Author: Jonjo

Xiaomi, sub-brand, POCO are known for offering Redmi and Mi phones at an affordable price. The POCO M3, which got a Pro version earlier this year, is one of the company’s budget smartphones. It debuted late last year with Android 10 on top of MIUI 12, making it eligible for the latest iteration of MIUI and Android 11. With the way things are at the moment, both updates are not ready for the device, and hence, the May security patch for POCO M3 starts seeding instead. Of course, plans are already in place to upgrade the POCO M3 to Android…

Before the news of MIUI 12.5, we were anticipating MIUI 13. Xiaomi, seeing all the complaints from its phone users and coupled with the fact that they haven’t paid attention to stability, decided otherwise. They had to develop an intermediary version to address the issue facing MIUI, which has been rolling out for some time now. As expected, the update has improved the stability of MIUI, and now, the company can start the MIUI 13 development.  When Xiaomi released the list of phones to receive MIUI 12, it had Redmi 7, Redmi 6A, Redmi Y3, and others. However, some of…

The Redmi K20 / Mi 9T becomes the latest Xiaomi phone to start receiving a stable Android 11 update. We anticipated the update, but with MIUI 12.5. However, the update is now available in India, but sans the latest iteration of MIUI. It means Xiaomi plans to roll out the new OS for the Redmi K20 with a separate update. Xiaomi has been rolling out MIUI 12.5 and Android 11 simultaneously for a handful of phones in recent weeks. The Redmi K20, which received its first Android 11-based MIUI 12.5 update in China a couple of weeks ago, was hoping…

It was surprising to see the Mi 9 SE receive Android 11 before the flagship Mi 9. To make matters worse, Xiaomi released the update with MIUI 12.5 while leaving the Mi 9 languishing in Android 10 on top of MIUI 12. However, that’s gradually changing now, at least in China. Xiaomi has released a stable Android 11-based MIUI 12.5 update for the Mi 9 in that region. With the Chinese models now receiving a stable MIUI 12.5 update which brings Android 11 along, it won’t be long till the global users start receiving the update. Looking at the Mi…

The Xiaomi MIUI Android skin is the one with many issues until the recent release of MIUI 12.5. It has addressed some problems facing the OS, but the proximity sensor issue has persisted for “few” people. Even before the latest iteration of MIUI started rolling out, there has been a call for Xiaomi to address the issue, which they did with OTAs. That fixed the proximity sensor issue for some people, but going by reports, many people are still facing the said problem while making phone calls with their Xiaomi phones. For starters, proximity sensor on a smartphone is to…