Xiaomi Releases MIUI 8 Developer Edition ROM Based on Android Nougat for Mi 5s, 5s Plus, Mi Mix and Mi Note 2

Xiaomi is one of the OEM who takes ages to roll out new Android updates. It has been over ten months since Android Nougat became official, but still, most of the Xiaomi devices run MIUI 8 based on Android Marshmallow. Xiaomi did release MIUI 8 update on top of Android Nougat for some phones such as Xiaomi Mi 5, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Beta), but the disappointing fact is that the update misses out all the core Android Nougat features.

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Xiaomi’s MIUI 9 will be a major upgrade, which will be based on Android Nougat, but none of the devices has received it. And now, Xiaomi announces the MIUI 8 Developer Edition update for the users of Xiaomi Mi 5s, Mi 5s Plus, Mi Note 2 and Mi Mix. However, same as the Xiaomi Mi 5, the update is still MIUI 8

There won’t be any visual changes in the new update, but the core elements of Android will be upgraded to Android Nougat. To update the MIUI 8 with core Android Nougat elements, Xiaomi has taken over ten months, which is underwhelming. However, it’s already known that Xiaomi is working on the MIUI 9 which adds a slew of new features such as Picture in Picture mode, Multi-Window mode, and other Android Nougat features as well.

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Nevertheless, the update is still a Developer Edition one, which means that the stable one will take few months to arrive. The update changelog is: