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Android smartphone vendors have mastered this art of pushing as many devices into the market as possible, some even going to the extent of creating sub-brands for the same reasons.

Huawei enjoyed massive success with its Honor sub-brand, something that turned on other vendors like Xiaomi, who came up with the popular Redmi family of devices and later Poco.

Unlike Redmi that continues to operate under the wings of Xiaomi, Poco, as you probably know already, is now an independent brand.

Poco-independent-brand

Of course, questions still linger regarding this independence. But that’s unlikely the reason you came to this article. Here, we talk about software updates — the Poco Android 12 update, to be precise.

Poco Android 12 update expected release date

As noted, questions still linger regarding Poco’s independence from Xiaomi. For instance, the company keeps releasing phones that are rebadged Redmi models.

Sure, Poco now has its own community forum and even a dedicated app to go with, but it still shares the same software channels with its mother company.

The same MIUI developed by Xiaomi is still at play, with the company rubbishing any talks of a potential break-away to form an in-house custom skin like Realme did after moving on from Oppo.

With this in mind, the Poco Android 12 update is still heavily dependent on Xiaomi and how fast it makes the OS available for the Redmi variants of current Poco devices.

Poco-F3
Poco F3 is a rebadged Redmi K40

For instance, how fast the Poco F3 gets updated to Android 12 depends on how fast Xiaomi updates the Redmi K40 to the same OS. The same is true for the Poco X2 with respect to the Redmi K30.

Granted, Poco device owners can expect Android 12 update builds to start showing up for their exact models somewhere in Q4 2021, around the time public MIUI beta testing for Android 12 gains momentum.

Of course, this is just a hunch from this side of the table, but we expect Poco to make official communication at some point. We will update this story when this info comes out.

List of eligible devices

Last November, Poco revealed that it strives to provide at least two Android OS updates to its devices, but some entry-level devices may only get one OS update.

In short, there’s no proper software update policy for Poco devices, but then again, Xiaomi still handles software updates.

That said, below are the Poco devices we think will receive the update to Android 12 officially, at least based on Xiaomi’s software update policy.

– Poco F3
– Poco F2 Pro
– Poco X3 Pro
– Poco X3
– Poco X3 NFC
– Poco X2
– Poco M3
– Poco M2
– Poco M2 Pro

As you may have noticed, the Poco C3 misses out possibly on entry-level grounds for a device that came pre-installed with Android 10 and so does the Poco F1, but on the basis of age.

But since this isn’t an official list, expect changes if and when Poco provides the official details of its Android 12 update roadmap.

We will regularly update this article with new info whenever it comes out, so stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.

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Update 1 (July 17, 2021)

1:35 pm (IST): The Poco M2 Pro will allegedly not receive the Android 12 update according to information shared by a trusted Xiaomi-dedicated group on Telegram.

Update 2 (August 30, 2021)

5:42 pm (IST): Fresh developments indicate that Poco has begun internal testing of the Android 12 update Poco X3 Pro. More details here

Update 3 (September 11, 2021)

7:10 pm (IST): Poco is reportedly testing Android 12 internally for the F3 GT. Check out our complete coverage here.

Update 4 (October 02, 2021)

4:40 pm (IST): Xiaomi currently appears to be testing Android 12 internally for a bunch of smartphones including the Poco X3 GT aka Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G.

Update 5 (January 14, 2022)

10:23 am (IST): Poco F3 aka Redmi K40 is now testing the latest Android 12-based MIUI 13 update internally.

Update 6 (January 18, 2022)

10:55 am (IST): As Xiaomi’s Android 12 progresses, more devices receive the latest update. And Poco F3 and Poco X3 Pro are also ready to receive the MIUI 13 update as the builds for these devices are reportedly ready.

Update 7 (February 05, 2022)

10:03 am (IST): Xiaomi is now rolling out the stable Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for Poco F3 GT smartphones in India.

Update 8 (March 03, 2022)

04:36 pm (IST): Global users of Poco X3 Pro are now getting Android 12-based MIUI 13 update. It can be identified with version V13.0.3.0.SJUMIXM.

Update 9 (March 07, 2022)

11:27 am (IST): Poco X3 GT users are now receiving Android 12-based MIUI 13 update in Indonesia. It can be identified with version number V13.0.1.0.SKPIDXM.

Update 10 (March 10, 2022)

03:42 pm (IST): Xiaomi is reportedly rolling out the stable Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for Poco F3 users in Europe. This update comes with version number V13.0.3.0.SKHEUXM.

Update 11 (March 18, 2022)

06:00 pm (IST): Poco X3 Pro users in India can rejoice as the company has begun seeding the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for the device in the region. More on that here.

Update 12 (March 21, 2022)

03:20 pm (IST): One of our readers has alleged that the global Poco X3 GT users are receiving Android 12-based MIUI 13 update.

Thanks for the tip: Michael Spann!

07:23 pm (IST): Xiaomi is now rolling out the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for Poco X3 GT users in Turkey. It can be identified with version number V13.0.1.0.SKPTRXM.

Update 13 (March 25, 2022)

06:11 pm (IST): Poco X3 users in Indonesia and Russia are getting Android 12-based MIUI 13 update with version V13.0.1.0.SJUIDXM and V13.0.1.0.SJURUXM respectively.

Update 14 (April 12, 2022)

12:27 pm (IST): Xiaomi has released the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for Poco F3 users in Indonesia. It can be identified with version number V13.0.1.0.SKHIDXM.

Update 15 (April 15, 2022)

03:45 pm (IST): Xiaomi is now rolling out the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for Poco F3 users in Russia. It comes with version number V13.0.1.0.SKHRUXM.

Update 16 (April 27, 2022)

03:42 pm (IST): Poco F2 Pro is receiving the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update in Indonesia. It comes with version number V13.0.1.0.SJKIDXM.

Update 17 (May 13, 2022)

06:52 pm (IST): Poco F2 Pro users in Turkey are now receiving the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update.

Update 18 (August 16, 2022)

01:43 pm (IST): The global units of Poco X3 NFC are getting MIUI 13 update based on Android 12. More on that here.

Update 19 (August 24, 2022)

06:47 pm (IST): Poco M3 Pro 5G users in India are now grabbing the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update. More on that here.

Update 20 (August 25, 2022)

05:01 pm (IST): Xiaomi is now rolling out the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for Poco X3 NFC users in Indonesia.

Update 21 (August 26, 2022)

05:35 am (IST): Poco X3 users in India are now grabbing the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update. More on that here.

Update 29 (August 29, 2022)

04:54 pm (IST): Xiaomi is rolling out the Android 12-based MIUI 13 update for Poco X3 users in India and Poco X3 NFC users in Turkey.

Poco Android 12 update tracker table

 

Device Name Beta Stable Notes
Poco X3 NFC Released Stable available in Turkey
Stable available in Indonesia
Stable released for global units
Poco M3 Pro 5G Released Stable available in India
Poco X3 Released Stable available in India

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