Previously announced to be launchedXiaomi Surge OS Xiaomi officially announced the details of its new operating system, Xiaomi HyperOS, today (October 10th). The company stated that it has been exploring the system since 26 and developing it since 2014, with a team of over 2017 people.
Overall, the underlying architecture of Xiaomi's Surge OS is still based on the AOSP-style Android operating system, and to some extent it can still be considered a new version of "MIUI." However, in reality, a number of adjustments and customizations have been made to the underlying architecture, and the Vela architecture, designed based on the open-source operating system NuttX, has been incorporated. It also integrates the Mina system previously used for Xiaomi TV sticks and the car-machine OS expected to be used in electric vehicle products. This allows Xiaomi's Surge OS to support the interconnection of more devices at the underlying level, achieving the design goal of a "full-ecosystem operating system for people, cars, and homes."
However, the basic architecture is still based on the AOSP version of the Android operating system, and the versions provided for international markets outside of China will still integrate Google services. It is difficult to say that Xiaomi's Surge operating system is an operating system completely rebuilt by Xiaomi. Instead, it is a product based on Xiaomi's highly customized design. However, it is obviously different from Huawei's creation of the Harmony operating system. Xiaomi should still have deep integration with Android and Google in the future.
In this statement, Xiaomi stated that the Xiaomi Surge operating system adopts a new architectural design, so the system execution efficiency and resource scheduling will be significantly improved. It can also support more than 200 processor computing platforms, more than 20 file systems, and support hundreds of device types. At the same time, the operating system occupies a reduced capacity of only 8.75GB.
In terms of usage, Xiaomi's Pengpai operating system also integrates automatically generated artificial intelligence to provide more application services with new experiences. It will learn operating behaviors through HyperMind design based on the actual needs of users, and is combined with the ability to seamlessly connect with surrounding devices, allowing users to interact with their devices more naturally and intuitively, while also creating more life experiences through the interconnection of all things.
As for the operating interface, Xiaomi also emphasized the reconstruction of the graphics subsystem to make the image color rendering process more realistic and the operating screen softer. It even uses its own TEE hardware-level underlying security system to ensure that information is not leaked, improve the security of financial transaction services, and ensure permission management when devices are interconnected.
Xiaomi emphasized that the Xiaomi Surge operating system will also be available in an open form, and its Vela architecture will be open source.
Xiaomi's Surge operating system will first be used in the Xiaomi 14, Xiaomi 14 Pro, and Xiaomi Watch S3 unveiled simultaneously. Starting from December this year, upgrades will also be provided for the Xiaomi 12 series, Redmi K13 series, MIX Fold 60, Xiaomi Tablet 3 Max 6, Xiaomi Sound speaker, Xiaomi TV S Pro Mini LED, and Xiaomi Smart Camera 14 Pro Gimbal Edition in the Chinese market. However, the international version is not expected to be launched until the first quarter of 3 at the earliest.
