The company's new UI is updated ever 1 or 2 weeks

Apr 14, 2015 23:01 GMT  ·  By

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has just announced that its MIUI 6 beta build for Redmi 1S is now being deployed globally. These beta updates were only available in China until today, but Xiaomi seems to have decided that this is the right moment to bring them to everyone in the world.

While this is still a beta build, it's important to note that Xiaomi has confirmed its plans to expand to more countries, including Europe.

“We always say that Xiaomi listens to you, and there’s no better demonstration of this than MIUI, which is a living operating system that incorporates our fans’ feedback.”

“In China, MIUI is especially reflective of our fans’ feedback. We accomplish this through two separate builds: the beta build and stable build,” says Xiaomi in a blog post.

According to the Chinese company, the beta build of MIUI is updated every 1 or 2 weeks, so you should expect some issues and bugs, since it's a work in progress that constantly updates.

Make sure that you won't feel disappointed if you download the beta version of MIUI 6 and find bugs that will lower your experience.

You will need to manually flash the new beta build

On the other hand, Xiaomi has confirmed that the stable build of MIUI is pushed every 4 or 6 weeks. This version includes new features that have been previously tested. You should expect less or none of the issues in the bate version to affect the stable one.

The same applies for the global markets, which means that the release of the MIUI 6 global beta build for the Redmi 1S will be updated often.

Xiaomi has promised that every 2 weeks it will provide updates to these MIUI beta versions, while gathering feedback from Mi Fans in the forums.

If you own a Redmi 1S, then you can now download MIUI 6 beta build. Xiaomi states that there are still a few issues that will be fixed as soon as possible.

Among the known issues, there's one that mentions that the phone occasionally has difficulties connecting to network after restarting. Also, the phone's battery sometimes drops quickly after reboot.

MIUI 6 screenshots (4 Images)

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