Xiaomi Redmi Note MIUI 6 global stable OTA update starts rolling out

Xiaomi has started rolling out global stable MIUI 6 update for the Redmi Note 3G smartphone. The Xiaomi Redmi 1S got the MIUI 6 update earlier this month. The company introduced MIUI 6, a major upgrade to MIUI ROM last year, but only few Mi devices run on the stable MIUI 6 ROM. The Redmi Note was launched in India back in July last year running on MIUI v5 based on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

MIUI 6 brings a new notification center with toggles for music control panel, notifications for new messages, missed calls, reminders, app notices, and more. It also has smart blocklist and visual menu for voice service calls. It is based on Android 4.4.4 (Kitkat). Xiaomi has not announced when it plans to roll out the Android Lollipop update. Check out the changelog below.

New – Sync home screen layouts in Mi Cloud (04-01)
New – Support customizing blocklist notifications (04-01)
New – Added icons superscripts, notifications ringtone/vibration, notification light options in notifications management page (04-08)

New – Added flash notification light for incoming calls (Call settings – Incoming call settings – Flash when ringing) (04-23)
New – Added Interactive Voice Response (IVR) shortcut feature for India (07-01)
Optimization – Optimized answering button icon of Internet calls (04-21)

Messaging
New – Report junk messages feature (05-13)

Lockscreen, Status Bar, Notification Bar
New – Added icons superscripts, notifications ringtone/vibration, notification light options in notifications management page (04-07)
New – Added hotspot icon in status bar when portable hotspot is enabled (05-19)
New – Added charging icon in status bar (05-19)
New – Support displaying virtual network operators’ names (05-19)
New – Lockscreen music control (05-27)
New – Added unlocking gesture recognizing mechanism to avoid unlocking caused by misoperation (06-02)Music

You can check out the complete changelog here.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3G V6.6.1.0.KHDMICF update is 694 MB is size and will be rolling out over-the-air (OTA) over the next few days. If you can’t wait, flash the update manually by downloading the ROM from here.