MIUI 8
Xiaomi has released various smartphones, all 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, LG, OnePlus and Nexus.
On February 24, 2016, Xiaomi said that the MIUI ROM had over 170 million users worldwide, and was supported on over 340 handsets.
Development
The original MIUI ROMs
were based on the Android 2.2.x 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.
Updates are usually
provided over-the-air every Friday MIUI is then translated and ported into
unofficial versions in other languages by independent developers and groups of
fansites.
MIUI and Google Play
Services
Google 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 (e.g. in Hong Kong, Taiwan, India,
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia) 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.
Direct downloads for
country-specific releases also contain Google Play Services and Apps.
Criticisms and controversies
MIUI's kernel was
proprietary, and in breach of Linux kernel's GPL. Due to
criticisms, source code for certain components was released
to GitHub on October 25, 2013. Kernel sources for a limited
number of devices including the Mi3, Mi4, MiNote,
and Redmi 1S were released in March 2015.
MIUI has been
criticized for being visually similar to iOS's 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 MIUI's
Chinese forum, since the engine was not found to be helpful.
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
Google's 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. In order to
raise funds for the company, MIUI has its own environment of Xiaomi, including
cloud services, paid themes and games (featuring MiCredit currency). Later, during development of MIUI V5, nearly
all Google services had been removed from the Chinese versions.
Version history
Version
|
Android version
|
Last Beta release
|
Date of release
|
Last Stable release
|
[hide]Notable change
|
MIUI V1
|
Up to Android Froyo
|
0.8.16
|
16 August 2010
|
Initial release
|
|
MIUI V2
|
Up to Android Froyo
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Redesigned user
interface
|
|
MIUI V3
|
2.3.x
|
2.4.20
|
N/A
|
Redesigned user
interface
|
|
MIUI V4
|
4.0.x – 4.1.x
|
3.2.22
|
27 April 2012
|
Added anti-virus
|
|
MIUI V5
|
4.1.x – 4.4.4
|
4.12.5
|
1 March 2013
|
All Google Services
were removed from Chinese Version
|
|
MIUI V6
|
4.4.2 – 5.0.2
|
5.8.6
|
29 August 2014
|
6.7.2.0
|
Redesigned user
interface
|
MIUI V7
|
4.4.4 – 6.x
|
6.5.26
|
13 August 2015
|
7.5.x.x.
|
|
MIUI V8
|
4.4.4 – 7.x
|
7.3.30
|
16 June 2016
|
8.2.x.x.
|
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