If you upgrade your Xiaomi phone to Android 12, you may lose one of MIUI’s most habitual features.
Xiaomi has already started updating some of its phones to Android 12. However, the update does not seem to be without problems and, despite the introduction of a number of interesting new features, some users of Xiaomi devices have noticed this The update also removed one of the features MIUI is the most habitual in recent months.
This enables the so-called “RAM expansion”. Add almost more RAM, using the free space of the internal memory of the device. And this is as shown in xiaomiuimodels like that Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra or the Redmi K40 You will lose this feature after updating to the latest version of Android.
Virtual RAM expansion disappears on Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra and Redmi K40
for now, Xiaomi seems to have removed this feature from the two devices mentioned.However, it is not excluded that the brand could follow the same path with other high-end models such as the Xiaomi Mi 11 or Xiaomi 11T Pro.
Although the reasons for this decision are not given, they are probably related to the fact that Both the Redmi K40 and the Mi 11 Ultra have more than enough RAMand there are very few instances where users may have more storage capacity.
Xiaomi removed the memory expansion feature on some devices (like Mi 11 Ultra, Redmi K40, etcétera.) with the Android 12 update, but the Mi 10 series still has this feature. pic.twitter.com/yWxxxmOrd1
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In any case, we will have to wait for future versions of MIUI based on Android 12 when the decision is madeor if Xiaomi decides to restore the function to its habitual state.