MIUI 9 is in the news once again, this time around it has to do with the Closed Beta program which is currently on. Xiaomi is reported to have revealed that the MIUI 9 Closed Beta program has received applicants in tremendous numbers. Presently the number of applicants for the Closed Beta program has surpassed 1 million persons.  Just recently, that figure was revealed to be around 700,000 which was seen as the largest in the company’s history.

Presently, the applications for the Closed Beta program is around 1.56 million persons, barely two weeks after the Beta program opened. Xiaomi first disclosed that it would be opening up registration for MIUI 9 closed beta program on July 19, while the program itself commenced on July 21. The first batch of models to get the Closed Beta included the Mi 6, Redmi Note 4X (Snapdragon version) and the Mi 5X which was launched recently with MIUI onboard. Xiaomi only earlier today hinted that the Mi 5 will get its own update (Closed Beta) on August 7 while the 12 models billed to get theirs on August 25 will get rolling in mid-August.

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The news of a large number of interests in Xiaomi’s latest MIUI ROM shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. This is due to the fact that MIUI 9 has been hyped as coming with a lot of stunning features while shedding off features that are not useful, thus making it lightning fast and smooth. More so, Xiaomi has got an army of loyal users who are always ready to explore the rich array of innovation the tech company has to offer. Mind you, this is for the China ROM only, so we expect the Global ROM to come with a far bigger number of applicants. Already, the Closed beta has started pushing to registered Beta testers and the reviews make it even more interesting to get on the program.

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You must have known by now that MIUI 9 is now official and the Mi 5X is the first Xiaomi model that would run on MIUI 9 out of the box. Xiaomi also announced the list of models that would get the MIUI 9 Developer ROM and the dates the updates would be available. 

MIUI comes in Developer ROM and Stable ROM and as the name implies the Developer ROM is still in development and gets updates weekly except on China’s National holidays. To be able to use the Developer ROM, users must have knowledge of how to successfully flash the ROM on their Xiaomi phones. On the other hand, the Stable ROM is the final product with most of the bugs fixed. The Stable ROM is updated only once a month or twice or even longer and users don’t need to know how to flash their smartphones.

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 From the release itinerary, the Xiaomi Mi 6, Mi 5X, and Redmi Note Note 4X (Qualcomm version) will get the Developer ROM on August 11 while the second batch will start rolling on August 25. The second batch will involve a whole lot of models including Mi MIX, Mi Note 2, Mi 5, Mi 5s, Mi 5s Plus, Mi 5c, Mi Max 2, Mi Max 32G, Mi Max 64G/128G, Mi 4S, Mi 4c, Mi Note Pro, and Redmi 4X. Then, from late September, MIUI 9 China  Developer ROM for all other Xiaomi Mi and Redmi models, except Mi 1/1S and Mi 2A, will be released in undisclosed batches. Do note that this Developer ROM is the China ROM of MIUI 9 and not the Global ROM. Xiaomi is yet to disclose exactly when the Global ROM will start rolling.

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