My last weeks with Mi4 MIUI 6 have been full of surprises. The ROM is packed with features and if you recently upgraded from stock Android to MIUI, I'm sure you're in for a lot of amazing things.
Contents1. One-handed operation2. No floating windows and chat heads3. SelfieConclusion Camera Auto MirrorAlthough I know most of the features of MIUI 6, some were hidden and I had to look under the hood to clear things up. At first I thought it might be software issues, but I was wrong. After some research, I was happy to find that these were actually some of the amazing features that you don't get on Stock Android.
Here are some of the useful features of MIUI 6 that I mistakenly thought were bugs.
If you have been using MIUI 6 for a while now, you must have come across a situation where the screen of the device shrinks in one of the corners, mainly when taking the phone out of your pocket. In my early days with MIUI 6, I had this reduced screen size a bit too often and had to restart my phone to get things back to normal.
The particular feature is called small screen mode and is similar to the one-handed operation provided by Samsung, which helps tame the big-screen beast with just one hand. To enable one-handed operation, press the capacitive home button and swipe your finger to the settings or back button depending on which side you want to press the screen on. Repeat the same gesture one more time when you want to bring things back to how they were.
Cool Tip: Learn how you can get one-handed operation feature on any rooted Android device using Xposed module
MIUI 6 focuses on security, but it takes things to a whole new level. According to MIUI, displaying floating windows, pop-up notifications, and chat heads on Facebook may pose a privacy concern and is not enabled by default. That's why you won't be able to use apps that rely on floating windows and out-of-the-box chat heads.
To use the feature, you will need to enable it separately for each of the apps. Open the App Settings and press Manager Permission . Here, enable the option Pop-up notification . If you think about it, the feature can actually come in handy when you want to use an app, but don't want the pop-up notification that comes with it.
The third feature that I thought might be a bug at first was the front camera auto-mirroring. If you're a selfie buff on a MIUI 6, you'll be sure to notice that some of the selfies and groupies you take come out upside down.
The feature automatically mirrors your front camera based on the capture. By default, the setting is on automatic, but you can turn it off from the camera settings. Switch to front camera tap the menu button and you will find an option called Mirror Front Camera .
These are some of the features of MIUI 6 that I took for bugs during my first days of use. MIUI has many hidden features that are quite easy to miss. I think it goes without saying that if you know of any of these hidden gems, please share it with us in the comments.
