Big surprise: MIUI 11 is apparently in development by Xiaomi

We saw MIUI 10 slowly make its way to Xiaomi devices last year, and now the company has reportedly started work on MIUI 11.

According to MyDrivers (via Playful Droid), Xiaomi product planning executive Liu Ming announced the news at the company’s MIUI Core Experience Annual Meeting. News of the update isn’t really a surprise though, as Xiaomi tends to issue a big update each year. So what should we expect from MIUI 11?

The executive apparently claimed the update would be a “new and unique” OS. It’s also expected to feature system optimizations and a “more refreshing feeling.” In other words, the company didn’t announce specific features just yet.

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Expectations might be high for the new update though, especially after the meaty update that was 2018’s MIUI 10. Last year’s update delivered a single-camera portrait mode, a redesigned recents menu, nature-inspired notifications, redesigned volume/brightness sliders, and increased responsiveness. Personally, I’m hoping Xiaomi brings night mode photography to more devices via the new version.

Xiaomi also has the nasty habit of updating MIUI while leaving the underlying version of Android intact. Hopefully the company brings Android Pie to these phones as well, as opposed to only delivering the MIUI 11 update.

There’s no word on a release date for the new update, but Xiaomi tends to deliver a new version of MIUI between June and August. What would you like to see in MIUI 11? Let us know in the comments!

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Source: Android Zone

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Huawei apparently fines employees $700 per month for iPhone blunder

Huawei has reportedly fined two of its employees over tweets sent for the company using an iPhone, according to Reuters. The tweet was sent on New Year’s Eve from the company’s official @Huawei Twitter channel, wishing followers a “#Happy2019.”

Reuters reported the story today citing an “internal Huawei memo.” Apparently, the company responsible for Huawei’s social media duties, Sapient, had problems with a VPN service at the time. VPN’s are necessary for companies to access some websites in China, where internet usage is heavily regulated. As the tweet couldn’t be sent via a desktop system, someone used an iPhone as a workaround.

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However, Twitter displays which devices have been used to send a tweet — something many companies and celebrities with brand deals fall foul to — and seeing as Apple is a major Huawei competitor, this was allegedly seen as harmful to the Huawei brand.

The tweet was quickly deleted, but not before some folks were able to screenshot it.

That was fast pic.twitter.com/y6k0FJF7Gq

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) January 1, 2019

What’s the damage?

Reuters says the two people responsible for the tweet have had their salaries reduced 5,000 yuan (~$730) per month over the error, as it showed procedural incompliance and management oversight. They have also been demoted “one rank.”

Meanwhile, Huawei is said to have frozen the pay rank of its digital marketing director for 12 months. Huawei declined Reuters’ request for comment.

Huawei has something of a reputation for discipline and strict working conditions. In December, The Washington Post alleged Huawei runs a military-like business, where employees are asked to give up vacation leave and overtime pay, and work “inhumane” hours.

With all of that being said, it’s possible Huawei has created the latest Twitter narrative in order to save face. VPN problems sound far more innocent than “our own employees prefer iPhones.” Jus’ sayin’.

Source: Android Zone

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