Recently, Xiaomi's new system "surging OS" was officially unveiled, after 13 years of exploration, 7 years of research and development, more than 5000 engineers participated, and the underlying reconstruction of the system was finally born.
Lei Jun said: The name "surging" is to express the meaning of free flow, gathering strength, and connecting the world.
The surging system is produced after the fusion of Android and Vela, and the "complete rewriting" of the underlying architecture. This operating system can not only be used on mobile phones, but also on automobiles, household appliances, and smart wearable products, a proper Internet of Things operating system.
Xiaomi's release of a new system directly caused controversy among netizens, why build so many systems? Let's work together, isn't it good to do Hongmeng first?
Even, some netizens said that Xiaomi really did it with Huawei.
You have Android-based EMUI, I have MIUI; You have developed Hongmeng, and I have developed the surging. You empower the car, I build the car directly, you don't need Leica to take pictures, I started to use it.
And for example, Xiaomi always loves Huawei at the press conference.
At the Xiaomi Mi 9 press conference, Lei Jun said that he learned from a friend's Mate20 and found that a friend made a Pro with very expensive materials for publicity, but in fact, the most sold was the standard version.
The reverse charging of the friend is 5W, ours is 10W, and Lei Jun also said something that almost caused a lawsuit: "Look how I press the friend to the ground and rub it".
At the 2018 Global Mobile Phone Image Evaluation Conference, Huawei became the world's first, Lei Jun couldn't help but say: "Flip Huawei", this sentence caused an uproar on the Internet,
Lei Jun had to come forward to explain: "Huawei's camera system is the first in the world, and Xiaomi wants to surpass Huawei in this technology." "It's not malicious competition, it's healthy competition.
At the Xiaomi 10 press conference, Lei Jun compared the flagship mobile phones of "friends" more than 20 times, and almost every time a new feature was mentioned, he had to benchmark with friends.
And Lei Jun also made an alternative interpretation of the word friend businessman.
Said "Xiaomi has a friend like Huawei is Xiaomi's greatest luck, because the person who knows you best is a friend, and the person who loves you the most is also a friend." We walk hand in hand with our friends and love each other. ”
Of course, there are also opinions that the reason why Xiaomi scolds Huawei is because Glory took the lead in blackening Xiaomi, and Lei Jun communicated privately to no avail, so he began to fight back, and directly hit the big screen of the press conference "Life and death are bearish, and if you are not satisfied, you will do it".
In my opinion, this kind of operation of Xiaomi and Huawei is more like a marketing strategy, which does not cost money, and can also keep the two brands hot, which is really powerful.
For Xiaomi's self-developed operating system, it is summarized in the following aspects:
First, Xiaomi started by relying on the system and has a soft spot for the system
Among the domestic mobile phone manufacturers, the first to make the system is not Huawei, but Xiaomi. Before the Xiaomi mobile phone came out, Lei Jun first made MIUI.
Lei Jun graduated from Wuhan University with a major in computer science, and was a programming master when he was in school, and later entered Kingsoft, which is also a software company, and the famous WPS was developed by Kingsoft. After Lei Jun entered Kingsoft, he led the team to develop more than 20 software products such as Kingsoft Word Master, Kingsoft Quick Translation, and Kingsoft Typing.
It is precisely because he has a sufficient understanding of software that Lei Jun began to start with software. The self-developed system is very complex, so Xiaomi first started with the Android open source system, and first selected the most important functions of the smartphone to start doing, such as calling, texting, contacts, desktop, etc.
On August 16, 2010, Xiaomi released its first product, the MIUI system, which was the soul of Xiaomi at that time.
MIUI is a system based on Android, which can be said to be the first regular army customized by Android in China, the first person to eat crabs, both bold and cautious, and ready for everything.
In order to "eat this crab well", Xiaomi has invested a lot of energy, interacted with users a lot, listened to opinions, corrected mistakes, and even updated it every week at the craziest time.
