Android 11 is official. I am sure you’ve heard this from early adopters and reviewers alike. Android 11 is more of an update from Android 10 than it is an upgrade.

What this means is that Android is a relatively mature and stable operating system at this point. A lot of the work moving forward will have to do with optimization and fine-tuning.

While the same refinement is bound to make its way to other Android 11-eligible devices, the respective OEMs will no doubt have a field day with this through their respective skinned versions of Android 11.

Realme’s Android 11 skin is dubbed Realme UI 2.0 and already, we’ve seen the company making decent strides in the development of the same.

At the time of writing, we already have a list devices that are eligible for an update to Realme 2.0 and the Realme X50 Pro already has a Beta build.

This offers us a unique opportunity to look at the differences between the current skin, Realme UI 1.0, and the upcoming second edition.

We’ve already looked at some of the features coming in Realme UI 2.0 and today, thanks to a YouTube video by Mr. Phone, we have a comparison.

The video goes into detail, comparing the changes that Realme UI 2.0 bears over its predecessor. Please note that this is still a Beta release and there might be changes before the stable release is available.

Also, in a post shared by the Realme on the company’s community forum, members of the various teams within Realme share with users some of their favorite features in Realme UI 2.0.

The members, pulled from the various departments including Device Team, Resource Team, Moderators, all share with users some of their favorite aspects of this upcoming build. Here’s what they had to say:

Some of the visual changes coming in Realme UI 2.0 include a transparent panel in the notification shade. This is a sharp contrast from Realme UI 1.0’s One UI-inspired notification shade. A much needed visual revamp if you ask me.

Perhaps one of the biggest additions in this upcoming release is the inclusion of support for custom icon packs by the default launcher. There’s also a new customization bar in this build, offering users yet another layer of personalization. Here’s what a moderator, Shree Dutt Jha, had to say.

Still on the launcher, imagine being able to combine folders. I mean, creating a folder for your folders. Well, that too is baked in!

Dark Mode has been pretty lame in previous releases. With Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0, users get three different options of dark mode: Enhance, Medium, and Gentle. This goes to allow users to further fine-tune their experience.

Other little, yet useful changes coming in Realme UI 2.0 include Clone System that offers users the ability to switch profiles on the same device, improvements to the Game Space feature, a few features in the camera app, along with new photo editing features.

– Enkay Tripathi : Device Team

We cannot cover all the features in Android 11-based Realme UI 2 in a single post. We shall have a review once the stable version of this skin drops to more eligible devices.

We shall continue to update as and when more devices get updated to Android 11 and you can check out our tracker here.

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