Highlights

•Xiaomi India has announced the roll-out calendar for the Xiaomi HyperOS – a human-centric operating system, designed for connected personal devices.
•Xiaomi has introduced HyperOS, a new operating system designed to connect personal devices, cars, and smart home products seamlessly.
•Built on five key pillars—System Level Optimization, Interconnectivity, Active Intelligence, Privacy & Security, and Open Platform—HyperOS promises to cater to all your needs efficiently.

A Leap for Mobile operating systems

15 years ago, the tech landscape saw a pivotal shift from basic feature phones to smartphones, powered by emerging operating systems.

Fast forward to 2024, with an estimated 7.1 billion smartphone users globally, and a new inflection point in consumer technology has now emerged.

With 600 million+ smart devices worldwide, Xiaomi is the largest connected smart device brand today.

With this in mind, Xiaomi HyperOS has been designed for consumers who are now increasingly asking for interoperability and seamless interconnectivity between their different personal devices.

The current fragmented OS landscape was never designed for the complexities of modern connected ecosystems.

For Xiaomi, with its diverse ecosystem of products, the challenge was even more unique with each device utilizing different connectivity mechanisms.

Due to limited interoperability with products from other companies, there were also issues arising with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatibility.

A culmination of extensive research and development, Xiaomi HyperOS has been developed to set a new benchmark in the technology industry, which will redefine how users interact with their devices, providing a more intuitive, secure and enjoyable experience.

What is Xiaomi HyperOS?

After years of development, Xiaomi HyperOS is the largest reconstruction of Xiaomi’s OS subsystem.

Its mission is to unify all ecosystem devices into a single, integrated system framework, deliver peak device performance, and ensure consistent user experience, to facilitate seamless connectivity across all devices.

The core of Xiaomi HyperOS also includes the self-developed Xiaomi Vela system.

Its exceptional compatibility and precise system resource management capabilities enable every device to deliver ideal performance.

Xiaomi HyperOS improves overall performance through 3 key approaches:

1. Comprehensive Refactoring

Xiaomi HyperOS is engineered for performance optimization with industry-leading kernel performance with faster processing speeds and minimal scheduling delays.

By prioritizing system-level optimization to ensure maximum performance across all devices, Xiaomi HyperOS supports 200+ processor platforms, 20+ file systems, and 200+ hardware categories across smartphones, homes and car.

2. Cross-Device Intelligent Connectivity

Interconnectivity is at the core of HyperOS.

It facilitates more convenient and efficient cross-device connections, enabling seamless data syncing and file sharing between devices.

3. Proactive Intelligence

With active intelligence embedded into Xiaomi HyperOS, users benefit from personalized recommendations and assistance tailored to their needs.

Our AI algorithms ensure that users have access to the information and services they need when they need them.

Key UI features of the Xiaomi HyperOS

The interface has also been refreshed smartly to bring consumers a visually captivating and functionally stable experience.

Some interesting new features on Xiaomi HyperOS-powered devices are:

1. Alive Design Philosophy

From all-new lockscreens to redesigned icons and a Vitality Color System drawing inspiration from vibrant life colors, Xiaomi HyperOS brings significant enhancement to the phone’s visual appeal.

The new UI font – Mi Sans, is supported across 600 languages, 20 writing systems, and over 100,000 glyphs, ensuring a visually captivating and functionally stable experience.

2. Redesigned icons and attention to detail

With an all-new lock screen with multiple personalization options, users can choose between Classic, Rhombus, and Magazine effects, each offering thousands of combinations, or add depth with options to customize wallpapers, font text, date, and time style.

System Apps has also been redesigned with softer, textured interfaces, making them easy on the eye and adding character.

3. Xiaomi’s HyperConnect

Xiaomi’s HyperConnect introduces groundbreaking features that promise to transform collaboration and productivity across devices.

Among the standout features are HomeScreen+, offering direct screen mirroring for a more immersive experience, and shared Clipboard, streamlining cross-device copying and pasting.

The integration of the phone camera with the Notes app and the introduction of Productivity Mode further underscore Xiaomi’s commitment to redefining the way users collaborate and boost productivity.

With the Xiaomi Smart Hub, up to 7 devices can collaborate simultaneously, including earphones, tablets, smart lights, speakers and much more.

4. Gallery AI

The advanced AI features in Xiaomi’s Gallery app, ensure fast and efficient photo editing while prioritizing user privacy.

From AI Removal to AI Portrait and Generative AI Part, Xiaomi’s Gallery app empowers users to unleash their creativity.

Gallery AI will be rolled out on select Xiaomi devices soon.

