POCO X6 Pro confirmed to launch with Xiaomi HyperOS in India

HIGHLIGHTS

• POCO X6 Pro is launching alongside the POCO X6 in India.
• It will be one of the first phones to offer the new HyperOS.
• POCO X6 Pro is also speculated to be a rebranded Redmi K70e.

POCO X6 series is scheduled to launch in India on January 11th. The Xiaomi sub-brand is launching both the POCO X6 and POCO X6 Pro and it’s speculated that the latter will be a rebranded Redmi K70e, while the vanilla model will be a rebadged Redmi Note 13 Pro. Ahead of the launch, it has been confirmed that the POCO X6 Pro will run the new HyperOS.

POCO X6 Pro Xiaomi HyperOS 

POCO X6 Pro will launch with Xiaomi’s Android 14-based HyperOS out-of-the-box globally, the brand has officially revealed. The phone is launching on the same date globally and in India, so it can be assumed that the Indian variants will get the OS too. Xiaomi started rolling out HyperOS in India just this month, and even the newly launched Redmi Note 13 series is getting the update later. So this would make the POCO X6 Pro one of the first phones to offer HyperOS.

For those unaware, HyperOS is Xiaomi’s new operating system for its devices. The official rollout began in December last year for a select number of devices. HyperOS offers several improvements under the hood, faster app boot times, UI tweaks and animations.

As for the POCO X6 Pro, the brand has been teasing the phone revealing some key specs about it. So here’s what we know so far about the POCO X6 Pro.

POCO X6 Pro: what we know so far

• POCO X6 Pro is confirmed to launch with the MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra chipset.
• The smartphone will be equipped with 5000mm VC cooling, and WildBoost 2.0 for gaming optimisation.
• The POCO X6 Pro is also said to have scored over 1.4 million on the AnTuTu benchmark platform.
• As for the other features, POCO is expected to reveal more as the launch day gets closer.

There is speculation though that the POCO X6 Pro will launch as a rebrand of the Redmi K70e smartphone that launched in China last November. This might be accurate as the Redmi alternative also runs the same chipset. If this rumour is to be believed, here’s what we can expect from the POCO X6 Pro.

POCO X6 Pro specs (expected)

• POCO X6 Pro could feature a 6.67-inch OLED 1.5K display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 2160Hz touch sampling rate, 1920Hz PWM dimming, and 1,800 nits of peak brightness.
• The smartphone is expected to offer up to 16GB of LPDDR5x RAM, and 1TB of UFS4.0 storage.
• In the camera department, it could house a 64MP primary sensor with OIS, an 8MP ultra-wide angle lens, and a 2MP macro sensor. For selfies, we might see a 16MP front camera.
• The smartphone will most likely pack a 5,500mAh battery with 90W fast charging support.
• It could also be equipped with a Xiaomi P2 custom chip, and a G1 battery management chip.