MIUI

MIUI is Xiaomi’s early Android-based software system in No.210 中国手机江湖·下：从魅族小米锤子，到 OV 华为的新十年 | 中国互联网故事24. The episode treats MIUI as the proof of Xiaomi’s “users before phones” path: localization, interface polish, weekly updates, and enthusiast feedback gave Xiaomi a community and demand signal before it had its own handset.

In the source, MIUI makes Internet Phone Model more than online sales. It turned software iteration and community identity into leverage when Xiaomi later negotiated hardware supply and launched the Xiaomi 1.

Connections

• Xiaomi and Lei Jun — company and founder context.
• Redmi — later low-price hardware extension of Xiaomi’s model.
• Flyme and Smartphone Operating System Ecosystems — adjacent domestic smartphone software ecosystem.
• Internet Phone Model — concept that uses MIUI as a core case.