The Redmi 9 made its global debut in early June 2020. The budegt smartphone made its way to China later that month. The handset released with MIUI 11 based on Android 10. It was updated to MIUI 12 at the end of September. Now, nearly a year after its launch, the device has started receiving the Android 11 update.
The Redmi 9 was one of the best budget smartphones released last year. This phone is also known as Redmi 9 Prime in India. The POCO M2 is a clone of this handset. The POCO version was so popular that the brand relaunched it recently as POCO M2 Reloaded.
Anyway, despite being well-known, the device is receiving the Android 11 update only now. Currently, the update is live in China with build number V12.0.1.0.RJCCNXM.
Like any other newly released public MIUI build, this one is also in the Stable Beta phase. Hence, it is only avaialble for a select few users. However, it should be rolled out to all the units in China in the coming days.
Similarly, the Redmi 9 (Redmi 9 Prime) Android 11 update should reach other regional variants of this phone as well as the POCO M2 very soon. Last but not least, these smartphones are also eligible for the MIUI 12.5 update.
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