Xiaomi’s MIUI 10 will be high on artificial intelligence and machine learning

While Xiaomi’s MIUI 9 is geared towards making software that’s faster and in line with stock Android, its upcoming MIUI 10 will focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Xiaomi is apparently already at work, even as the company announced the start of the MIUI 10 development at an event in Beijing. Although the company did not give out many specifics, it confirmed Xiaomi’s next frontier is set to be AI and machine learning.

Google is aspiring something similar with Android 8.0 Oreo and version 8.1 of its operating system brings it one step closer to realising this potential. Since Xiaomi’s MIUI is also based on Android, it was only about time the company joined the bandwagon. It is yet to be seen how Xiaomi plans to implement AI and machine learning in its operating system though.

Xiaomi’s incumbent MIUI 9 has a ton of features on top of Android, according to the company. The MIUI 9 update, in addition to Xiaomi’s custom built features, brings back key Android nuggets like split-screen multitasking and Google Assistant, something that was missing in the previous iteration. It’s based on Android Nougat to boot and the company is already testing an Oreo build which is likely to come to most of its devices in the near future.

Xiaomi touts three key features — in addition to fast app launch times — that set the MIUI 9 apart from its predecessor, the MIUI 8:

— Universal search: A powerful search engine on a Xiaomi phone that can differentiate your image like you do by typing in keywords.

— Dynamic resource allocation: To allocate priority to in-use apps to let you enjoy a fluent experience, on basis of critical thinking algorithm.

— Smart assistant: The easiest way to find anything and almost everything at your will.

The MIUI 10 will hopefully be faster still and hopefully it wouldn’t kill of key Android nuggets, something that Xiaomi is known for. Although it’s fairly feature-rich and seamless, Xiaomi’s MIUI is known for some heavy skinning on top of Android, something that geeks into stock Android don’t really appreciate. For such a group, Xiaomi has collaborated with Google, to launch its own Android One phone called the Mi A1 and rumour has it that it would have some sort of successor in the days to come too.