MIMOJIS: What are they and how to use them on your Xiaomi?

I memoji and animojis have been trending for years, since Apple's introduction on your iPhone X and later models. Since that time, more and more brands have tried to copy success of these animated emojis with their alternatives, Xiaomi's Mimoji being one of the most popular alternatives - and controversial for its great resemblance to Apple's Animoji -.

If you own a Xiaomi mobile phone, you can easily make your own Mimoji. We will explain how you can do it, whatever device model you use.

Mimoji are inspired by Apple's Animoji.

What are Mimojis?

Xiaomi first introduced Mimojis with its Mi CC9 released in 2019. However, since their launch they have remained a unique feature of models sold in China.

In general, it is a Xiaomi mobile application that uses the front camera of the mobile phone to record the movements of our face and translate them into an animated 3D emoji, which responds to such movements.

The application also allows you to create ten-second video recordings, change the tone of your voice or quickly share our Mimojis with other people via messaging app or social network.

How to have Mimoji on any Xiaomi mobile

As I said, the function of creating Mimoji it is still exclusive to Xiaomi mobile models sold in China. But since Xiaomi has packed its feature in application, you can install it in any other terminal of the company.

To do this, of course, first you need to allow the installation of apps from unknown sources, so that you can install the app that will be downloaded. So, you just need to get said application from the Google Drive folder that we link under these lines.

With the application already installed, you just have to accept camera and memory access permissions. So, simply aim the front camera towards your face and you will see how the emoji starts reacting in based on the movements of your face.

If you wish, you can too select one of the other emojis available below or swipe left and right for see even more emojis.

So for record a clip with your Mimoji, it will be enough for you press the red button at the bottom. To stop recording before the maximum ten seconds, just tap the button again.

Finally, you just have to customize your Mimoji. You can choose the tone of voice between "Original", "Male" and "Female", and download it in the gallery or share the Mimoji directly from the application.