HyperOS 4 Update Not Showing? How to Check, Get It Faster and Install It Manually

Jeff K.·November 10, 2026

Short answer: if HyperOS 4 doesn’t show up on your Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO phone, it usually hasn’t reached your model or region yet. Xiaomi releases it in waves, and inside each wave it starts with a small “pilot” group. First check that your phone is on the schedule and that a build for your region exists. If it does, you can install it yourself with the Recovery ROM, without unlocking the bootloader and without losing data.

Step 1: Is your phone getting HyperOS 4 at all?

Xiaomi’s global schedule covers 82 devices in three waves: early November, mid-November and December 2026. See the full HyperOS 4 device list. Some Android 16 phones, including the Redmi Note 13 Pro series and POCO X6 5G, are not getting HyperOS 4.

Step 2: Has a build for your region been released?

The schedule dates are only when the rollout starts. The Global, EEA, India, Indonesia, Russia, Turkey and other regions each get their own build, often weeks apart.

Open Settings → About phone and note your version, for example OS3.0.303.0.WOJMIXM. The letters before XM show your region. Paste it into our version decoder if you’re not sure.
Check your model in the HyperOS 4 tracker. It shows for each region whether a Pilot or Stable HyperOS 4 build is on Xiaomi’s servers.

Nothing for your region yet: wait. Installing another region’s build needs an unlocked bootloader (see the FAQ).
Pilot only: the build exists but is offered to a limited group of users first. You can install it manually (step 4), or wait for the stable release.
Stable: the update is rolling out to everyone in your region. Try step 3 first.

Step 3: Make the phone check again

Go to Settings → About phone, tap the HyperOS card and tap Check for updates. Do it on Wi-Fi.
Free at least 10 GB of storage: the full HyperOS 4 package is around 7–9 GB on recent phones. Charge the battery above 30%.
Restart the phone and check again. Some users see the update after a day or two because Xiaomi releases it in batches.
Remove any beta enrollment and update the Updater app if Settings offers it.

Changing the region in Settings, using a VPN or clearing the Updater’s data don’t speed up the rollout. Xiaomi picks phones on its servers, not by your location.

Step 4: Install HyperOS 4 manually (same region, no unlock)

When the tracker shows a HyperOS 4 build for your region, you can install the Recovery ROM yourself:

Open your phone’s page in our firmware hub and download the Recovery ROM (.zip) of your region whose version starts with OS4. Check the MD5 after the download.
Copy the ZIP to the phone’s internal storage (the root folder, not inside “Download” if possible).
Go to Settings → About phone, tap the HyperOS card, then the three dots → Choose update package, and select the ZIP.
The phone verifies the file, installs it and reboots. Your data stays. The first boot takes 5–10 minutes.

Back up first. After HyperOS 4 you can’t easily go back: the Recovery method doesn’t allow downgrades, and a Fastboot downgrade may be blocked by anti-rollback.

Common errors

“Couldn’t verify update package”: the ZIP is for another model or region, or the download is broken. Check the codename and region code and compare the MD5.
“Choose update package” is missing: tap the HyperOS logo on the update screen about 10 times to unlock the option.
Not enough storage: the package needs roughly twice its size free during installation.
Bootloop after updating: boot into recovery (Power + Volume Up) and choose Wipe data as a last resort, or reflash with Mi Flash.

FAQ

Can I install a HyperOS 4 ROM from another region?

Not with the Recovery method: the phone rejects packages from a different region. Switching region requires an unlocked bootloader and a Fastboot ROM, and it wipes the phone. See how to change ROM region safely.

Is it safe to install a Pilot build?

Pilot builds are the same software Xiaomi sends to the first group of users, signed by Xiaomi and installed the normal way. They may still have bugs that the stable build fixes a few weeks later. If you rely on your phone for work, wait for Stable.