Xiaomi Hyper OS Availability and Roll-out Timeline in India

Last month, the Xiaomi 13 Pro, Pad 6, Redmi Note 13/12 Series received their HyperOS update, with more devices scheduled for the update this summer.

The list of devices is as follows:

* Xiaomi 11 Ultra
* Xiaomi 11T Pro
* Xiaomi 12 Pro
* Mi 11X
* Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge
* Xiaomi 11 Lite
* Xiaomi 11i
* Mi 10
* Mi 11X Pro
* Xiaomi Pad 5
* Redmi Note 13
* Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G
* Remi Note 11T 5G
* Redmi Note 11 Pro
* Redmi Note 11S
* Redmi Note 11
* Redmi K50i
* Redmi 13C 5G
* Redmi 13C
* Redmi 12
* Redmi 11 Prime 5G

Latest features of HyperOS

HyperOS introduces several innovative features:

* Xiaomi Smart Hub: Integrates independent devices, providing real-time status updates and active control.
* Xiaomi HyperMind: Proactively understands user requirements and facilitates collaboration between surrounding devices based on usage habits.
* End-to-End security: Implements mutual security checks and hardware-level encryption for reliability and privacy protection.
* One Smart ecosystem: Connects daily devices seamlessly, creating an intelligent mobile space centered around users.
* Consumer IoT platform: Utilizes the world’s largest consumer IoT platform to connect all devices, fostering human-centric innovation.

Xiaomi HyperOS roll-out roadmap

Faqs

What is HyperOS and why is it significant for Indian users?

HyperOS is Xiaomi’s latest operating system, designed to create a seamlessly interconnected ecosystem across a variety of devices.

Its launch in India signifies a major advancement in how users interact with technology, offering enhanced performance, security, and user-centric AI features.

Which devices are compatible with HyperOS?

HyperOS is compatible with an extensive range of devices, including the Xiaomi 14 series, Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro, and wearables like Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro, ensuring a wide spectrum of Xiaomi users can enjoy its benefits.

How does HyperOS enhance device performance and efficiency?

HyperOS boosts device performance through its sophisticated resource management system, dynamic thread priority adjustment, and energy-efficient operations, ensuring optimal performance across devices with different RAM capacities.

Can HyperOS improve the security of my devices?

Yes, HyperOS incorporates a self-developed Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) security model, offering robust end-to-end encryption and enhanced privacy features to protect user data across interconnected devices.

What makes HyperOS different from other operating systems?

HyperOS stands out with its integrated device center for easy management of connected devices, AI-powered HyperMind for intuitive user interactions, and its ability to deliver a unified experience across smartphones, smart homes, and automobiles.

What is Performance of HyperOS?

HyperOS boasts remarkable performance enhancements. It leverages Open Source Xiaomi Vela to enrich user experience.

With a 14% reduction in response delay, 17% in message delivery delay, and 16% in task switching, the system ensures peak performance while optimizing power usage, powered by Apache 2.0.

The system also offers accurate load evaluation, analyzing thread relationships comprehensively for precise CPU load assessments.

It delivers faster experiences with up to a 14% reduction in average scheduling latency for critical tasks and a 72% reduction in maximum scheduling latency for such tasks.

Furthermore, lightweight devices experience a 14% reduction in Interrupt response delay, 17% in message delivery delay, and 16% in task switching delay, as per Xiaomi Internal Labs.

HyperOS significantly reduces system storage requirements for smartphones compared to MIUI 14, offering 9.14GB as opposed to 12.35GB.

Additionally, it ensures smooth I/O performance with almost zero attenuation, providing 50-month IO performance.

The system improves OTA storage and performance, reducing OTA occupancy by 79% and OTA time by 24%.

What are Interconnectivity features of HyperOS?

HyperOS facilitates seamless device connectivity through various features:

* Home screen+: Enables effortless drag-and-drop between phone & tablet.
* Shared clipboard: Allows for easy copy-paste across devices.
* Notes app: Permits capturing photos on mobile and inserting them directly into Xiaomi tablets’ notes.

What is Personalization of HyperOS ?

HyperOS prioritizes personalization with its Alive Design Philosophy. It presents a redesigned lock screen with multiple personalization options.

The Control Centre is revamped for better accessibility, accompanied by a new media player widget, re-designed system icons, and diverse UI experiences.

The system font, MiSans, supports over 600 languages, 20 writing systems, and 100,000+ Glyphs.

The upgraded Floating Window allows for viewing multiple apps simultaneously, with a new Workstation mode for enhanced productivity on tablets. Additionally, the Weather app has also been redesigned.

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