Xiaomi Mi A1 in Kenya finally gets Android 8.1 update

While all eyes can be fixed on the new kid on the block, the Xiaomi Mi A2 his predecessor, the Xiaomi Mi A1 is still one of the best ways of Android, as expected by Google there.

Of course, there is the bit where the A1 A1 is plagued by problems regarding its battery life and average camera but good luck finding something with its design and performance that is part of the Android One program and has also something to allow you to control your home entertainment system without costing an arm and a leg.

Of course, one of the main selling points of Android One smartphones is the software updates guaranteed for at least a year and half of the release of a device. The two major updates as well as the monthly security updates released by Google. Xiaomi has so far delivered on the first with the A1 Mi receiving Android Oreo only a few hours at the turn of 2017 . The latter, however, has been something that Xiaomi has continually flouted and has left users of its Android One phone, like yours, having to wait for months to get updates rather than every month like HMD Global (Nokia) and BlackBerry As the refocused Android One program now allows device makers to be the guardians of software updates ( details ), ordinary users can not do much of the same thing. Other than fingers crossed and hopes and pray that Xiaomi act together.

Until this happens, users of the Xiaomi Mi A1, at least in Kenya, may be happy that at least the company has kept its promise. and finally released the highly anticipated Android 8.1, Oreo, update. The update is waiting to install on my Mi A1 for a few days and I just finished this process last night.

The Android 8.1 update, which displays 1.1 GB, also includes the latest Android security patch – for July 2018.

Although the update started to hit A1 A1 units in Kenya last week, it was launched last month to be recalled due to bugs that prevented users from updating their SMS. . Now add backup text messages to your to-do list before installing a software update, sigh). However, in the middle of this month, Xiaomi has taken the update back to users and we are here!

Even though the update adds some aesthetics like the new power menu and a larger search bar in the application settings, modified. There is still no support for Project Treble, despite the promises and badurances repeated on the Mi forums that the same thing is going on. EIS and camera2 API (necessary to support the almost lousy shooting game of Mi A1) are still bad rumors, unless, of course, you belong to the formidable brigade "root and ROM".