Gizmochina MIUI 12.5- Design and Performance improvements According to Xiaomi, MIUI 12.5 is lighter, faster, and more efficient than before. In fact, it uses 20% fewer cores than before with 35% less background memory, and 25% less power consumption. Also, with the new version, Xiaomi has reduced the overall system apps that can be uninstalled (to 9) compared to others like iOS, EMUI, ColorOS. Moving on, despite being an intermediate upgrade, Xiaomi says it is no less than a full-fledged UI. The new version has improved “MIUI Light Cone Motion Effect Architecture” than MIUI 12. It includes a dedicated thread for gestures, priority scheduling with the improved response time.