Author: Jonjo

The wait for a direct successor to the POCO F1 might continue till next year. According to POCO Director in India, Anuj Sharma, and Manmohan, General manager, POCO India, the POCO F2 Pro isn’t a direct successor of the popular Pocophone F1, which is probably why the device didn’t launch in India. He confirmed that the company is currently working on a new POCO F series phone, but unfortunately, the executives didn’t give a time frame as to when we can expect this phone. However, going by our previous report, the next Poco F series phone, supposedly the POCO F2,…

While some Xiaomi phones are yet to receive MIUI 12, some are already receiving a stable Android 11. A couple of days ago, the Mi 10 started grabbing the update in China and was later delivered to Redmi Note 9 Pro units in India. Yesterday, the Mi 10 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro started receiving the update, and now, the Redmi K30 5G has joined the party. The stable Android 11 update for the Redmi K30 5G is hitting those units in China and comes as MIUI 12.1.1.0 RGICNXM. It’s still Beta Stable build, and as such, only selected users…

The saga surrounding the global Redmi Note 8 MIUI 12 update has resulted in pulling the update from Xiaomi servers. According to a report coming out of the Mi community forum, the update has been rolled back. Unfortunately, there’s no ETA as to when the rollout will restart. It was a Feedback Team member that confirmed the update has been rolled back. The build has been rolled back for all versions, including those on a different version from the V11.0.11.0. A new version will start seeding once it’s ready, according to the Team Member. Meanwhile, before the new report, we…

Yes, the new Redmi Note 9 variants will be launching on November 26 in China. But unlike the previous models that debuted in India a couple of months ago, this new variant will support a 5G network. It’s expected that three new phones will be making their debut on that day, and one of them has now appeared on Geekbench listing ahead of next week’s launch.  The Redmi Note 9 variant that appeared on the benchmark website is believed to be the Pro variant. It runs an Octa-Core SoC with a frequency speed of 1.8GHz, paired with an 8GB RAM,…

Xiaomi has started sending out a new MIUI 12 update to the global users of the Mi Mix 3. The update comes with a version number, MIUI 12.0.2.0 QEEMIXM, and weighs in at 2.2GB. However, those on the first MIUI 12 will receive an update package of about 400MB. It’s expected to arrive in the coming days on eligible devices (running latest and official MIUI ROM). The new stable Mi Mix 3 update brings the security fix for October and has improved the system security. It also fixes some minor bugs, and you scan for the update via the Updater…