At the Xiaomi MIX 4 launch event, the company also presented the MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition. During the conference Xiaomi said that the new version of MIUI does not introduce any features and focuses only on optimizations, however, it turns out that the company has introduced a new widget system similar to iOS.
According to the official announcement, users can now place widgets with 2 × 2, 4 × 2, 4 × 4 and 2 × 3 sizes on the main screen, and a new Widget Store has been added through which users can drag and drop. drop the widgets of their choice anywhere on the screen. Xiaomi also introduced new system app widgets to use the new feature.
Xiaomi Testing New iOS-like Widgets in MIUI
Xiaomi is testing the new iOS-inspired widget system in China with the latest beta 5.0.56 of App Vault and 2.2.21 of MIUI Gallery. At the moment these app versions can only be installed on devices running a beta MIUI build based on Android 11.
According to Xiaomi, the new MIUI widget system will be in the test phase from 17 August to 20 October. This suggests that users on the stable MIUI channel, especially in international markets, will have to wait months to try the new feature. It, therefore, seems that widgets are making a comeback after Apple introduced them in iOS 14, in fact even Google has renewed the widget system with Android 12.
