MIUI 14: The best way to Customise the Residence Display of your Xiaomi Cellphone?

Let’s begin with the fundamentals. In MIUI, as a substitute of getting sub-menus in settings, we’ve got loads of devoted native functions.

To vary the wallpaper (and the theme we’ll see beneath), it’s a must to undergo one in all these pre-installed apps referred to as Themes. I do know, it is very fundamental and I am positive most of you know the way to do it.

There are a number of collections to select from, though Xiaomi presents an “MIUI” choice with the official wallpapers launched with every new model of its overlay.

It’s also possible to import your personal wallpapers, as you’ll on another smartphone. And you will see that this feature is especially fascinating for the well-known Tremendous Wallpapers.

Right here too, it is a well-known and common characteristic. Tremendous Wallpapers are dwell wallpapers. They depict nature scenes with landscapes and even planets. And whenever you unlock your Xiaomi smartphone and entry the house display screen, a big zoom in or out is repeatedly utilized.

The animations are stunning and the impact is profitable. However this operate isn’t out there by default on all Xiaomi units. You may want a strong sufficient SoC to forestall the animations from sucking up too many assets.

To vary the theme of MIUI 14, the process is strictly the identical as for the wallpapers. Go to the Themes software.

Personally, I remorse that Xiaomi didn’t implement the dynamic themes of Android 13. This feature permits you to synchronize the colour of the complete interface with the dominant colours of your wallpaper.

However, as all the time with Xiaomi, you’ll be able to tinker. And the neighborhood may be very lively, with quite a few various themes. Personally, I opted for the “Pixel Go” theme, which considerably crudely emulates the interface of a Google Pixel smartphone.

However so far as I do know, you’ll be able to’t have themed icons both on the house display screen or within the fast entry pane. It is a disgrace.

In MIUI 14 you’ll be able to select from three sorts of dwelling display screen: traditional, with app drawer and lite.

The traditional dwelling display screen is the one you are all accustomed to in the event you’ve owned a Xiaomi smartphone up to now. It’s kind of like iOS.

The house display screen with an app drawer enables you to swipe as much as entry all of your put in apps. That is the one I want as a result of it makes navigation rather more intuitive.

The lite mode options bigger icons and could be extra advisable for accessibility causes, in my view. There are fewer functions on the display screen, they’re simpler to open with the bigger icons and also you get higher legibility with a bigger font measurement.

1. Go to Settings, then Residence Display.
2. Press Residence Display once more.
3. Choose the With Software Drawer possibility.

The ultimate level of customization: the Management Heart. Mainly, you’ll be able to go for an old school quick-access menu. Notifications and shortcuts are then grouped collectively in the identical pane. And all it’s a must to do is swipe right down to scroll down.

However it’s also possible to go for the brand new model, which separates the Notifications pane from the Management Heart. On this case, it’s a must to swipe down from the left of the display screen for notifications and swipe up from the precise for the Management Heart.

I want the primary possibility as a result of it is extra intuitive. However to alter the fashion of MIUI’s Management Heart:

1. Go to Settings, then Notifications & Management Heart.
2. Scroll to Management Heart Model.
3. Select the New model.

Sadly, with each new model of MIUI, it is disillusionment. Xiaomi teases us with plenty of promising new options. However the overwhelming majority of them stay unique to the Chinese language model of the OS.

Such is the case with MIUI 14’s new widgets, which aren’t out there in Europe. There’s a option to set up customized widgets through third-party functions (KWGT, in the event you’re accustomed to it). However I might want an entire article to clarify all that to you. In the event you’re , I may dig into the topic.

Nevertheless, one of many few new options of MIUI 14 to have landed on European ROMs is the large software folders. You’ll be able to create large icons in your grouped apps. To do that:

1. Create an app folder (lengthy press on an app > drag to a different app > launch).
2. Maintain down on the folder.
3. Press Edit folder.
4. Select between sizes: Common, Enlarged, and XXL.

For the All the time on Show, you will must go to the sub-menu titled… All the time on show & Lock display screen.

You’ll be able to then decide to activate All the time on Show by urgent the corresponding swap. Then merely customise the background picture. You’ll be able to add a private picture out of your gallery, though I would not advocate it. All my makes an attempt failed, and I all the time ended up with a picture that was far too small on a black background.

As a substitute, select one of many many clocks and wallpapers out there by default. You should definitely disable the Carousel wallpaper possibility, too, as it will stop you from by accident displaying your folder images.

Lastly, it’s also possible to add a shortcut to shortly launch the digital camera with out having to unlock your display screen. Surprisingly, this feature isn’t activated by default.

What do you consider the following pointers? Have you learnt of another dwelling display screen customization choices for Xiaomi smartphones? What do you consider MIUI 14’s design and customization choices? Do you like a “busy” interface or a extra streamlined seem like Inventory Android?