Redmi K30 now getting its first MIUI 12 (Android 11) beta update

Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 00:10

Chinese manufacturing giant, Xiaomi, is quite good with software updates. One of the major selling points of this company is its software support for very old phones. In some cases, Xiaomi releases updates for some smartphones that are up to five years old. Over the past few weeks, it has been releasing the development beta of MIUI 12 on top of Android 11 for its flagships. According to recent reports, the MIUI 12 (Android 11) is now available for the Redmi K30 basic version.

This update is an Android cross-version upgrade, the update package size is 2.9GB. In addition to upgrading to Android 11, it also optimized the stability of the system, optimized the fluency of the system, adds super wallpapers, optimizes the memory usage, and takes care of lagging issues. Furthermore, due to the major version upgrade of Android, the Mi 10 Extreme Commemorative Edition (Ultra) has suspended the internal beta (MIUI 12 Android 11) update from today. However, this device is getting the latest MIUI 12 (Android 10) stable update.

According to Xiaomi, many of its smartphones will get this update in this round. Here are the Xiaomi phones which are gearing up to get the MIUI 12 on top of Android 11 update.

Xiaomi Mi 9 series
Xiaomi Mi CC9 series
Redmi K20/K30 series
Redmi 7/8/9 series
Redmi-Note 7/8 series
Redmi 10X series
Xiaomi Mi Play series

Redmi K30 4G / 5G specifications

6.67-inch (1080 × 2400 pixels) Full HD+ 20:9 LCD screen with 120Hz refresh rate, HDR 10, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
K30 5G — Octa Core (1 x 2.4GHz + 1 x 2.2GHz + 6 x 1.8GHz Kryo 475 CPUs) Snapdragon 765G 7nm EUV Mobile Platform with Adreno 620 GPU
K30 4G — Octa Core (2.2GHz Dual + 1.8GHz Hexa) Snapdragon 730G 8nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 618 GPU
6GB LPDDR4X RAM with 64GB / 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 128GB / 256GB (UFS 2.1) storage expandable memory up to 512GB
Android 10 with MIUI 11
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
64MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony IMX686 sensor, 0.8μm, f/1.89 aperture, 8MP 120° ultra-wide sensor with 1.12μm, f/2.2 aperture, 2MP depth and 5MP (2MP in K30) macro sensors with 1.75μm, f/2.4 aperture, 4K 30fps, 960 fps at 720p
20MP front-facing camera, 2MP secondary camera with 1.75μm for portrait
Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, IR sensor
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, 1217 Linear Speaker, Smart PA
Dimensions: 165.3×76.6×8.79mm; Weight: 208g
5G SA/ NSA (Optional) / Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, Dual-frequency (L1+L5) (K30 5G), GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, USB Type-C
4500mAh (Typical) / 4400mAh (Minimum) battery with 30W (K30 5G) flash / 27W (K30) fast charging