Meizu announced the Flyme 8 OS a few hours ago alongside the new Meizu 16S Pro flagship. While we have already covered the Meizu 16S Pro launch in detail here, let’s take a look at the important features of the Flyme 8 OS here. The OS officially enters closed beta from tomorrow and will come to a total of 27 Meizu models by the end of this year. The OS has been released after 491 days of testing, which basically means that it’s been a while since Flyme saw a major update.
So let’s take a quick look at all of the upgrades on the Flyme 8 OS down below.
- Flyme 8 comes with over 1000 visual upgrades. Meizu has decided to change the home screen layout to 4 x 6 with improved icons even for third-party apps.
- The OS features something called as a Smart Wallpaper that extends the desktop wallpaper to the lock screen as well as the AOD with a seamless animation when switching between them.
- Meizu says the new Flyme 8 makes better use of the white space in the UI by adopting a new grid system, line spacing, and font size.
- Over 300 new animations have been added including for AOD.
- Flyme 8 features smart mini window 2.0 which is basically a small pop up window allowing for better multitasking.
- Night Mode 2.0 offers darker shades throughout the UI for a better night viewing experience.
- Game Mode 4.0 matches the game’s interface with darker graphics. There even a call screening feature in the Game Mode which records incoming calls while gaming and makes it available to the user after the session.
- Super Night Mode 2.0 comes with better handheld night photography.
- There’s even a Super Night Selfie mode for taking selfies with the front camera at night, in addition to the regular backlight mode.
- Flyme 8 also adds AR features into the UI. You can use the phone’s camera to create AR avatars with the ability to customize facial features or other body parts.
- There’s a special Digital Health section as well which shows your individual app usage along with the option to limit usage for each app. It’s very similar to the Digital Wellbeing app from Google and aims to prevent you from being addicted to the phone.
- Flyme 8 also features a brand new ‘Aicy’ digital assistant. Aicy can assist you with calls, texts, weather, shopping, and other day to day activities.
- The new OS also comes with predictive features. For example, it can pop up the music app when you connect your headphones after learning your usual behavior.
- OneMind engine is updated to 3.5 version which features 263 optimizations including accelerating read/write speeds, improving touch response, and enabling faster app start up.
Overall, the Flyme 8 is a very significant update for Meizu users. The OS enters closed beta very soon and Meizu is accepting applications for it starting tomorrow at 6 PM. The beta version should roll out to 27 Meizu devices by the end of the year.
These are the devices getting Flyme 8 in November: Meizu 16s Pro, Meizu 16s, Meizu 16X, Meizu 16th, Meizu 16th Plus, Meizu 15, Meizu 15 Plus, PRO 7, PRO 7 Plus, Meizu M6 Note.
In December, the models getting the Flyme 8 update include: Meizu 16Xs , Meizu 15 Lite, PRO 7 Standard Edition, Meizu Note9 (M9 Note), Meizu Note8 (M8 Note), Meizu X8 , PRO 6 Plus, PRO 6s, PRO 6, PRO 5, MX6 , Meizu E3 (blue charm) , Meizu S6 (Blue Charm), Meizu M6 (blue charm), Meizu M5 Note (blue charm), Meizu M3 Max (blue charm), Meizu M3E (blue charm).
