Beijing: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is reportedly planning to launch its next version of in-house Android-based skin MIUI 12.5 on February 8.
According to GizmoChina, the company's Global MIUI ROM official account has announced via a post that the company will unveil the MIUI 12.5 on February 8 and the event will be streamed on the said social media account.
- MIUI 12.5 will be a moderate upgrade from the MIUI 12 that launched back in August 2020.
- MIUI 12.5 has been claimed to be a better version of MIUI and the new operating system is said to be better than the previous MIUI versions.
- There are rumours that it will provide improved privacy settings, including informing apps of the approximate location of a device.
- MIUI 12.5 is also expected to introduce several animation changes to the default launcher and power menu, among others, along with a redesigned volume menu and Cleaner app. It will be released to 27 select devices via OTA update.
- The device includes Xiaomi Mi 11, Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro, Mi 10 Extreme Commemorative Edition, Mi 10 Youth Edition, along with other K series and Note series smartphones.