However, the decision to kill this feature might have been swayed by recent feedback from users who joined the ranks of Xiaomi from other manufacturers. For most of them, this design of a hidden status bar time was confusing and uncalled for. This feedback must have played a role in the decision-making of Xiaomi while killing the feature in the latest HyperOS Beta version.
Worth noticing here is that the developer behind the optimization module of this feature had added a switch to disable it some time ago, so there was always some fragmentation in the user base as to how useful it was. This tweak in HyperOS is a good example of how Xiaomi listens to user feedback, even when it involves changing long-entrenched design features.
On the other hand, it is always possible that users who miss this feature will have more options in one of the future updates, since they are usually built based on users’ preferences.
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