INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authors: JordanXiaomi has launched Mi Video and Mi Music in India, a free video and music streaming app respectively that leverage its
The company says the new Mi Music app is available from today, while the revamped Mi Video app will be available from next week
Both apps are not exactly new, but rather refreshed versions of the existing local media players.Mi Video brings together a bunch of
streaming services under one umbrella, including SonyLIV, Hungama Play, Voot, AltBalaji, Zee5, Viu, and TVF, among others
Xiaomi claims a library worth over 500,000 hours, 80 percent of which is free
Mi Music, on the other hand, has a tie-up with Hungama Music, which gives it 10 million freemium songs across 13 languages
If you want to download songs for offline listening, you'll need to pay Rs
899 a year for Hungama Pro.While Xiaomi is taking a fast-to-market approach with both apps, which are launching barebones, Mi Music does
have an interesting feature at launch: Dynamic Lyrics
It works exactly like LiveLyrics on SoundHound, in that the app will highlight the lyrics that's currently being sung
Xiaomi said it's meant to offer a karaoke-like experience
Moreover, if you scroll within the lyrics, the app will skip to that part of the song.As for Mi Video, it'll have a one-tap cast function so
you can quickly switch from watching on your phone to a smart TV, with support for DLNA and Miracast
The app also supports more local formats than before, including AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, MKA, MPEG, and M2TS, in addition to support for
multilingual subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and private folders.Over time, Xiaomi said it'll add personalised recommendations to both
apps, in addition to picture in picture (PiP), and languages and genre filter for Mi Video, and music videos, and themes for Mi Music
In keeping with its image, Xiaomi said it'll listen to fans to decide on other new features.
