Xiaomi introduced Game Turbo on POCO F1 a couple of weeks ago, bringing framework enhancement that results in CPU and GPU smart allocation and more system resources for games. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Game Turbo as a Standalone App on POCO F1”
Xiaomi’s MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins with more than 300 million worldwide users. MIUI is a heavy skin on top of Android, but what sets it apart from other Android skins is its feature richness and customizations. MIUI gets updated biweekly, including closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces new MIUI charging animation”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro on February 28 in India running MIUI 10 on top of latest Android 9.0 (Pie). Redmi Note 7 Pro packs a 6.3-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display with 1.95mm narrow bezels, 81.37% screen-to-body ratio. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro MIUI 10.2.8.0 update with March Security Patch, bug fixes rolls out in India”
Update — April 11, 2019: The company is teasing a bigger battery for the phone.
Arif Khan, an independent security researcher has recently discovered an issue on Xiaomi Browsers including Mi Browser and recently launched Mint Browser. The vulnerability (CVE-2019-10875) was found to be present in Global version of these browsers and not on the Chinese version, which as per the researcher might be intentional. Continue reading “Researcher finds URL spoofing vulnerability on Mi browser and Mint Browser, Mi Security team acknowledges the issue”
Update — April 5, 2019: Xiaomi has updated the list to clarify that it is the Redmi Note 4 MediaTek version that was launched in China and the Redmi, so the Indian Snapdragon variant that is called Redmi Note 4X in China will likely get updates. The Redmi 4 that has been dropped is also the Chinese version, so the India version was launched as Redmi 4X in China will likely get updates. Continue reading “Xiaomi drops software support for several devices including Redmi Note 4 and Redmi 4”
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was amongst the best selling devices launched in 2017 in India, despite launching in 2017 it was launched with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and was updated to Android 7.0 (Nougat) in August 2017. Redmi Note 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 mobile platform, the same processor that powers Mi A1 which received Android 9.0 (Pie) update along with Dual 4G VoLTE support couple of months ago. Xiaomi has already announced the list of smartphones eligible for Android Oreo/Pie update, but Xiaomi’s best-seller from 2017 is not included in the list and now we can assume that Redmi Note 4 will not receive any Android update. Continue reading “Get Android 9.0 Pie on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with Pixel Experience ROM”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 Pro in the country back in February, the company was quick in releasing the kernel sources for the device. Android Pie based kernel sources for Redmi Note 7 (lavender) and Redmi Note 7 Pro (violet) were released a couple of weeks ago. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro gets unofficial TWRP recovery support”
Xiaomi introduced Pro version of Redmi Note for the first time in India last year along with Redmi Note 5, but Redmi Note 5 was not a significant upgrade from Redmi Note 4 and hence Redmi Note 5 Pro became a preferred choice amongst consumers. The company didn’t even bother to launch Redmi Note 6, instead, it launched Redmi Note 6 Pro without launching regular Redmi Note 6 back in November. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Review: Note-worthy comeback!”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 smartphone along with Redmi Note 7 Pro on February 28 in India. We already brought you the first impressions of the phone and benchmarks scores, here we have the camera samples from the phone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Camera Samples”
Update: You can download the Android Pie based MIUI 9.3.28 recovery ROM here and flash it using the recovery method or download fastboot ROM here and flash it manually.
Update – March 26, 2019: Redmi Note 7 Pro Kernel source is also available now. You can get it from the source link below.
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched POCO F1 running on Android with a skin on top, called MIUI For POCO. The smartphone has been in news since the launch for good reasons except for a few issues, but the company has been very responsive towards addressing the issues and kept updating it with new features as per user feedback. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Game Turbo in MIUI for POCO F1”
Update – March 22, 2019: Xiaomi has released MIUI10 v9.3.21 Global Beta update that also brings Android Pie. You can download the recovery ROM here and flash using updater method. Stable update is expected soon. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro gets Android 9.0 Pie-based MIUI Global Beta ROM [Download Link]”
Update – March 22, 2019: Xiaomi has released MIUI10 v9.3.21 Global Beta update that also brings Android Pie and Dual 4G VoLTE support. You can download the recovery ROM here and flash using updater method. Stable update is expected soon.
