Three years ago, most people probably would not have thought that the rise of mobile ecology would be so rapid, three years ago, mobile office, mobile Internet ecology is still only in the initial stage, mobile phones, PCs, tablet computers of the three-terminal interconnection is still in a budding period, and there is no real perfect system or software appear.
However, the new crown epidemic at the end of 2019 has become a black swan event in the mobile ecology, and the blockade brought by the new crown epidemic has forced many people to choose to work from home, and some travelers stranded in other places and returnees who are isolated in hotels can only handle work affairs through laptops, tablets and even mobile phones.
At this time, people are really aware of the advantages of mobile office and the current lack of mobile office ecology, even if the epidemic lockdown is lifted, many large technology companies still announce that they will accelerate the promotion of mobile office and remote office in the future, so that employees can work at home or anywhere, and gradually reduce the concentration of personnel in the office.
As the mobile office ecosystem has become a fragrant feast, many manufacturers have begun to explore this field, overseas Google, Microsoft, Apple, domestic Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, have made achievements in related fields. Among them, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and other companies are taking the same path: mobile phones based on independent brands, and PCs, tablets, etc. to achieve multi-terminal interconnection.
In the Internet ecosystem that has been released, the most perfect ones are Huawei's Hongmeng Internet and MIUI+, which are very similar in function, but many netizens also have a doubt: Which Internet ecology is more comfortable to use? More comprehensive?
In order to answer this question, Xiao Lei conducted a simple test on Hongmeng Interconnection and MIUI+.
Hongmeng Interconnection vs MIUI+
First of all, let's take a look at the difference between the two interconnection ecosystems, in fact, when downloading the PC-side interconnection software, Xiao Lei has already experienced the difference between the two. Huawei's Hongmeng Interconnection is very similar to the Apple ecosystem to some extent, both exist in the closed environment design of the device, want to freely use Huawei's Hongmeng Interconnection, you need Huawei's PC equipment and Huawei's mobile devices, in other brands of PCs Even if you can download the relevant software, but in the end you will only get the "system is not compatible" prompt.
Xiaomi's MIUI+ is in stark contrast to Hongmeng Interconnection, any PC device can freely download the PC software of MIUI+, but it still restricts the user's mobile phone that needs to use the MIUI system, and the MIUI system version needs to be upgraded to the 12.5 development version or above.
Compared with the closed system of Hongmeng Interconnection, MIUI+ is obviously more friendly for most users, because you do not need to abandon your PC equipment and buy huawei laptops or monitors. Therefore, in order to continue the test, Xiao Lei borrowed a Huawei laptop from a friend, and quickly completed the interconnection connection through NFC, compared with Xiaomi's scan code connection, Hongmeng Interconnection is indeed better in the connection experience.
Because XiaoLei's experience is to simulate the daily use scenarios of real users, it is basically tested according to the habits of daily use of mobile phones, PCs and tablets, and it is also hoped to better experience the difference between the two in daily use.
First of all, let's take a look at the basis of the interconnection function, the mobile phone and the PC synchronization, in the experience of Xiao Lei found that the two have similarities in many aspects, both support synchronous control of the phone on the PC side, and the performance in terms of latency is also good. At the same time, both support receiving and receiving calls and sending and receiving messages in the state of multi-screen interconnection, and almost all mobile phone functions can be used without touching the mobile phone.
In the interconnection of mobile phones and tablets, Xiao Lei found some differences in the functions of the two interconnection ecosystems. After the MIUI+ interconnection system takes effect, users can view the applications running on the phone directly on the Xiaomi tablet through the dock bar at the bottom, and clicking on the application will synchronously open the corresponding application on the MIUI+ page (the phone will perform the same operation).
In contrast, Huawei still needs to operate from the multi-screen collaborative interface to open, from the use experience, MIUI + as a whole appears more smooth and natural, but after maximizing the multi-screen collaboration window, MIUI+ experience is not as good as Hongmeng multi-screen collaboration.
