GoKawiilXiaomi adds Google Maps, Spotify, YouTube Music to 18 Pro's rear screen
Xiaomi confirmed on X that its upcoming 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max phones will support Google Maps, Spotify, and YouTube Music on their secondary rear display. The company also showed a generative AI feature letting users build simple custom apps by description and run them directly on that screen.
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Rear displays on phones have mostly been used for notifications or camera previews, so expanding to navigation and music controls could make the feature more genuinely useful rather than a gimmick. The AI app-creation tool suggests Xiaomi is trying to differentiate its hardware with software flexibility, though how well this performs in practice remains untested.
- Google Maps, Spotify, and YouTube Music are coming to the Xiaomi 18 Pro's rear display
- Users will reportedly be able to create custom apps via generative AI for the rear screen
- Xiaomi's 17 Pro series with a similar rear display never launched globally, but the 18 Pro series is expected to
Source: androidauthority.com, 2026-11-13
Published there as: “Google Maps, Spotify, and more are coming to Xiaomi 18 Pro’s rear display”
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