There is no longer official support for these Xiaomi Mi and Poco smartphones

When it comes to budget-friendly smartphones, Xiaomi is one of the famous companies that offer powerful smartphones with an affordable price tag. In contrast to certain other manufacturers of smartphones that are similarly reasonably priced, Xiaomi upgrades the software on its own smartphones. Recently, the company has shared a list of devices that are not eligible for future software updates. Well, this is kind of concerning for users since it also covers security updates.

In addition to this, the company is quite open when it comes to the end of software support for any device. Recently, the company shared the list of devices that will no longer receive the software upgrades. The list is quite extensive and contains several Mi and POCO devices. Reportedly, the list has been upgraded and more smartphones are now part of the list.

More specifically, devices like the Poco X3, Poco X3 NFC, Xiaomi Mi 10T, and Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro will no longer receive updates from the company. These devices debuted in 2020 and they have received the promised timeframe of three years of software updates. Users will see real repercussions from this: security updates will no longer be released by Xiaomi, and the company will cease to deliver significant OS updates. This implies that, eventually, it will be necessary to carefully assess the security of using these cell phones going forward.

Well, there is a temporary solution for this in the form of custom ROM. Recently, the company announced that it will now provide four years for Android updates and five years for security updates to its smartphones. For reference, the Xiaomi 13T is eligible to receive a substantially expanded support period.