Xiaomi is working on adapting its MIUI interface for touch screens. If the version installed in the Mi MIX Fold already offers some specific functions, an update has been deployed which considerably improves the handling of the system with the large screen of the folding smartphone. Here are the big changes that will also benefit the successors of the Mi MIX Fold.
The Mi MIX Fold is a very important smartphone for Xiaomi. And this even if it was not released in Europe. The reason is simple: released in 2021, it positioned the Chinese brand on the folding smartphone segment, in front of its main competitors, whether Huawei (which still weighed heavily in China a year ago) or Samsung. Quite expensive, the Mi MIX Fold has never been ashamed to compete with the different generations of Galaxy Z Fold.
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To accompany the arrival of the Mi MIX Fold, Xiaomi has developed several software features exclusive to the particular sound format. MIUI 12, then based on Android 12, has been modified so as to take advantage of the main screen and dual screen. A dock for iPadOS-style applications has been integrated. Multitasking and multi-window modes have been improved. And it was possible to open an app in a floating window.
Xiaomi is rolling out a beta version of MIUI 13 for foldable smartphones
This first step was good. But that was only a first step. As part of the program to update its fleet under MIUI 13 (based on Android 12), the brand deployed this week a beta version of its interface for the Mi MIX Fold. You will find the download link at the end of this article, although we are aware that it will not concern many of our readers, the Mi MIX Fold not being sold in the West.
This update brings many improvements. We cannot list them all here. But we wanted to present to you those which seem to us the most relevant. In addition, it is clear that these new functions and optimizations brought to MIUI 13 will benefit future folding smartphones from Xiaomi, which may well be released in Europe. We are thinking in particular of the MIX Fold 2 that all the rumors are talking about. Here are our top 5 new arrivals:
- Addition to the keyboard of a directional cross with nine keys to navigate in a text
- Added a taskbar that shows recently opened apps
- Added a three-finger gesture to create a multi-window session
- Addition of several very practical widgets
- The Control Center is now divided into two sections: quick settings and notifications.
MIUI 13 beta download link for Mi MIX Fold
