Xiaomi relies heavily on ad placement inside its custom MIUI OS as a source of revenue. The company, however, took the industry by surprise when it launched the Mi A1 in 2017 and then the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite 2018 running stock Android under Google’s Android One program. The Mi A3 was also released in 2019. The Mi A2 and A2 Lite launched with Android 8.1 Oreo but received Android 9 update last ear. The Mi A2 Lite had earlier been confirmed to receive Android 10 update.
Now, several Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite units running Android 10 have surfaced on GeekBench. The models included versions having 3GB and 4GB of RAM. The Mi A2 Lite models were also listed with the MSM8953 motherboard which integrates the Snapdragon 625 that powers the Mi A2 Lite.
As stated earlier, Xiaomi had earlier confirmed the Mi A2 Lite will receive Android 10 update after disgruntled users filed a petition for not receiving Android 10 update on Change.org. Before the petition, the company had earlier hinted that it had no plans of releasing Android 10 update for the A2 Lite. Thus, the GeekBench listings may be an indication that the update will roll out pretty soon. We expect the Mi A2 to also receive the update for Google’s latest OS version. No doubt, this will definitely be the last major Android update the Mi A2 models will receive.
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