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Monday, 26 November 2018

Get Android 9.0 Pie on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with Arrow OS

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was amongst the best selling devices launched last year in India, despite launching in 2017 it was launched with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and was updated to Android 7.0 (Nougat) in August 2017. Redmi Note 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 mobile platform, the same processor which powers Redmi Note 5, Redmi Y2 and Redmi 6 Pro that run on Andriod 8.1 (Oreo). Xiaomi recently announced the list of smartphones eligible for Android Oreo/Pie update, but Xiaomi's best seller from 2017 is not included in the list and now we can assume that Redmi Note 4 will not receive any Android update. In case you wish to enjoy the latest version of Android on your Redmi Note 4, you can use custom ROM on your device. We tried Android Pie 9.0 based Arrow OS on our unit and here are our impressions, Performance and Benchmarks: [gallery columns="2" link="file" size="large" ids="269449,269450"] Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 is a decent performer, we obtained AnTuTu score of 81212 on Arrow OS. We experienced a smooth and reliable day to day performance. The device exhibit RAM management issue and was unable to keep more than 3 apps in memory, most of apps reload incase you have more than 3 apps ...