Xiaomi Mi3 went on sale in India yesterday. The Indian variant runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box with MIUI ROM on top. Today the unit has received a major update to version KXDMIBE18.0 that brings new features, optimizations and fixes. This is a global update for the Mi3 that is already available in Malaysia, Philippines and more countries, where it launched the smartphone.
Highlights in KXDMIBE18.0 update
- New – Added ‘Resend all’ function in Outbox of Mail (05-28)
- New – Optimized online music page (04-23)
- New – New version of Blocklist (04-23)
- New – Incoming calls will only show in the Status bar during a full – screen task (05-14)
- Optimization – Support recognizing time information in a message and adding it to Calendar (05-20)
- Optimization – Optimized UI for extremely poor AQI (04-16)
- Optimization – Click the ‘Not enough system storage’ notification will go to Cleaner – Advanced directly (04-23)
- New – Added two weather types: Freezing rain and hail (05-21)
The update is about 592MB, but it shows as 619.8 MB once it starts downloading. The update is available over-the-air. You can check out the complete changelog of the update in the MIUI forum here. Even though we reviewed the Mi3 before it went on sale in India, we unboxed the Indian retail unit this week. Check out the unboxing below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpevwr55JQw