Xiaomi launched the Mi Band 4 in India, now it has confirmed that it will launch Mi Band 3i in India on November 21st. This should be a cheaper version, just like they did with HRX Edition. The company is conducting a RunWithMi running event Energized by Mi Smart Band on December 1st and it also says that finishers will get the new Mi Smart Band.
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Last week a Redmi phone carrying model numbers M1912G7BE/M1912G7BC received 3C certification in China, and it was claimed to be a new version of Redmi Note 8 Pro with Snapdragon 730G processor and 27W fast charging. A lot of fans were Now, Lu Weibing president of the Redmi brand and vice president of Xiaomi in a reply to a comment about the phone said that the phone doesn’t exist. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 Pro Snapdragon 730G version doesn’t exist says Redmi president”
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand introduced the Redmi Note 8 smartphone in China back in August, and it was launched in India last month. The company has introduced a new Nebula Purple color variant in China that joins the Neptune Blue, Moonlight White and Space Black colors. There was a Cosmic Purple version of the phone that was introduced in India last month, but it is yet to go on sale. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 gets a new Nebula Purple color variant”
Xiaomi launched its first Smart Water Purifier with RO + UV purification in India at its Smarter Living event in September. It has a 7 liter tank, minimalist design and offers five stages of purification. After trying it out for the few weeks, here is our review. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Smart Water Purifier Review”
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched its latest Note smartphone, Redmi Note 8 Pro and Redmi Note 8 last month in India. It’s been barely a month since the launch, but now there is a rumor regarding a variant of Redmi Note 8 Pro with Snapdragon 730G in works. The tipster also suggests that the Redmi K30 5G smartphone is said to launch next month.
Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 11 at an event in India. MIUI 11 aims to bring a brand new optimized modern UI design focused on content viewing and has along with nifty additions designed specifically for India. The company has already rolled out MIUI 11 to most of the devices including Redmi K20 series, Redmi Note 7 series, Redmi Note 6 Pro, Redmi 6 series, Redmi Note 5 Pro, and others and has already started testing MIUI Stable Beta for the second and third batch of devices. Continue reading “Redmi 4 starts receiving MIUI 11 Global Stable update”
Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 11 along with the Redmi Note 8 series at an event in India. MIUI 11 aims to bring a brand new optimized modern UI design focused on content viewing and has along with nifty additions designed specifically for India. The company has already completed MIUI 11 rollout for the first phase of devices and has already started testing MIUI Stable Beta for the second and third batch of devices.
Now, the company has started rolling out MIUI 11 Global Stable update to Redmi Note 4 users in India. The new update comes as MIUI 11.0.2.0.NCFMIXM and weighs around 458 MBs in size. Xiaomi has not updated the Android Security patch on the device and it still runs on almost a year old December 2018 patch. MIUI 11 brings new features such as New Minimalistic Design, Blur App Previews, Quick Replies, New Dynamic Sound Effects, Floating Calculator, Updated Mi File Manager, and more to the device, but we found the new file-sharing tech Mi Share missing on our unit.
If you haven’t received the update on your device, you can download the Recovery ROM here and try flashing it using the recovery method but it may not work as it might be staged rollout. MIUI 11 is being rolled out to all eligible devices as per the schedule, you can keep a track of MIUI 11 updates with our dedicated MIUI section. Also, make sure to check out this post to learn more about MIUI 11 features.
Update: Nov 14, 2019: Xiaomi has resumed the MIUI 11 roll out for the Redmi Y2, but it’s still under testing. Continue reading “Redmi 6 Pro and Redmi Y2 MIUI 11 Global Stable Beta starts rolling out [Update: Roll out resumes]”
Xiaomi has announced that they donated over 1.1 lakh notebooks for underprivileged kids on the occasion of Children’s Day. The notebooks, weighing over 18,000 kg cumulatively, were made from recycled paper and were first used to make the world’s largest notebook mosaic. Continue reading “Xiaomi India donates over 1,10,000 recycled notebooks to kids, creates two Guinness World Records”
Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 11 along with the Redmi Note 8 series at an event in India. MIUI 11 aims to bring a brand new optimized modern UI design focused on content viewing and has along with nifty additions designed specifically for India. The company has already completed MIUI 11 rollout for the first phase of devices and has already started testing MIUI Stable Beta for the second batch of devices. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5A MIUI 11 Global Stable update starts rolling out”
Xiaomi, at Smarter Living 2020 event back in September unveiled Mi Motion Activated Night Light 2 under its crowdfunding program. It is a versatile night lamp that automatically turns on upon detecting motion, and blends in perfectly in the home decor. We got hold of a unit, and here is what we think of it. Continue reading “Mi Motion Activated Night Light 2 First Impressions”
OEMs pre-load their phones with apps to improve user experience, but not all the pre-loaded apps and features are important to all users or some users have their own preferred app for a particular task, for example, most of the users prefer Inbox by Google and Google Calendar. Continue reading “How to disable apps on Xiaomi devices without root”
Xiaomi launched K20 Pro (Mi 9T Pro) flagship smartphone this year, and it introduced Mi 9 Pro 5G in China recently, but these feature standard 60Hz display, compared to 90Hz display in OnePlus, Pixel 4 and 120Hz display in ASUS ROG Phone II and Razer Phone 2. Now the news from China is that Xiaomi is working on a new flagship smartphone with 120Hz AMOLED display for 2020.
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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 announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 11 along with the Redmi Note 8 series at an event in India. MIUI 11 aims to bring a brand new optimized modern UI design focused on content viewing and has also introduced nifty additions specifically for India. The company has already completed MIUI 11 rollout for the first phase of devices and has already started testing MIUI Stable Beta for the second batch of devices. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A MIUI 11 Global Stable update starts rolling out”
