What is New and Which Phones Be Updated

When Xiaomi introduced the Redmi K60 Ultra in the Chinese market at the beginning of August, MIUI 15 was mentioned officially for the first time. However, MIUI suddenly became history in mid-October when Xiaomi unveiled HyperOS as its new software for the very first time. In fact, at least in China, HyperOS was already launched with the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro.

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This is HyperOS

Xiaomi has made one thing very clear: We are not supposed to think that “HyperOS” is simply a new label for an operating system skin that is based on Android just like MIUI. In its own words, Xiaomi HyperOS has been in development since 2017 and Xiaomi wants to “bring coherence to the IoT landscape” with it.

The self-professed goal for Xiaomi is to not only deliver peak hardware performance but also to ensure a consistent user experience and provide seamless connectivity between all Xiaomi devices.

HyperOS logo
HyperOS is meant for the whole ecosystem, from the human to the car and home. / © Xiaomi.

What does this mean for users? HyperOS is not just the user interface that greets us on Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco smartphones, but the HyperOS experience will also make its way into the smart home and, as Xiaomi explicitly emphasized, into the upcoming Xiaomi car.

HyperOS: Linux, Xiaomi, and a little bit of Android

With a new system, it’s worth taking a quick look under the hood. Linux and Xiaomi’s self-developed Xiaomi Vela system form the core of Xiaomi HyperOS. As Xiaomi revealed, HyperOS supports over 200 processor platforms and over 20 standard file systems, covering hundreds of device types and thousands of SKUs.

Supported RAM sizes range from 64 KB to 24 GB. It is also worth noting that the firmware on smartphones will be comparatively slim at 8.75 GB, while competitors often require more than double the space.

The vocabulary “Android” is almost absent in Xiaomi’s press release about HyperOS, which is interesting to note. Nevertheless, Android is also an integral part of HyperOS, albeit a less important one than with MIUI. While the Android framework and Android services are still supported, this points to compatibility with many apps.

HyperOS is supposed to be particularly performance and energy-efficient, which has a positive effect on smartphones, but should have an even stronger impact on IoT devices. Xiaomi explicitly stated that running resource-intensive games on a smartphone equipped with Xiaomi HyperOS ensures a more stable frame rate and lower power consumption compared to stock Android and the various skins.

Overall, the system was designed to work as efficiently as possible in each product class. Above all, the compatible devices should also be particularly effortless to integrate into your smart home and be controllable from anywhere. The following infographic shows you the structure of Xiaomi HyperOS:

HyperOS infographic breaking things down.
This infographic shows you the complete composition and structure of HyperOS. / © Xiaomi

In the infographic above, you can see the “HyperConnect” layer above the kernel and framework. This is supposed to ensure that all HyperOS can communicate with each other smoothly in real time. What Xiaomi meant by that was also described with a few examples during the presentation.

You can easily move your clipboard, notifications, or even apps from the smartphone to a notebook or tablet. You can also switch between different camera sources during video conferences, access your car’s camera from your smartphone, or the main camera of your smartphone from your notebook.

Artificial intelligence and security are also supposed to be crucial cornerstones of HyperOS. Xiaomi sells us its new OS as a “human-centric, intelligent ecosystem for people, cars and home”. We will tell you what’s left of it beyond the marketing talk when we can look at a smartphone with HyperOS for the first time ourselves with a review-trained eye.

HyperOS: Availability

Good question, dear nextpit community. So far, only two HyperOS phones have been presented, the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro smartphones, which are intended exclusively for the Chinese market. HyperOS has been a reality in China since December, while the rest of the world still has to be patient.

As always, it will take a few weeks/months before a global version of Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone is launched. We are currently assuming that Xiaomi will bring its Xiaomi 14 series to Europe in time for the MWC in Barcelona.

By then at the latest, HyperOS will also make it to Europe; Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced the global HyperOS launch via Twitter for the first quarter of 2024 anyway. But it won’t take that long for you if you have the right smartphone. In this case, this “right smartphone” would not be a flagship, but the Poco F5!

HyperOS for the Poco F5 was also officially announced via Twitter and X, as you can see:

Xiaomi HyperOS rollout starts on POCO F5!

Owners of POCO F5 will be the first to experience Xiaomi HyperOS. Eligible users will receive the OTA update and be able to experience the new features.

Release plans for other models will be announced at a later date.

Follow us to get… pic.twitter.com/aNYbvRhFkN

— POCO (@POCOGlobal) December 18, 2023

HyperOS: Expected new features

With a few exceptions, the official HyperOS page from Xiaomi doesn’t tell you much about the features that are coming with the new OS. So let’s start with the functions that we officially know about:

Better multitasking and higher productivity

A new controller makes it easier to switch between windows and different window shapes. Split screens can be opened and closed independently of each other. An as yet unexplained feature called “Workstation” is designed to help you work even more productively on devices with a larger display – such as the Xiaomi Pad 6.

Uniform font MiSans Global

Xiaomi wants to create a “comfortable, cross-language reading experience” with HyperOS and has therefore launched the MiSans Global project together with Monotype Fonts and Hanyi Fonts to customize the fonts. It is an extensive font family that covers over 20 writing systems and supports more than 600 languages and more than 100,000 characters. As the standard font for the Xiaomi HyperOS system, it gives the devices a uniform visual style.

Individual lock screens

Similar to what we know from the iPhone, where individual lock screens can be created since iOS 16, such a feature is also available under HyperOS. Xiaomi calls them “Artistic Lock Screens”, which allow you to customize the lock screens to your liking and make them look like magazine covers.

