Xiaomi teases MIUI 9 in images, Mi 5X in video ahead of announcement on July 26


MIUI 9

We just have one more day ahead of Xiaomi Mi 5X and MIUI 9 event on Wednesday. The company already released official images of the Mi 5X a few days back. Today it has released teaser images of new features that are coming with the MIUI 9 and also released a new teaser video for the Mi 5X.

MIUI 9 will feature

  • No Boundary, Color Fantasy, and Cool Black as new default themes. The dock icons at the bottom now do not have texts below them giving a neat look to the home screen.
  • New lockscreen will let you long press home button to activate torch as it will unlock the phone. Mi Home, Mi Remote, Mi Pay, Transport Card, and Torch other useful and commonly used shortcuts can be accessed in one place.
  • Split Screen Feature introduced in Mi Max 2 and MIUI Beta ROM for Mi 6 and Mi Max 2 will be released for Mi Devices such as Mi6, Mi MIX, Mi Note 2, Mi Max, Mi 5 and Redmi Note 4X and more devices
  • Child Mode, WiWide (provides public wifi networks to stores and restaurants in China), Contact Card, Showtime (Caller Profile Video) and more will be removed to simplify and optimize MIUI ROM

The MIUI 9 beta update will roll out for Mi 6, Redmi Note 4 Qualcomm / Redmi Note 4X, followed by Mi 2/2S and more in the second batch.

Xiaomi Mi 5X

The new video teaser highlights dual rear cameras and he design of the phone. It is said to pack a 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625 and 4GB of RAM.

The Xiaomi Mi 5X will come in Black, Gold colors and Rose Gold colors and is rumored to cost 1999 yuan (US$ 295 / Rs. 19,000 approx.). We should know all the details in Wednesday.

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