Realme Smartphones Receiving Updates For Jio 5G Support – Gizbot News

5G services have finally got the green signal in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched the 5G services at the IMC (India Mobile Congress) event held at Pragati Madan, New Delhi. Now, the onus is on network operators and smartphone manufacturers to allow their users a seamless transition from 4G to 5G.

Oppo’s sub-brand Realme has started rolling out new firmware updates for its 5G ready smartphones for network reception in India. As per reports, users are getting a small update package which includes support for Jio 5G network. Reliance Jio holds most of the 5G spectrum in India and is likely to expect the Chinese smartphone maker’s telco to have the largest number of users in India.

Talking about an upgrade package will bring more upgrades. Apart from Jio 5G support, it also includes the September 2022 Android security patch and system performance and stability improvements. Realme X7 Max received this update as per Realme Community post. Other 5G capable smartphones are expected to get this update in parallel. If you don’t receive the notification, you can go to settings and check the OTA manually.

Realme update changelog:

Security

• September 2022 integrates Android security patches

network

• 5G network functionality is supported for Jio

System

• Improves system performance and stability

5G Services in India:

According to an announcement by the Department of Telecommunications (DOT), 5G services are available in 13 cities in India: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Gurugram, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Jamnagar, and Gandhi Nagar.

Airtel has announced that Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, Bengaluru and four other cities will get 5G services from today. The telecom operator will soon add more cities. In the year It aims to expand its network coverage to every nook and corner of the country by March 2024. Soon Jio and V (Vodafone Idea) will join the effort and announce their respective 5G rollout timings and data plans.