Milestone upgrade and transformation MIUI8' s first deep experience

IT 168 Evaluation Before the beginning of this article, the author first tried to recall the press conference of MIUI 7 last August. However, there are not many upgrade points that can impress me. All I remember in my mind is the addition of several sets of personalized theme UI, the optimization of global Big Mac fonts, and the pasting of dynamic photos of calls. This also made many rice noodles scream at that time. After all, every generation of cross-version upgrade of MIUI can give people a refreshing feeling, which seems to have the magic to rejuvenate old mobile phones. MIUI 7 doesn't give strength, which makes people wonder whether MIUI has forgotten the heart that was born with a fever.

But less than a year later, Lei Jun brought us a brand-new MIUI 8 system through the Xiaomi Max conference. The continuous applause at the scene, the complaint that Xiaomi Forum failed to grab the qualification for internal testing, and the voice below Guan Wei all made the author see the expectation of rice noodles. This big version upgrade is also known as the most difficult research and development, the most innovative function points and the shortest release cycle in the history of MIUI team. Therefore, MIUI 8 is not only the expectation of all rice noodles, but also a confident answer given by MIUI engineers to users. As a mobile phone editor, I was fortunate enough to get the internal test qualification of MIUI 8. What I can do is to share my thoughts with you as soon as I have experienced it.

Today, MIUI has 200 million online active users worldwide. With the continuous improvement of user demand, more and more new functions are added. MIUI, which used to focus on fluency and stability, began to focus on functional user experience, providing more convenient life services and making users feel that MIUI is easy to use.

"Before officially starting the MIUI 8 experience, we first summarized the three major upgrade points of MIUI 8.

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1, brand-new interface design, gorgeous colors, small and natural effects, and Xiaomi Lanting font.

2, perfect function, more easy to use. Including calculator, scanner, photo album and post-it notes, adding the functions of mobile phone avatar, long screen capture and floating ball.

3. Improve safety and performance. Support pseudo base station fraud SMS identification to prevent application chain from starting management.

Atlas smart avatar+comprehensive optimization MIUI 8 vs MIUI 7

"Dozens of functional improvements and nearly a thousand details optimization.

This time it is MIUI 8.

The default icon has not been redrawn. After all, MIUI has customized icons for more than 20,000 third-party software. If you want to change the style directly, it will produce a huge workload, resulting in other more important function points not being online on time, which is not worth the candle. However, not changing the icon style does not mean that it has lost its freshness. After all, there are many personalized themes for users to choose from in Xiaomi theme store.

MIUI 8 has been redesigned in the system-level UI interface that users often use. For example, the notification bar can automatically change color according to the weather, the setting menu can be changed to a native card, the multi-task menu can be embedded in a music player plug-in, and Xiaomi notes, tape recorders, calculators and other applications can be redone. In addition, MIUI8 also has a lock screen pictorial function, which can automatically change the lock screen wallpaper according to user preferences. Every time I light up the screen, I feel different.

In addition, in terms of details, MIUI 8 has also added many dynamic effects, such as its own calendar/recorder/weather software. At the same time, MIUI 8 also adopted Xiaomi Lanting font, and optimized the details of the standard Lanting font, which enhanced the unity between words and improved the overall reading experience significantly. Of course, Xiaomi's efforts in performance optimization and power saving management have not slowed down. This time, the functions of chain start management and power saving mode are introduced.

"The phone is busy.

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In essence, a mobile phone can have two systems at the same time, so that the two systems can be used separately as private spaces. When this function is enabled, a system with two avatars will generate three new functions on the desktop, namely data migration, avatar setting and avatar switching. In other words, you can migrate applications, photos, files, total records and other materials of the original system, without repeatedly installing applications or copying files, and without occupying additional storage space. In addition, users can also set different screen lock passwords to choose to enter the native system or the avatar system.

It is worth mentioning that no matter whether the mobile phone is in the original system or the avatar system, even if it is connected to a computer, it is impossible to view any data of another system. In this way, users can safely store private data. In the real usage scenario, if people don't know that your mobile phone has the double function, then they won't notice that you have a private space at all. Users can put Alipay, mobile banking and other related financial software in the avatar system, so that even if the mobile phone is stolen, ordinary people can't find your personal data and privacy information.

"Application doppelganger

In addition to the mobile phone avatar, the application avatar is also a highlight of MIUI 8. This function is easy to understand, that is, you can have two WeChat, two QQ, two landlords and any software related to user login in your mobile phone at the same time. Of course, you can even use the phone's avatar function to use four WeChat accounts. With the function of applying avatar, it is a great benefit for mobile game lovers like me. Because you can use a mobile phone to realize the process of big and small transactions in the game.

After talking about the application of avatar, I believe many netizens will look forward to the split screen function, because it can open games or chat on WeChat in one window and browse the web in another window. However, the author specially learned from MIUI staff that this function will not appear in the first edition of MIUI 8, but the split screen function will be introduced later.

"Calculator: modify and convert the results at any time, and calculate all kinds of life.

In MIUI 8, the ordinary calculator was upgraded to a full-function calculator, and only Xiaomi mobile phone can calmly deal with the complicated calculation problems in life. The initial calculation interface of the calculator is the same as before, but click the button in the upper left corner of the page and you will find that the calculator integrates practical tools such as calculating mortgage, individual tax, provident fund and unit conversion, and is suitable for various calculation scenarios. For example, the girls' market in Aihaitao will pay attention to Japanese and Korean cosmetics. In the face of unfamiliar currency units, the price of goods can not be reflected in time, and how much money is saved is also at a loss. With Xiaomi's calculator, the exchange rate conversion is fast and supports multiple currencies. The exchange rate is also updated in time, so that Haitao will never be confused. For the majority of office workers, the calculation of salary tax, bonus and welfare, mortgage payment, etc. It has also become clear and practical.

In addition to powerful functional integration, MIUI 8' s calculator has also greatly improved its experience. Every input number, every operation has clear steps. In order to deal with the input errors of individual numbers and operation symbols, the calculator supports modifying the calculation steps at any time, which makes the calculation process full of security. In addition, the calculator also supports Chinese capitalization conversion of numbers to solve the embarrassment of forgetting words when filling out the reimbursement form.

"Scan: scan objects, business cards, documents and topics.

The sweeping of MIUI 8 is also a highlight. To some extent, it is an expansion of ordinary text search and integrates many functions of fate. Scanning is not only limited to daily bar codes and QR codes, but also supports scanning, translation, scanning search, scanning business cards, scanning documents and so on. Among them, the function of scanning and searching questions can be called black technology. If you encounter a problem that you can't solve, you can give comprehensive problem-solving steps and support the question bank of all subjects from Grade One to Grade Three. In the face of unsolvable problems, you can get detailed answers by sweeping your mobile phone. Not only that, MIUI will also push learning reports for the data of scanning questions, summarize the bottlenecks encountered in solving problems, and help classmates and friends better master knowledge.

Scanning Li Tao is also a very intimate function. Through the cooperation with Taobao, the scanned goods can enter the corresponding purchase list, and the commodity information and prices of all merchants are clear at a glance. When shopping at ordinary times, you might as well sweep your favorite goods, which indirectly plays the role of shopping around. In addition, scanning business cards and documents is also quite practical, which supports the conversion of words in pictures into words in corresponding formats, eliminating the tedious steps of inputting words.

Album: browsing, slimming, editing, sharing, video editing.

As the most basic application of MIUI, photo album directly affects the user experience, so it has also been carefully built on MIUI 8. In the presentation of photos, panorama, continuous shooting map and GIF animation all have personality icons. When selecting pictures, the brand-new photo album supports sliding selection, and the number of selected photos will be displayed with the selection, which is convenient for users to further manage. It is worth mentioning that the new photo album has added slimming function, that is, the mobile phone keeps and displays thumbnails with a certain resolution to ensure daily browsing and social sharing, while high-quality original pictures are saved in the cloud and can be downloaded online when necessary. After verification, this mode can save 90% storage space, which is of great practical significance for friends with tight memory.

In order to facilitate social sharing, the new album has been optimized in many aspects. Increased the gesture operation of sliding up to share pictures, and the sharing speed is faster. In addition, a brand-new photo editor has been added, which not only comes with a variety of filters, but also has rich and professional parameter adjustment. Mosaic, graffiti, etc. are all involved, and you don't have to rely on third-party applications to retouch pictures anymore. Not only that, MIUI 8 adds the function of video editing, and has built-in multiple video templates, which can make large movies even if the editing foundation is weak.

"enhanced post-it notes" function

In MIUI 8, the post-it function has been further enhanced. Mainly to optimize the interface typesetting and provide a variety of post-it notes templates with different styles. MIUI officials said that the number of templates will continue to increase in the future. In addition, MIUI 8 has further enhanced its functions, increased the private note-taking mode, and strengthened the security factor of private content.

MIUI 8 note adds a card browsing mode. Click the icon in the upper right corner of the note application to switch between two browsing modes. Compared with the list mode, the card mode will enlarge the photos in the note when displaying the abbreviated information of the note, and display the information more intuitively, which is convenient for browsing the note.

In addition, in MIUI 8 note, a variety of note templates are added, which not only brings more fun to creation and recording, but also easily distinguishes different kinds of note information. As far as my personal experience is concerned, I will choose Diablo or standard template to record my mood, red template to record reminders, and green template to record some information that is not easy to remember. I don't know if only obsessive-compulsive users will do this, but at least for me, the newly added post-it note template has brought me a lot of convenience. Although notes can also be colored in MIUI 7, in the card mode of MIUI 8, various notes are better distinguished and more conspicuous.

MIUI 8 also supports private message mode. On the note editing page, click the button in the upper right corner to make it private. When it is set as a private note for the first time, the system will ask for an unlock gesture or password. After being successfully set as a private memo, the memo will no longer appear in the memo list. If you want to view private notes, you need to hold down the note search box and slide down, and enter the password to enter the private note list.

"MIUI 8 new growth screenshot

MIUI 8 system also enhances the system screen capture function and supports long screen capture. Unlike the long screenshots provided by other systems such as Smartisan OS, the long screenshots of MIUI 8 also support manual and automatic modes. Specifically, in the process of long screen capture, users can adjust the speed and position of long screen capture by sliding their hands, which is more convenient. In addition, the photo album function of MIUI 8 has been further optimized, adding graffiti and mosaic functions to facilitate the next screenshot processing and editing.

The reason why the long screen capture function is introduced is because this function does have many practical use scenarios. In addition to the interception webpage demonstrated above, it can also be used to intercept the chat records of social software (WeChat, QQ, etc.). ) is used to share chat content. Basically, all pages that can slide down can use the long screen capture function, instead of piecing together several screenshots. This function is quite common in mainstream Android phones on the market, but the long screen capture function provided by MIUI 8 is easier to use.

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"Suspended ball function

As the originator of the floating ball function, the life of Apple's old iPhone Home button has been widely criticized, and then Apple's auxiliary touch has solved this problem to some extent, which is actually the original intention of the floating ball function design.

For Xiaomi mobile phones that rarely use the physical Home button design, the floating ball added by MIUI 8 is to optimize the one-handed operation of large-screen mobile phones to a greater extent. This function is not uncommon, but MIUI 8 has made a deeper optimization for floating balls. The common floating ball function generally adopts the click operation mode, while the floating ball of MIUI 8 supports the sliding operation, which will further reduce the operation cost and save the operation time.

Secondly, MIUI 8' s floating ball supports function customization, and you can set the position and function of the button according to your own usage habits and needs. In addition to the default Home button, multitasking, screen lock, screen capture and return, it can also be set as WLAN switch, mobile data traffic switch, Bluetooth switch, mute, direction lock and so on. It is worth mentioning that in addition to the system functions, you can also set commonly used third-party applications such as WeChat and QQ on the float button.

"In fact, in addition to the function points mentioned above, MIUI 8 has other system-level function optimizations.

"1, power saving mode.

In this mode, the system will control background activities, stop synchronization and weaken some visual effects. Officials say it can be used for 2 hours longer than the normal mode.

"2. Franchise chain entrepreneurship management.

At present, many softwares have the phenomenon of chain startup, that is, a vicious circle in which one application wakes up another application step by step. The chain startup management of MIUI 8 can effectively limit the chain wake-up problem of a single application background.

"3, pseudo base station fraud SMS identification.

MIUI 8 system has added the chip-level pseudo base station short message identification function, which can prevent users from being cheated by pseudo base station short messages through three aspects: pseudo base station short message identification, short message phishing website risk warning and browser URL detection. Nowadays, the concealment of pseudo base station SMS fraud is getting higher and higher, especially for the elderly. MIUI 8' s pseudo base station SMS identification function reduces the risk of user property loss through various reminders.

"4. Multi-window tasks.

In the process of using WeChat, I believe everyone has encountered such a problem. When viewing the articles shared by friends circle, if there happens to be a WeChat message coming, when you return to view the information and want to browse the previous articles again, you need to reload it and cannot return to the position you were reading at that time. MIUI 8' s so-called multi-window task solves this problem. Users can choose to enter the chat interface or article interface of WeChat in the multitasking menu, which is very intimate.

MIUI 8 Experience Summary

This MIUI 8 is a milestone upgrade. Whether it is system-level performance, power saving optimization or application function optimization, it is in place. In particular, the brand-new calculator, photo album, application/mobile phone avatar, homework scanning, post-it notes and other functions have been upgraded under the common use logic, which has captured the pain points of many users and has unique advantages compared with other customized systems in China. Under the background of serious homogenization of the system interface, MIUI 8 constantly cultivates the bottom optimization of the system, carries out micro-innovation according to user needs, and increases function points. This greatly improves the practicality of MIUI system, and enhances the user's stickiness and the competitiveness of Xiaomi mobile phone.

It is worth mentioning that even the Xiaomi 3 mobile phone in my hand can run the MIUI 8 system smoothly, and it is only an experience version at present. I believe that the stable version will be more stable and smooth in the future. On June 17, MIUI 8 development version will meet with you. Except Xiaomi 1 and Xiaomi 2A, other models can be upgraded.