Xiaomi smartphone users banned from installing Google services

Users of Xiaomi smartphones released for the Chinese market have lost support of Google services and applications, Report informs, referring to Gizmochina.

Recently, some users of MIUI started reporting that they weren’t able to install Google Mobile Services (GMS) on their smartphones.

The restrictions seem to have come after the rollout of MIUI 12.5. The China-based smartphone maker has responded to those reports and said that the company no longer allows users to install or sideload GMS applications because of compliances.

The company confirmed that the devices that don’t come with the Google service framework wouldn’t install GMS applications. This isn’t surprising as most of the devices in China don’t have support for GMS as Google services are banned in the country.

While Xiaomi has not revealed the list of models affected by this policy change, some users have reported that Redmi K30 Ultra and Redmi 10X 5G are among those models that don’t support sideloading GMS apps.