Examples of lockscreen customization options on HyperOS
You can customize the lock screens under HyperOS. / © Xiaomi

Xiaomi also talks about increased security on its website. This is to be ensured by a new security system called TEE. A secure data protection framework with end-to-end encryption is intended to provide comprehensive protection at the hardware level. In general, Xiaomi also promises increased security for system applications. We will certainly find out in the future whether this is marketing hype or whether security will actually be significantly increased.

Beyond this official information, there were a lot of leaks in the run-up to the launch, and we are now also seeing the first field reports such as the one linked here on Medium. In addition to the points already mentioned, the user a2zdrive has provided the following insights:

  • Removing bloatware: It is reported that you can remove the dreaded bloatware under HyperOS relatively easily, which we are unfortunately used to from Xiaomi. Apps such as Mi Video, the gallery or even games can apparently be easily removed from the device.
  • Clearer control center: You can access the quick settings directly from the main page of the control center, so you don’t have to swipe to the side first.
  • Redesigned Gallery app: The Gallery app has been completely turned inside out and is divided into three sections: Photos, Albums, and Suggestions. In the future, sections of images can be shared with a single tap.
  • “Dynamic Island”: Xiaomi doesn’t even name this feature itself, but it is supposed to be reminiscent of Apple’s Dynamic Island. For example, if you switch to silent mode, charge or switch on the hotspot, this visual element scores with an Apple-like aesthetic.

You will soon be able to read a final test of the Chinese version of the Xiaomi 14 Pro here and we will also get to the bottom of the software features by then at the latest.

These smartphones can expect to receive HyperOS

Now let’s discuss the smartphones and tablets that we expect will receive MIUI 15 eventually. As you know from our Android 14 update tracker, we’ve divided the models expected to receive the MIUI 15 update into Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco handsets. This list is based both on Xiaomi’s previous historical update pattern and its official list of promised Android updates.

We listed below models that are already updating to HyperOS, some with Android 13 and others with the latest Android 14. As usual with Android updates, not all regions receive the over-the-air (OTA) updates at the same time, so depending on where you bought your phone, it may be necessary to wait a few weeks to get the stable update.

Xiaomi phones that are updating to HyperOS

Xiaomi 12 Pro
The Xiaomi 12 Pro is already updating to HyperOS in some countries. / © nextpit

Below is the official list of Xiaomi phone models that have received or are listed to be updated to HyperOS.

 Updated to HyperOS?
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Xiaomi 11i 5G/Hypercharge
Xiaomi 11T
Xiaomi 11T Pro 
Xiaomi 12
Xiaomi 12 Lite
Xiaomi 12 Pro
Xiaomi 12 Pro Dimensity Edition
Xiaomi 12S
Xiaomi 12S Pro
Xiaomi 12S Ultra
Xiaomi 12T
Xiaomi 12T Pro
Xiaomi 12X
Xiaomi 13
Xiaomi 13 Lite
Xiaomi 13 Pro
Xiaomi 13 Ultra
Xiaomi 13T
Xiaomi 13T Pro
Xiaomi 14
Xiaomi 14 Pro
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra 
Xiaomi Mix Fold 2
Xiaomi Mix Fold 3
Xiaomi Pad 5
Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro
Xiaomi Pad 6
Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro
Xiaomi Pad 6 Max

Redmi phones that are compatible with HyperOS and have already received the firmware

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro+ NextPit review picture
Handsets from the Redmi Note 12 series are definitely also among the HyperOS update candidates. / © NextPit
 HyperOS for Redmi
Redmi 10 5G
Redmi 11 Prime 5G/Poco M4 5G/Redmi Note 11E
Redmi 10 Prime+ 5G 
Redmi 11 Prime 4G
Poco M5
Redmi 11 Prime 5G 
Redmi 12
Redmi 12 5G
Redmi Note 12R/Poco M6 Pro 5G
Redmi 12C
Poco C55
Redmi 13C 
Redmi Note 11
Redmi Note 11 5G
Redmi Note 11T 5G
Redmi Note 11 Pro 4G
Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
Poco X4 Pro 5G
Redmi Note 11 Pro+/Pro+ 5G
Redmi Note 11 SE 
Redmi Note 11R
Redmi Note 11S 4G
Poco M4 Pro 4G
Redmi Note 11S 5G
Poco M4 Pro 5G
Redmi Note 12 4G
Redmi Note 12 5G
Redmi Note 12R Pro
Redmi Note 12 Pro
Redmi Note 12 Pro+
Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G
Redmi Note 12 Turbo
Poco F5
Redmi Note 12S
Redmi Note 13 4G 
Redmi Note 13  5G
Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G
Poco M6 Pro
Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
Poco X6 5G
Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G 
Redmi Pad 
Redmi Pad SE 

Poco phones that have received and updated to HyperOS

 HyperOS on Poco
Poco C55
Redmi 12C
Poco F3 GT
Redmi K40 Gaming
Poco F4 5G 
Poco F4 GT
Redmi K50 Gaming
Poco F4 Pro 
Poco F5
Redmi Note 12 Turbo
Poco F5 Pro
Redmi K60
Poco M4 5G
Redmi Note 11E/Redmi 10 5G
Poco M4 Pro 4G
Redmi Note 11S 4G
Poco M4 Pro 5G 
Poco M5
Redmi 11 Prime 4G
Poco M5s 
Poco M6 Pro 4G
Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G
Poco M6 Pro 5G
Redmi Note 12R/Redmi 12 5G
Poco X4 Pro 5G
Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
Poco X5 5G
Poco X5 Pro 5G
Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed
Poco X6 5G
Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
Poco X6 Pro 5G
Redmi K70E

Which features are coming to HyperOS, and which phones will Xiaomi officially support? Stay tuned for continuous updates on its international release here at NextPit. Is your Xiaomi model on the list? Share your HyperOS thoughts in the comments!


Article updated in March 2024 with the first phones receiving HyperOS. Comments prior from the date were kept and may seen out of context.

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