Author MIUI Official Team Version 7. MIUI8 Size 744M. Download MIUI Forum app to get the latest updates Download now. MIUI has been, up to this point, pretty polarizing. Xiaomis Android skin has its fans and staunch fanboys, and it has its critics and haters. I have. by. MIUI 9 debuts with three new key features Xiaomi Mi 6 and Redmi Note 4X to get MIUI 9 on August 11 MIUI 9 lockscreen leaks, upgrade to be available by August 16. MIUI Wikipedia. Huawei Honor 3. C running MIUI v. Miui 6 Rom' title='Miui 6 Rom' />MIUI which stands for Mi User Interface and pronounced Me You I, a play on the common abbreviation of the words user interface as UI,1 developed by Xiaomi, is a stock and aftermarket firmware for smartphones and tablet computers2 based on the Google. Androidoperating system. MIUI includes various features such as theming support. Xiaomi has released various smartphones, all but one of which come pre installed with a complete version of MIUI. This includes various apps and features not available in the aftermarket version of MIUI. Other than supporting their in house smartphones and tablets, Xiaomi also offers MIUI to be flashed on other smartphone brands such as Samsung, Sony, HTC, BLU, One. Plus and Nexus. On 2. February 2. 01. 6, Xiaomi said that the MIUI ROM had over 1. Xiaomi MIUI Official Forum. Author MIUI Official Team Version V9. NCAMIEI MIUI9 Size 1. G. Download MIUI Forum app to get the latest updates Download now. MIUI8-Alpha-ROM-UI-Screenshot.png' alt='Miui 6 Rom' title='Miui 6 Rom' />DevelopmenteditThe original MIUI ROMs were based on the Android 2. Froyo and was initially developed in the Chinese language by Chinese startup Xiaomi Tech. Xiaomi added a number of apps to enhance the basic framework those include Notes, Backup, Music, and Gallery. MIUI used to be translated and ported into unofficial versions in other languages by independent developers and groups of fansites. There are still unofficial ports being made but their popularity decreased after Xiaomi released their own cell phones. Updates are usually provided over the air every Thursday CST. MIUI and Google Play ServiceseditGoogle has had disagreements with the Chinese government, and access to many Google services is blocked. MIUI does not ship with Google Play Services in mainland China. However, Xiaomi has expanded its operations outside China MIUI releases for Android devices outside mainland China have Google Play Services and Google Apps such as Gmail, Google Maps, Google Play Store pre installed and functioning as on any other Android device. MIUI global versions are certified by Google. Comparison of all MIUI variantseditChina. Global. Xiaomi. eu. Languages available. Few, including Chinese and English. Wide selection. Selection of downloadable themes. All. Some. Systems search engine. Yes. No. Yes. Quick Card Assistant. Yes. No. Default source of apps. Mi App Store. Google Play. Mi Cloud services. All. Some. All. Updates. Developer. Stable. Beta. Stable. DevBeta. Stable. Highest priority. Updated every Thursday. Irregular updates made in long intervals of time. Updated every Thursday. Irregular updates made in long intervals of time. Updated every Friday. Irregular updates made in long intervals of time. OTAYes. Yes. Yes patches are not supported, so a complete new ROM is downloaded each time. Official. Yes. Made by Xiaomi. Yes. Made by Xiaomi. Approved by the official distribution in the European Union. Used on devices from the EU distribution does not void warranty. Made by fans gathered on Xiaomi. EU website. Custom recovery requirement. No. Yes. Additional features. Optional access to various Chinese online servicesbuilt in root support unlocked bootloader is requiredOptional access to various Chinese online services. NAAdditional icons for many apps from Google Play. Unlocked unavailable features on some devices. Supported Xiaomi devices. All. excluding Redmi Note 3. SE and Mi 4i droppedOlder devices may not be updated. Majority. excluding devices never released outside PRCOlder devices may not be updated. All cell phones. excluding Mi 4i droppedOlder devices may not be updated. Criticisms and controversieseditMIUIs kernel was proprietary, and in breach of Linux kernels GPL. Due to criticisms, source code for certain components was released to Git. Hub on 2. 5 October 2. Kernel sources for a limited number of devices including the Mi. Mi. 4, Mi. Note, and Redmi 1. S were released in March 2. MIUI has been criticized for being visually similar to i. OSs UI. Since MIUI V4, based on Android Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean, Xiaomi added a virus scanning engine from partner company Tencent formerly from Kingsoft, whose previous CEO was also Lei Jun despite the opposition of many users. Methods of removing it were published in the MIUIs Chinese forum,1. Also during the development of MIUI V4, Xiaomi started to remove Google services from their ROMs because of Chinese government policies that arose in response to Googles disagreements with the Chinese government. The government blocked access to all Google services in mainland China, and all phones for the Chinese market are required not to allow installation of Google services. Install Centos 7 To Uefi Disc. In order to raise funds for the company, MIUI has its own environment of Xiaomi, including cloud services, paid themes and games featuring Mi. Credit currency. 1. Later, during development of MIUI V5, nearly all Google services had been removed from the Chinese versions. Version historyeditVersion. Screenshot. Android version. Last Beta release. Initial Beta release. Date of release. Last Stable release. Notable change. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V1. Up to Android Froyo. Unknown. 0. 8. 1. August 2. 01. 0NAInitial release. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V2. Up to Android Froyo. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. NARedesigned user interface. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V3. Old version, no longer supported 2. Unknown. Unknown. NARedesigned user interface. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V4. Old version, no longer supported 3. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. Added anti virus. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V5. Old version, no longer supported 4. March 2. 01. 31. Unknown. All Google Services were removed from Chinese Version. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V6. Old version, no longer supported 5. August 2. 01. 41. Redesigned user interface. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V7. Old version, no longer supported 6. August 2. 01. 51. Locked bootloader on selected old devices and all released afterwards. Old version, no longer supported MIUI V8. Old version, no longer supported 7. June 2. 01. 62. 08. Slight changes to user interface, updated system apps, Added support for Second Space and Dual apps. Current stable version MIUI V9. Current stable version 7. August 2. 01. 79. Added split screen, improved Quick. Card, new silent mode, added key and gesture shortcuts. See alsoeditReferenceseditAbout MIUI Video on You. TubeAnnounced5. Beta Testers Wanted for Official nexus. UI for Nougat 7 II. Apply here, MIUI, 2. February 2. 01. 4, retrieved 5 March 2. MIUI Official English Site, en. February 2. 01. 4 Xiaomi Phone with MIUI OS a 3. Android with 1. 5 GHz dual core So. C and other surprises, Engadget, 1. August 2. 01. 1, retrieved 1. January 2. 01. 2 Jason Lim, MIUI, Lei Jun, Tech. Node, retrieved 1. January 2. 01. 2 MIUI Official English Site, retrieved 1. April 2. 01. 4 MIUI 9 7. First Miui 9. Xiaomi European Community Store. Retrieved 1. 9 September 2. MIUIGPL in Chinese. Solidot. 2. 1 November 2. Retrieved 6 August 2. MIUI is accused of non compliance with free software license, users request MIUI to be free software MIUI in Chinese. November 2. 01. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2. Commits. Git. Hub. October 2. 01. 3. Git. Hub Mi. CodeXiaomiKernelOpen. Source, Git. Hub, 3. March 2. 01. 5, retrieved 8 April 2. Search Results for virus scanning engine. MIUI.  MIUI.  Find all the Google Apps in Google installer. Xiaomi Tech. 9 June 2. Forum, Xiaomi MIUI Official.