Based in a official statement on Twitter by the Xiaomi India CEO Manu Kumar Jain said that "Excited to share: #POCO will now be an independent brand!" confirmed that the POCO sub-brand of Xiaomi is now independent and will operate on its own.
The company had introduced the POCO as a sub-brand back in 2018, with the POCO F1 as its first smartphone device. Thanks to its wanted flagship-grade hardware at a midrange pricetag. The device proved to be among the most popular smartphones of the year in markets In fact, as the company has pointed out in its press release, the device is still remains extremely popular.
And now that the brand is independent, POCO's next phone is expected to be the POCO F2 the successor of the POCO F1, should finally make its long-awaited debut very soon.