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Saturday 31 March 2018

MIUI 9.5 brings full-screen gestures to devices with 18:9 aspect ratio – Here’s how to enable it

Xiaomi was one of the manufacturers which opted for capacitive navigation keys in favor to utilize maximum screen for display, but with 18:9 devices Xiaomi had to ditch the physical keys for on-screen navigation keys as devices with new aspect ratio have minimal bezels at front. Android manufacturers have started adopting gesture support after the launch of iPhone X and Xiaomi doesn’t want to remain behind in the race. Xiaomi introduced the Full Screen gestures with MIUI Global Beta ROM back in January but till that time Mi MIX 2 was the only device launched in India with 18:9 aspect ratio. Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro in India on 14th February with 18:9 ratio, Redmi Note 5 MIUI Global Beta ROM was made available to users as it is same as Redmi 5 Plus which was launched in China in Dec 2017. The Redmi Note 5 Pro is yet to receive MIUI Global Beta ROM and Full screen gesture support, but recently Oreo based MIUI Global Beta ROM was leaked for Redmi Note 5 Pro which has support for Full Screen gestures as well. As per a post on Mi Community, Xiaomi has decided to roll ...