of these Cupertino stands out for maximizing the lifespan of its devices, not only in the daily use of every day, but also in updates. An iPhone can have up to 5 or 6 years of software updates and new features. The same goes for iPad, Mac, and even Apple TV. On Android, the situation is very different, but they want to repair the path of their users.

Xiaomi wants to be like Apple and offer long-term updates

According to the post seen on Weibo, the Chinese brand has promised the Redmi K60 Extreme Edition (Xiaomi 13T Pro for the rest of the world). 4 generations of Android updates and 5 years of security updates. Will that be enough? Devices of this brand are characterized by the fact that they have an endless range of products with different functions, which can compete with any Android brand; they also shamelessly copy some Apple designs.

Xiaomi promises to offer updates for up to 5 years on the Redmi K60 Extreme Edition

The K60 Extreme Edition is a device that was launched in China last week. Promise is only recognized in this countrySo far it has not been confirmed whether the release will follow the same update line for other regions.

Another important curiosity is that the number of updates in the MIUI version is not specified. Besides being a customization layer, MIUI affects a large number of functions on Xiaomi devices. Usually when a new version of MIUI comes out on Android, these also tend to go hand in hand.

An important update strategy but one that can fail

Other brands such as Samsung and OnePlus offered the same promise to their users.Get both Android and security updates for 4 and 5 years. Google is a bit behind as they offer 3 Android updates and 5 years in terms of security.

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This could be a deadly strategy if Xiaomi is primarily limited to Chinese territory. Normally with regard to the release of premium devices, most of them do not reach other regions. For example, Mix Fold 3, one of his next big productions won’t leave China.

Frequency is also another factor to consider, updates are few but hard to reach on every single device. MIUI delays updates for a long time, Taking the Android example, it takes more than 6 months to download a new version.

Security patches are delivered every 1 or 2 months but in the case of Xiaomi these patches are delayed for a longer period of time. If we are in August, the next update will last until October or November. In my personal case, I haven’t received an update for several months even though the device’s MIUI support is about to end. According to previous experiences, Xiaomi cannot compete with Apple in delivering updates. We’ll see if it can reach them while trying to be the best, as was the case with the Xiaomi 13 Pro against the iPhone 14 Pro Max.