[Update: Stable MIUI 9.2 ROM for both the Redmi 1S and Redmi Note 4G are now available for download, you can get them and flash manually, if you don’t have the update yet.] Continue reading “Xiaomi rolls out final MIUI 9.2 update for Redmi 1S and Redmi Note [Update: Stable update with download links]”
Last month WhatsApp officially launched WhatsApp Business for small businesses to easily connect with customers. Today Xiaomi has launched its WhatsApp service – Xiaomi Mi Bunny for its customers in India that allow them to get receive instant updates and also register complaints easily. Continue reading “Xiaomi India launches WhatsApp service to offer instant updates, customer support and more”
Xiaomi India just sent out press invites for the launch of its first product of 2018 in India on February 14th. The invite just has the number ‘5’ along with the date, so it could be the Redmi 5 series that was introduced in China back in December last year or the company might surprise us with the Redmi Note 5. Continue reading “Xiaomi India schedules a new launch event on February 14, Redmi 5 / Redmi Note 5 expected”
After teasers, Xiaomi has launched the Rose Gold variant of the Redmi 5A smartphone. The smartphone was introduced back in November last year in Dark Grey, Champagne Gold and Rose Gold colors, but only the Gold and Grey color variants of the smartphone went on sale starting from December. Earlier this month the company said that it has sold over 1 million or 10 lakh units of Redmi 5A smartphones in India.
Update: Flipkart has now confirmed that Xiaomi is indeed launching the Rose Gold Redmi 5A smartphone.
Xiaomi today announced that it has opened its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore. This is the third Mi Home store in Tamil Nadu, after two Mi Home Stores in Chennai, and it is the 21st Mi Home Store in India after Mi Home stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Madhya Pradesh. It has also silently opened its 22nd store in Indore.
Continue reading “Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore”
Xiaomi has finally released kernel sources for the Mi A1 Android One Smartphone, after about five months of the launch of the phone in September 2017. But it is still based on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and not Android 8.0 (Oreo) that was recently rolled out to all the users after several issues. Continue reading “Xiaomi finally releases kernel source for Mi A1”
[Update 2: The update is now available for all the users]
[Update: Download link for the Redmi Note 3 MIUI 9.2 zip file is available here. You can download and flash it manually, if you don’t have the update yet.] Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 MIUI 9.2 update starts rolling out [Update: Now Available for all]”
Xiaomi just announced Mi Box 4 and Mi Box 4c, the company next-generation smart TV box with support for 4K HDR videos. It comes with the same AI-based PatchWall interface as the predecessor that learns your viewing habits and offers content based on your liking Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Box 4 and Mi Box 4c Smart 4K HDR TV box announced”
After Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Madhya Pradesh, Xiaomi is all set to open a new Mi Home Store in Kolkata in South City Mall tomorrow, January 26th. This will the company’s twentieth Mi Home Store in the country, after five stores in Bengaluru, two stores in Chennai, Pune, New Delhi, Mumbai, and one in Hyderabad, Gurugram, Noida, Pune, Bhopal and Thane. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Kolkata on January 26”
Reliance Jio is said to be in talks with Xiaomi for exclusive rights to sell smartphones and TVs in India similar to what it has with Apple. If everything works out, Jio will exclusively sell Xiaomi phones and TVs through the Jio retail network and the Reliance Digital chain of stores, according to a new report from ET. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reportedly in talks with Xiaomi to sell Mi TVs and smartphones on its retail platform”
Xiaomi Mi 5X aka the Mi A1 for the Indian market might be getting a successor dubbed as Mi 6X, unsurprisingly. The phone leaked in case renders a while ago and today it has again surfaced in hands-on live images revealing the design in its full glory. Going by the looks, the Mi 6X looks to be having iPhone X-style vertical dual-rear camera arrangement. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6X with 6-inches FHD+ 18:9 display, dual rear cameras live images surface”
Xiaomi has finally surpassed Samsung in the last quarter of 2017 claiming the top smartphone vendor in India title. The company has shipped over 8.2 million units in Q4, 2017 while Samsung despite the annual growth of 17% Samsung retained the second spot with 7.3 million smartphones shipments according to Canalys. Continue reading “Xiaomi surpasses Samsung to become top smartphone vendor in India in Q4 2017: Reports”
Xiaomi introduced MIUI 9 back in July last year along with the Mi 5X smartphone which has already rolled out to several devices. Yesterday at the 2017 Annual Meeting for MIUI division to discuss about the past year and future development, the company said that it has started the development of MIUI 10. This was confirmed by Hong Feng, Co-Founder and Vice President of Xiaomi who leads the MIUI division.
Xiaomi introduced the Surge S1, its first in-house Octa-Core SoC at an event in China back in February last year, which powers the Mi 5c. Now details about its successor Surge S2 has surfaced. According to reports from China, the Surge S2 will be based on TSMC 16nm process technology compared to 28nm in the predecessor. Continue reading “Xiaomi Surge S2 Octa-Core SoC could be announced at MWC 2018, power Mi 6X / Mi A2”
