MiUi 8 (Simplify your life) India stable ROM Launched

Hey Guys, by the time i write this blog,  you might have received the MIUI 8 OTA update. If you are using Xiaomi phones in India.



In this blog we will discuss with you all the new features and Animation changes that happened in MIUI 8 Stable ROM.

Also i will tell you about the phones that supports MIUI 8 stable ROM. which are as below:

Redmi: Redmi Note 3 / Redmi 3S / Redmi 3S Prime / Redmi 1S / Redmi 2 / Redmi 2 Prime / Redmi Note 4G / Redmi Note 3G
Mi: Mi Max / Mi 5 / Mi 4i / Mi 4, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G, Redmi Note 4G.

Currently I am using Redmi Note 3 as my personal daily driver.

And i received the MIUI 8 stable ROM OTA update on 26/8/2016. So i updated the same on my phone. There was no data loss, every thing was in place. So don't worry of data loss or backing up your data before update. The OTA update securely update your smartphone into MIUI 8 by keeping your data safe.

So without further ado lets get started:

Following are the features of MIUI 8 Stable ROM in brief:
  • Create scrolling screenshots - an amazing way to share information
  • Calculate and convert almost anything with the redesigned Calculator
  • Quick ball - the ultimate one-handed control tool
  • Personalize your notes with beautiful templates
  • Get your photos sorted for you with all-new Gallery
  • Dual Apps - create and sign into dual accounts for any app, including WhatsApp, Facebook and more.
  • Second space - perfect for times when you need a clear separation in your life
  • Video Editing -spice up your videos with filters, text and background music
  • Caller ID - automatically identify incoming numbers or find popular numbers when dialing out (India only)
  • Hindi T9 - find contacts easily with T9 dialer search (India only)
  • Enhanced SMS - SMS accounts of popular businesses now display logos and company names (India only)

Features of MIUI 8 explained in detail :

1) Gallery:



MIUI 8 shows paranorma photos in rectangle shape instead of square shape, which is usually shown in other gallery apps.

Also screenshots are shown in their native shapes, not square.

And if you want to share that images just swipe up from bottom of your screen and there you get all the sharing options like face book, twitter and so on.

You can also connect your smartphone to miui cloud to sync your photos and have more space on your device.

For example: if you have 10gb of photo’s in your device then after syncing it with MIUI cloud you will have 9gb space free to use. As it will only keep high resolution photo previews on your phone and rest all will be on miui cloud.

2) Video Editing:

Now you can instantly trim your video’s and share the same with your loved ones. You don’t require any third party app for video editing.

It has various filters & music (you can also use your favourite music in videos) to edit your video’s. Or you can let MIUI to do your editing work. It will automatically add music & filters to your video. If like the same share it with your loved ones directly.

3) Screenshot:



Now you can take long screenshots, just as you can do in Samsung galaxy note series of phones. Xiaomi calls this feature as scrolling screenshots.

So what you have to do is take a screenshot and then click on the screenshot you took now visible on right hand side corner and scroll that down, and stop scrolling were you want the screenshot to be ended and also you can edit or crop the same then and there.

4) Quick ball:

Here you have 5 gestures:

So now if you are browsing a webpage and you need to go back quickly just swipe down quickly on the quick ball that takes you back.

Or you can swipe diagonally up to go to recent or diagonal down to take a screenshot or swipe up to go to home.

And you can move that quick ball were ever you want on the screen.

You can also customise the options of the quick ball by adding your frequently used app or something like that so that you can access the same quickly.

5) Calculator:
Now you can convert: Rate, temperature, currency and so on. Basically, now you can convert anything that you use in your daily life in MIUI 8 calculator. You just need to click on the “i” button that appears on the left hand side of the screen on the calculator app. Here you will get all the convertor options to choose from for your daily needs.





6) Dual apps:



You can now use 2 whatsapp on same phone. And not just whatsapp you can do this with any app. So that you can keep you’re Work and Personal things separate.

7) Second space:

Not just dual apps now in MIUI 8 you can use two phones in one phone. Just like in windows PC you can create users; same can be done in MIUI 8 now. Both can be accessed with different passwords.

8) Ringtones:



Famous bollywood songs ringtones are available to download for free from the theme store of MIUI 8 now. This is brought to you by Hungama.com

9) Caller id:

MIUI 8 can identify callers from Amazon, Domino’s, Swiggy and Zomato. And they will be constantly adding more and more numbers to this list. So that you know them before picking up the call.

There’s also caller id for SMS, you can see the logo as well as name of the Company that messages you.

Also if you booked a movie ticket from book my show there will be option of marking the date of the same in your calendar to remind you the date and time to go for the movie you booked.

You can also recharge you phone and DTH with one tap. As the option to recharge will come at the bottom of the message that is sent to you by your mobile or DTH operator. This has been possible by doing a special tie up with Mobi kwik app. They can also give you special discounts on recharge form the same.





















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