MIUI 10 Global Beta First Impressions: Should you update?

Xiaomi recently showcased their latest iteration of the MIUI operating system, the MIUI 10. They have now gone ahead and announced the global beta version of the operating system. We did a guide on how to update your Xiaomi smartphone to the latest version of MIUI 10. However, the operating system is still in beta phase. This means the software still has a lot of bugs and crashes a lot. So the question arises, should you update your Xiaomi smartphone to MIUI 10 or not?

The company claims that MIUI 10 is powered by AI at its heart and comes with features like AI Portrait camera capturing mode allowing for depth of field shots with just a single camera and AI Preload which pre-loads apps based on the user’s usage patterns. Along with all those AI features, it also brings a UI redesign, which includes a new notification panel, a new recents menu along and much more new features. The company claims the new UI is optimized for devices with a high screen to body ratio like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro. So here are the features the new MIUI 10 brings.

MIUI 10: Gestures

The operating system with it brings a new way to navigate around your smartphone. The now utilises a gesture-based navigation system is a lot like the Apple iPhone X. Many will argue that the MIUI 9.5 also had the same gestures based navigation feature, however, it has been improved significantly. The gestures are very simple and intuitive to use. Swiping from the bottom of the screen gets you to home. Swiping from the bottom and holding for a second gets you to recents menu. Also, swiping from the left or right takes you back and swiping from left or right and holding helps you switch between recent apps.

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MIUI 10: UI Changes

MIUI 10 brings loads of UI improvements with it, one of which is the Notification Shade. The company has completely revamped the Notification Shade of the operating system. It is now designed to look more like Google's Android P operating system. The recents menu has also been revamped. The new card-based recents menu looks great and optimizes the space. Also clicking and holding on the app card brings options like split screen, app info and more. The volume control has also been updated to look and perform like the Android P beta volume control.

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MIUI 10: AI features

The new AI features like the AI preload which preloads the application based on the user's usage pattern to increase app opening times is a great bonus. Other AI features include features like the ability to take portrait mode shots with phones with a single camera. However, we tested the MIUI 10 on a smartphone with a dual camera setup so we can't confirm its efficiency.