Xiaomi started as a software company with MIUI as its sole product. Lately, the firm’s Android skin is being criticized worldwide for a wide variety of issues. Hence, the tech giant has been trying to resolve the matter by delaying the MIUI 13 release. We have been learning more about the upcoming features of the next version of MIUI in the last few days. According to the latest information, Xiaomi’s Android devices may lose an iconic uniqueness.
Ever since Xiaomi started selling smartphones, it has been popular among the modding community. In fact, its devices are most favored by developers. That’s because Xiaomi is known for allowing bootloader unlock and releasing proper kernel sources, unlike most Chinese OEMs. Secondly, the company’s devices offer a better price to performance ratio and are also affordable when compared to products from other brands.
If you are one of those custom ROM users of Xiaomi, you should be familiar with the fastboot screen on your devices. For years, this screen has had a picture of a rabbit fixing an Android with a blue-colored ‘FASTBOOT’ text below it. No other OEM has this sort of uniqueness. Unfortunately, the company has removed it in the latest MIUI Weekly Beta release.
According to a report by ITHome, Xiaomi has now replaced the image with a simple yellow-colored ‘FASTBOOT’ text for the fastboot screen in MIUI Beta 21.11.16 release. It is a known fact that the new changes in MIUI are first introduced in the weekly beta channel. However, not all of them make their way to the stable channel. If Xiaomi really intends to change the fastboot screen, it will be most likely be introduced with MIUI 13 update.
Xiaomi has been shedding its past as time moves on. The rabbit in the fastboot screen is none other than the company’s official mascot. It is known as Mitu in China, while internationally it’s called Mi Bunny.
In the past few years, Xiaomi has removed Mi Bunny (Mitu) from almost everywhere in international markets. It can be currently only seen in error pages on Mi.com, in addition to the fastboot screen, which is also going away.
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