MIUI has finally improved the aesthetics and ease of use to a fairly high level by groping, adapting, deleting, and adding, and has achieved dimensionality reduction.
After that, Xiaomi released the first generation of Xiaomi smartphones, equipped with Qualcomm processors, MIUI system, and the price was only 1999 yuan.
If you pay 1999 yuan, you can have an experience of several thousand yuan, who is not tempted? Especially a wage earner like me, who earns 3,000 yuan a month, is simply a treasure.
After that, the MIUI system is updated every year, and its concept is that as long as the user needs the function, I will find a way to add it to you, you can do without it, but I can't do without, completely offend any user, and at the same time dig deep into the needs of users.
Because of the familiarity with the software, the experience of making systems, and the fact that consumers like to develop themselves, the surging OS has been smoothly put on the agenda.
Second, in order to integrate products and create a large ecology
Xiaomi started with only smartphones, but now in addition to mobile phones, it also has various smart devices such as tablets, laptops, smart TVs, smart speakers, smart watches, and smart cars.
In this case, MIUI is no longer enough, and a new operating system is needed, more powerful and more secure, so that these products can connect seamlessly, and at the same time have distinctive features, and the surging OS is very important.
The surging OS is based on the fusion of Android and Xiaomi's self-developed Vela system, rewriting the underlying architecture, which can not only run on mobile phones, but also support tablets, notebooks, smart speakers, smart cars, etc.
At the same time, The Paper OS can realize multi-terminal collaboration, seamless switching, data interaction, etc., making office and life more convenient and efficient.
Because of the higher autonomy, this system is more powerful than the previous MIUI in terms of performance, security, data, and the interface and functions are closer to the market.
3. Improve competitiveness and prevent stuck
From the perspective of the global competitive landscape, when your product is too powerful and threatens your opponents, you often suffer unfair treatment, and Huawei is the best example.
"Kirin chip + Hongmeng system", Apple encounters it, and it can't bear it. So, simply suppress the restrictions.
In January 2021, Xiaomi was also included in the "Entity List", and at that time, Lei Jun was in a hurry and thought of a lot of ways, and in May, Xiaomi was miraculously removed from the "Entity List".
At that time, Lei Jun also posted a Weibo post, saying "We won".
I don't understand, Xiaomi uses Qualcomm chips, Android systems, and Samsung screens, why are you putting it on the entity list? Isn't it messy?
With this experience, Xiaomi's "crisis awareness" has been greatly enhanced, and it has accelerated its independent research and development and reduced its dependence on other manufacturers.
Through independent research and development, Xiaomi has created a surging OS, which can provide users with more secure and complete integrated services, and at the same time, its neck is not so tight.
Later, if the underlying design can be further improved and the dependence on Android can be completely eliminated, then The Paper OS can become a truly independent research and development operating system.
Therefore, whether it is to get rid of the bottleneck, or to create a big ecology, or just for feelings, Xiaomi needs to develop its own operating system.
In fact, not only Xiaomi, but also OPPO, vivo, and Honor are also developing operating systems and working hard for independence.
As Academician Ni Guangnan said, in order to realize the rapid rise of domestic operating systems and fundamentally break the monopoly of overseas systems, major manufacturers must actively participate. As the saying goes, "a lone branch is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in spring"
It is not difficult to develop an operating system, it is rare to build an ecosystem.
Huawei's strength is obvious to all, and we also hope that the Hongmeng system will get better and better, but one person's power is limited after all, we need more "Huawei", we need to fight ten against ten, instead of letting Huawei fight a "science and technology Ganling" alone.
Xiaomi did not access Hongmeng, not the so-called "hostility" and contradiction, but a big game of chess together, a big game of chess for domestic operating systems.
Finally, I wish Hongmeng and Surging can go hand in hand and fight their way out of the encirclement. The domestic operating system will be spread to the world.
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