El Mi 8 SE It is one of the numerous Mi 8 phones launched by Xiaomi this year. It is an upper mid-range phone with a Snapdragon 710 processor and a notched display.
When it was launched, it ran MIUI 9.5 based on Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box, and even after receiving the MIUI 10 update, its Android version did not change. Xiaomi is still rolling out Android Pie to its phones and the Mi 8 SE is scheduled to get a beta any time this quarter. However, it has recently leaked on Geekbench under Android Q.
Android 9.0 Pie may not be the last major OS update for the phone as a version of the Mi 8 SE with Android Q on Geekbench, the famous and popular benchmark.
This is definitely a very early test deviceAs Android Q won't release a beta version of it until the second quarter of next year. Despite that, it is very exciting to know that the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE is online to get the next version of Android.
One of the confirmed features we know Android Q will bring is improved split-screen multitasking, where both apps running in split screen will be active, instead of just one.
The Mi 8 SE is the third phone seen in less than a week on Geekbench with Android Q. A few days ago, a version of the Pixel 3 XL with Android Q was also seen on the reference site. The next day, the first generation of Pixel was also seen running Android Q. Therefore, several smartphones are expected to be announced to receive the update to this OS version, even before it is officially released by part. of Google.
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