MIUI 6 update for Xiaomi Redmi 1s users

MIUI 6 update for Xiaomi  Redmi 1s users 

Xiaomi's 2013 flagship smartphone, the redmi 1s is now receiving MIUI 6 update based on
Android 4.4 KitKat in India. Xiaomi India,  had confirmed that
the redmi 1s will receive the update starting this week. The MIUI 6 update is now available for the both the Xiaomi Mi 4 and Mi 3 smartphones for the public after the internal best testing is complete. The MIUI v4.8.29 update with MIUI 6 update for these two devices bring new notification center with toggles for music control panel, notifications for new messages, missed calls, reminders, app notices, and more.

The Xiaomi redmi 1s is getting the update over-the-air (OTA) with build number MIUI
V6 . With the latest MIUI 6 update, the redmi 1s will
receive a slew of features including optimisations for contacts (contacts list loading
speed in conversation mode); enhanced smoothness of mail details page; reduced
power consumption for POP3 and IMAP accounts, and smoothness when switching
pages.

In addition to the MIUI 6 update, this update fixes a security hole that users didn’t need to confirm the old password while setting a new
password, Support AirPlay wireless speaker, new Ignore data usage option to make data statistics more accurate and some bug fixes.

Some of the other highlights of the update include support for choosing text fonts,
colours, sizes and some other options when editing a mail, and now swiping right will
mark unread messages as read in the Messages app. For emails, the update brings
new features such as automatic save option when typing text in quick reply box in
mail; stop downloading all attachments in one press, and when replying to all
recipients of a mail with attachments, it will ask if you want to include attachments of
the last mail when you try to add more recipients.

Overview of MIUI6

Contacts

•New ­ QR code card in 'My profile' (09­24)
• New ­ Added 'Directory' group (10­08)

Messaging
• Optimization ­ Display style of contacts cards (09­24)
Music
• New ­ Support AirPlay wireless speaker (08­26)
• New ­ Wave animation of the song that's being played currently (09­17)
• New ­ Sleep timer (Could be set in Music settings and music playing page) (09­17)
Weather
• New ­ Added Sunrise and sunset time (09­24)
• Optimization ­ Animation when pulling down to refresh (09­24)
File Explorer
• Optimization ­ 'Paste' icon will appear in the bottom after copying a file (09­03)
• Optimization ­ Pasting and moving files will show operation status (09­03)
• Optimization ­ Start page UI (09­16)
• Optimization ­ Start page font (09­24)
Email
• Optimization ­ RAM usage when unlogged­in accounts starting the system (09­10)
Browser
• Fix ­ Bookmark cloud backup & sync (09­16)
• New ­ Play videos in full screen (09­22)
Data Usage
• New ­ Added 'Ignore data usage' feature (09­02)
• New ­ Allow sending messages to carrier if system failed to set data usage limit (09­24)
Yellow Page
• New ­ Save Directory bussiness number to contacts (10­08)
• Optimization ­ Order of numbers searched from Directory when dialing a number (10­08)

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The MIUI 6 update for the redmi 1s also brings some fixes for attached images that did not
show; synced mails that were deleted on PC; notifications for a mail showing
repeatedly in Notification mode; mail content sometimes not showing after being
opened from Notification shade, and a bug where after changing password of
exchange accounts, syncing mails on handset did not prompt 'incorrect password.'

The Chinese company also confirmed that the MIUI 6 update will be rolled out to all
the Xiaomi smartphones that have been sold in India. , the Redmi
Note 4G will start receiving the update next week, while both the Redmi 1S and Redmi
Note will get the update in early March.

For those who are not using these two smartphone, there is a MIUI Express or Lite launcher 2.2.0 with the new MIUI 6 theme.