Xiaomi’s custom Android skin MIUI is about 9 years old and the company is all set to introduce a new version of the same, dubbed MIUI 11 at a launch event next week in China along with Mi MIX 4/Mi MIX ALPHA and the Mi 9 Pro 5G smartphone.
Ahead of the official announcement, the company has started teasing some of the features of the MIUI 11 operating system. In the latest update, Xiaomi has revealed a new “life saving” feature — Earthquake warning.
Xiaomi’s product director and general manager of MIUI experience has confirmed this feature through a post on Weibo. He said: “In addition to life and work, we are also very concerned about the personal safety of everyone. Before SOS emergency help, there is another new member in the ‘MIUI Care Series’ – earthquake warning.”
He added that the company uses system-level information access capabilities to work with organisations with sophisticated earthquake warning capabilities to provide timely warnings in the event of an earthquake.
When there’s a possibility of an earthquake in the surrounding area, the mobile phone will give you a notice for the same through a pop-up window and the alarm sound. In addition to that, it will also provide information about the nearest emergency shelter, emergency contact details, medical contacts, and the rescue information to help in critical moment.
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Recently, the company confirmed that the the upcoming MIUI 11 OS has focused on making the animations slightly slower and thereby making them richer in detail and the company says that faster and smoother animations make for better user experience.
MIUI 11 will also come with a new feature called Children’s Space to help parents with raising kids and keeping them entertained. It will feature several high-quality educational and entertainment apps designed for kids. Parents will be able to customize app access and duration of use. According to Xiaomi, the Children’s Space will be completely separated from the parent’s own space.
This new operating system from Xiaomi will be officially announced at an event in China on 24th September where the company will also launch its Mi MIX 4 and Mi 9 Pro 5G smartphones as well as Mi TV Pro 8K.
