Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

It seems like the day of Android updates. After Motorola, Xiaomi has started seeding the Android 9 Pie update to its Mi A2 in India. The Android 9 Pie update for Xiaomi Mi A2 weighs 1067.7MB in size (it might vary with users) and brings along all the features which Google introduced with the latest iteration. Having said that, the update seems to be pushed out to an only limited set of users as most of the Mi A2 users on Reddit are complaining that their device is yet to show up the update notification. Furthermore, the update seems to be live only for the Mi A2 users in India as the users who got the update are from sub-continent.

Xiaomi Mi A2 Update: What’s New?
Just last week, we reported that some of the Mi A2 users on the Beta programme have received the update for testing, but Xiaomi has started the stable update rollout in the country today. As mentioned above, Android 9 Pie update on Mi A2 weighs close to 1.1GB in size and it can be installed over-the-air. We have received the update on our Mi A2 review unit. Also, make sure that you’ve installed the November 2018 security update on your Mi A2 because it gets the device ready for the Android 9 Pie major update.
For the unaware, the Xiaomi Mi A2 is an Android One handset, so it runs stock Android 8.1 Oreo and not the company’s MIUI skin. As for the features, we get all the Android 9 Pie ones such as adaptive brightness, adaptive battery, gesture navigation, app actions and all the user interface tweaks. The update also ships with November 2018 security patches. To recall, Xiaomi rolled out the November 2018 security update alongside the Pixel 3 devices earlier this month.