Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G is the first phone from the company eligible to get three major Android OS updates in India

Xiaomi is launching the 11 Lite NE 5G in India today. Weird naming aside, it’s a basically a souped-up Mi 11 Lite 4G—which was launched in the country barely three months ago—with a faster system-on-chip and slightly more capable display credentials. But, there’s more to it than what meets the eye making it, perhaps, one of the most exciting Xiaomi phones in recent history.

The 11 Lite NE 5G is the first Xiaomi phone in India that is eligible to get three major Android OS updates and four years of security patches right out of the gate. All Xiaomi phones before it were limited to two major Android updates. This makes the 11 Lite NE 5G the third Xiaomi phone—globally—to be eligible for as many updates, the other two being the 11T and 11T Pro.