Xiaomi, the company often referred to as China’s Apple, has teamed up with the Android Open Kang Project (popularly known as AOKP) for its MIUI 7 custom user interface based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. The news was confirmed via AOKP’s official blog that revealed both Xiaomi and Team Kang were working closely on MIUI 7, which will debut on the next flagship smartphone, the Mi 5. For the uninitiated,... 

Xiaomi, the company often referred to as China’s Apple, is turning five in April and the company to mark the occasion has announced an event on Tuesday. The Chinese company on its MIUI forum has confirmed that Lei Jun, CEO, will be launching new device (or devices) at the event. The company has not revealed what is up its sleeves; though based on recent rumours Xiaomi is expected to launch the... 

Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi 2 and MiPad for the Indian market on Thursday. The two devices offer the typical Mi package – great specifications at affordable prices. While the Xiaomi Redmi 2 is priced at Rs. 6,999, the Xiaomi MiPad tablet will be available in India at Rs. 12,999. We got some hands on time with the Redmi 2 and Mi Pad at the launch event in New Delhi, and while we’ll reserve... 

Xiaomi certainly has ambitions beyond the low end of the Indian market, but its bread and butter so far has been the sub-Rs. 10,000 segment. The launch of the outrageously powerful Redmi 1S was perhaps the most disruptive event in the entire Indian mobile market in all of 2014, and even with competitors coming in, there has been no shortage of demand. Hundreds of thousands of units were sold before... 

Xiaomi’s 2013 flagship smartphone, the Mi 3 is now receiving MIUI 6 update based on Android 4.4 KitKat in India. Xiaomi India, at the Mi 4 launch event, had confirmed that the Mi 3 will receive the update starting Wednesday. The Chinese company also confirmed that the MIUI 6 update will be rolled out to all the Xiaomi smartphones that have been sold in India. Apart from the Mi 3, the Redmi Note...