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For the first time, Xiaomi has treated the Mi A2 like an Android One handset. The Chinese smartphone maker is now seeding November 2018 security update to the Mi A2 in various regions including India. The update weighing around 91MB doesn’t bring any new features to the smartphone and it just bumps the security patch version to November 2018. Search giant Google also pushed the November 2018 update to the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones, while Essential also rolled out the same to the Essential PH-1 smartphone. With the OxygenOS 9.0.2 update, the OnePlus 6 already got the November 2018 patches, while the OnePlus 6T picked up OxygenOS 9.0.4 update which also brought the November 2018 patches. Other Android One devices from Nokia and Motorola might receive the update in the coming weeks.

Xiaomi Mi A2 November 2018 Update: What’s New?
Aforementioned, this update for the Xiaomi Mi A2 doesn’t come with any new features or optimisations. Before this update, the Mi A2 users was on October 2018 update which was released during mid-October. But the November update has been pushed by Xiaomi alongside the Pixel 3 smartphones. For those users who are annoyed with the existing bugs on the Mi A2, they’ve to wait for a while as Xiaomi did not address any of the bugs with this update. For the unaware, several users reported abnormal battery drain because of the fingerprint scanner. Although only a limited amount of Mi A2 users are facing this bug, the ones who’re facing will have to deal with the issue a bit longer.