Last year, Xiaomi dropped MIUI Gallery synchronization with Xiaomi Cloud for global users. Following that, the company integrated Google Photos sync. This feature went live for more users earlier this year with the launch of the Xiaomi 13 series.

Now, months later, details emerge that the company will soon provide an alternative option for media backup. Users will be able to upload their photos and videos to Microsoft OneDrive.

The info regarding the integration of Microsoft OneDrive with MIUI Gallery comes from none other than reliable MIUI tipster @kacskrz (Kacper Skrzypek). He also lists the devices that will get this feature.

Interestingly, the feature will not be available on tablets. Also, it won’t be supported in certain regions.

For instance, if you have set up your Xiaomi phone’s region as either Macau, Hong Kong, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Isle of Man, Lebanon, South Georgia and South Sandwich Island, or Venezuela, you will not get an option to use OneDrive sync. Kacper says there could be even more regions that won’t have this feature.

As for devices, the following ones are expected to get the feature.

• POCO F4 GT
• Xiaomi 13 Lite
• POCO X4 GT
• Redmi Note 8 2021
• Redmi 10C
• POCO C40
• Redmi Note 11T
• Redmi Note 11 Pro 4G
• Redmi Note 10S
• Redmi Note 11
• Mi 11 Lite 4G/5G
• Xiaomi 12 Pro
• Xiaomi 12
• Xiaomi 11T Pro
• Xiaomi Mi 11
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
• Xiaomi Mi 11i
• Xiaomi 12 Lite
• Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
• Redmi 10 5G
• POCO M4 5G
• POCO M5
• Redmi 10
• Redmi 10 2022
• Redmi Note 12 Pro 4G
• Redmi 9A

The list does not include certain newer handsets, including Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro. But we believe they should get it along with other popular models that are missing on the list.

At present, it is not known when this feature will be rolled out. But there’s a chance that it could get announced at the upcoming Xiaomi 13T series launch event.

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Xiaomi has made some notable changes to the MIUI Gallery in the past. For one, the brand dropped support for the sync feature with Xiaomi Cloud and integrated the gallery with Google Photos backup functionality. Today during the MWC 2023, the brand announced it is taking its partnership with Google Photos even further to bring more features to the MIUI Gallery. Additionally, Xiaomi revealed the latest Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi Pro phones will come with a free 6-month trial of the premium Google One 2 TB plan. Let’s look at the details.

Last year, Xiaomi introduced automatic backup of photos and videos from the MIUI Gallery to Google Photos. Now, Xiaomi and Google are making this integration even smoother by allowing users to view all backed-up content from both platforms directly in the MIUI Gallery and Google Photos apps. This means that users will be able to access all of their media, including the content saved on their phones, in one place, creating a more unified experience.

The seamless integration will make it easier for users to manage their media and access their memories, regardless of where they were originally saved. Furthermore, any edits or deletions made to photos in either the MIUI Gallery or Google Photos will be automatically reflected in the other app. This means that if a user edits or deletes a photo in one app, the changes will instantly appear in the other app as well.

As mentioned, Xiaomi has also announced that the newly-launched Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro will enjoy a free 6-month trial of the Google One 2 TB plan. Additionally, select future Xiaomi phones will arrive with a 100 GB Google One Plan. The plan will include access to features like Magic Eraser, extra Google Meet time, and much more.

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Last week, Xiaomi announced that it will drop support for MIUI Gallery sync feature with Xiaomi Cloud. The company also disclosed that it will allow users to migrate their media to Google Photos in 2023.

Just a few days later, the smartphone maker now reveals that Google Photos will be integrated with MIUI Gallery starting next week.

Xiaomi says that it is integrating Google Photos backup functionality into MIUI Gallery. The integration will go live with a new version of the application.

The update will be rolled out via Xiaomi’s GetApps app store. It will be first made available in Singapore starting on October 24.

