Security—also knows as MIUI Security app—is a security and privacy utility application developed by Xiaomi Inc.—specially made for Xiaomi mobile users. It is a pre-installed app that every Xiaomi users have built into their smartphones. It contains a powerful set of protection and optimization tools that enables your phone to have a fast and secure performance.

Feature-pack security app

Security is a robust safety utility app that offers you tons of features like Anti-Virus, Real-Time Security, Cleaner, Managers, App Lock, and many more. It is capable of all-in-one optimization wherein it performs necessary scanning—whether security or virus scan—of all the required apps and files, as well as cleaning of unwanted data from your phone. It gives you the option to optimize your battery and scan its usage, which will help you to stop background apps from consuming your phone’s power.

With this tool, you can also monitor your data usage 24/7. Not only that but this also offers lots of new and rare features that can hardly be found in other security apps or even with third-party apps. For instance, it offers the Second Space feature that enables you to have two users on a single device. Moreover, if you love to play games, this utility provides a Game Booster feature that aids you to quickly access all your games and play with all of it without any lag.

What’s even more fascinating about this app is it has its own cleaner dedicated to WhatsApp and Facebook. It sorts out every data related to these apps such as photos, videos, documents, and the like. An App Lock feature was also added, which enables you to lock any app for extra security. On top of that, it also enables you to hide apps.

Unification and enhanced security

As the brand embraced a new, more unified direction with HyperOS, its core systems have also benefited from numerous improvements. In the case of Xiaomi Security, it gained enhanced app and data security measures. Aside from the aforementioned app lock and second space features, you can also take advantage of the ability to run Dual Apps, which is particularly handy if you have different accounts for the same service.

Given the growing capabilities of AI, it also leverages deep machine learning to aid in better malware detection, as well as siphoning through security scans to smartly identify false alarms from real threats. Then there’s the Network Firewall, which controls data traffic going into your device to prevent unauthorized access and data theft—especially important today when everyone is always connected to the Internet.

Speaking of data, Security utilizes Transport Layer Security, or TLS, to securely transmit data to and from your device, ensuring guarded transmission for things like emails, messaging, and general web browsing activities. Given the brand’s bolstered efforts in offer five years of security updates, you can be assured your smartphone or tablet will be protected for many years to come.

No need for third-party security apps

With the powerful features and performance that Security showcases, it has become one of the essential MIUI apps that you should ensure you have in your Xiaomi mobile devices. You no longer need to go out and search for other safe and trusted third-party security apps, as the MIUI Security app has it all.