Xiaomi has officially confirmed the Android 17-based HyperOS 4 update set to arrive on your Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco devices later this year. It adds a lot more than a new coat of paint, featuring a redesigned interface, performance improvements across the board, a smarter AI assistant, and deeper cross-device functionality. Here's a full list of all the upcoming HyperOS 4 features coming with the update.
Complete List of All HyperOS 4 Features
Earlier leaks suggested that HyperOS 4 would bring a major UI revamp, with a new colour palette developed in collaboration with the German camera maker, Leica. But Xiaomi recently announced the HyperOS 4 beta rollout, along with all the new features coming with the update, and we have highlighted the key ones below.
Related Articles
New Life Aesthetics Design Language
The most visible change in the HyperOS 4 update is the new Life Aesthetics design language. Xiaomi describes it as a new Soft Light Glass effect, clearly inspired by Apple's Liquid Glass style.
It brings translucent surfaces, layered cards, blur and improved lighting effects which react to the wallpaper and on-screen interactions. It's a system-wide redesign covering the lock screen, home screen, app icons, Control Centre, folders, and widgets. It's the biggest change from HyperOS 3.
Full "Soft Light Glass" effects and interaction lighting could only come on devices with a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor or a Dimensity 9500 chipset or newer flagship chipsets. XRING O1 platform devices are also included, but older or budget hardware may get a scaled-back experience
Related Articles
Redesigned Lock Screen and Stacked Notifications
Xiaomi is also redesigning the lock screen with new flexible clock styles. It should allow you to stretch the clock longer, similar to what you can do on iPhones running the iOS 26 update. It also brings stacked incoming notifications, instead of appearing as individual cards, to declutter the lock screen.
However, flexible clock styles and clear clock widgets won't come to all Xiaomi phones. Flagship devices like the Xiaomi 17 series and the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will see these new additions.
Related Articles
Widget Stacking and Home Screen Changes
Widget stacking is also coming to HyperOS, allowing users to add more than one widget and occupy less home screen space. It's a feature that arrived on Samsung phones back in 2022 with the One UI 5, but now it is finally coming to Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco phones.
App folders are getting drag-and-drop support. This will let users change the folder size by dragging from the corner of the folder, similar to how it works on ColorOS and OxygenOS devices.
Related Articles
New Control Centre and Weather App Improvements
HyperOS 4's new Life Aesthetics theme also comes to the Control Centre, with rounded icons with transparent toggles and an overall cleaner look. The Weather app gets new dynamic effects that change based on the weather conditions, along with a more direct layout.
Related Articles
Precise Workload Calculation
HyperOS 4 updates Xiaomi's existing HyperCore optimisation with a new precise workload calculation. It monitors workloads and trims unnecessary instructions. As a result, Xiaomi claims a 14.4% reduction in total instruction count compared to HyperOS 3. This should translate to less strain on the CPU, memory, and battery when opening apps or multitasking.
New Memory Preloading System
The HyperOS 4 update will also bring a new memory preloading system with AI predictions. It actively organises which apps to keep in RAM based on what you will open next. Xiaomi claims available memory increases by 27.2% after eight hours of use compared to HyperOS 3.
As a result of the new memory preloading system, Xiaomi claims that it achieved 17.5% faster app launch times after 9 hours of use. Frame drops during long sessions are also down 28.9%.
Faster Scrolling in the Gallery App
Scrolling in the Gallery app should also feel smoother in the HyperOS 4 update by up to 90%, according to Xiaomi. The new update should also offer better battery life by around 15.6 minutes in Xiaomi's internal testing. However, the parameters of these tests are unclear.
Redesigned Fusion Device Centre
HyperOS 4 redesigns the existing Fusion Device Centre, Xiaomi's device management hub, rather than replacing it, adding a clearer layout, pinned devices, and one-tap switching between multiple homes. It requires HyperOS 4 and Mi Home version 11.6 or later.
Dual-Phone Syncing
Xiaomi is also introducing dual-phone syncing, which lets 2 Xiaomi, Poco or Redmi phones signed into the same account sync calls and OTP codes in messages. This will allow either device to respond, but it will only come to specific devices.
Expanded HyperConnect
Xiaomi's HyperConnect is also getting new updates in HyperOS 4 that will allow deeper cross-device functionality. New improvements include the following:
- Controlling a connected phone/tablet's camera from another Xiaomi device
- Sharing mobile data with a tablet
- Ability to operate a Xiaomi device from a PC
- Screen cast to TV with picture-in-picture mode support
- Support to connect Xiaomi devices with Apple's iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows devices
- Interconnectivity across phones, smartwatches, vehicles, and smart home devices
- Calling a Xiaomi Pad for drawing inside WPS on a PC
Super XiaoAi 2.0
Super XiaoAi 2.0 is a big upgrade to its existing AI assistant, built on the company's in-house MiMo large language model (specifically MiMo V2.5). The new model should make it more conversational and provide deeper capabilities across several AI-powered apps and features in the HyperOS 4 update.
Super XiaoAi 2.0 also offers cross-device functionality, following you across phones, tablets, Xiaomi PCs, and even Apple Silicon Macs. But all devices need to be logged in with the same Xiaomi account and on the same network.
Inspiration Ball
Inspiration Ball is a new gesture-based tool that reads on-screen content, like an address, a time, a product, or a chat message, and shows relevant actions like map navigation, calendar entries, or shopping links.
The Inspiration Ball is coming in September 2026 via an OTA update, and it needs to be enabled from Settings > Home screen > System navigation mode > Side swipe and hold functions.
Improvements to HyperIsland
HyperIsland is already there on the HyperOS 3 update, but it is very limited in its abilities. With HyperOS 4, Xiaomi is expanding it to show live activities with support for over 130 apps and services. It should also show live navigation and delivery status.
Users can also 3-finger swipe up on the screen to scan recognised numbers, QR codes and tickets into passes.
Expert Mode and Cross-Device AI
Expert Mode can generate Deep Research reports, PowerPoint presentations, websites, and videos from a single prompt, combining personal content with online information. Xiaomi is clear that these outputs can contain errors and users might need to review them.
AI Tools in Recorder, Keyboard, and Notes
The Recorder app can now identify meeting scenarios, extract key points, and generate summaries while skipping silence. AI Voice Notes can pull conclusions and to-do items from inserted images.
The Super XiaoAi keyboard adds voice input polishing like the new Rambler feature in Gboard. It also provides Chinese-to-English translation, but it is limited to the China region only.
HyperOS 4 Beta Eligible Devices and Availability
The first HyperOS 4 beta is only coming to China and will be available to a limited set of HyperOS 4-eligible devices in the first wave. Here are all the devices that will receive the beta update.
- Xiaomi 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, 17 Ultra
- Redmi K90, K90 Pro Max
- Xiaomi Pad 8, 8 Pro
With that said, timelines for the Global, Indian, and European regions are still unconfirmed for now. But we will update the guide as HyperOS 4 beta becomes available outside of China.
-Pro-display-showcase-1120w630h.webp "Nothing Phone (4a) Pro Update Brings Lock Lens and Essential Voice Controls thumbnail")
-356w.webp "Realme 16x 5G")
