some developers dug out the traces of MIUI 14 in the code base again. Just like the previous reports, two devices (Nuwa and Fuxi) are currently testing the system. Thus, there is no doubt that MIUI 14 is already in testing.Ā Whatās more interesting is that some media even speculates that MIUI 14 will be official on August 16. This date is actually the 12th anniversary of MIUIās release. However, this is only a speculation. What is most probable is that MIUI 14 will arrive with the Xiaomi 13 series which should launch in November or December this year.
MIUI 14 to bring a new design language
The latest report on the MIUI 14 system is information on its design. Xiaomiui.netĀ Ā found some new improvements in MIUI 14 Early Beta 22.7.19 and said that MIUI 14 would usher in a new design language. Below are some of the features and relevant screenshots
App Vault Xiaomi Information Assistant ushered in UI improvements
MIUI Clock App UI improvements
Support for disabling persistent notifications directly from the notification panel
Adds OCR text recognition to the gallery andĀ MIUI Gallery welcomes today’s memories
MIUI Anti-Fraud Protection
Furthermore, Xiaomi code shows that MIUI 14’s clock app will be allowed to be uninstalled. The code also reveals thatĀ MIUI 14 will support Qualcomm LE Audio Bluetooth audio technology. Xiaomiui.net claims that MIUI 14 will arrive together with Xiaomi 13 at the end of 2022. It also reveals the list of smartphones that will get the MIUI 14 update.
It is worth mentioning that Qualcomm recently announced that this year’s Snapdragon Summit will be held from November 15th to 17th. If nothing else, Xiaomi 13 will be one of the first models to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. The CPU/GPU architecture will get some upgrades and the performance/power consumption will be better.
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List of upgradeable Xiaomi smartphones to MIUI 14
Xiaomi devices:
- Xiaomi 13 Pro
- Xiaomi-13
- Xiaomi-12
- Xiaomi 12 Pro
- Xiaomi 12X
- Xiaomi-12 Pro Dimensity Edition
- Xiaomi 12S
- Xiaomi 12S Pro
- Xiaomi-12S Ultra
- Xiaomi 12 Lite
- Xiaomi 12T
- Xiaomi-12T Pro
- Xiaomi 11T
- Xiaomi 11T Pro
- Xiaomi-Mi 11 Lite 4G
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G
- Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
- Xiaomi-Mi 11 LE
- Xiaomi Mi 11
- Xiaomi Mi 11i
- Xiaomi-11i
- Xiaomi 11i Hypercharge
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
- Xiaomi-Mi 11 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 11X
- Xiaomi Mi 11X Pro
- Xiaomi-MIX 4
- Xiaomi MIX FOLD
- Xiaomi MIX FOLD 2
- Xiaomi-Civi
- Xiaomi Civi 1S
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite
- Xiaomi-Mi 10
- Xiaomi Mi 10i 5G
- Xiaomi Mi 10S
- Xiaomi-Mi 10 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom
- Xiaomi-Mi 10 Ultra
- Xiaomi Mi 10T
- Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro
- Xiaomi-Mi 10T Lite
- Xiaomi Pad 5
- Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro
- Xiaomi-Pad 5 Pro 5G
Xiaomi Redmi devices:
- Redmi Note 11
- Redmi Note 11 5G
- Redmi-Note 11 SE
- Redmi Note 11 4G
- Redmi Note 11T 5G
- Redmi-Note 11 Pro
- Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G
- Redmi Note 11S
- Redmi-Note 11S 5G
- Redmi Note 11 Pro
- Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
- Redmi-Note 10 Pro
- Redmi Note 10 Pro Max
- Redmi Note 10
- Redmi-Note 10S
- Redmi Note 10 Lite
- Redmi Note 10 5G
- Redmi-Note 10T 5G
- Redmi Note 10T Japan
- Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G
- Redmi-Note 9 4G
- Redmi Note 9 5G
- Redmi Note 9T 5G
- Redmi-Note 9 Pro 5G
- Redmi K50
- Redmi K50 Pro
- Redmi-K50 Gaming
- Redmi K50i
- Redmi K50i Pro
- Redmi-K50S
- Redmi K50S Pro
- Redmi K40S
- Redmi-K40 Pro
- Redmi K40 Pro+
- Redmi K40
- Redmi-K40 Gaming
- Redmi K30S Ultra
- Redmi K30 Ultra
- Redmi-K30 4G
- Redmi K30 Pro
- Redmi Note 8 (2021)
- Redmi-10C
- Redmi 10A
- Redmi 10 Power
- Redmi-10
- Redmi 10 5G
- Redmi 10 Prime+ 5G
- Redmi-10 (India)
- Redmi 10 Prime
- Redmi 10 Prime 2022
- Redmi-10 2022
- Redmi 9T
- Redmi 9 Power
- Redmi-Note 11E
- Redmi Note 11E Pro
- Redmi Note 11T Pro
- Redmi-Note 11T Pro+
Xiaomi POCO device:
- POCO M2
- POCO M2 Reloaded
- POCO-M3
- POCO M4 Pro 4G
- POCO M4 5G
- POCO-M5
- POCO M5s
- POCO X4 Pro 5G
- POCO-M2 Pro
- POCO M4 Pro 5G
- POCO M3 Pro 5G
- POCO-X3 NFC
- POCO X3
- POCO X3 Pro
- POCO-X3 GT
- POCO X4 GT
- POCO F4
- POCO-F3
- POCO F3 GT
- POCO C40
- POCO-C40+
Xiaomi devices to miss the MIUI 14 update
- Xiaomi Mi 9 / 9 SE / 9 Lite / 9 Pro
- Mi 9T / Mi 9T Pro
- Mi CC9 / Mi CC9 Meitu
- Redmi K20 / K20 Pro / K20 Pro Premium
- Redmi 10X 4G / 10X 5G / 10X Pro
- Redmi-Note 9 / Note 9S / Note 9 Pro / Note 9 Pro Max
- Redmi Note 8 / Note 8T / Note 8 Pro
- Redmi 9/ 9A/ 9AT/ 9i/ 9C
- POCO C3/C31
From the list above, we can see that Xiaomi’s 2019 flagships and older will not get the MIUI 14 system. The company has supported these devices for three years and will now discontinue major updates at least.
