Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Varun Kashyap & Sridevi Reddy
Co-Founders, Zithara.ai
Transforming Indian Offline Retail and Customer Engagement Using AI

Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi today announced on its official Weibo account that 40 Xiaomi devices are eligible to receive the MIUI 9 update. Xiaomi first announced their Android Nougat based custom ROM back in July 2017. The company began the rollout of the MIUI 9 Global ROM in early November alongside the launch of Redmi Y1 and Y1 Lite in India.
Xiaomi has now officially confirmed it would be bringing the MIUI 9 update to 40 of its devices.
The list includes the following devices:
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Mi Mix
- Xiaomi Mi Note 3, Mi Note 2, Mi Note
- Xiaomi Mi 6, Mi 5X, Mi 5, Mi 5c, Mi 5s, Mi 5s Plus, Mi 4s, Mi 4c, Mi 4, Mi 3, Mi 2, Mi 2S
- Xiaomi Mi Max 2, Mi Max
- Xiaomi Redmi 5, Redmi 5 Plus, Redmi 5A, Redmi 4X, Redmi 3S, Redmi 3X, Redmi 4A, Redmi 4 (High Edition), Redmi 2, Redmi 2A, Redmi 1S
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X, Redmi Note 5A, Redmi Note 2, Redmi Note 3, Redmi Note 4, Redmi Pro, Redmi Note
- Xiaomi Mi Pad 3, Mi Pad 2, Mi Pad
As seen from the above list, Xiaomi is putting in a lot of effort to make sure the MIUI 9 update is available to most of its devices. Several of its devices are quite older such as Mi 2 that was released in 2018 and Mi 3, Mi 2S and 2A that are from 2013.
The MIUI 9 OTA update has already made its way to several Xiaomi smartphones including Redmi Note 4, Mi Max 2, Mi MIX 2, Mi 5, Redmi 4, Redmi 4A, and the Redmi Y1. Xiaomi is said to be currently testing the MIUI 9 update for Redmi 4 Standard Edition and Redmi 3.