MIUI 12 announced: new features, list of eligible smartphones, rollout schedule, and more

Highlights

• The MIUI 12 is the latest custom Android skin from Xiaomi
• The beta testing program for the skin is now open for users in China

Xiaomi has unveiled its next-gen Android skin MIUI 12 at its event in China alongside the Mi 10 Youth Edition. The new skin that succeeds last year’s MIUI 11 comes with a slew of changes in UI and visual elements. It also packs a number of new features, including an updated version of dark mode, improved privacy and security tools, new animations, and new wallpapers, among others. Xiaomi claims that its latest MIUI 12 is the first mobile operating system that has passed TÜV Rheinland’s “Android System Enhanced Privacy Protection Test.” The vendor further added that its MIUI custom skin now has 310 million monthly active users and that the latest version. As for the rollout, the MIUI 12 will start reaching Xiaomi’s Redmi and Mi devices from June 2020 onwards. 

MIUI 12: release date and list of devices getting update

The MIUI 12 is slated to roll out by the end of June 2020. The beta testing program of the custom skin, meanwhile, will start from today in China. The eligible devices getting the MIUI 12 update include:

MIUI 12 Update	Devices
First batch	Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro Xiaomi Mi 10 Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth Edition Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro Redmi K30 Pro Redmi K30 Redmi K20 Pro Redmi K20
Second Batch	Mi Mix 3 Xiaomi Mi 8 series Redmi Note 8 Pro Redmi Note 7 Redmi Note 7 Pro
Third Batch	Mi Mix 2 Redmi 8, 8A Redmi 7, 7A Mi CC9 Mi CC9 Pro Mi CC9e

MIUI 12 features

Coming to the features, the MIUI 12 comes with Dark Mode 2.0 support that will dim the wallpaper when daylight changes to night time and automatically adjust the brightness of the font of the based on the user’s ambient environment for easy viewing in low light. The new custom skin also packs “Sensory Visual Design” that presents all the data such as storage availability in the form of graphs and visual diagrams instead of stating image and numbers, making it easier to understand and consume. 

Additionally, there are new “Super Wallpapers” that readjust their colours based on the theme applied, new animations, and enhanced privacy features to keep your data safe and sound. Other features include new gesture navigations and AI calling.

Much like OxygenOS, the MIUI 12 comes with floating windows for apps like games and video players. These floating windows are resizable and should come in handy for those people who like to multitask on their large screen phones. If you like to chat while watching a movie or a music video, this picture-in-picture mode should come in handy.

The MIUI also helps users in tracking and detecting activities like walking, running, and cycling during the day. Xiaomi has reportedly claimed that this feature is around 96 percent as accurate as the Apple Watch. Notably, the MIUI 12 also includes an inbuilt sleep tracker that monitors your sleep quality and notes down your REM sleep to help you improve the quality of your resting time.

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