POCO has just confirmed a major OS update for its recently launched POCO X2 earlier today (24th February 2020). In a press release, the Chinese smartphone brand announced that the handset will receive Google‘s latest Android iteration, Android 11.
Here's big news: The #SmoothAF #POCOX2 will be upgraded to @Android 11 in the future. And you know that once we promise, we deliver!
RT if you were waiting to hear this. pic.twitter.com/INlHUr63Ar
— Yash Garg (@yash3339) February 24, 2020
The announcement has also been shared on Twitter, as a Marketing and Communications executive from POCO’s Indian branch shared a poster conveying the announcement. As of right now, the POCO X2 arrives with Android 10 preinstalled out of the box, which is currently the latest version of the operating system that is commercially available.
For those unaware, POCO is a subsidiary of Xiaomi which was founded back in 2018 but is now a standalone company that runs independently from the Chinese tech giant. In other words, it operates and the market as an individual entity. Previously, the company had launched the Pocophone F1, which was a well-received device, under Xiaomi’s name and has since finally launched the POCO X2 under its own on 11th February 2020.
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The POCO X2 is essentially a rebranded version of the Redmi K30 4G for the Indian market, which was launched in China in December 2019. It arrives with similar specifications as the latter and is currently available at a price starting from 15,999 INR (roughly 224 US Dollars). Under the hood, the device features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 730G SoC alongside up to 8GM of LPDDRX RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 2.1 internal storage. The display is a large 6.67 IPS FHD+ LCD RealityFlow panel which offers a 120Hz refresh rate as well, a feature not common in this segment.
All in all, its a smartphone that perfectly symbolizes Xiaomi and Redmi‘s philosophy of offerings great value for money. Thus, the early confirmation that it will receive Android 11 is also another plus point. This will future proof the device and attract more potential buyers in the Indian subcontinent as well.
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