Xiaomi has announced that seven aircraft sold in Europe and the world will reach the end of life (EOL, end of life) for In April 2025; This means that they will no longer receive the support of the company and, therefore, they will no longer have any updates of any kind, nor new versions of hyperos or safety.
The end of support is something that inevitably happens for all smartphones, when the manufacturer decides that he cannot continue to devote resources to his maintenance. Although the Android update support has improved a lot in recent years, it is always one of the major platform problems. The assigned devices are as follows (via Xiaomitime):
- POCO F4 GT
- Gaming Redmi K50
- Redmi 10a
- Redmi note 11s
- Redmi Note 11 Pro + 5G
- Xiaomi 11i
- Hypercharge Xiaomi 11i
These devices have a lot in common, and in fact, some are the same mobile but with a different name depending on the market, such as the Little F4 GT and the Redmi K50 Gaming. They were all launched throughout 2022So at the end, they will receive about 3 years of support, which until a long time ago was the standard on Android. Xiaomi's most modern devices, such as Xiaomi 15, promise up to six years of updates, demonstrating to what extent it has improved in this aspect.
The end of the support of a smartphone assumes that You will not continue to receive updates In all kinds, and the current version of the system they have is the one they will have forever. In some cases, this means that they will not be able to use the new hyperos system, as is the case of the Redmi 10A which still uses the MIUI customization layer. In other cases, it assumes that these devices You cannot receive Android 15As is the case with the Little F4 GT and Redmi K50 Gaming, which will remain on Android 14, although they recently received Hyperos 2.0.
For users, the end of the support is an indicator that they have an old mobile that should think about changing. Although the devices will continue to operate without problems, not receiving security updates could suffer in the long term. For example, if a safety bug is discovered in the system, Xiaomi will not launch a correction to resolve it on these devices and Users can be in danger. In the same way, some applications can stop working in the months or years to come, if they are designed for new versions of hyperos.
Therefore, if we have one of the devices on the list, it is advisable to Start thinking about changing mobileFor a more recent model that still has support. Xiaomi himself offers new versions of these devices in all his ranges.
