Xiaomi re-entered the tablet category with the launch of the Xiaomi Pad 5 series in 2021. These devices were introduced with MIUI 12.5 for Pad based on Android 11.
Right now, they boot Android 13-based MIUI 14 in all the markets. According to new findings, these products will get an update to MIUI 15 in the near future. But there’s a catch.
Xiaomiui says that Xiaomi is developing MIUI 15 builds for the original three Xiaomi Pad 5 series models. These include Xiaomi Pad 5, Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro WiFi, and Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro 5G.
However, the upcoming MIUI update for these tablets will not bump up the Android version. In other words, they will not be receiving the Android 14 update.
It is not surprising as Xiaomi did not promise three OS upgrades for them, unlike the Xiaomi 11T series and Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G that were released in the same year. But it still does not feel right,
Because consumers are known to use tablets for a longer period than smartphones. Anyway, the software support on Xiaomi tablets is far better than earlier but it is still not enough. For the unaware, previous Xiaomi tablets generally received a single MIUI update and no Android update.
Compared to other Chinese OEMs, Xiaomi is slow to adopt better software support, For instance, it just announced 4 OS updates for select smartphones while competitors made such changes last year.
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