After months of testing, Xiaomi released the Android v81. Oreo to the Android One phone Mi A1 in select markets. But, the device owners are advised to not update to the new software just yet, due to certain performance-related bugs and a possible security vulnerability.
After a long annoying delay, Xiaomi has finally released Android v8.1 Oreo update to the Mi A1 Android One phone series. As of now, the latest software, which weighs close to 1.12GB in size, is available in select markets including India and Philippines.
However, we’d like to caution our readers that the Android 8.1 Oreo seems to come with a few bugs affecting the user-experience of the Xiaomi Mi A1. Some of the early adopters of the software, who couldn’t resist seeing the update notification on their mobile screen, installed the software, only to regret later.
We have come to learn that device upgraded to Oreo 8.1 erases the entire message history if the user just swipes off the message app in the ‘Recents’ section.
If you have storage backup apps on your phone and really insist on installing the update, we still insist not to do it, as Google ‘s SafetyNet feature in Oreo 8.1 for Xiaomi Mi A1 is broken, rendering Mi A1 vulnerable to hacking.
For those unaware, SafetyNet provides a set of services and APIs that help protect mobile apps in the phone against security threats, including device tampering, bad URLs, potentially harmful apps, and fake users.
Since there are reports of bugs in the Android 8.1 Oreo update for the Xiaomi Mi A1, we advise the device owners not to install the software just yet.
So far, neither Xiaomi nor the Google’s Android team has made any official comment on the issue. We will be tracking the issue to bring you the latest development on the matter.
