MIUI reaches the end, Xiaomi’s self-developed system breaks ground

In 2010, Xiaomi released their first product, MIUI, which was the first third-party mobile operating system that was deeply optimized, customized, and developed based on the Android system. In the past 13 years, MIUI has become more and more popular. The more perfect and humanized it is, the more "bloated" it will naturally become.

In the early years, MIUI can be said to be a third-party Android operating system that integrates smoothness and ease of use. However, in recent years, its evaluation has changed somewhat. Users believe that today’s MIUI has too many functions, stuck animations, and unsmooth operations. It is no longer the first echelon among third-party operating systems.

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In the final analysis, it is still the first two The current generation of MIUI (MIUI 12 and MIUI 13) spans too much. Too many new codes and features are crammed in at once, and the optimization is not in place, resulting in excessive load on the phone and a very poor user experience. Although MIUI 14 provides timely remedial measures, it deletes many useless features in a drastic way, and reduces the number of system-level applications that cannot be uninstalled to 8. These are key elements for streamlining the system.

However, trying to restore the reputation of MIUI with these remedial measures is still a bit weak. Perhaps Xiaomi needs to take bigger actions to completely dispel the market's trust in MIUI. worries.

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By coincidence, just Recently, the well-known blogger @digitalchat.com said that MIUI 14 is the final work of MIUI, and there will be no major version updates in the future. As for the reason, you can probably guess that Xiaomi is really going to release its own operating system. .

MIOS, a complete makeover?

According to various current revelations, MIOS is likely to be consistent with Huawei Hongmeng’s release strategy, that is, it will not make major changes to the operating logic. After all, every time Changes may affect the user experience, so making changes slowly is the best policy. So what we can be sure of is that MIOS will not change much compared to today's MIUI. For example, the more usable global small windows, App pop-up messages, portals, etc. are basically optimized and improved based on the previous ones.

I don’t know if you still remember that at Lei Jun’s annual speech event some time ago, Lei Jun announced a series of future actions regarding Xiao Ai’s classmates, such as converting Xiao Ai to Students are connected to the large model (MIUI 14 has started internal testing), so that the intelligent assistant Xiaoai has stronger understanding and knowledge reserves. Simply put, it can understand human speech better.

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Also in the icon , animation, and interaction will also have certain small updates to make the entire operating system operate more harmoniously, instead of having a serious sense of fragmentation in some scenes like today.

Interestingly, MIOS is very likely to adopt a self-developed microkernel architecture. Compared with mainstream macrokernel designs, microkernels have high overall flexibility, easy deployment and The three major advantages of high customizability can be said to be the "only way" for third-party operating systems to switch to self-developed systems. However, the disadvantage of doing so is that it may cause changes in the underlying system and may be lacking in compatibility.

But as a brand new system version, MIOS will definitely be compatible with Android applications in the early stage, otherwise it will be difficult to convince Xiaomi users to continue using their phones. At the same time, the Xiaomi MIOS system will make its debut at the end of the year and will initially be used in AIoT smart devices and large terminals, which will bring a smoother and more efficient user experience to Xiaomi users. Therefore, in the next market, the future development of Xiaomi MIOS is still very promising. It depends on how Xiaomi develops its efforts.

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The last and most important thing One point is that the real focus of MIOS must be to enhance ecological stability and compatibility. It will be deeply integrated and linked with current Mijia ecological devices, making the experience of using mobile phones to control various Mijia products more convenient and faster. However, it is still unrealistic to build an independent operating system based on this alone. In Xiaolei’s view, the emergence of MIOS is precisely to pave the way for Xiaomi Auto.

There are more and more rumors about Xiaomi cars recently. Some external sources say that Xiaomi cars have entered the trial production stage. Some people also said that Xiaomi cars will be officially released this year and mass production will officially begin in 2024. This time point coincides with the leaked MIOS, and it is difficult for Xiao Lei to connect the two. Therefore, Xiao Lei boldly guessed that Xiaomi Auto's car-machine system is a major focus of MIOS. Perhaps the car will be linked with a number of Xiaomi devices such as Xiaomi phones, headphones, and tablets in the hands of users. Turning the phone into a car system is also a mainstream solution for many new energy manufacturers.

According to the news from digital chat sites and the release time of MIUI in previous years, MIOS should make its debut at the end of the year, and will initially be put on various AloT devices and large Test the water on the terminal, and wait until the overall experience is stable before launching various smart terminals one after another. Therefore, Xiaolei speculates that its official release time should originally be the day of MIUI 15, which is around December 2024.

# Self-developed systems, the only way for domestic mobile phone manufacturers?

Obviously, Xiaomi is not the first manufacturer in the mobile phone market to research a self-developed operating system. Alibaba and Tencent have also developed their own operating systems before, but Everyone knows the outcome. In the end, only Huawei and Hongmeng stood out. This shows how difficult it is to develop a self-developed operating system. Even if it is developed, it will be difficult for consumers to accept it. After all, what reason do consumers have to give up their Android/Apple phones to use your fledgling new system?

But domestic mobile phone manufacturers are different. They have a huge user base. As long as it does not affect users’ daily operations and brings more novel and practical functions, it is still It allows consumers to willingly switch to operating systems developed by mobile phone manufacturers. So the question is, now that the Android system is very stable and complete, why do manufacturers spend time and energy developing an operating system?

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In fact, the reason is also very Simple, today’s Android system is indeed very complete and practical, but more than ten years of ultra-rapid development has also left many problems for the Android system. According to industry insiders, the number of codes in the Android system has exceeded 100 million lines, which is so huge. The "code mountain" is difficult for Google to reconstruct and organize. Therefore, when mobile phone manufacturers want to add some new features or functions, they have to face a bunch of tricky codes. Instead of sorting them out bit by bit, it is better to build a new system by themselves.

Of course, this is not all the reasons why mobile phone manufacturers develop their own operating systems. The most important reason is probably to develop their own ecosystem. Although OPPO and vivo are in this The construction of this aspect is weaker than that of Huawei and Xiaomi, but it will definitely focus on developing this in the future.

It is reasonable for Xiaomi to launch its own operating system. After all, Xiaomi is the first to consider developing its own operating system. In 2014, it ranked first in China and third in the world. At that time, Xiaomi was considering developing its own operating system MIOS based on the newly developed Firefox operating system at that time. This was recognized earlier than other mobile phone companies.

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However, Xiaomi MIOS will not be released immediately. First of all, Xiaomi’s self-developed system is not a mobile phone-specific system, but like Hongmeng, it is a full-end system, in which the mobile phone system is not the first launch; secondly, in MIOS mobile phones Before the system is unveiled, Xiaomi still needs to update MIUI 15, which can be regarded as the prototype of MIOS. Therefore, in the next market, the future development of Xiaomi MIOS is still very promising. It depends on how Xiaomi develops its efforts.

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