Redmi 8A MIUI Software Update Tracker [MIUI 12 update with January Android security patch starts rolling out in India]


Xiaomi launched the Redmi 8A smartphone in India running MIUI 10.3 Global Stable on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). 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 a month.

This post will help our readers in keeping track of MIUI updates for Redmi 8A (codename ‘olivelitein’), also check out our Redmi 8A content,

MIUI Updates rolled out for the smartphone:

  • [Jan 27, 2021]: Xiaomi has finally started rolling out MIUI 12.0.1.0.QCPINXM update in India. The update weighs 595MB in size and also brings January Android security patch. [Download Link]
  • [Aug 17, 2020]: Xiaomi has finally started rolling out Android 10 based MIUI 11.0.1.0.QCPINXM update in India. The update weighs 1.6 GBs in size and also brings August Android security patch to Redmi 8A [Download Link].
  • [Jun 8, 2020]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11.0.9.0.PCPINXM with May Android security patch. The update weighs 346 MBs in size [Download Link].
  • [Apr 9, 2020]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11.0.8.0.PCPINXM with March Android security patch. The update weighs about 396 MBs in size and brings app lock support for all apps. [Download Link]
  • [Feb 26, 2020]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11.0.7.0.PCPINXM with January security patch. The update weighs about 555MB in size (1.7GB for those who didn’t update to MIUI 11 yet) and brings multiple bug fixes. [Download Link]
  • [Jan 14, 2020]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11.0.5.0.PCPINXM with December security patch. [Download Link]
  • [Nov 27, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11.0.3.0.PCPINXM with November security Patch. The update weighs 201 MBs in size. [Download Link]
  • [Nov 15, 2019]: Xiaomi has released Android Pie based Kernel Sources for the Redmi 8A.
  • [Nov 8, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 11 Stable 11.0.1.0.PCPINXM, the update weighs around 544 MBs in size and brings MIUI 11 features such as New Minimalistic Design, Quick Replies, New Dynamic Sound Effects, Mi Share, Floating Calculator, Updated Mi File Manager, Steps Trackers and more to Redmi 8A, check out this post to learn more about MIUI 11 features. [Download Link]
  • [Nov 7, 2019]: Xiaomi announces MIUI 11 Global Stable Beta testing for devices including Redmi 8A.
  • [Oct 22, 2019]: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 10.3.3.0.PCPINXM with September security patch, the update weighs around 343 MBs in size. [Download Link]
  • [Oct 16, 2019]: Redmi 8A will get MIUI 11 update in late November, confirms Xiaomi.

Note that Xiaomi 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.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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