Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold gets big new MIUI 13 closed beta update

2022-05-31

Xiaomi’s first foldable phone - the Mi Mix Fold just got a major MIUI 13 closed beta update which brings plenty of improvements that should better take up the large real estate of the 8-inch inner AMOLED display.

The new Android 12-based update brings a reworked desktop layout for the main display with optimizations for dual-screen desktop mode. Multitasking is also improved with new parallel windows and free-form window options. There’s a new three-finger gesture that activates split-screen. Other aspects like Control Center get a revised layout. System apps like calculator, file manager, gallery, clock, recorder and others have also been updated.

Here's the full changelog of the update:

System
• Added the function of adjusting the display layout of the in-app screen.
• Added in-screen classic navigation keys to support center/left/right display.
• Fixed a noise issue that might occur when you record audio.
• Added in-screen classic navigation keys to support center/left/right display
Status Bar
• Support sliding up and down the blank area on the side of the notification bar.
Desktop
• The internal screen layout of the desktop is completely new, and the dual-screen desktop is more efficient.
• Added in-screen taskbar support to display recent tasks.
Theme
• Added folding screen exclusive theme.
• Optimize font usage process.
Gallery
• Optimize the display effect of core pages.
• Added map album entry.
File Manager
• Added left and right column layouts on the inner screen, making browsing on a large screen more efficient.
• Optimize the grouping method of recent page files.
• Added the ability to hide pictures in recent pages.
• Added mobile page classification entry editing function.
Recorder
• Optimize page structure and layout.
• Optimize the display effect of core pages.
• Optimize recording title display and renaming logic.
• Added one-click copy function to convert text.
• Added recording mark serial number display.
Calendar
• Added calendar subscription service.
• Optimize page structure and layout.
• Optimize the display effect of core pages.
Recent Tasks
• Optimize the form of the recent task card in the small window split screen.
Clock
• Optimize clock view layout.
Calculator
• Optimize the key design of computing keyboard.
• Optimize the tax credit function and merge it into the conversion page.
• Added conversion keyboard calculation function.
• Optimize history storage logic.
Lock Screen
• When the internal screen is unlocked, the function of entering the password by hand is added.
Free window
• Added global sidebar shortcut function.
• Added support for opening two small windows at the same time.
• Added three-finger gesture horizontal swipe to quickly enter split screen.
• Added support for adding split-screen combination icons to the desktop in the taskbar on the desktop.
• Added desktop support to open split screen combination with one click.
Control Center
• Added support for swiping left and right between the control center and notification center.
• New control center interface layout revision.
• Remove the classic control center style.
Notes
• Added widescreen layout settings to support switching between column and tile modes.
Input
• Added separate keyboard form.
• Added dual GV keyboard form.
• Added 9-key dual-column keyboard form, supporting left and right hand switching.
Small Widget
• Added global sidebar shortcut function.
• The widget function has a new look, new widgets can be added to the negative screen and the desktop, and support dragging and dropping each other.
• Added widget center to provide rich widget resources “Pinch the desktop with two fingers to enter”.
• Added system application widgets such as clock, weather, photo album, etc.
• Cards in the negative one screen support free drag and drop sorting.

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