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A (now deleted) post on the official MIUI forums states that the Redmi 7, Redmi Y3, Redmi 6A, Redmi 6 will not receive the MIUI 12 update due to ‘compatibility and performance issues.’ Just what those issues are exactly hasn’t been specified. The Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A’s dated hardware might not have been able to handle MIUI 12 properly, and that’s ok. The Redmi 7 and Redmi Y3, on the other hand, are relatively new devices that launched with MIUI 10 out of the box, so one can’t help but wonder why they weren’t eligible for the MUI 12 update.
Redmi 7, Redmi Y3, Redmi 6A, Redmi 6 users will now be stuck on MIUI 11 for perpetuity. However, Xiaomi has made it quite easy for users to unlock the bootloaders on their devices, which opens up the possibilities of sideloading third-party ROMs. Additionally, Xiaomi has a fairly vibrant and active developer community, so one can also expect (mostly) bug-free software and regular updates.