Xiaomi has announced that seven devices sold in Spain and globally will reach the end of life (EOL, End of Life) during This April 2025; That means that they will no longer receive support from the company, and therefore, they will not have more updates of any kind, or new versions of hyperos or security.
The end of support is something that inevitably arrives for all smartphones, at the time the manufacturer decides that he cannot continue dedicating resources to its maintenance. Although Android update support has improved a lot in recent years, it is still one of the big platform problems. The affected devices are as follows (via Xiaomitime):
- Little F4 GT
- Redmi K50 Gaming
- Redmi 10a
- Redmi Note 11s
- Redmi Note 11 pro+ 5g
- Xiaomi 11i
- Xiaomi 11i Hypercharge
These devices have many things in common, and in fact, some are the same mobile but with a different name according to the market, such as the little F4 GT and the Redmi K50 Gaming. They were all launched throughout 2022so in the end they will receive approximately 3 years of support, which until not long ago was the standard on Android. Xiaomi’s most modern devices, such as Xiaomi 15, promise up to six years of updates, demonstrating to what extent it has improved in that aspect.
The end of support of a smartphone assumes that You will not continue to receive updates of any kind, and the current version of the system they have is the one they will have forever. In some cases, that means that they will not be able to use the new Hyperos system, as is the case of the Redmi 10a that still uses the Miui customization layer. In other cases, it assumes that these devices You can’t receive Android 15as is the case with the little F4 GT and Redmi K50 Gaming, who will stay on Android 14 although they have received Hyperos 2.0 recently.
For users, the end of support is an indicator that they have an old mobile who should think about changing. Although the devices will continue to function without problems, not receiving security updates could suffer in the long term. For example, if a safety bug is discovered in the system, Xiaomi will not launch a patch to solve it on these devices and Users can be in danger. In the same way, some apps may stop working in the coming months or years, if they are designed for new versions of Hyperos.
Therefore, if we have one of the devices on the list, it is advisable to Start thinking about changing mobilefor a more recent model that still has support. Xiaomi itself offers new versions of these devices in all its ranges.