After miUI+ maximizes the window, the mobile phone interface is centered and displayed, and the usage logic of the mobile phone system is still retained. Huawei's multi-screen collaboration automatically enters the parallel world mode, and the user's operation on the mobile phone interface is automatically converted into the system logic of the tablet, and the degree of completion of the two can be said to be fundamentally different.
In addition, Huawei's multi-screen collaboration function allows mobile phones and tablets to call each other's speakers, cameras and other hardware, and switch audio and video at any time, and can also switch at will during video chats such as WeChat and QQ. Xiaomi supports mobile phone audio switching to tablets, while tablet switching to mobile phones and cameras do not seem to have completed adaptation.
Finally, it is the highlight of this brief review - application circulation, the application circulation function allows the open applications on the mobile phone to flow directly to the tablet and maintain the current progress. For example, if you open a B-station video on your phone and want to switch the video to a tablet to watch when you see it halfway, you can directly transfer the application to the tablet through the application circulation function of MIUI+, and the progress of the video and other settings are synchronized with the phone.
Among them, the applications supported by MIUI+ mainly include Xiaomi Notes, Browser, Email, WPS, iQiyi, Tencent Video, Youku Video and Bilibli. Although Huawei's multi-screen collaboration also has this function, it currently only supports Huawei video and Youku video, and the adapted applications are far less than MIUI+.
However, Huawei's multi-screen collaboration also supports application circulation without applications, and users can directly transfer applications on mobile phones or tablets through traffic without installing corresponding applications on the circulating devices. From a functional point of view, it is very similar to the previously mentioned functions, the difference is that the support of some applications is not good, and after the circulation, it can only present the same page as the mobile phone, and cannot adapt to the use logic of the tablet.
What does the future of the connected ecosystem look like?
In Xiao Lei's view, compared with the multi-terminal interconnection two years ago, today's multi-terminal interconnection experience has a qualitative improvement, and the improvement is very large. Whether it is Huawei's Hongmeng ecological multi-screen collaboration or Xiaomi's MIUI+, a set of relatively mature mechanisms and functions has now been formed, no longer just synchronizing information and notifying those simple functions.
Moreover, compared with the experience on the PC, the interconnection between the mobile phone and the tablet is more perfect and comprehensive, which basically allows the mobile phone and the tablet to switch seamlessly in use, further improving the user experience of multi-device users, from the office scene to the entertainment scene has an excellent performance.
In the process of actual experience, although Xiaomi and Huawei both claim that their interconnection ecosystems are more perfect, from the results, the similarity of the two functions is extremely high, and both have their own shortcomings, and it is difficult to measure the gap between the two by a simple standard.
Xiao Lei believes that although the current multi-terminal interconnection ecology has made great progress compared with before, it has not yet entered the real mature period, but compared with the previous embryonic stage, it is now considered to be a door, and it is necessary to really compare the two, and there is still to be updated and developed, at least at this stage, the experience of the two is very similar
However, the different paths chosen by Xiaomi and Hongmeng may bring different results in the future, and the closed ecology of Hongmeng Interconnection makes it easier and more convenient for them to adapt and optimize on various devices, but it will become an obstacle to the expansion of ecological users.
Xiaomi's semi-open ecology (at present, tablet computers do not support direct connection to PCs, which may be limited by networks and other issues) is relatively more conducive to the development of ecological user volume, allowing more Xiaomi users to enjoy the ecology of multi-terminal interconnection.
Of course, the problem of Xiaomi semi-open ecology is also obvious, that is, it cannot guarantee that MIUI+ will get a consistent experience on any computer, affected by hardware performance, system version and other factors, which may make some Xiaomi users unfamiliar with the PC platform get a bad experience when using multi-terminal interconnection, on the other hand, they cannot optimize and make up for specific devices like Hongmeng.
In general, today's mobile ecosystem is in a stage of rapid progress, many manufacturers are exploring their own interconnection ecology and applications, and it is unlikely that only one company can complete the mobile ecology that allows users to maintain and join spontaneously. From the product side to the system side, Xiaomi, OPPO, Google, Microsoft and many other companies have their own tasks, only after the mainstream companies have reached an agreement, the mobile Internet may truly enter the mature stage.