Security patches may not be the most exciting updates in the world, but it’s a good idea to always stay up-to-date with them to ensure peace of mind and that the security of your phone’s data remains intact. If you have one of these phones, install it as soon as possible.
This May, Xiaomi began rolling out its new security patch, an update that, while not bringing any new or exciting features to users, is critically important for keeping phones in the best possible condition. This patch fixes important bugs and provides optimized protection against some critical system vulnerabilities. It’s vital to install it when it becomes available in your smartphone’s update tool.
What does this security patch protect us against
Xiaomi reports that this patch offers protection against 12 high-risk vulnerabilities that exploit an elevation of privilege system, opening a very dangerous door to all kinds of unwanted manipulations. In addition, it fixes two other vulnerabilities that allowed access to and disclosure of user personal information, as we know that data is valuable and very important on the internet.
The company’s technicians have worked hard on this update, which also protects us by correcting some important Android flaws. Exploiting these flaws appears to lead to denial-of-service attacks, increasing the risk of all kinds of attacks, even remote ones.
For these types of fixes, we always say it’s important to start considering purchasing a new device when our phone runs out of updates: we don’t have to suffer an attack immediately, and ideally, we never would, but the more time we spend unprotected, the more we push our luck. This is especially important when it comes to users less accustomed to the digital environment, such as our parents, who can more easily fall into certain traps or malicious practices online. Making sure to keep their phones updated or replace them when necessary is the best thing to do.
These are the Xiaomi phones that will receive the security patch in May.
Strikingly, the first phones to receive the update patch are not the newest or highest-end ones: the brand is starting this time with fairly inexpensive devices that are also among the best-selling and most successful models in terms of number of users. The first to receive it have been the Redmi 13C , the Redmi Note 13 4G and the Redmi Note 12 4G , very beloved and popular phones despite being a few years old.
And that’s not all, because this same update is expected to reach many more models in the future, basically expanding to all devices that have active support.
- Redmi 12, 13, and 14 series
- Redmi Note 12, 13, and 14 series
- POCO X6 and X7 series
- POCO F6 and F7 series
- Xiaomi 12T, 13T, and 14T series
- Xiaomi 12, 13, 14, and 15 Series
