How to add Game Turbo to Xiaomi: All ways + error solving

Xiaomi’s Game Turbo feature has become an integral part of the ecosystem for gamers, offering accelerated performance, blocking notifications and optimizing resources during gaming sessions. How do you add a new game to this mode if it's not automatically determined? Especially for little-known projects, emulators, or games installed through the system. APK.

In this article, we’ll look at all the current ways to add games to Game Turbo on Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphones (including models on MIUI 14/15 and HyperOS), learn how to bypass the system limitations, what settings to check before adding, and what to do if the game still does not appear on the list, and also how to manually optimize performance for a particular application.

We warn you right away that some methods require superuser rights, but most solutions work without them, and if you use custom firmware or a modified version of MIUI, some of the features may work differently, and we'll talk about that too.

What is Game Turbo and why games aren’t automatically added

Game Turbo is Xiaomi’s proprietary technology that activates a special performance mode when launching games.

• 🎮 Optimization CPU/GPU — Redistributing resources to play.
• 🔔 Block notifications – so that nothing distracts from gameplay.
• 📶 Network priority – stable ping in online games.
• 🔋 Heat control – processor temperature limitation.

By default, MIUI and HyperOS automatically detect popular games (e.g., PUBG Mobile, Genshin Impact, Call of Duty: Mobile) and add them to the Game Turbo.

• 📦 Games established through APK (not from Google Play).
• 🎮 Emulators (PPSSPP, Dolphin, RetroArch).
• 🖥️ Windows Games via Wine or Exagear.
• 🆕 Beta versions or little-known projects.

Also, on some firmware (especially custom ones), the automatic add-on function may be disabled or not work properly, in which case you will have to add the game manually.

Method 1: Adding a game through Game Turbo settings

The easiest and most official method is to add the game through the Game Turbo menu.It works on most Xiaomi devices with MIUI 12 and later (including HyperOS).

Instructions:

1. Open Settings → Special features → Game Turbo (on some firmware, the path may differ: Settings → Applications → Game Turbo).
2. Slip the icon "+" (or "Add Game") in the upper right corner.
3. In the list of applications, find the desired game and tick it.
4. Save the changes and restart the game.

If the game is not on the list:

• 🔍 Make sure it is in the main memory (not on the main memory). SD-map).
• 📥 Try reinstalling the game from the official store (Google Play or Mi App Store).
• 🔄 Reboot your smartphone – sometimes it helps the system update your app list.

On some firmware (e.g. MIUI 13 Global), the Game Turbo item may be hidden to return it:

1. Go to Settings. → The phone.
2. Tap the MIUI 5-7 times to activate the developer mode.
3. Return to Settings → Additional → Special Features and turn on Game Turbo manually.

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If the game doesn’t appear on the list even after the reboot, try running it at least once before adding it to the Game Turbo. Sometimes the system only “notices” the application after the first start.

Method 2: Use of Mi Video (Hidden Function)

Little-known life hack: On some Xiaomi devices (especially POCO and Redmi), you can add a game to the Game Turbo through the Mi Video app.This method works because Mi Video has access to the same system APIs as the Game Turbo.

How to do this:

1. Open the Mi Video app (if not, install it from the Mi App Store).
2. Go to the Game section (or Game Turbo in the side menu).
3. Slip the icon "+" and select the desired game from the list.
4. After adding, close down Mi Video and check if the game appears in the main Game Turbo menu.

This method is especially useful for owners of devices with cropped firmware (for example, Redmi Note for the European market), where the functionality of the Game Turbo can be reduced.

If Mi Video does not display the game section:

• 📌 Update the application to the latest version.
• 🔧 Clear the Mi Video cache in the app settings.
• 📱 Check if Game Turbo is disabled in the system settings.

Method 3: Manual Addition via ADB (for Advanced Users)

If the standard methods do not work, you can resort to ADB-This method requires connecting a smartphone to a computer, but it works even on custom firmware.

What you need:

• 🖥️ Computer with installed ADB Tools.
• 📱 Included debugging by USB on a smartphone (Settings) → The phone. → Version. MIUI (tap) → Developer settings → Debugging by USB).
• 🔌 Cable USB Type-C (preferably original).

Instructions:

1. Connect your smartphone to your PC and confirm the debugging permission.
2. Open the command prompt (cmd) in the folder with adb.exe.
3. Enter the command to get a list of packages: adb shell pm list packages -f Find in the output of your game package (for example, com.tencent.ig for PUBG Mobile).
4. Add the game to Game Turbo by the team: adb shell cmd game set-force-game <game package game> Example for Genshin Impact: adb shell cmd game set-force-game com.mihoyo.GenshinImpact
5. Reboot your smartphone.

If the team doesn’t work, try an alternative:

adb shell settings put global force_game_mode_package < game pack>

Important: on some firmware (e.g. MIUI EU), ADB commands for Game Turbo can be blocked, in which case only manual editing of root-enabled system files will help.

Method 4: Use of third-party launchers (NOVA, Apex, Hyperion)

If the system methods didn’t work, you could fool MIUI into thinking the game is running through the Game Turbo, which would require a third-party launcher (like a Nova Launcher or Hyperion Launcher) and a little tweaking.

Algorithm of action:

1. Install Nova Launcher from Google Play.
2. Create a shortcut on the desktop for the game (press your finger in the free space → Shortcuts → Applications).
3. Keep your finger on the game shortcut and select Change.
4. In the Command (or Activity) field, add a suffix: --ez enable_game_mode The True Example for Brawl Stars: com.supercell.brawlstars/com.supercell.brawlstars.BrawlStarsActivity --ez enable_game_mode true
5. Save the changes and launch the game through this shortcut.

This method makes the system think that the game is running in game mode, even if it is not officially added to the Game Turbo.

An alternative is to use the Hyperion Launcher, which has built-in support for game mode:

• 🎛️ Go to the launcher settings → Game mode.
• 🔧 Add the game to the list manually.
• 📱 Select the optimization level (e.g., High Performance).

Table: Comparison of methods of adding games to Game Turbo

As you can see from the table, the most versatile method is ADB, but it requires technical skills, and most users will do the first or second way.

Solving common problems

Even after adding a game to the Game Turbo, there may be errors, and let's look at the most common ones and how to fix them.

⚠️ Note: If after adding the game to Game Turbo, the smartphone begins to overheat or discharge quickly, check the restriction settings. FPS. By default. MIUI can remove restrictions on frame rate, which leads to increased load.

Problem 1: Game added, but Game Turbo is not activated.

• 🔄 Restart the game and check if the battery optimizer is blocking it (Settings) → Annexes → Battery management).
• 📵 Make sure that the game settings are not turned off (Game Turbo settings) → Exceptions).
• 🔧 Reset Game Turbo settings to factory settings (Settings) → Game Turbo → Three points. → Drop it).

Problem 2: The game crashes when it launches through the Game Turbo.

• 🗑️ Clear the game's cache (Settings) → Annexes → [Game] → Clear the cache).
• 🔙 Turn off the Game Turbo option Improved rendering (may conflict with some games).
• 📥 Reinstall the game by deleting all data.

Problem 3: Game Turbo doesn’t show up in the settings.

• 📱 Check the firmware region – on some global versions MIUI function.
• 🔄 Update the firmware to the latest version (in new updates, the function may return).
• 🔧 Install. MIUI Chinese version (via Xiaomi.eu or Fastboot).

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FAQ: Frequent questions about Game Turbo on Xiaomi