Xiaomi announced the new version of its OS, the MIUI 7 back in August. Immediately, the developer versions of the OS were available to download to the users. Now, after nearly two months of testing and optimization, the stable versions of MIUI 7 will start rolling out from October 27. This means, you will soon start getting notifications for an update to the latest MIUI 7 version.

The company is offering two options to its users to install the new UI update. You can either wait for the notification to hit your devices and update your phone to MIUI 7 via OTA update. Or else, you can go to the MIUI Downloads page and manually download the ROM package for your device. The ROM builds will be available to download on the same date as it starts rolling out to smartphones.
In case you are wondering which phones will get the MIUI 7 update, the company will release more information in the coming days.

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Xiaomi officially announced the MIUI 7 OS for its smartphones on August 19 worldwide. The new operating system comes with little changes in the design department, but when it comes to features, you can expect a lot of new things. The company promised that the MIUI 7 version for all Xiaomi smartphones will start to roll out from August 24. Given that today is 24th, you can expect an update soon.

Those who are yet to receive an official OTA update can speed things by flashing the ROMs manually. Remember that you need to be using MIUI Global Beta ROM to get updates as soon as possible. Its different from the MIUI Global Stable ROM in the sense that the updates are more frequent in the beta version which also means you get more bugs. However, given the frequency of updates are usually around 2 weeks, expect bug fixes to be pretty fast too.

In case you don’t want to full wipe while flashing the new MIUI 7 Global beta versions, you can wait for an official OTA update. The company has promised MIUI 7 Global Beta ROMs for Redmi 1S, Redmi 2, Mi4i, Mi3, Mi4, Redmi Note 3G and Redmi Note 4G via OTA update in the coming days.

Remember that MIUI has a huge fan following and you’ll probably have to try downloading it a couple of times to succeed. If you can’t download it right now, wait for a couple of hours.

You can check out the MIUI Global Beta ROMs from here [Also contains flashing instructions].

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Although Xiaomi had announced MIUI 7 in China back on August 13, the company kept a special international unveiling for its new ROM today. Now that MIUI 7 is released internationally, we know which all devices are going to get the update.

Unsurprisingly, almost all of the Xiaomi smartphones that are currently in the market including the old Redmi 1S will be upgraded to the new MIUI 7 OS. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that your Xiaomi smartphone will get Android 5.0, as older models will most likely end up with an Android 4.4 KitKat version of MIUI 7. You can read more about that from this article.

The OTA update will start rolling out in a week, i.e. from August 24. But if you want to get a taste of the new MIUI 7 themes, you can download them right now from here.

With MIUI 7, you get some pretty great features, including performance improvements up to 30% at the system level. Other features include a baby album, XXL Mode, battery improvements etc. In fact, we have a separate article detailing all the new features of MIUI 7. You can check that out from the link.

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However, time and again, Xiaomi has stressed that MIUI 7 is not based on a single Android version. In fact, there is no particular relation between MIUI 7 and the Android version on which it runs. As a result, its possible to get MIUI 7 even on phones based on Android 4.4.

Users who got the update and were stuck on Android 4.4 started criticizing Xiaomi’s MIUI team as they expected their phones to be upgraded to Android 5.0 with the new MIUI 7. Now, Sun Peng, MIUI development Engineer has come forward to clarify a few things about the MIUI 7 OTA update.

He says that Xiaomi or MIUI is not to be blamed for this. It’s actually the fault of the chip manufacturers who don’t update their chipsets. As a result, even though MIUI team is anxious to upgrade all Xiaomi smartphones to the latest MIUI 7 based on Android 5.0, its not really in their hands to do so. So, if you are one of those unfortunate users who have a slightly old device (like Redmi 1S), you’ll probably get the new update but based on the old Android 4.4 KitKat version.

MIUI 7 is definitely a great upgrade irrespective of the Android version that it is based on. The company has said that the system optimization of the UI has helped increase the speed by up to 30% which the user will will reflect in the phone’s everyday performance. So, even if you are stuck with Android 4.4, you should see some performance improvements and feature additions with the new MIUI 7.

Xiaomi will release MIUI 7 internationally later today.

So, what do you think about this? Will you be happy with performance improvements on MIUI that’s based on Android 4.4? Or are you disappointed to hear that some phones may not upgrade to Android 5.0?

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Although Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 was announced today, the main event was for the release of Xiaomi’s latest MIUI 7 version based on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS. The company has made some great changes in the design as well as performance aspects in the new MIUI 7 version. Xiaomi also adds that there are over 150 million MIUI users worldwide as of now.

First of all, the new OS comes with a lot of optimizations which the company claims improves battery life to up to 25%. What’s with the help of scenario based CPU scheduling, the MIUI 7 OS improves system response speed and application speeds as well.

There are a lot of changes in the design as well, with better and larger fonts, four different UI theme options including one exclusively made for women. The company has also released a new MIUI Theme creation too MUSE, which lets users create beautiful themes with customization. You don’t need to know programming to use this tool.

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As for the features, there’s a new facial recognition feature which searches for all the images in the gallery with a similar face. Also, you can now apply video ringtones, which means whenever someone calls you, a video wills start playing instead of a traditional ringtone. There’s also a special pet category in the gallery now, where all your pet photos can be stored. For parents, the new kid mode on the OS will also come in handy.

We still have to see the new MIUI 7 OS in action to determine whether its a worthy upgrade in terms of design. But when it comes to features, it looks like Xiaomi did a great job with the new OS.

MIUI 7 will start rolling out as OTA update to smartphones in China from tomorrow, i.e. Friday. Almost all Xiaomi models will be upgraded, including Xiaomi Mi 2, Xiaomi Mi 2S, Xiaomi Mi 2A, Xiaomi Mi 3, Xiaomi Mi 4, Xiaomi Mi Note, Xiaomi Redmi and Xiaomi Redmi Note series.
For international users, you can expect the update after the Global debut of MIUI 7 on Aug 19 in New Delhi.

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