After OnePlus, Xiaomi is the next brand to confirm that they have to delay the Mi A1 Oreo due to performance issue. Read more about Xiaomi Mi A1 Oreo update delay announcement below!
Xiaomi Mi A1 Oreo update faces problems: what happened?
In December 2017, Xiaomi officially launched the Xiaomi Mi A1 with Android One program. Furthermore, the Chinese brand also promised to bring the Oreo upgrade by the end of the year. However, the new update doesn’t seem promising. Within the first week, many Xiaomi users have complained about various problems in their handsets after upgrading. In details, some of the problems Xiaomi users faced were the unresponsiveness camera and applications.
Moreover, there were also the frozen dialer, Recent app and ambient light sensor. On the other hand, Xiaomi Mi A1 Oreo also affects the fingerprint sensor. The swipe function of the sensor gestures doesn’t work well. Additionally, Xiaomi Mi A1 battery drained quicker when the Bluetooth was on. Xiaomi has acknowledged and confirmed that they are going to work on the resolution of the issue.
Furthermore, they offer a workaround for the dialer app problem. In the Mi Community forum, one of the company representatives has suggested uninstalling the MyJio app. On the contrary, if you want to keep using the apps, you would need to disable the “Telephone” permission. For now, Xiaomi has stopped the update from rolling out to search for the fix. According to Xiaomi India’s social media, the Mi A1 Oreo upgrade will resume “in the next couple of weeks. On the other hand, the new OS version brings with it many new standard Oreo features. It includes a lighter UI colour, the notification dots, Auto Fill in apps, Night Light mode, Picture-in-Picture mode, and others. Xiaomi Mi A1 Android 8.0 Oreo weighs more than 1GB and comes with the December Security updates.
Xiaomi Mi A1 Oreo update: when will the new version roll out?
It might take a while for Xiaomi to work on the solution for the Mi A1 Android Oreo issue. However, we can expect the new upgrade to arrive in January. We will keep you update once more information comes out! Stay tuned with PricePony!