Xiaomi Officially Rolled out Android 8.0 Oreo to Mi 6 Globally

Xiaomi's 2017 flagship device Mi 6 is getting a bunch of new updates. This device was launched in August 2017, came running on stock Android 7.1 Nougat. After the long wait of beta testing, the company has officially rolled out Android 8.0 Oreo to the Mi 6 device based on MIUI 9 which is Xiaomi's custom UI.

The new Android 8.0 Oreo update weighs more than 1GB and comes with many features, fixed bugs as well as optimizations. Here's the full change-log details.

Xiaomi Mi 6 Android 8.0 Oreo Features

Highlights

• Optimization - Android 8.0 update (02-12)
• Optimization - Protection from unintentional tapping for Dial pad (02-12)

System

• Optimization - Android 8.0 update (02-12)
• Fix - Apps changed Wi-Fi connection status without the user's permission (02-12)
• Fix - Apps stopped working in the background (02-12)
• Fix - WhatsApp force closed in Split screen (02-12)

Phone

• Fix - DTMF issues after pausing VoLTE video calls (02-12)

App Lock

• New - Added the App lock step before unlocking using a new fingerprint for the first time (02-12)

Contacts

• New - Improved layout and readability for search results in Contacts (02-12)
• Optimization - Protection from unintentional tapping for Dial pad (02-12)
• Fix - Contact search didn't work properly for Russian and Ukranian (02-12)

Messaging

• Fix - OTP messages were grouped with notification SMS (02-12)
• Fix - Time in Messaging didn't change when the system was switched to 12-hour format (02-12)
• Fix - Messages with one-time passwords disappeared (02-12)
• Delete - Adjustments for Messaging: service and promo SMS, scheduled SMS, and group messages. (02-12)

Lockscreen, Status Bar, Notification Bar

• Optimization - Vibration for notifications during calls (02-12)
• Optimization - Notification shade response (02-12)
• Fix - Brightness bar wasn't displayed in its position (02-12)
• Fix - A white bar appeared in the Notification shade (02-12)
• Fix - Lock screen wallpaper wasn't shown in some cases (02-12)
• Fix - Notification shade issues (02-12)
• Fix - The search bar in the Notification shade wasn't displayed correctly (02-12)
• Fix - Wallpaper Carousel couldn't load online resources (a Play Store update was required) (02-12)

Home screen

• New - Animated icons for selected apps in the default theme (02-12)
• Optimization - RAM info isn't shown in Recents by default. Go to Settings > Home screen & Recents to turn it on. (02-12)
• Optimization - Animation for clearing cache (02-12)
• Optimization - Adjusted the button for clearing memory in Recents (02-12)
• Optimization - Swipe response (02-12)
• Optimization - Folders open faster (02-12)
• Optimization - Users can set their main Home screen in the editing mode (02-12)
• Optimization - New animation for launching and closing apps (02-12)
• Fix - Couldn't close Recents in some cases (02-12)
• Fix - Issues with icon size for Clock, Calendar, and Weather (02-12)
• Fix - Home screen icons weren't displayed properly (02-12)

Themes

• Optimization - Redesigned home page (02-12)
• Optimization - Updated Peach blossom and Asphalt themes (02-1)

You can see it's a long list of features, bugs fixes and optimizations. This update has been officially rolled out to all Xiaomi Mi 6 device globally.

How To Update Your Xiaomi Mi 6 to Android 8.0 Oreo

The update can be made via flashing the Oreo file either via fastboot or recovery mode, both of which require their own separate files. You can download your preferred file here.

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