Earlier this year, MIUI 12 made its debut, and Xiaomi has completed rolling out the stable update to most devices in its portfolio. The new skin of Xiaomi offers a variety of new features, including an enhanced dark device-wide mode, AI-assisted calling features, Interactive Always-on Display, new visual interface, system animation tweaks, and much-needed privacy updates.
Xiaomi is shifting its focus to the update to Android 11 now. MIUI 12 based on Android 11 is beginning to roll out, with the stable upgrade now rolling out to the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Mi 10. Some of the best cheap Android phones are produced by Xiaomi, and it is good to see the manufacturer carrying out the update to Android 11 earlier than normal.
Android 11 on MIUI 12 update: rolling out to Redmi Note 9 and Mi 10
The stable MIUI 12-based Android 11 update is now rolling out in India for the Mi 10 and Redmi Note 9. Once we have more info on an update timeline, we’ll update the story, but now with the stable build for the Redmi Note 9 series, it shouldn’t be too long before Xiaomi starts delivering Android 11 to its older smartphones.
For now, these are the Xiaomi, POCO, and Redmi phones that are slated to pick up the MIUI 12 update based on Android 11:
- Xiaomi Mi 10
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth Edition
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi 9
- Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G
- Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
- Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
- Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
- Xiaomi Mi A3
- Redmi K30 Pro
- Redmi K30
- Redmi K30 5G
- Redmi K30i 5G
- Redmi K20 Pro
- Redmi K20
- Redmi Note 9
- Redmi Note 9 Pro
- Redmi Note 9 Pro Max
- Redmi 10X Pro
- Redmi 10X 5G
- Redmi 9
- Redmi 9C
- Redmi 9A
- POCO F2 Pro
- POCO X2
- POCO M2 Pro
These phones are already on MIUI 12
Xiaomi has finished rolling out the MIUI 12 update to most of the phones in the list below. So if you are using any of the devices in the list, head to your phone’s settings to manually download MIUI 12:
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 10
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi 9
- Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
- Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
- Redmi K30
- Redmi K30 5G
- Redmi K30 Pro
- Redmi K20
- Redmi K20 Pro
- Redmi Note 9
- Redmi Note 8 Pro
- POCO F2 Pro
- POCO X2
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 3
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S
- Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
- Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition
- Xiaomi Mi 8
- Xiaomi Mi 8 UD
- Xiaomi Mi CC9
- Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi CC9 Meitu Edition
- Redmi Note 8 Pro
- Redmi Note 7 Pro
- Redmi Note 7
- Redmi 10X Pro 5G
- Redmi 10X 5G
- Redmi 10X 4G
MIUI 12 global update: Full list of eligible phones
For devices sold outside of China or India, Xiaomi has a standalone ROM, and these global units have their own release timetable. As of now there is no indication of when these phones will begin receiving the Android 11 update, but Xiaomi has finished rolling out the Android 10-based MIUI 12 release to all of these devices:
- Xiaomi Mi 9
- Xiaomi Mi 9T
- Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
- Redmi K20
- Redmi K20 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 10
- Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10
- Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi Note 3
- Xiaomi Mi 8
- Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
- Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 3
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 2
- Xiaomi Mi Max 3
- POCO F1
- POCO X2
- POCO F2 Pro
- Redmi Note 9 Pro
- Redmi Note 9 Pro Max
- Redmi Note 9
- Redmi Note 9s
- Redmi Note 8 Pro
- Redmi Note 8
- Redmi Note 8T
- Redmi Note 7
- Redmi Note 7 Pro
- Redmi Note 7S
- Redmi Note 6 Pro
- Redmi Note 5
- Redmi Note 5 Pro
- Redmi 8
- Redmi 8A
- Redmi 8A Dual
- Redmi 7
- Redmi 7A
- Redmi 6 Pro
- Redmi 6A
- Redmi 6
- Redmi Y3
- Redmi Y2
- Redmi S2
MIUI 12 comes with a lot of interesting features, so while you’re waiting for the OTA to download on your phone, be sure to take a look at all the new additions in our feature breakdown.
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Robert Haba is the founder and editor-in-chief of Droid Tools. A lifelong gadget enthusiast with over a decade following the Android ecosystem, he built this publication to cut through the noise and give readers honest, real-world coverage of the tech they actually use.
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