MIUI 12 update will roll out to these 47 Xiaomi and Poco phones – Check if your phone is eligible for MIUI 12

• Xiaomi announced the MIUI 12 update on May 19, bringing some major privacy and design changes to its custom skin.
• All in all, 47 Xiaomi and Poco phones will get the MIUI 12 update – this includes popular phones like the Redmi K20 series, Poco F1, Redmi Note 7 Pro among others.
• Xiaomi says that the Redmi K20 series will be the first to get the MIUI 12 update, starting in June 2020. Other smartphones will be updated thereafter.

After announcing the MIUI 12 update on May 19, Xiaomi has now confirmed the list of smartphones that will get this update. Featuring several privacy enhancements and major changes in the user interface, the MIUI 12 update is shaping up to be a big update overall.

MIUI is Xiaomi’s custom user interface that is based on Android. It is used in hundreds of millions of Xiaomi smartphones. MIUI 12 is the latest version of Xiaomi’s custom skin, and it is based on Android 9 or Android 10, depending on the device.


List of devices that will get the MIUI 12 update

Mi 9	Mi MIX 2
Mi 9T	Mi MAX 3
Mi 9T Pro	Mi 8 Lite
Redmi K20	Redmi Y2
Redmi K20 Pro	Redmi S2
Redmi Note 7	Redmi Note 5
Redmi Note 7 Pro	Redmi Note 5 Pro
Redmi Note 8 Pro	Redmi 6A
Redmi Note 9	Redmi 6
POCO F1	Redmi 6 Pro
Mi 10 Pro	Redmi Note 6 Pro
Mi 10	Redmi Y3
POCO F2 Pro	Redmi 7
POCO X2	Redmi 7A
Mi 10 Lite	Redmi Note 8
Mi Note 10	Redmi Note 8T
Mi 8	Redmi 8
Mi 8 Pro	Redmi 8A
Mi MIX 3	Redmi 8A Dual
Mi MIX 2S	Redmi Note 9s
Mi 9 SE	Redmi Note 9 Pro
Mi 9 Lite	Redmi Note 9 Pro Max
Redmi Note 7S	Mi Note 10 Lite
Mi Note 3

What’s new in MIUI 12?

Xiaomi listed some of the major changes that the MIUI 12 update brings. These include:

Reinforced privacy protection

Xiaomi has enhanced privacy protection in MIUI 12 with a hardened permissions system. This system limits the access to camera, microphone, contacts, call history, calendar and storage – these permissions will only be accessible while you’re using the app.

Essentially, this approach tries to prevent apps from surreptitiously accessing information in the background without explicit permission from the user.

Apart from this, MIUI 12 also allows users to remove location information from photos before sharing them with other users or apps.

System-wide design and user interface changes

Another major change in MIUI 12 is the design. Xiaomi has updated the design language to look more modern and simpler. There are new system animations and a new rendering engine that brings a range of other real-time interface updates.

Apart from these two major updates, MIUI 12 also includes performance improvements and other tweaks.

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