What is MIUI? - Xiaomi Firmware Base on Android Kernel

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1. What is MIUI?

MIUI is a firmware developed by Xiaomi for their devices by making the Android kernel a baseline. The initial release of the MIUI was only available in the Chinese language.

With the time Xiaomi added a wide range of features into the MIUI which could make the user's life easy and more efficient by having a Xiaomi device.

2. Versions of MIUI

After the very first release of MIUI on 16th August 2010, Xioami has developed and released wide multiple versions of MIUI with multiple updates to the core system with the latest Android releases.

MIUI Version	Android Version	Released Date
MIUI V1	2.1 Eclair	16th August 2010
MIUI V2	2.2 Froyo	N/A
MIUI V3	2.3.6 Gingerbread	N/A
MIUI V4	4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich	N/A
MIUI V5	4.1.2 Jelly Bean	1st March 2013
MIUI V6	4.4.2 KitKat	29th August 2014
MIUI V7	6.0.1 Marshmallow	13th August 2015
MIUI 8	7.1.1 Nougat	16th June 2016
MIUI 9	8.1.0 Oreo	10th August 2017
MIUI 10	9.0.0 Pie	19th June 2018