Is the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro still supported?
End-of-support date: September 2022.
Support ended
Our estimateSeptember 2022
Source: Xiaomi's official policy · verified 2026-06-13
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the Redmi Note 8 Pro
Is the Redmi Note 8 Pro good for gaming?
For its era yes; the MediaTek Helio G90T was tuned for gaming and still handles many titles, though newer demanding games will struggle.
Does it have NFC?
Yes, the Note 8 Pro includes NFC, unlike some regional versions of the standard Note 8.
Will it receive more Android updates?
No. It launched on Android 9 and has reached the end of its update window, so no further OS or security updates are expected.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from documented update history (estimate — see our methodology), last verified 2026-06-13. How we compute end dates.