Having tested MIUI compared to stock android on my mother in law, MIUI was much easier for her to understand and use... So, I don't think it's fair to say that

Having tested MIUI compared to stock android on my mother in law, MIUI was much easier for her to understand and use... So, I don't think it's fair to say that Xiaomi is not innovative, it's actually one of the very few android phone maker that actually cares about the software side of things and built a really good interface.