As you well know nougat is the latest release of the most widespread Operating System on the mobile sector, Android, and for the infinite amount of devices that mount the platform itself Google, and for compatibility with the most diverse ecosystems. But not all brands have been equally achieved by the release of August 2016 and, in fact, one on all is actually Xiaomi who has not yet effectively optimized the binomial Nougat-MIUI.
Android Marshmallow and Lollipop even more popular than Nougat!
As mentioned, Nougat saw the light officially in August last year and, good or bad, almost all brands have been working to release ROMs with the new Google operating system. Well, yes ... who most and who least, of course!
This is a Xiaomi example, but we will talk about it shortly. First, we want to comment on the data that was reported yesterday in the spread of OS Google in April. Well, surprises do not miss you, and probably you will never guess real data!
As you can see, the spread of Nougat, although it has made giant strides (+ 45% in the last month), is still very niche compared to the previous release. Marshmallow fact remains currently, like Lollipop, the most widespread release googleiana (31%) and it seems that things will not change in the short term.
Let's say that these data reflect the current situation not only of smartphones but also of tablets that have at least accessed the Google Play Store over the last 7 days, so let's get these results with the pliers, but actually the actual situation should not be too different from the one shown.
Another thing that leaps into the eyes immediately is the spread of the dear old Lollipop! By summing together the data of the two 5.0 and 5.1 releases, we reach the 32% of the mobile park, and who would have said it! Will love for vintage? Or are users getting a little detached from the evolution of mobile devices and preferring not to change devices?
Before moving on to the Xiaomi situation, let's say that the oldest Google systems, see Froyo, Eclàir, Donut, and the Cupcake Open Cup (nostalgia!), Do not appear because everyone is below the spread 0,1%.
To what extent is Nougat's spread on Xiaomi?
As you may know, Xiaomi has found no few difficulties for the implementation of nougat on its devices: a bit 'app launch changes, somewhat innumerable "invisible" innovations from Google did not allow Xiaomi developers to achieve an efficient, but above all effective, release in a short time. Demonstration is soon said and just look at what's been happening for over 5 months My 5.
I'm talking about the annoying bug of double notifications in the curtain, of an optimization in terms of performance that has not yet been seen except with the latest 2/3 releases China and xiaomi.eu and, perhaps, also with the Global Stable 8.2.2. XNUMX. In short, five months to develop a fairly efficient ROM with a few bugs still, it's not exactly the best from one of the most popular development teams on the web.
In fact, how might you have heard in the Facebook video direct a few days ago (do not forget to follow us on XiaomiToday's Facebook page!), I have already expressed my idea about it and I give it back to you in short:
Some time ago, Google informed all of its affiliates that, from the 7.1 release, they would have to adapt to the features dictated by the parent company: we are talking about the "quick response" feature from the drop down menu above all. This aspect has probably pushed Xiaomi to rethink the development prerogatives for a moment, preferring to focus first on optimization and, once ready for the "hidden" part of his MIUI, develop those functions that he will have to adapt to.
Obviously we will keep you up to date on the development of Nougat on MIUI and on new releases by Xiaomi. Before I say hello, I just want to share a summary table of what are the latest Google releases for your Xiaomi device, pointing out that the releases refer to unofficial ROMs xiaomi.eu and, accordingly, to the official release of China. In a couple of cases, for the Global ROMs the development of Nougat could be slightly delayed compared to China and xiaomi.eu.
On my mi5 Pro and Global 8.2.2, it's okay. But with other releases.
Even on Mi4C Nougat is poorly optimized?
I haven't had to try the Mi4C but consider that the Mi5 was the first to receive it so it should serve as a reference. Then I don't know - and I have no way of knowing - if the release of the TRUE Nougat is expected on Mi4C also because it is not a top of the range