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Xiaomi Mi A1 Oreo Beta update now seeding

Xiaomi Mi A1 Oreo Beta update now seeding



Last week Xiaomi was looking for beta testers of the Mi A1 Android Oreo upgrade. Today the update has finally started seding and we even got a bunch of screenshots from it.




The Oreo Beta of the Xiaomi Mi A1 is 1104 MB in size, and according to an early adopter makes the fingerprint reader on the back is a bit faster. Apparently, the dual-SIM feature is not entirely flawless in this early edition, though.




The tests should end soon as Xiaomi promisedthat the Mi A1 Oreo stable update will arrive before the end of 2017.

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