Lenovo Announces ZUI 4.0 For ZUK Lineup, Adds U-touch 4.0, Full-screen Gestures, AI Voice Assistance
Lenovo has announced that it will finally start rolling out the ZUI 4.0 software update for the ZUK series smartphones starting this week.
ZUI 4.0 Update
Earlier this year, Lenovo had promised that it will start rolling out the latest ZUI 4.0 software update to its ZUK lineup. A couple of months later, the company has now officially announced the roll-out schedule for ZUI 4.0. The new software update will bring plenty of new features, improvements, bug fixes, and more.
Customers have been waiting a long time for the update to arrive. ZUI 4.0 is based on Android Oreo, so it is still not the latest software out there. Better late than never though, and ZUK users can finally get a taste of Oreo on their devices. Read on to know what’s new in ZUI 4.0 and what phones will get the update.
Lenovo ZUI 4.0 Software Update Features
The new ZUI 4.0 update is based on Android 8.0 Oreo, as mentioned before. The update brings some new features to the custom ROM of Lenovo. The company has been using this ROM on most of its phones, expect the Motorola branded ones. In China, some of the Motorola phones also run on ZUI ROM.
The ZUK series phones from Lenovo have been using ZUI from a while now, and they come with features such as U-Touch. This is a really helpful feature, and with the latest ZUI 4.0, it gets better. The update features U-Touch 4.0, which includes full-screen gestures, and more.
Lenovo has also added some AI functionality to the software, and even a voice assistance. There’s also a new Game mode in Settings, which should improve performance while gaming. The update brings improved battery life, and a smoother overall experience to the ZUK phones. The company will start rolling out ZUI 4.0 for beta testing by the end of this week. The roll-out will start in China first, and will then be available in other regions. Yes, this is still in beta, which means that the stable version could take even longer to be released.
Lenovo ZUI 4.0 Compatibility
During the announcement of the Lenovo S5 earlier this year, the company announced that several phones will be compatible with the new ZUI 4.0 software. In August, the company started rolling out the update to the Lenovo Z5 smartphone.
Firstly, the ZUK series phones, which include the ZUK Z2 Pro, the ZUK Z2(Plus), and the ZUK Edge, will all be receiving the beta update in the new week. The update will also be compatible with phones such as the Lenovo S5, Lenovo K5, K5 Play, the 2018 Moto Z Series (China variant), and the Moto Z2 Play (China variant).
Those who have been waiting for the ZUI 4.0 update, will now be able to sleep in relief, knowing that the update is just around the corner. If you are waiting for the Android 9.0 Pie based ZUI update, then you will have to wait much longer.
Courtsey: Sid suvarna & mysmartprice.com
Android 8.0? not even 8.1
Better use custom rom.
Will it be available for Z2 plus?
glmathew said:
Will it be available for Z2 plus?
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Yes it will, did you read the op? Here's an excerpt:
Vi7eta said:
the ZUK series phones, which include the ZUK Z2 Pro, the ZUK Z2(Plus), and the ZUK Edge, will all be receiving the beta update in the new week.
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LiquorBurn said:
Yes it will, did you read the op? Here's an excerpt:
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I read it. I asked because I thought the updates were discontinued for Z2 plus.
How to sign up for beta program
Sent from my ZUK Z2131 using Tapatalk
Stock dialler app not working, can anyone help??
Zui 4.0 Update
So indian unit of z2 plus will get this update right?
Pritam17 said:
Zui 4.0 Update
So indian unit of z2 plus will get this update right?
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As I understand indian device will not get update.
Sent from my z2_plus using XDA Labs
seking said:
As I understand indian device will not get update.
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Yes I DNT think the Indian version will get update of zui 4.0 as all updates to zuk 2 plus were stopped some time back .. and hence I shifters to jaguar 8.1 custom rom .. which I feel is even smoother then the stock rom...
ivocoelho said:
Yes I DNT think the Indian version will get update of zui 4.0 as all updates to zuk 2 plus were stopped some time back .. and hence I shifters to jaguar 8.1 custom rom .. which I feel is even smoother then the stock rom...
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Yes. Z2 plus has so many custom ROMS. I am now liquid Remix Pie. Very nice and using it daily driver
Sent from my z2_plus using XDA Labs
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There is not much change. They have made some changes to lockscreen ui, game mode and battery optimisations. Wait some time we will get the blobs of all these on our custom ROMs.
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seking said:
Yes. Z2 plus has so many custom ROMS. I am now liquid Remix Pie. Very nice and using it daily driver
Sent from my z2_plus using XDA Labs
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There is not much change. They have made some changes to lockscreen ui, game mode and battery optimisations. Wait some time we will get the blobs of all these on our custom ROMs.
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My rom doesn't have the game mode as yet buh it should be coming soon ... Android pie isn't a stable rom yet so the dev of my rom that is jaguar 8.1 said that we have to wait for some time till a stable version of the rom is out for us to get the ported version for zuk 2 plus... in my opinion I think that the most stable and least buggy roms for zuk 2 plus are :
1) Jaguar 8.1 Rom
2) Aex Rom
3) Viper Os
*THATS JUST MY OPINION*
Try arow pie ,,,,the best from all
Viper OS Nougat still the smoothest rom...
Related
the official Nougat update for the Lenovo Z2 Plus is available for download. Check the link.
http://thinkflag.blogspot.in/2017/04/lenovo-z2-plus-official-nougat-update.html
Lenovo Just updated the upgrade matrix, says update coming this may 2017, for more log on Or visit
https://thinkflag.blogpost.com/
Does anyone know how to update the android version of our phab 2? I got mine with android 6 m. I tried the system update but it i dont know what did it update? Firmware? I thought it will update the android version from 6 to 7 ..wth
So does anyone here got their phab 2 an update for android 7?
According to this site http://www.theandroidsoul.com/lenovo-android-7-0-nougat-update/ there´s no hardware support found for Nougat release. Can someone confirm this?
Lenovo officially said NO. So .,....
sushil888 said:
Lenovo officially said NO. So .,....
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ARCore from google that it gonna replace tango will work on every phone above android 7... so that means,even if phab2 pro was ment to be the first AR Tango will left out of all these while it has extras on its hardware for exactly that reason. At least lenovo should put the kernel source and whatever else needed so some brave XDA dev can make some custom rom or bring somehow the nougat in the phab2 pro... at least Lenovo let XDA do your job!
I don't think these phones will update to 7. At least not yet. Operating speed is only 1.3 quad, personally I'm happy with its performance.
Disappointing these are stuck on Marshmallow and can't get Nougat or Oreo.
Any custom rooms for this device?
Lineage OS 14.1 Lenovo Phab2 PB2-650M
silvers01 said:
Does anyone know how to update the android version of our phab 2? I got mine with android 6 m. I tried the system update but it i dont know what did it update? Firmware? I thought it will update the android version from 6 to 7 ..wth
So does anyone here got their phab 2 an update for android 7?
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Finally Lineage Os 14.1 ported for Lenovo Phab2 PB2-650M by ARRAKI.
http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/24812-lineage-141/?page=1
but there's not link to dowload is broken. And have a issue with the band mobile. Do u know of some rom available to this phone. I cant find anything.
[ROM][Official]MIUI 9 - 7.8.29 China Dev & Global beta for Redmi Note 3 Pro[Download]
DEVICE
Only for Redmi Note 3 Pro - kenzo
DOWNLOAD
MIUI 9 - 7.8.29 Global (Android 6.0)
MIUI 9 - 7.8.29 China (Android 6.0)
INSTALLATION
Flash trough TWRP
Also flash Magisk to prevent issues
So you need a separate thread for this when the update is already shared to the MIUI links thread? Nice job! ?
Android Version: 6.0.1
Split screen: Not supported
Dynamic icon: Not supported
New animation: no support
Portal: Not supported
Photo search: Requires application
Information Assistant: Not supported
Disappointed, not Android 7.0。：哭：
Ahh I see not downloading
Thank you for your Quick review + thumbs up
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@Psy_Man Thanks for bringing up
plus thumbs up
Wow :0 Android 6.0? No Split-screen? No new animation? No dynamic icon? Why do we have to stick to Miui anymore?
lets just wait for LOS O..hehe.. anyone tried it? boit time? camera improvement? or just the number is upgraded? from 8 to 9? what a shame.. so xiaomi wants us to use unofficial port from mi max
Psy_Man said:
DEVICE
Only for Redmi Note 3 Pro - kenzo
DOWNLOAD
MIUI 9 - 7.8.28 (Android 6.0)
INSTALLATION
Flash trough TWRP
Also flash Magisk to prevent issues
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Xiaomi is my number 1 most hated mobile brand, still on Android 6 how pathetic, ffs the Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 has Nougat planned for it (yes a different brand but still same year)
Stick to v9 - 7.0 never ever going to this tomorrow.
Why did there build this rom when a newer port is working so good???
As expected Xiomi played their dirty game here
Waiting for 8.0 based custom roms xda devs rock
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Only for Redmi Note 3 Pro - kenzo
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Thanks alot sir and Welcome Back.
flash opengapps android 6.0.1
google play service has crush
This rom would hopefully solve the few issues which we face in nougat port... Like auto brightness, read mode, nd camera...
is this miui9 or miui8?
xerol said:
is this miui9 or miui8?
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miui9 based on android 6.
I dont understand the point of upgrading...
