Table of contents:
- Updating to MIUI 12 does not imply updating to Android 11
- So is it going to update my Redmi Note 7, 8 or 9 to Android 11?
Xiaomi's Redmi Note series is the brand's best-selling range in Spain. It is also the range that generates the greatest interest among users. That is why it is not difficult to find various doubts and questions in forums and social networks about the Android 11 update for the Xiaomi Redmi Note. Currently the company sells three series within the Redmi Note range, the Redmi Note 7 series, the Redmi Note 8 series and finally the Redmi Note 9 series. Let's see what the chances are that Xiaomi will update these three series to the latest version of Android.
Updating to MIUI 12 does not imply updating to Android 11
As the company has shown on several occasions, the development of MIUI remains independent of the development of the base version of Android.
Broadly speaking, this decision means that the update to a higher version of MIUI does not imply an update of the Android core. And for testing, a button. Today there are phones of the brand with Android 9 Pie and the latest version of MIUI 11. Others, on the contrary, do have Android 10.
The brand's criteria when updating its devices are governed by the terminal's launch year and the range to which it belongs: the higher the range, the more likely it is to update to the latest version of Android.
So is it going to update my Redmi Note 7, 8 or 9 to Android 11?
Good and bad news. If we take as a reference other manufacturer's mobiles, such as the Redmi Note 6 Pro or the Redmi Note 5, we can conclude that Xiaomi's support for Android updates in the mid-range is only one year. That is, the company only updates the Android base once.
Based on this premise, we can confirm that the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, the Redmi Note 8, the Redmi Note 8T and the Redmi Note 8 Pro will be stuck on Android 10. The good news is that all these models will update to MIUI 12, predictably to from the second half of this year. Of course, some of these phones will be left without receiving some of the news of the Xiaomi layer, as has been recently learned.
As for the Redmi Note 9, the Redmi Note 9s, the Redmi Note 9 Pro and the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, everything indicates that they will officially update to Android 11 along with MIUI 12.
