Xiaomi Mi 9 Review – Simple Yet Incredible!

Moving to the last section of this Xiaomi Mi 9 review, the flagship runs on the Xiaomi’s customized OS ‘MIUI 10’ based on Android 9.0. Though Xiaomi was previously criticized for late Android updates, the security updates were regular. However, MIUI is improving since then. There’s no Android OS which will provide an update even to a two years old flagship. Xiaomi’s MIUI 10 has already made numerous optimizations for full-screen phones, such as a full-screen gesture operation.

MIUI 10 is, in fact, one of the fastest, simple, and stable Android UI out there. Like most, there are controversies that MIUI has spyware and other stuff but we know how true is that. Anyways, coming back to the Xiaomi Mi 9 review, the flagship has upgraded the core components based on the Snapdragon 855. In terms of software, it has the optimization of the Turbo Game acceleration function, MI Turbo solution supports defragmentation I/O performance optimization, application startup speed optimization, and reduces aging stagnation.

The “Game Acceleration” function is placed in the “Security Center” application of the Mi 9. It is presented in front of a visual interface that is very similar to most game phones and Nintendo’s game consoles, at least in appearance.

In addition, under this interface, the state of the smartphone hardware can be fully understood, and the player can directly enter the game through the page. In addition to the regular “game toolbox”, “performance enhancement”, “calling answer automatic hands-free”, “anti-missing”, Xiaomi Mi 9 also pin the targeted the Game Turbo game acceleration mode.

We can see that it is possible to personalize the phone’s “hands-on”, “continuous click sensitivity”, “edge suppression range” and “display enhancement” for a single game. It disrupted the general optimization of various types of games. After the user sets it according to the actual needs, he can see some improvements.

Unlike other Xiaomi phones, the Xiaomi Mi 9 sports an independent AI button. Thus, we can call out Xiao Ai with a single touch.

From the test results, the two mainstream mobile games, KOG and PUGB, Mobile can maintain a high frame rate and are very stable and fluctuating. The whole process is also very active for the dispatch of the big core of Snapdragon 855.

Fifth Gen of Under-Screen Fingerprint Readers

Xiaomi Mi 9 uses the fifth-generation in-screen fingerprint unlocking technology provided by Huiding. It is the fastest in-screen fingerprint before the 6th generation release. Under the OLED screen of Xiaomi 9, an optical fingerprint sensor consisting of three lenses is hidden, similar to a macro camera with a single pixel up to 5 μm.

In terms of speed and experience, the under-display fingerprint of Mi 9 is very close to the traditional capacitive fingerprint. In the dim scene as above, it actively reduces the brightness of the fingerprint unlocking display area and reduces visual discomfort.

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