Seriously I wl never go back to miui official ever.finger crossed . Miui 9 port by orochixxx is my daily driver now and Hopefully they will fix the bugs like cam recording, brightness very soon...so *** k miui official.
Thanks for sharing though sir
tamalsarkar005 said:
I dont understand the point of upgrading...
Seriously I wl never go back to miui official ever.finger crossed . Miui 9 port by orochixxx is my daily driver now and Hopefully they will fix the bugs like cam recording, brightness very soon...so *** k miui official.
Thanks for sharing though sir
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What is your SoT with the MIUI 9 port? And performance (Antutu)
Fallen_Knight said:
lets just wait for LOS O..hehe.. anyone tried it? boit time? camera improvement? or just the number is upgraded? from 8 to 9? what a shame.. so xiaomi wants us to use unofficial port from mi max
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You said it,and I'd never return to MIUI.
Please share screenshots...
This is not a port, this is official rom from Xiaomi. This is first Close Beta rom Miui 9 China Developer for rn3pro, 7.8.28 is first close beta for all phones from third batch.
Official link,official rom and md5 its good.
I test on mi4, redmi4, redmi note 2 and redmi3.
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What is your SoT with the MIUI 9 port? And performance (Antutu)
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8 hrs on moderate to heavy use with 1 days standby time.antutu dnt knw,dnt believe.
Just saw this:
Clean android from xiaomi? Is there any hope they would release stock android version for older devices?
Now they have 4 release channels:
MIUI Global Stable
MIUI Global Developer (Beta)
MIUI Chine Stable
MIUI Chine Developer (Beta)
Adding a 5th one, wouldn't be a problem. Or am I wrong?
xlior said:
Just saw this:
Clean android from xiaomi? Is there any hope they would release stock android version for older devices?
Now they have 4 release channels:
MIUI Global Stable
MIUI Global Developer (Beta)
MIUI Chine Stable
MIUI Chine Developer (Beta)
Adding a 5th one, wouldn't be a problem. Or am I wrong?
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This is an Android One product, which means the software updates will directly come from Google and NOT Xiaomi. Which is the best news for Xiaomi fans, looking at their software update routine (which is abysmal).
https://www.android.com/one/
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This is an Android One product, which means the software updates will directly come from Google and NOT Xiaomi. Which is the best news for Xiaomi fans, looking at their software update routine (which is abysmal).
https://www.android.com/one/
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Incorrect. Even though it's on Android One program, the updates will be handled by Xiaomi and not Google.
https://m.androidcentral.com/xiaomi-mi-a1
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xlior said:
Just saw this:
Clean android from xiaomi? Is there any hope they would release stock android version for older devices?
Now they have 4 release channels:
MIUI Global Stable
MIUI Global Developer (Beta)
MIUI Chine Stable
MIUI Chine Developer (Beta)
Adding a 5th one, wouldn't be a problem. Or am I wrong?
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For one moment, I thought I'm browsing MIUI forum. Thanks for reminding me about that cancer forum and posts.
They are probably gonna f**k stock android up with their spyware and adwares.
Is this linked with Redmi Note 3? I don't think as A1 is going to be different device with different hardware right?
I doubt they are going to do anything for devices that are a year old or older.
https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-6-not-get-official-android-pie-update/
Will it be an issue for current pie based custom ROM development?
They will release pie for china version.
No,will update to pie. The xiaomi's Engineer said ,mi6 will update gpu driver , support game turbo,and update to android pie at weibo.bad english.
The weibo link:
https://m.weibo.cn/status/4341910464028631
It's happening.. https://m.gsmarena.com/ten_xiaomi_smartphones_in_line_for_android_pie-news-36012.php
They said it will be in Q1 2019 early last year. Now it's delayed again. With tons of new device line redmi6, redmi 7, poco, mi a2 etc. I doubted we will get any Pie for sagit. Go custom since most Pie rom has already stable.
According to miui.com admin android P for Mi6 is now in internal testing so Q2 is possible.
"9.4.11 was the last Weekly for Mi 6 that's based on Android 8.
Next release will be Android 9, we just don't know whether it'll be next week or after a certain internal testing period." Igor Eisberg dev from xiaomi.eu
Global beta for mi6 is suspended because they are testing android pie. Finally great news but its interesting how things look with widevine drm, camera api 2 and project treble. I think nothing will be change in this aspects.
http://techweb.com.cn/article/2019-04-22/2732995.shtml
New version is out with Android Pie update
Download link:
https://piunikaweb.com/2019/04/23/x...9-0-update-arrives-for-select-users-globally/
@Eselter bro can we install it using TWRP,
Do we lose data?
Can we dirty flash it over Oreo Global MiUi
?
Thanks for the link...
Xiaomi.eu with Android Pie for Mi6 is available:
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/9-4-25.50275/
Just got OTA for beta....