Global consumer electronics and smart manufacturing China-based company, Xiaomi, has recently announced that six different devices from Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO will no longer receive official support – MIUI and Android updates as they have completed two years since their launch.
The news was announced by the MIUIs telegram channel, which revealed the specific models that will no longer be supported by Xiaomi as of April 21, 2023.
Six Xiaomi devices that will no longer receive updates
The six devices that will no longer receive updates include: Redmi K40 Pro/+/Xiaomi 11X Pro/Xiaomi 11i (haydn); Redmi K40/Xiaomi 11X/POCO F3 (alioth); Redmi K40 Gaming/POCO F3 GT (ares); Redmi Note 10 Pro/POCO X3 GT (chopin); Xiaomi 10S (thyme) and Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G (renoir). The company has said that the MIUI ROM for these models will no longer function.
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However, Xiaomi has clarified that the stable versions of these models will continue to receive updates until all the features planned for the current version have been implemented, and all the bugs present in the current version have been fixed.
According to the company, the list of devices that will no longer get updates includes both the original model and its different variants. Along with the internal name of each model to make it easier to identify them. Some of these models have been available in different regions of the world under different names, the list includes both the original model and its different variants.
About MIUI
MIUI is a mobile operating system developed and maintained by Xiaomi exclusively for its smartphones for updates. It is the custom skin used by Xiaomi on top of the original stock Android. MIUI is based on Android Open Source Project and serves as the basis for other operating systems created by Xiaomi.
It plays an important role in the Redmi phone or any other xiaomi devices. It provides the interface, looks, various functions and designs to style device performance.
There are different versions for each Xiaomi phone, and each version has variants according to the regions in which the phone is sold, such as China, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Indonesia, India, Taiwan and Turkey. Alongside MIUI, Xiaomi have also released devices running Google’s Android One. Xiaomi devices usually get three Android version updates, but get MIUI updates for up to four years which has now reduced to two years.
MIUI vs Android
Android is an Operating System, a platform that provides the very basic structure of a smartphone,
while MIUI is the User Interface which has various built in features like call recording, root access, theme support, customized apps etc. which android does not come with.
MIUI is a collection of software that runs on top of android to provide a better user interface than stock android.
Samsung, Xiaomi, HTC .
All of them are Android based.
But their user experience is different, it’s because of the Rom that is made by the company for their smartphones.