Finally after months of tests and in-depth analysis Xiaomi Mi 6 is the company's first device to receive stable upgrades to Android Oreo, naturally excluding the A1 Mi. Until now, Xiamo's intentions about the release of Oreo on their devices were not clear, but with this release dedicated to the Mi 6, probably also all the other devices will soon benefit from the update to Android Oreo.
The Mi 6 was the first smartphone to receive the new MIUI 9 and is now the first to boast the Oreo operating system in its software package, which to be precise is the build 9.2.3.0 that in addition to introducing the new Google OS corrects a series of bugs.
WE SEE TOGETHER THE CHANGELOG OF THE OREO UPDATE FOR XIAOMI MI 6
Below is the complete changelog for the MIUI 9.2.3.0 update which consists of the following highlights:
- Optimization - Update to Android 8.0 (02-12)
- Optimization - Involuntary touch protection for numeric keypad (02-12)
System
- Optimization - Update of Android 8.0 (02-12)
- Fix - Apps have changed Wi-Fi connection status without user permission (02-12)
- Correction - Apps have stopped working in the background (02-12)
- Correction - Forced closure of WhatsApp in split screen mode (02-12)
Phone
- Correction - DTMF problems after stopping VoLTE video calls (02-12)
App block
- New - App Blocking phase added before unlocking the device using a new fingerprint for the first time (02-12)
Contacts
- New - Improved layout and readability for search results in Contacts (02-12)
- Optimization - Involuntary touch protection for numeric keypad (02-12)
- Correction - Contact search does not work correctly for Russian and Ukrainian (02-12)
messaging
- Correction - OTP messages have been grouped with SMS notification (02-12)
- Correction - The time of messaging did not change when the system switched to the 12 hours format (02-12)
- Correction - Messages with single-use passwords have disappeared (02-12)
- Deleted - Message settings: Service and promo messages, programmed text messages and group messages (02-12)
Lockscreen, status bar, notification bar
- Optimization: Vibration for notifications during calls (02-12)
- Optimization - Shadow in notifications (02-12)
- Correction - The brightness bar did not appear in its position (02-12)
- Correction - A white bar appeared in notification windows (02-12)
- Correction - In some cases the lock screen background is not shown (02-12)
- Correction - Notification Tone Problems (02-12)
- Correction - The search bar was not displayed correctly (02-12)
- Correction - The Carosello app was unable to upload resources online (a Play Store update required) (02-12)
Home screen
- News - Animated icons for selected apps in the default theme (02-12)
- Optimization - RAM information is not displayed in the task manager by default. Go to Settings> Home Screen & Recent to activate it. (02-12)
- Optimization - Animation to clear the cache (02-12)
- Optimization - Adjusted button to clear memory in task manager (02-12)
- Optimization - Scrolling Response (02-12)
- Optimization - Folders open faster (02-12)
- Optimization - Users can set the main Home screen in edit mode (02-12)
- Optimization - New animation for starting and closing apps (02-12)
- Correction - Failed to close task manager in some cases (02-12)
- Fixed - Problems with icon size for Clock, Calendar, and Weather (02-12)
- Correction - Home screen icons were not displayed correctly (02-12)
Theme
- Optimization - Redesigned Start Page (02-12)
- Optimization - updated Peach Blossom and Asphalt themes (02-1)
It took some time but with the upgrade to Oreo arrived on the Xiaomi Mi 6 in a stable way it should not be long before you even see the other smartphones in the Xiaomi portfolio benefit from the new software release. If you have not yet received theOTA upgrade for your Mi 6 you can run it manually downloading the ROM format fastboot or in format recovery. We await your comments on the new update by letting you know if you have any battery, system fluidity and other benefits.
