Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 smartphone in India back in August 2018 running MIUI 9.6 Global Stable on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo). POCO F1 currently runs Android 10 based MIUI 11, and is confirmed to get MIUI 12 in the coming months. Xiaomi doesn’t follow any fixed update frequency for the MIUI Global Stable ROM but on average, the Global Stable ROM is updated once in 20-40 days.
This post will help our readers in keeping track of MIUI updates for POCO F1, also check out our POCO F1 content,
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MIUI updates rolled out for the POCO F1 so far:
- [Nov 16, 2021]: Xiaomi has confirmed that the POCO F1 will not get the MIUI 12.5 Enhanced update, so it won’t get the MIUI 12.5 as well.
- [Jan 12, 2021]: Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 12.0.3.0.QEJMIXM with December Android security patch. The update weighs 363 MB in size, and those who didn’t get MIUI 12 are getting 2GB update. [Download Link]
- [Oct 13, 2020]: Xiaomi has resumed MIUI 12 stable update in India after it was pulled last month. The update comes with version MIUI 12.0.2.0.QEJMIXM and weighs around 790MB in size and brings September Android security patch [Download Link].
- [Sep 9, 2020]: Xiaomi has finally started rolling out Android 10 based MIUI 12 stable update in India. The update comes with version MIUI 12.0.1.0.QEJMIXM, weighs around 1.9GB in size and brings August Android security patch. [Download Link]
- [Aug 10, 2020]: Xiaomi has finally started rolling out Android 10 based MIUI 12 for selected Pilot testers in India. The update comes with version MIUI 12.0.0.3.QEJMIXM, weighs around 789 MB in size and brings July Android security patch. Note the update zip can not be flashed using recovery method as the update is released only for Pilot testers for now.
- [Jul 15, 2020]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11.0.9.0.QEJMIXM with June Android security patch. The update weighs 154 MB in size. [Download Link]
- [Jun 10, 2020]: Xiaomi announces MIUI 12 Global Stable Pilot testing program for devices including POCO F1.
- [May 15, 2020]: Xiaomi has started rolling out Android 10 based MIUI 11.0.8.0.QEJMIXM with April Android security patch. The update weighs 1.9 GBs in size. [Download Link]
- [Mar 4, 2020]: Xiaomi has resumed rolling out Android 10 based MIUI 11.06.0.QEJMIXM with February Android security patch. The update weighs around 1.9GB in size. Those who have already got Android 10 update will get a smaller 375MB update with just the February security patch. [Download Link]
- [Jan 21, 2020]: Xiaomi has started rolling out Android 10 based MIUI 11.04.0.QEJMIXM with January Android security patch. The update weighs around 1.9GB in size and brings fixes for notification shade, Game Turbo Optimizations and more. [Download Link]
- [Oct 28, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11 Stable 11.05.0.PEJMIXM with October Android security patch. The update weighs around 1.8GB in size and brings new features such as system-wide Dark Mode, Digital Wellbeing, New Minimalistic Design, Quick Replies, New Dynamic Sound Effects, Redesigned Settings Menu, Mi Share, Floating Calculator, Updated Mi File Manager and more to the devices, check out this post to learn more about MIUI 11 features. [Download Link]
- [Sep 21, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.8.0.PEJMIXM update. The update is 158MB in size, includes Android security patch for September, 2019. [Download Link]
- [Aug 19, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.7.0.PEJMIXM update. The update is 300MB in size, includes Mi Cloud sync improvements and also includes Android security patch for July, 2019. [Download Link]
- [July 24, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.6.0.PEJMIXM update. The update is 269MB in size, includes fix for notifications and also includes Android security patch for June, 2019. Some are reporting that the touch latency has been fixed. [Download Link]
- [June 15, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.5.0.PEJMIXM stable update. The update is 387MB in size, adds new Lock screen clock customization, Wi-Fi security optimizations, fix for Dual apps and also includes Android security patch for May, 2019 . [Download Link]
- [Apr 4, 2019]: Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 10.3.4.0.PEJMIXM with March security patch, this update brought several features including 4K 60fps video recording, Game Turbo, Face unlock for App Lock, Widevine L1 support to play HD content on Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar, along with several bug fixes and optimizations to the smartphone.
- [Mar 9, 2019]: Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 10.2.3.0.PEJMIXM with February security patch for the smartphone.
- [Jan 18, 2019]: Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 10.2.2.0.PEJMIXM with December security patch, the update brought 960fps slow-motion video recording, and an enhanced low-light mode to improve low-light camera performance.
- [Dec 10, 2018]: Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 10.1.3.0.PEJMIFI with November security patch, the update brought Android 9.0 (Pie) to the smartphone along with Google lens integration to MIUI Camera app and several bug fixes.
- [Nov 1, 2018]: Xiaomi started rolling out MIUI 10.0.4.0.OEJMIFH with October security patch based on Android 8.1 (Oreo), MIUI 10 update brought major changes like Redesigned Notification Panel, Redesigned Volume Sliders, Improved multitasking management, natural sound system, and a lot more to the POCO F1.
Note that POCO follows staged roll-out, so the updates are randomly pushed to a limited number of users and a broader roll-out usually takes a few days after the company makes sure there are no critical bugs.