Another wave of LineageOS 18.1 builds has arrived. Including several smartphones from different OEMs, the builds are now available for Xiaomi’s Poco F3 and Poco X3 Pro. Both of these are new phones from the tech, launched together on March 22.
They entered the markets pre-installed Android 11 based MIUI 12 OS and are now running on MIUI 12.5. MIUI isn’t a bad Android skin but sometimes you just want to nail down a few things while still retaining some extra control and customization.
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LineageOS is an open-source Android distribution. It is a popular custom ROM and the successor of CyanogenMod. It has its own standard to compete against other OEM’S Android variants such as OxygenOS, MIUI, EMUI.
Developers usually take advantage of the open-source nature of the custom ROM and extend support officially/unofficially to many other devices. And, this is what exactly happened with Poco F3 and Poco X3 Pro. This smartphone has now received LineageOS 18.1 build on top of Android 12.
You can download LineageOS 18.1 for these devices by visiting the wiki pages linked below. Be sure to follow the installation instructions because it’s easy to soft-brick your phone or mess up installing GApps and other addons if you follow any steps out of order.
Poco F3 – Download Link
Poco X3 Pro – Download Link
