Mi 9 SE, Redmi Note 7/7S & Note 7 Pro join MIUI 11 update party (Download links inside)

Take the example of Huawei or OnePlus – both of these OEMs opt for a easy versioning scheme for their custom skins (EMUI and OxygenOS respectively) that aligns with the numbering pattern of Android itself. On the other hand, MIUI from Xiaomi is none but a complex mess in this domain.

Allow me to clarify the situation: although Xiaomi does update the upper level skin, the Android version beneath is not necessarily tied up with it. Matter of fact, Mi 8 and Mi MIX 2S recently received stable MIUI 11 OTA, but their Android 10 update went live via beta channel merely hours ago.

Xiaomi is known for backporting various features from higher version of Android. As a result, end users can easily find functionalities like system-wide dark mode in the latest build of MIUI, irrespective of the bottom layer. The 11th generation of the custom skin is currently rolling out for a number of Mi branded phones.

Someone at Xiaomi’s end is surely bashing the big red button, as the long anticipated update is now available for both Redmi Note 7/7S and Redmi Note 7 Pro in China. The combined changelog is as follows:

Lockscreen, status bar, Notification shade

– New: Use your fingerprint to open Home screen once you unlocked the device using face data and stayed on the Lock screen

– New: Different options for hiding the notch

– Fix: Folder with unimportant notification was displayed even all the incoming notifications were important

Blocklist

– Optimization: Improved blocklist functionality

Game speed booster

– New: Continuous swiping opens an additional menu in Game Turbo now

– New: You can create a Home screen shortcut for Game Turbo now

– Optimization: Prompts about turning on Game Turbo

– Fix: Hands-free call duration wasn’t displayed correctly in Game Turbo

– Refreshed start page of Game Turbo

– Auto brightness, screenshot gestures, and Reading mode can be turned off automatically when Game Turbo is on

– A major upgrade for the toolbox in Game Turbo: autoplay and switching between data SIM cards are available now

Security

– Fix: Red envelope assistant issues in Mi AI

– Fix: Couldn’t turn Red envelope assistant on and off

– Fix: Red envelope assistant TalkBack compatibility issues

Xiaomi Cloud

– New: Xiaomi Cloud items can appear in the search results of the Settings app

– Fix: Sync status wasn’t always displayed correctly

Entire credit goes to yshalsager and the Xiaomi Firmware Updater project for tracking the OTA update URLs.

• Device: Redmi Note 7/7S
• Codename: lavender
• Channel: China Stable
• Version: V11.0.2.0.PFGCNXM
• Android: 9.0
  • Type: Recovery
    • Download: Link
    • MD5: a379ae321e5fe5a886a7b90ec6c68497

• Device: Redmi Note 7 Pro
• Codename: violet
• Channel: China Stable
• Version: V11.0.3.0.PFHCNXM
• Android: 9.0
  • Type: Recovery
    • Download: Link
    • MD5: 38ac3021fa029e60e74d3951bde8afea

Mi 9 SE, a budget conscious variant of Mi 9, is also receiving the stable MIUI 11 update in China. Interestingly, none of these stable updates brings Android 10 to these phones.

• Device: Mi 9 SE
• Codename: grus
• Channel: China Stable
• Version: V11.0.3.0.PFBCNXM
• Android: 9.0
  • Type: Recovery
    • Download: Link
    • MD5: 798b0ceef17352fefd4025399f8eb972

Happy flashing!

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