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About MIUI
What is MIUI?
MIUI is Xiaomi's own custom Android interface which runs on most of their devices by default. It's getting updated on a weekly basis and its development is very community-oriented. All news, suggestions and feedback are posted and collected on the MIUI forums and testing is done by the community as well. As a result, there are updates every week, consisting of bug fixes and new features. MIUI receives a major update once a year, in a similar fashion to Android itself. The design of the UI differs from Google's Material Design and resembles iOS to some degree.
Comprehensive MIUI review on XDA
New to MIUI? Start here! - Mi Community
Comparision table on Wikipedia
Official branches
- China Stable
All Xiaomi devices that are bought in Mainland China come with this type of ROM out of the box. It has Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Tibetan and English languages. It doesn't have Google Play Store or any Google services pre-installed because Google and its services are blocked in China. Instead, it has Baidu, Weibo and other Chinese counterpart apps and services.
- China Developer/Beta
It's the same as the China Stable ROM, but it's getting updated on a weekly basis and has the latest new features and updates of MIUI. Despite being called Developer/Beta, it's absolutely stable, suitable for daily use.
- Global Stable
All Xiaomi devices that aren't bought in Mainland China come with this type of ROM out of the box. It supports a lot of languages and has Google services and Google apps pre-installed, no Chinese apps here.
Global Stable ROMs pass SafetyNet and get Google Play Certification on a locked bootloader.
- Global Developer/Beta
It's the same as the Global Stable ROM, but it's getting updated on a weekly basis and has the latest new features and updates of MIUI. Despite being called Developer/Beta, it's absolutely stable, suitable for daily use.
Global Developer ROMs do not pass SafetyNet or get Google Play Certification, regardless of the status of the bootloader. That's their only drawback compared to Global Stable ROMs.
- Russia Stable
All Xiaomi devices that are bought in Russia come with this type of ROM out of the box. It is a variant of Global Stable, tailor-made for the Russian market. It has Google services and Google apps pre-installed, as well as some Russian apps and services. As far as updates go, it lags behind China/Global Stable.
- India Stable
Xiaomi devices that are exclusive to India come with this type of ROM out of the box. It is a variant of Global Stable, tailor-made for the Indian market. It has Google services and Google apps pre-installed, as well as other Indian apps and services. As far as updates go, it lags behind China/Global Stable.