Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 smartphone in India back in August 2018 running MIUI 9.6 Global Stable on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and later updated it to Android 9.0 in December 2018. The device recently received Android 10 update. POCO F1 (beryllium) has one of the most active developer community and as a result, we have plenty of Android 10-based custom ROMs for the device. Continue reading “Get Android 10 on POCO F1 with Nitrogen OS”
POCO today launched the POCO X2, the company’s second smartphone and its first mid-range smartphone in the new X series in India today. Here we the first impressions of the smartphone and also the unboxing video from our FoneArena Tamil channel. Continue reading “POCO X2 Unboxing and First Impressions”
POCO just launched the POCO X2, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone as it had promised. This is a rebranded version of the Redmi K30 4G which was launched in China back in December last year. It packs a 6.67-inch Full HD+ “Reality Flow” 120Hz LCD screen with 4.38mm, dual-punch-hole screen with 91% screen-to-body ratio, thanks to 4.25mm ultra-narrow bottom frame, is powered by Snapdragon 730G with up to 8GB of RAM, has liquid cooling, and runs Android 10 with MIUI 11 on top. Continue reading “POCO X2 with 6.67-inch FHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 730G, 64MP quad rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 15999”
A new teaser on Flipkart has confirmed 120Hz refresh rate for the phone. The teaser also confirms side-mounted fingerprint scanner. We can expect more details in the coming days.
Update: In a new interview POCO India GM C Manmohan has confirmed that POCO launch its next product in the Indian market next month.
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 smartphone in India back in August 2018 running MIUI 9.6 Global Stable on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and later updated it to Android 9.0 in December 2018. The device runs MIUI 11 based on Android 9.0 as of now. Continue reading “Get Android 10 on POCO F1 with Havoc OS”
POCO is the brand that remained in news for the entire 2019 without launching any smartphones, POCO fans kept asking company and company officials about POCO F1 successor. Built on ‘Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.’ mantra, POCO F1 was a hit amongst gamers and power users. Last month, POCOPHONE Global head Alvin tweeted that the users will hear more from POCO in 2020, but later removed the tweet. There have been a lot of speculations going around POCO as a sub-brand for the last few months. Continue reading “POCO will make a comeback as independent brand in India”
A couple of years back, we did a post on different versions of MIUI but a lot has changed since then. Xiaomi has been focusing on localizing the MIUI experience for different countries for the last few years and last year, the company decided to discontinue MIUI Global Beta ROM. There has been a lot of confusion amongst users regarding the MIUI 11 update roll-out status for different devices in the last couple of months, so in this post, let’s discuss different versions and stages of MIUI Global ROM. Continue reading “Different MIUI Global versions explained”
Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 11 along with Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro back in October in India. The company claims to have rolled out MIUI 11 Global Stable update for as many as 27 devices in just 47 days in a 4-staged rollout schedule. Continue reading “Xiaomi announces MIUI 11 Global Stable Beta testing for various devices”
Jai Mani, former Xiaomi Spokesperson back in August 2018 revealed the existence of POCO sub-brand and soon leaks of a new smartphone started popping up. The smartphone launched as the POCO F1 and became the talk of the town because of the insane price-performance proposition. It packed some features that were unheard in the price segment, be it the latest and greatest flagship processor from Qualcomm, or the liquid cooling. Xiaomi sub-brand grabbed a lot of attention in the market due to campaigns like ‘Do the Math’. Continue reading “A new POCO smartphone will be released in 2020”
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 smartphone in India back in August 2018 running MIUI 9.6 Global Stable on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and later updated it to Android 9.0 in December 2018. The device runs MIUI 11 based on Android 9.0 as of now. POCO F1 is confirmed to get Android 1o update but the company has not shared any timeline for Android 10 rollout but POCO F1 has one of the most active developer community. Continue reading “Get Android 10 on POCO F1 with OxygenOS port”
A couple of months ago, Xiaomi, realme, OPPO, and Vivo announced their collaboration for a cross-brand file transfer technology that lets you transfer files quickly (up to 82Mbps). As per the recent Counterpoint Report, 2 out of every 3 phones sold in 2019 Q3 were from one of the above-mentioned brands, so the cross-brand file transfer technology could turn out really helpful for smartphone users in the country. Continue reading “Mi Share Overview — Here’s how to use this file transfer feature in MIUI 11”
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1 smartphone in India back in August 2018 running MIUI 9.6 Global Stable on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo) and later updated it to Android 9.0 in December 2018. The device runs MIUI 10 based on Android 9.0 as of now, and should get MIUI 11 shortly as per the announced schedule. Continue reading “Get Android 10 on POCO F1 with Pixel Experience”
Xiaomi announced MIUI 11 Global earlier this week along with Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro in India, and also shared the 4-phased rollout schedule for various devices. As per the official schedule, the first batch of devices including POCO F1, Redmi K20 Pro, Redmi K20, and Redmi Note 7 Pro will receive MIUI 11 Stable update starting 22nd October. Continue reading “Xiaomi India announces MIUI 11 Global Stable Beta testing for various devices: Here’s how you can join”
Google announced the Digital Wellbeing feature last year aimed at being responsible with smartphone usage. Digital Wellbeing helps users understand their smartphone usage better, app usage timers help users limit the usage, visuals detailing how many times the phone was unlocked each day and how many notifications were received. The Wind Down feature limits notifications and also gradually turns the display greyscale, to make it easier on the eyes and to encourage you to unplug. Earlier, we shared a workaround to enable Digital Wellbeing, and now we are sharing a workaround to enable monochrome mode on Xiaomi smartphones Continue reading “How to enable Monochrome mode on Xiaomi smartphones”
