When Xiaomi revealed the official list of eligible devices for MIUI 12 update, it lacked Mi 6 flagship smartphone from 2017 but included Mi 6X, it’s lite variant. This was a head-turner for the user community as this device is still powerful enough to last for at least two more years. Thankfully, Liu Ming, the product manager of MUI has now confirmed the handset to receive the update.
The Xiaomi Mi 6 was launched in April 2017 with MIUI 8 based on Android Nougat. The device was later updated to MIUI 9, MIUI 10, and MIUI 11. Additionally, the system underneath was also upgraded to Android Oreo and Android Pie.
As far as any standard Android flagship smartphone is concerned, it is more likely to receive two platform updates and three years of security patches. In Mi 6’s case, it has already received support for 3 years and should not receive any update further if it has to follow the above tradition.
However, Xiaomi’s update tradition is different than other OEMs as it is known for supporting devices for up to 6 years. But sadly, the company has been changing as certain new MIUI features cannot work on old Android base and its a tiring job to update the platform versions of older devices.
On the other hand, phones released in the past few years are more capable than those launched before that. So, it was confusing why Xiaomi did not include Mi 6 for MIUI 12 update when Mi 6X was eligible for it.
At that moment, the MIUI Head took it to his Weibo to remind users that MIUI 12 Beta is indeed available for Mi 6. When we looked a look at the Mi Community post, we came to know that the company is yet to decide on providing a stable update to the device and thus it was not included in the official eligible list.
If Mi 6X is getting a stable MIUI 12 update, then Mi 6 will most certainly receive it. But for now, it is only guaranteed to get beta builds until the brand officially adds it to the official list of eligible devices, which we believe will happen soon going by the history of the company.
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