

With international Bing and selection of Chinese search engines MIUI global versions are certified by Google. However, Xiaomi has expanded its operations outside China MIUI releases for Android devices outside mainland China have Google Play Services and Google Apps such as Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube and Google Play Store pre-installed and functioning as on any other Android device. MIUI does not ship with Google Play Services in mainland China.

Google has had disagreements with the Chinese government, and access to many Google services is blocked. Installing the ROM voids the warranty on Xiaomi phones according to the leader, the official ROM must be flashed and the bootloader locked before returning a device for warranty repair.

issues its own stable and weekly versions of Xiaomi MIUI ROMs, based on the stable, and weekly beta versions of the Chinese ROM.

Īn organisation named Xiaomi Europe and using Web domain, working officially with Xiaomi but not affiliated with the Chinese company, was set up in 2010 as a community for English-language Xiaomi phones running MIUI associated with an Android version. Xiaomi added a number of apps to the basic framework, including Notes, Backup, Music, and Gallery apps. The first MIUI ROM, released in 2010, was based on Android 2.2.x Froyo and was initially developed in Chinese by Xiaomi in its first year. Xiaomi devices usually get three Android version updates, but get MIUI updates for four years (less for budget models). Xiaomi have also released a few devices running Google's Android One instead of MIUI. There are different versions for each Xiaomi phone model, and each version has variants according to the regions in which the phone is sold, inclusing China, Europe, Indonesia, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan and Turkey. MIUI is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) version of Android, and serves as the basis for other operating systems created by Xiaomi: MIUI for POCO, MIUI Pad, MIUI Watch, and MIUI TV (PatchWall). MIUI (pronunciation: Me You I is UI for Mi) is a mobile UI (User Interface) developed and maintained by manufacturer Xiaomi exclusively for its smartphones and related communication devices. Stock firmware for Xiaomi smartphone and tablet V14.0.23.7.10.DEV (Mainland China) / 10 July 2023 25 days ago ( )Īlternative OS replacement for Android devices V14.0.5.0 (Global Market) (Xiaomi Phone) / 18 January 2023 6 months ago ( ) V14.0.8.0 (Mainland China) (Xiaomi Phone) / 17 December 2022 7 months ago ( ) Open source (Modified Android Base and Main Framework) with Proprietary components (MIUI Apps and Kits)Ġ.8.16 / 16 August 2010 12 years ago ( )
