I still have some memories of when I took my Redmi 1S out of its original box (they were called Red Rice at that time), which became beautiful moments when I discovered a layer of customization with its own identity. It moved away from pure Android, very simple at that time, and adopted some behaviors from the competition.
It sounds like something very far away, right? Well, the Xiaomi system was already in its fifth version in 2014. After that nostalgic smartphone, I have enjoyed (and let’s not deny it, suffered) many versions of MIUI throughout these years, until reaching a MIUI 14 that has acquired a good shape. Now, we have MIUI 15 on the horizon and these are my wishes for a new version of which we do not know many details.
An interface in accordance with Android
The most interesting thing about MIUI in the past was its interface. At a time when Android had not finished outlining a solid and attractive design language, the similarity of MIUI to iOS (we are not going to fool ourselves) gave him an advantage in this section. However, despite the progress of the Xiaomi layer interface, it is very far from the Android canons.
We do not deny that it is a first world problem to anyone, but when navigating between system applications, third-party applications and different elements such as settings, a confrontation of designs occurs that it is not pleasing to the eye. Much less so if we are looking for productivity, as well as mastering our mobile phone.
Google is a good example of this: with the arrival of Material You in Android 12, the Mountain View company began to adapt these design lines to all its apps. Now, if we touch a Pixel, we realize the continuity and consistency that its interface offers.
That is the same thing that I ask of Xiaomi, even understanding the difficulty that this entails when having different systems in different parts of the world. Because yes, the fact that the Chinese version of MIUI differs from what we have in other regions makes this task difficult. In fact, Xiaomi is also useful as an example if we take as reference the Chinese ROMs and the applications that we find in the store thence.
More useful widgets with unified designs
Widgets had their golden age on Android, and they came back stronger than ever in recent years. Xiaomi has not wanted to be left behind, but the truth is that some of these remain in exclusive for services from your native country. As we mentioned in the previous section, the obvious differences leave us with a somewhat worse MIUI.
Therefore, it is not difficult to ask the popular Chinese manufacturer to add widgets to all its system applications, and above all, to have them on a visual level. in accordance with the rest of the customization layer. By the way, if they manage to give it that extra touch of functionality like Apple has done with iOS 17, all the better.
They can also look at Google’s Android, where they saw their second youth. In this system, we already see useful widgets such as the calendar or Keep, which allows us to mark our notes directly from the home screen.
An equal MIUI 15 for everyone
We arrive at the last wish that becomes a somewhat general appearance. Just what we have mentioned previously about the Chinese and Global versions. If Xiaomi wants to extend its own customization layer, it must do so equally in all territories.
There’s no point in adding a super cute kitten widget if when I install MIUI 15 I don’t have it available on my phone. It’s time for the signing of the jump and add all the new features equally, even if this means overcoming some obstacles that appear when certifying your devices to use Google Play.
However, it is not something so extremely complicated as to see it as utopian, and obviously some concessions such as applications and services that have not left their native country would be normal. But the rest of the elements of the system should not be difficult to reach everywhere.
Bonus track: a system less dependent on Android
As an extra addition, more than a novelty at the feature level, we want to emphasize that MIUI becomes a more independent system in relation to Android. It was born from him, and still has many common elements, but in a certain way it has been distancing itself in philosophy.
Furthermore, this idea seems to make sense if we look at the latest leaks coming from China, those that announce Xiaomi’s own operating system. Maybe that’s it The solution to the problems that we have raised throughout the article, and it is said by an Android fan.
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The emergence of new competitors with new systems in the market would only give more options to the user, which would have the possibility of testing other equally functional ecosystems. And we have no doubt that Xiaomi has the tools and the necessary potential for this.
Be that as it may, there is less time left to discover the new version of the Xiaomi cape, so the coming months will reveal many of its new features. For the moment, let’s sit on our hands and cross our fingers that some of these wishes come true. are fulfilled.
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