Xiaomi released Mi A3 in 2019, and although the phone didn’t make it in its recent list of devices that will receive Android 11 launched in that year, the company is updating the device either way. Although Xiaomi Mi A3 was a budget phone, the phone is part of Google’s Android One program, which promises two major updates and three years of security updates.
Xiaomi has begun rolling out Android 11 to the Mi A3, seemingly the company’s last Android One device.
The update size is 1.4GB and, as anticipated, packs all the Android 11 goodies. That includes conversations, chat bubbles, in-built screen recorder, smart device control center, revamped media control center, android auto, and more privacy-focused features like one-time app permissions, permissions auto-reset for inactive apps, and Google Play System updates.
However, Xiaomi Mi A3’s update changelog only mentions four things; Improved Notification shade, Conversation bubbles, Better permissions management, and Improved DND.
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You can check if the update is available on your device by following these steps; Settings > System > System update.
The first wave of rollouts was riddled with device failures that forced the company to ice the rollout. Recently, the rollout has resumed, and so far, so good, there are no reports of device failures.
Xiaomi Mi A3 was launched with Android 9.0 Pie out-of-the-box and was later updated to Android 10 in March 2020 alongside Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro. That means Android 11 is the last update for this particular device unless Xiaomi decides to ship Android 12, coming later this year, as a bonus.
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