Xiaomi Mi A1

at one point of time, android one support pages indicated that manufacturer of the phones would be handling software updates on newer devices. a lot has changed since then. google dumped android one. and announced android go. and now we have a new android one device. personally i think google would be handling software updates on this thing. xiaomi is unlikely to devote resources on a non-miui phone. though i have been reading that the camera app is mostly xiaomi and not google.
 
I think the updates will be handled by Xiaomi and the About Phone screen of Mi A1 more or less proves it. I am not very sure though.

Check the kernel version of Mi A1.

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And here's the About Phone screen of an older Android One device.

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Earlier today the ROM for the Mi A1 was released to the public. Some russian users on PDA4U confirmed that the Android One firmware is not compatible with the Mi 5X. Yes the hardware between the two devices is identical but the partitions are different between the two devices due to the A1 using the A/B system that the Pixel devices uses. The A/B systems means that when the device gets an update it will be downloaded and installed on the second system partition and when you restart that second parathion will swap to become System A instead of B to make the updating process seamless. Mi A1 is the first device to get this feature aside from the Pixel as far as I know.
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Mi A1 ROM won't be compatible with Mi 5X (DON'T FLASH) - Xiaomi Mi 5X - Xiaomi MIUI Official Forum
 
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