India already banned 59 Chinese apps in June, followed by another round of imposed bans 47 other applications who tried to emulate the initially banned applications. But it looks like India's campaign against Chinese apps is not over yet as the government rolled back the ban on Xiaomi's Mi Browser Pro.
Along with this, the English version of Tencent's QQ chat app and some of Baidu's search apps were also banned. But unlike previous bans, the Indian government has chosen not to publicly disclose the list of banned Chinese apps this time around. So it's currently unclear how many apps were removed in the last round of bans.
Based on previous rumors, India was planning to ban as many as 275 other apps, including the popular battle royale game PUBG.
Fortunately, for Xiaomi, the Mi Browser Pro app is not the default browser that comes preloaded on Xiaomi devices. However, it is pre-installed with all Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco smartphones in the country.
In India, there are around 90 million Xiaomi users, so that was a close shave for the company. But we can't say if the stock browser might not be banned in the future.
Regarding Xiaomi's response to the new development, the Chinese tech giant noted that it complies with all of the country's data privacy laws. The company says it is " work towards understanding development and take appropriate action as needed. "