Existing users of Xiaomi Cloud will be able to migrate their media to Google Photos. Also, they will be offered a 3-month trial of Google One membership (100GB).

Xiaomi Cloud offers only 5GB of free storage and its family plan is limited to China. On the other hand, Google provides 15GB of free storage. Additionally, with Google One membership, users can not only expand storage but can also add up to 5 family members.

As mentioned earlier, the initial timeline disclosed by Xiaomi for the rollout of Google Photos integration with MIUI Gallery was 2023. Hence, we believe that it will take months to reach all the markets.

What are your thoughts on Xiaomi discontinuing the synchronization of MIUI Gallery with its own cloud service outside mainland China? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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Back in late November, an MIUI 12 code exposed Xiaomi to be working on a smartphone with a QHD+ display. Following that, a few days back, the Chinese tech giant announced Mi 11 with a similar spec’d panel. Now, another code in the MIUI Gallery app confirms that there will be a Mi 11 Pro as well.

Earlier this year, Xiaomi launched both Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro at the same event. But surprisingly, the company only unveiled Mi 11 for 2021 as of now. Although the firm did not say anything about Mi 11 Pro at the launch conference, Digital Chat Station, a popular as well as reliable Chinese tipster revealed that the Pro variant will be announced after the Spring festival.

That said, recently, Xiaomi updated the MIUI Gallery to v2.2.17.18.  According to kacskrz, a recognized XDA member, the source code of the latest version of the MIUI Gallery app not only confirms the existence of Mi 11 Pro but also its QHD+ curved display.

According to previous reports, the Mi 11 Pro’s display may also support 120Hz refresh rate, SDR to HDR mapping, MEMC, and AI upscaling. On the other hand, the vanilla Mi 11, which is now official does not come with any of these features except for the 120Hz refresh rate.

Apart from the differences in display, we also expect the Mi 11 Pro to come with a better camera setup and support for faster charging.

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Apart from rolling out MIUI 12 update to the eligible devices, Xiaomi has also been adding new features in the weekly MIUI 12 Beta builds. Over the past few months, the company introduced new features like partial screenshot and has been also working on “Bak Tap” gesture, “Paper” Reading Mode, and “AI Shutter” to name a few. Amidst all these, the company surprised users with a release of MIUI Gallery v2.2.16.17 in the latest beta build with new features and fixes.

The new version of MIUI Gallery app brings three new major features and they are as listed below.

Text Recognition –  OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

With this feature, users can copy text from images inside MIUI Gallery by tapping on options, followed by “Recognize text”. It works similar to Google Lens text recognition feature but a tab bit slower.

Device Frame for Screenshots

Users can now add device frame to screenshots if they wish to. Here are the smartphones that support this feature for now.

• Mi 10
• Mi 10 Pro
• Redmi K30 5G
• Redmi K30 4G / POCO X2
• Redmi K20 / Mi 9T
• Redmi K20 Pro / Mi 9T Pro
• Mi 9
• Mi 9 Pro 5G

New Sky Replacement Filters

Sky replacement filters first debuted in MIUI 10. With MIUI 11, Xiaomi improved it and also added more filters. Now, with the new MIUI Gallery App in MIUI 12, the company further introduces several more new presets.

Here’s the official changelog of MIUI Gallery v2.2.16.17 (Translated)

• The slide bar experience for quick preview of photos is upgraded
• Time album revision experience upgrade
• Upgraded experience of album free sorting function
• Add photo to text function (OCR)
• Add and edit night scene change
• Add editing filters, water green, smoke green, light summer, blue dream, water blue, mojito, quiet
• Optimized editing function experience
• Optimized photo album scanning speed
• Fix several bugs and improve the smooth experience of photo albums

Having said that, the new version of MIUI Gallery app is only available in the latest  MIUI 12 Beta but interested users can download and install the APK from the link provided below.

Download MIUI Gallery v2.2.16.17 APK

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(Via)

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