Xiaomi recently announced that it would do away with MIUI and move its Android devices over to a new, practically identical Android skin called HyperOS. Now, that update is going global and the company is confirming an initial roadmap of supported devices.
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Xiaomi just launched its new “HyperOS” skin for Android devices, but in a bit of a twist of the knife to enthusiasts, the company is not only disabling the option to unlock the bootloader but is also taking away system updates if the skin is installed.
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Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 just this week as Android’s next flagship chipset, and now Xiaomi is already announcing the first smartphone series using the chip in its new Xiaomi 14 series.
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Xiaomi yesterday announced a “new operating system” for its phones in HyperOS. But, as a surprise to no one, the new update basically looks identical to MIUI.
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Xiaomi is today announcing that it will ditch its Android skin of the past decade, MIUI, and instead begin shipping phones with “HyperOS.”
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Google just launched Android 14 for Pixel devices this week alongside the launch of the update in AOSP, and that’s opening the floodgates for more OEMs to release their implementations. Xiaomi is among the first, with the company starting its rollout of Android 14 this week with select devices.
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Xiaomi’s latest release is a pairing of two midrange devices – the Xiaomi 13T and 13T Pro – that are entirely about the camera. The two physically identical devices really only differ in the camera department and select specs, with the Xiaomi 13T Pro able to shoot in 8K.
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Alongside the 13T Pro, Xiaomi today announced the Watch 2 Pro running Wear OS.
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Xiaomi’s 13T is reportedly the company’s next mid-range offering. New leaks show off official-looking marketing images that present the mid-range phone in a promising light.
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We first reported early this year that Xiaomi was working on a new smartwatch running Wear OS 3, and it seems that watch is finally around the corner.
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Google Pixel phones have long been lauded in part for their speedy updates, but the length of support is becoming increasingly less of an attraction. After Samsung beat Google Pixel’s update policy a couple of years ago, Xiaomi is also now upping its support timeline on at least one device.
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The Xiaomi Mix Flip makes its first appearance on paper in official certification documents. The new device will be the company’s first attempt at a clamshell folding phone like the Galaxy Z Flip 5.
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Samsung’s foldable flip phone, the Galaxy Z Flip 5, is approaching its launch with more details coming out, while Xiaomi is also baking its own competition.
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The Xiaomi 13 Ultra has now officially been unveiled with the headline attraction of a variable aperture main camera alongside plenty of other high-end additions.
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The Xiaomi 13 Ultra is on its way and, with it, a focus on improving the camera experience. Now, a teaser image confirms the camera specs of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, which seem enticing, to say the least.
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Xiaomi just announced its launch event for the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, which will take place on April 18.
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Renders of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra have been shared, giving us a look at what could be one of the year’s biggest flagships.
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Switching smartphones can be a hassle for a lot of reasons, but it’s even worse when you’re switching between brands. In China, some of the biggest smartphone brands in Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo are teaming up to make this process easier.
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After years of releasing watches on its own proprietary system, Xiaomi appears to be preparing to launch a smartwatch that runs on Google’s Wear OS 3.
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After officially launching the Xiaomi 13 Pro at MWC 2023, the Chinese tech giant confirmed the MIUI 14 based on the Android 13 update is coming to a number of devices very soon.
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Qualcomm today announced that Snapdragon Satellite is coming to new Android smartphones from Oppo, Nothing, Motorola, and more, as well as coming to more Snapdragon chips in the future.
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Xiaomi just launched its latest streaming device, the Xiaomi TV Stick 4K, which is a 2023 refresh of the popular Android TV device.
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The Xiaomi Poco X5 and X5 Pro have now officially launched with the devices packing in some impressive tech for budget Android phones.
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Although limited availability means that not every market is able to purchase Xiaomi devices, the Chinese firm has built a big following where on sale. For owners of the Xiaomi 12 series, the stable MIUI 14 update based on Android 13 is now beginning to roll out.
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