In mid-June, Xiaomi confirmed the MIUI 12.5 update for a bunch of yesteryear flagship smartphones. All those models have received the promised update in the past few weeks, except for the Mi MIX 2S. Now, it has also started receiving the latest version of MIUI.

MIUI 12.5 was unveiled at the Mi 11 launch event at the end of December 2020. Xiaomi began to release the stable update in late March 2021. Since then, it has updated most of its portfolio in China.

The Mi MIX 2S is one of the last few older flagships eligible for the MIUI 12.5 update. Hence, it is getting the update only now. The latest system update for the handset in China arrives with build number V12.5.1.0.QDGCNXM.

The software build is currently in the ‘Stable Beta’ phase. In other words, it is being rolled out in batches for a select few users. At the end of the day, the update should be available for all users in the coming days.

Since Xiaomi released Mi MIX 2S outside mainland China, the device also has two other regional software builds – ‘Global’ and ‘Russia’. Handsets running these builds will be also getting the new update soon.

The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S launched with MIUI 9 based on Android 8.0 Oreo. The smartphone has received three MIUI updates (MIUI 10, MIUI 11, MIUI 12) and two Android updates (Android 9.0 Pie, Android 10). Hence, it will most likely not get MIUI 13 and Android 12.

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Xiaomi announced MIUI 12.5 at the Mi 11 launch event in late December 2020. The company has been rolling it out to eligible devices for the past few weeks. However, the handset maker did not reveal when the older devices will be receiving the update. Now, as the firm is about to finish the rollout for newer smartphones, a company executive has named an older flagship smartphone that will be receiving the MIUI 12.5 update in near future.

A netizen on Weibo inquired Zhang Guoquan (Director of Xiaomi Mobile System Software) about the availability of the Mi 8 MIUI 12.5 update. To this, the executive simply replied that the update is ready. 

This means we can expect Xiaomi to start rolling out the  MIUI 12.5 update for the Mi 8 in the coming days. The other models in the Mi 8 series should also receive the update at around the same time.

Back in April, the same executive revealed that all the smartphones powered by Snapdragon 845 will be getting the MIUI 12.5 update.  Hence, Mi 8, Mi 8 Explorer Edition (aka Mi 8 Pro), and Mi MIX 2S will be updated to the current latest version of MIUI along with Mi MIX 3 featuring a Snapdragon 855.

Unfortunately, it’s still now sure whether the POCO F1 is eligible for the MIUI 12.5 update. But we believe it should receive the update as it has the same chipset as the Mi 8.

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