However, it was released so far only in China.
According to the source, the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE smartphone released two years ago received the MIUI 12.5 firmware (MIUI v12.5.1.0.RFBCNXM) – it was released in China. This update is still available for participants in the beta testing program, but if no critical errors are found, then an open beta version will be released, which all owners of Xiaomi Mi 9 SE can already install. And then MIUI 12.5 for this model will be released in other countries.
Xiaomi Mi 9 SE received a lot of innovations with the MIUI 12.5 update
Together with MIUI 12.5, the smartphone received a lot of innovations: new notification sounds, animation effects, and Super Wallpaper options. Also, new functions of Xiaomi Health and Xiaomi Cloud have been added to the firmware, the browser has been improved and innovations have been implemented in terms of security (protection of data from the clipboard, separate permissions for reading and writing data, etc.). The update is 2.4 GB in size.