Before now, it was difficult to distinguish TECNO devices from other generic android phones apart from the TECNO's logo because they lack a unique user-interface that is peculiar to TECNO.

In this review, I will be looking at the HIOS , features and the ease of customization because these are the features that make your 3000mAh battery last like a 5000mAh battery.


Streamlined UI

The HiOS is designed with practicality firmly in mind; HiOS' icons are sleek, intuitive and instantly distinguishable. HiOS has a user-interface that has a clean look and it isn’t cluttered in anyway. The lock screen has a minimalist design and the same goes for the home screen.
For those who love to customize, there are different themes to choose from and I am sure that new ones will constantly be added.


The users will be able to customize the interface to suit their needs. A smarter and faster phone makes our life and business easier. After playing with the HiOS, I am impressed with what I saw, loads of online themes, fonts and wallpapers which are really beyond my imagination


The notification panel on the HIOS is more revamped and cleaner. Most of the useful apps are painstakingly arranged to remove space wastage. I particularly like the way the notification panel is customized for easy access to most apps. I can easily access the flashlight, screenshot and the battery saving app on the panel.


Hi Manager

The Hi manager is a system tool that manages the HIOS data, apps, system functionality and security. You can now increase the speed of your phone with a touch of a button thus eliminating the use of any 3rd party app that takes space and further slows your device. This saves you tonnes and tonnes of battery life.

Mobile Cleanup lets you free up space(probably residue from frequent app updates) on your device in one tap and there’s an Auto-start management section that lets you choose applications (like Facebook, WhatsApp) that start-up with your device.


New Browser built on Chromium Engine

Although a lot of people now choose between Opera Mini and Google Chrome, the new default browser on the device isn’t what it used to be. It’s redesigned and built on Chromium engine judging with the user agent we saw.

It's no news that the TECNO Boom J8 would be the first device to feature the new Tecno Hios but info has it that camon C8 users will be able to flash the new HIOS to their device

Source http://bbs.tecno-mobile.com/forum/HIOS/15890-a-closer-look-at-hios-tecno-s-customised-user-interface

OP, one question please,
Does this mean that the HiOS will replace Android marshmallow or kit kat in tecno phones?
Please help me understand.

I really lik the Hi manager cos some apps can so mk my phone slow. Kudos to d developers.

TundeSalamu:
OP, one question please,
Does this mean that the HiOS will replace Android marshmallow or kit kat in tecno phones?
Please help me understand.

No ,it is a user- interface that will be on top of android OS

Themes!! am a theme freak..love it!.

I love the fact that I can change fonts without rooting my phone. The UI is very good

Hmm, not such a bad development but from what I noticed about some of these phone custom roms is that they hardly ever put in major effort and you end up seeing lots of bugs and annoying settings you can't change. Hope this is different though.

More photos

Nice development..

I like this part "Features that make your 3000mAh battery last like a 5000mAh battery".

Marvell23:
No ,it is a user- interface that will be on top of android OS

Thank you for the information OP.

Nice one, y'all should clap for them.

This UI is beautiful

Marvell23:
More photos

They deserve it. But from what am seeing it is looking somehow like infinix XUI. These chinko people can copy each other.

mosjames:
Nice one, y'all should clap for them.

Very true. Battery life is always very important.

Xhaka:
I like this part "Features that make your 3000mAh battery last like a 5000mAh battery".

Really? the HTC sense or samsung touchwiz does not look like something without a lot of efforts.

Marinza:
Hmm, not such a bad development but from what I noticed about some of these phone custom roms is that they hardly ever put in major effort and you end up seeing lots of bugs and annoying settings you can't change. Hope this is different though.

The Hi manager is just a way of rendering the 3rd party apps people use for those features useless. Not a very bad idea though.

majorclems:
I really lik the Hi manager cos some apps can so mk my phone slow. Kudos to d developers.

It is just a UI. Just like when infinix released XUI and their fans are saying they now have marshmallow. It is only a UI but it might come with marshmallow update for the C8 since they already promised us the Marshmallow on the C8.

TundeSalamu:
OP, one question please,
Does this mean that the HiOS will replace Android marshmallow or kit kat in tecno phones?
Please help me understand.

flexcity82:
Really? the HTC sense or samsung touchwiz does not look like something without a lot of efforts.

That's why I said some. Have you seen the interface gionee m2 cones with? You will nearly cry.

flexcity82:
Really? the HTC sense or samsung touchwiz does not look like something without a lot of efforts.

That's why I said some. Have you seen the interface gionee m2 comes with? You will nearly cry.

All these tecno fanboys don come again

TundeSalamu:
OP, one question please,
Does this mean that the HiOS will replace Android marshmallow or kit kat in tecno phones?
Please help me understand.

Why not use google?

Is it that Tecno is the only phone maker? Why is everyone talking about them lately? Anyway, I don't see how this will stop APC and Buhari from being disgraced out of office in 2019

ibibiofirstlady:
Why not use google?

Be nice my lady

How is that your business?

TonyeBarcanista:
Be nice my lady

TonyeBarcanista:
Be nice my lady

The word "nice" does not exist in the dictionary of an Ibibio lady.

Frontier2:
I love the fact that I can change fonts without rooting my phone. The UI is very good

Am so telling you...cos the last time I rooted my phone I did it wrongly n the phone went bad but with this, more extra expense for me. So bye bye to rooting.

TonyeBarcanista:
Is it that Tecno is the only phone maker? Why is everyone talking about them lately? Anyway, I don't see how this will stop APC and Buhari from being disgraced out of office in 2019

Jonathanian, you don carry ur politics to this place again abi. You should understand that APC's change brought about this. Tecno has given us new UI. Everybody is now working hard

Frontier2:
Jonathanian, you don carry ur politics to this place again abi. You should understand that APC's change brought about this. Tecno has given us new UI. Everybody is now working hard

Oga make you carry APC matter comot. Before APC there was Tecno, after APC there will still be TECNO.

ForeverNew:

The word "nice" does not exist in the dictionary of an Ibibio lady.

the we shall teach her

The Hi manager is very important..tecno has issues with bugs with that it would be better

Wow, This is a Nice Development. The New Boom J8 would be Bam. TECNO Products are Steadily Taking Over.