Those who pay attention to tablets should be impressed.
This month’s Xiaomi conference will not only release Xiaomi MIX Fold2.
also released a new phone with a larger screen -
Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro 12.4
I have been using this phone for a while recently, so let’s talk about it.
But this time we won’t talk about hardware, but about system experience.
Although the system is a larger version, it is still MIUI Pad 13.
But for many of the problems that the phone brother complained about before, this time the Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro 12.4 seems to have improved.
So, the actual experience, how much better has it become?
Let’s start with “cross-screen interconnection”.
The interconnection between the tablet and the PC has finally been opened
In fact, Brother Ji had talked about the experience of Xiaomi Miaoxiang Center last month.
is correct, it is [ this article ].
Those who have seen the machine should still remember that after using it, they made a lot of complaints.
There are two key points: tablets and PCs cannot be interconnected, and the functions of MIUI+ and Xiaomi Miaoxiang overlap.
The result is guess what? As soon as Brother Ji finished scolding him, Xiaomi changed both of them.
On the day of the press conference, MIUI announced:
The MIUI+ PC client that had been in beta for two years was officially offline and was officially replaced by the Xiaomi Miaoxiang PC version.
Compared with before, Xiaomi Miaoxiang only supports its own notebooks this time.
At the same time, the interconnection between tablet and PC was finally added.
Among them, Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro 12.4 is the first supported tablet.
notebooks are Xiaomi Book Pro 14 2022 and Xiaomi Book Pro 16 2022.
If you want to use other models now, you need to use some tricks. If you are interested in this, you can search it on Kuan.
Brother Ji, the focus here is to talk about the actual functions and how the experience is.
is as fierce as a tiger in one operation.
After successfully upgrading the MIUI+Beta on the laptop to Xiaomi Miaoxiang, the connection between the tablet and the PC is here.
is successfully connected on the computer, and the computer icon will also appear in the Xiaomi MiXiang Center on the tablet, which can be freely dragged to connect or disconnect. Is
familiar? Yes, it is no different from the mobile phone plan. The actual gameplay of
is almost the same as playing it on a mobile phone and on a laptop.
Brother Ji thought about it and found out that the final destination of this function may be to fish at work. .
Compared with mobile phones, tablets have larger screens.
When you usually want to play mobile apps on your computer, it should be more comfortable to operate.
(full screen display)
If you feel that one screen is not enough.
Then it can also open up to three windows at the same time like a mobile phone.
Even though the screen of this tablet itself is relatively large, it may not be able to accommodate a laptop if you open it too much.
Probably maybe, maybe, also because of my previous experience with mobile phones.
After the tablet was connected to the PC this time, when I used it, it felt quite smooth. The overall smoothness of
is good, and there are no problems such as heating or 60Hz lock during use.
does OK including delay.
functional aspects.
Like file transfer between tablet and PC:
Tablet taking screenshots and saving tips:
Computer and tablet Clipboard Sharing:
Tablet application transfer:
and so on. There are everything that
should have.
Of course, since it is a collaboration experience between tablets and PCs.
In addition to the functions that these mobile phones already have, "productivity" must also be indispensable.
Xiaomi Miaoxiang provides two options: screen mirroring , and screen extension .
is as literal as it sounds.
One can mirror the computer screen to the tablet.
One is that the tablet can be used as an extended screen for the computer. The two modes
also provide settings for the sidebar, screen arrangement (mirror to screen ratio), and audio respectively.
As for the specific use, Brother Ji also tested these two modes respectively.
First of all, the fluency and display clarity are okay.
plus the 12.4-inch screen is large enough and feels quite natural to use. (I think the 11-inch one may be a bit small)
When typing, both laptop and tablet keyboards can be used normally.
includes mouse, stylus and .
In addition, during the actual measurement process, Brother Ji also discovered.
Whether you use the tablet as a mirror screen or an extended screen for your computer.
When you need to return to the tablet during use, you can also directly swipe up to save it in the background just like using the tablet app.
is like this:
The small white bar at the bottom also supports quick switching between extended/mirror mode and tablet App.
is rounded off and can also be used as a Windows+Android dual system.
Seeing this, some computer friends may ask:
In this case, can it be in extended/mirror mode?
uses cross-screen interconnection at the same time to achieve...matryoshka mode? I tried
, but it doesn’t work.
Generally speaking, if the notes of phone friends are also from Xiaomi.
The Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro 12.4 can indeed be used as another secondary screen for the notebook through Xiaomi Miaoxiang.
I think I can still handle daily office work.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, you cannot have other extended screens.
Because this mode can only connect to one screen.
After talking about the Internet experience, let’s finally talk about the UI improvements of the tablet itself.
It has gotten better, but there is still room for improvement If you are currently using Xiaomi Mi Pad 5/5 Pro. From the previous demonstration, you should find that UI is different this time, right? From the initial version of MIUI 13 For Pad to now, finally, MIUI has added widgets to the tablet. Xiaomi mobile phone is a small component that I think is dispensable. But with a screen as big as a tablet, having small components will really make the overall UI look much better. I personally think. has been in internal testing on Xiaomi mobile phones for a period of time. is now also available on tablets. In addition, for some built-in system apps. MIUI Pad 13 has also done some re-adaptation this time. For example, the calendar used to look like this: but now it looks like this: The summary is that the utilization of large screens has improved. However, Brother Ji has to say no again. Regarding the adaptation of third-party apps, I have recently played with it and feel that MIUI Pad 13 still has room for improvement. Some of are not adapted to landscape mode and can only be used in portrait mode. Some of are adapted to the horizontal screen, but not to the parallel view. In addition, the UI of these two types of Apps is simply zooming in, which is somewhat uncomfortable to use. Finally, let’s summarize. This time around, I feel that the software experience of Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro 12.4 has improved a lot compared to before. Especially in the area of intelligent interconnection, the previous shortcomings have basically been made up this time. is the problem of horizontal screen and parallel view adaptation of third-party apps. It is indeed not as good as Huawei Hongmeng. I hope that the subsequent MIUI Pad 14 can focus on optimizing this part. picture comes from the Internet
