Xiaomi, as promised at the Mi 4 smartphone’s launch, unveiled the next version of its MIUI user interface, MIUI 6, on Saturday at an event in Beijing, China. MIUI 6, the new smartphone UI for Android-based Xiaomi devices, comes with major design refresh and also brings a slew of new features. Notably, the Mi 4 runs MIUI 6 out-of-the-box. The company, also referred to as ‘China’s Apple’, defined the new Android skin as “the best MIUI ever.” However, as numerous industry pundits have pointed out, the new MIUI version noticeably takes a lot of design inspiration from Apple’s iOS 7 and the newly announced iOS 8 smartphone and tablet operating systems. The Chinese handset maker announced that the MIUI 6 is currently in beta testing with over 1,000 beta testers; though the number is likely to grow up to 10,000 people by Friday. The company announced that the MIUI 6 developer version will be open to the public by September and will be rolled out to as ‘final upgrade’ to select Xiaomi handse...