Xiaomi introduces HyperOS 2 with more performance optimizations and more AI

29 October 2024

At its grand event in China today, Xiaomi unveiled the 15 and 15 Pro flagship smartphones, and it also presented the newest version of its Android skin: HyperOS 2.

This introduces three "core technological innovations" to devices sold in China - HyperCore, HyperConnect, and HyperAI. Together, these should work to offer a "fresh, advanced experience in fundamental functionality, cross-device smart connectivity, and AI interactions", whatever any of that means.

HyperOS 2 comes with a new scheduler, as well as improved memory and I/O resource management, a redone rendering pipeline, and "continuous technological breakthroughs in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 5G" for "network connection guarantee in all scenarios without blind spots".

You get a new "movie-like" lock screen somehow based on AI, AI generated dynamic wallpapers, a new home screen layout with "visual upgrades and customized content" for "more and richer widgets", new and smoother animations, and a new 3D weather representation in the Weather app.

You can control your phone from your tablet in a windowed interface, and there's a cross-device clipboard, as well as support for cross-device video recording.

Of course there are many more AI features, like AI Magic Painting (think sketch-to-image), AI Voice Recognition with real-time text conversion during recording and automatic summarization afterwards, AI Writing tools (text generation, summarization, error correction, and polishing), AI Translation for meetings, calls, and videos with real-time bilingual subtitles and simultaneous interpretation, and AI Anti-Fraud to identify fraudulent calls or face-swapping videos.

All of this applies to Chinese devices only, by the way, as does the rollout timeline below. The first updates will go out in November to the Xiaomi 14 family, Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 and Mix Flip, Redmi K70 series, and Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 12.4.

In December, the update will spread to the Xiaomi 13 line, the Mix Fold 3, Civi 4 Pro, Redmi K60 family, Redmi Turbo 3, and Redmi Note 14 devices, along with the Xiaomi Pad 6 line, and the Redmi Pad family. More devices will then get the update in the first half of next year. Again, all of this applies to Chinese devices only. Xiaomi hasn't unveiled the international version of HyperOS 2 yet. Hopefully that will happen soon and will bring with it an update timeline for devices sold outside of China.