Xiaomi recently introduced its first smartphone under its new ‘Poco’ sub-brand — Poco F1 with specifications exact to a flagship cameraphone at a really aggressive price tag point.
Whereas the phone has been received nicely by the customers, it has faced a bit of criticism because of a some issues, like absence of support for HD streaming, present bleeding, low audio, and a handful of software-related issues.
The telephone lacks Widevine L1 support which prevents the product in streaming HD content from the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Videos. Now, a thread on the company’s forum by MIUI Forum admin reveals that the manufacturer is working with Google and Qualcomm to fix this issue.
It appears that Xiaomi is planning to soon launch an improve which will bring the widevine L1 support to POCO F1. The update is expected to be rolled out to MIUI Beta ROM users first by Q4, 2018, i.e. by the end of this month.
The manufacturer had recently unveiled an update to fix the notification icon problem! on the status bar. It is also developing 4K 60fps support for the rear camera. Furthermore, users of POCO launcher will In addition have an option to customise desktop grid size and icon dimensions in the future.
Previously, the company had issued a statement related to the show bleeding problem! and claimed that certain screens on MIUI 9 (MIUI for POCO) function a gradient by design (including the power screen), and this is not screen bleeding. It added that gradient present has been removed in MIUI 10 onwards.
The Poco F1 features a 6.18-inch Full HD+ IPS LCD panel what is protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass. The cameraphone is powered by Qualcomm‘s Sd 845 cpu and comes with LiquidCool tech.
It has a 12-megapixel Sony IMX363 key sensor, coupled with a 5-megapixel secondary scanner on the back show. On the front facet, there’s a 20-megapixel selfie digital camera powered with AI for capturing enhanced selfie shots.
The cameraphone arrives with 6GB/8GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB/256GB of internal storage, depending on the variant. It runs on MIUI based on Android 8.1 Oreo and is powered by a 4,000mAh battery that supports Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging.