Author: Adimorah Jude

It no news that Google is blocked in China, and as a result, ROMs developed for use in that country don’t feature Google play services. Xiaomi, a Chinese company, doesn’t pre-install Google play services on its phones running Chinese ROM but makes it easy to install until the recent development. A couple of months ago, the company announced it’s going to block the Google framework for its Chinese phones. That move saw Google play store removed from the company’s GetApp store in China. Since then, those running Chinese ROM can’t install Google play service on their phones. However, not everyone…

Xiaomi MIUI remains one of the most sophisticated Android skin out there. The company is currently pushing the latest iteration (MIUI 12.5) to eligible users. It presents some fascinating features, which is, perhaps, an improvement over MIUI 12. The latest MIUI Android skin promises to fix the bugs affecting MIUI, which gained momentum after the release of MIUI 12. And with the adoption of Android 11, the build has become more buggy. However, Xiaomi has promised to fix these bugs with MIUI 12.5, and they’re currently working on a virtual RAM expansion. That’ll improve the performance of Xiaomi phones, more…

After the unveiling and release of MIUI 12, we were hoping to see the development of MIUI 13. That looked like it when the company started making inquiries from its fans about the features they would want to see in the next iteration of MIUI. At that time, everyone believed it would be the MIUI 13, but the company surprised everyone when it announced MIUI 12.5 was coming. The update, which is now rolling out, is an intermediary between the MIUI 12 and MIUI 13. It seems the company has to do it after the buggy MIUI 12 update –…

For weeks now, Xiaomi has been rolling out the stable MIUI 12.5 update. And with Redmi 10X 5G still running the pre-installed Android OS, we thought the device would receive both updates simultaneously. However, that’s not the case as Xiaomi starts pushing a stable Android 11-based MIUI 12 update for the Redmi 10X 5G. Of course, it’s a Chinese rollout, given that the device never made it out of China. Xiaomi launched the Redmi 10X 5G and the Pro variant exclusively for the Chinese market because the Redmi Note 9 series didn’t make it to China. That was the company…

Check below, more POCO stable beta testers wanted… Although POCO claims to be an independent brand, they’re still dependent on the parent company – Xiaomi. Aside from sharing smartphone designs, with most POCO phones, a rebadged Redmi phone, they also run MIUI on top of Android 11. The company is now recruiting stable beta testers to test every MIUI release before it hits the public. It’s the same process as the ongoing Global stable beta tester recruitment organized by Xiaomi. However, since POCO claims to be independent, they’ll now have separate recruitment for phones in their stables. How to apply…