Celebrating
its fifth anniversary, Xiaomi is also ready to introduce Mi 5 that will
run the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop-based mobile operating system.
The
company will be working on Lollipop-based MIUI 7 user interface along
with Android Open Kang Project (popularly known as AOKP). In a blogpost,
AOKP revealed that team Kang members are working with Xiaomi for a new
refreshed MIUI 7 that will be based on Lollipop 5.1 and come equipped in
the Mi 5.
“With
Cyanogen partnering with various OEMs and OnePlus grabbing hold of the
ParanoidAndroid team, the folks at Xiaomi started considering that to
have a larger share of the international market, they needed to
collaborate with some established custom ROM community, and hence since
last year we had been in close talks,” the blog states.
For
those not in the know how, AOKP builds custom Android ROMs for devices,
just like Cyanogen. The MIUI 7 has been internally codenamed MiKangy,
and will evolve with the user, says the blog.
“MIUI
7, (which the team internally calls codename MiKangy, not to be
confused with MiKandi), is a whole new take on the Android UX. The idea
behind it is to kang all important features from the top ROMs like CM,
PA, Omni and AOKP and create an experience which completely submerges
the user in his own world. The UI will evolve with the user, and thus a
few months after usage, the UI of each Mi 5 phone will be different –
personalised to the traits of it’s individual user,” the blog explains.
Recently,
the company also announced price cuts for the Mi 4 in China, clearly
indicating that the Mi 5 is on the way. Mi India has also decided to
shed its ‘online-only’ image and team up with the retail chain ‘The
Mobile Store’ to sell select Mi smartphones including the Xiaomi Mi 4.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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