Xiaomi's Surge OS Continues Optimization: Addressing WeChat Camera Issues and Upgrading Xiao Ai AI Capabilities

Xiaomi's Surge OS Continues Optimization: Addressing WeChat Camera Issues and Upgrading Xiao Ai AI CapabilitiesThe fiercely competitive smartphone market this year saw Xiaomi significantly increase its market share thanks to its digital series, Redmi K series, and government subsidy policies. This success is inseparable from its aggressive configuration strategy and robust system optimization

Xiaomi's Surge OS Continues Optimization: Addressing WeChat Camera Issues and Upgrading Xiao Ai AI Capabilities

The fiercely competitive smartphone market this year saw Xiaomi significantly increase its market share thanks to its digital series, Redmi K series, and government subsidy policies. This success is inseparable from its aggressive configuration strategy and robust system optimization. Xiaomi's Surge OS, with its near-weekly progress reports, consistently demonstrates its commitment to system stability and user experience. This week's report, while addressing a single key issue, highlights Xiaomi's proactive response to user feedback and its dedication to continuous improvement.

Resolved Issues:

This week's report announced the resolution of an issue affecting some users of Xiaomi 14 running OS 2.0.6.0, where the WeChat camera would malfunction in certain scenarios. This fix undoubtedly enhances daily user experience by preventing communication disruptions or interruptions in information recording.

Issues Under Investigation:

Beyond the resolved issue, several problems remain under investigation. These span system interaction, application functionality, and compatibility with specific apps. Specifically:

• Desktop Interaction Issues: Issues such as unresponsive page turning, disappearing app icons, and default layout restorations are under investigation. These directly impact daily user operation and their resolution will significantly improve system smoothness and usability.

• Disappearing App Icons: The disappearance of app icons in certain scenarios is causing user inconvenience. The Xiaomi team is actively investigating the root cause to achieve a complete solution.

• Mobile Manager Automatic Task Anomalies: Anomalies in automatic tasks within the Mobile Manager are also being investigated. As a crucial system app, its stability directly affects system security and device performance.

• Default Desktop Layout Restoration: Similar to the disappearing app icon issue, the restoration of the default desktop layout in certain scenarios is under investigation. This affects user personalization and reduces efficiency.

• Control Center Issues: Flickering text in the Control Center's MiCast toggle in certain scenarios is causing visual discomfort.

• Background App Switching Issues: Jitter when switching between background apps in certain scenarios affects system smoothness.

• Super Wallpaper Issues: The clock on the Super Wallpaper not displaying during the screen-off state in certain scenarios affects time viewing functionality.

• Background App Running Issues: In certain scenarios, apps like Taobao and DingTalk, when running in the background, will automatically close the notification shade when the user swipes up to the home screen and then quickly pulls down the notification shade.

• Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 Issues: The automatic shutdown of the flashlight on the Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 (version 2.0.102.0) in certain scenarios is also under investigation and optimization.

These ongoing investigations reflect that Xiaomi's Surge OS 2.0 system, while undergoing continuous improvement, still has some minor issues to address. However, the Xiaomi team's proactive approach and ongoing optimization efforts are commendable. Users can expect these problems to be resolved in subsequent updates. It's important to note that most of these issues are found in beta versions, with a lower probability of occurrence in official releases.

Xiao Ai AI Capability Upgrade: DeepSeek-R1 Model Integration

Beyond system optimization, there is news regarding an upgrade to "Xiao Ai," the intelligent assistant in Xiaomi's Surge HyperOS. User feedback indicates that Xiao Ai has integrated the DeepSeek-R1 model, enabling features like code writing, article writing, and logical reasoning, significantly enhancing its intelligence. Users can activate DeepSeek-R1 via voice or text commands after upgrading their devices to Surge HyperOS 2.

This upgrade covers over 25 Xiaomi and Redmi models, including popular devices like the Xiaomi 15 Pro, Xiaomi 14 series, Redmi K80 series, Xiaomi MIX Fold series, Xiaomi Pad series, and Redmi Turbo series, meaning the vast majority of Xiaomi users can experience this new functionality.

Surge OS Update Progress:

Xiaomi's Surge OS is rapidly progressing with updates. For example, the Xiaomi 13 Pro has received the official internal testing version of Surge OS 2.0.102.0.VMBCNXM; the Xiaomi MIX Fold 2 has received the official internal testing version of Surge OS 2.0.2.0.VLRCNXM. These updates not only fix known issues but also continuously optimize system performance and focus on improvements to distributed computing and on-device AI, aiming to narrow the experience gap with HarmonyOS and iOS.

User Suggestions:

Xiaomi recommends that regular users prioritize official updates to ensure system stability. Tech enthusiasts can opt for developer versions to experience the latest features, but should accept potential risks.

Conclusion:

Xiaomi's Surge OS is continuously improving. Weekly progress reports demonstrate Xiaomi's responsiveness to user feedback and commitment to system stability and feature enhancements. While some issues remain, Xiaomi's proactive approach and rapid updates showcase its determination to enhance user experience. In the future, Xiaomi's Surge OS is expected to make further advancements in user experience and further narrow the gap with competitors. We look forward to Xiaomi finding a better balance between user feedback and technological innovation, providing users with a more stable, smoother, and more intelligent system experience. Finally, we encourage all Xiaomi fans to share any problems encountered while using the Surge OS system, to collaboratively discuss and improve it.