Xiaomi announced it’s second generation of Android One handsets back in July. And this time, it was two, not one. The company had earlier promised an even more affordable Android One handset earlier and it made good of that promise by announcing a Mi A2 Lite along with a Mi A1 successor. Both the handsets came with Android Oreo out of the box. Now, the Mi A2 Lite has popped up on Geekbench with Android 9.0 Pie even as the Mi A2 itself hasn’t yet received any stable Android Pie yet.
This is the first such spotting of the Mi A2 Lite but it seems Xiaomi has started testing the update on the handset. The company did promise Android Pie before the end of 2018 on the Mi A2. So, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Mi A2 Lite gets it around the same time frame. As a matter of fact, the Mi A1 received a speedy Android Oreo update last year as promised by the company. Also, the company has delivered the kernel source code a month after the launch of the Mi A2 Lite which means it is learning its lessons from history. The handset also received official TWRP support recently making it easier for modders to tinker with the notched device.
