The sub-brand of Xiaomi i.e. Redmi is planning to launch Redmi K50 series very soon. It is a successor to the K40 series. According to some reports K50 series will be launched in early 2022 and it will arrive in China in February 2022. Just like Redmi K40 series, K50 series will have multiple models which will be empowered by four different chipsets including Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Snapdragon 870, Dimensity 9000 and MediaTek Dimensity 7000.

The newly introduced K50 series will run MIUI 13, it is however still not clear whether K50 series will be launched with Android 11-based MIUI or with Android 12. the official release date of this series has not been announced yet by Xiaomi. K50 series will include the models code-named Matisse and Rubens. Matisse will be the gaming variant which will be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC. Matisse will be equipped with an OLED screen with an in-display fingerprint scanner and it will feature either 120Hz or 144Hz refresh rate. It will also be equipped with 64MP quad-camera system plus a cooling system for flawless gaming experience. This models may well be referred to as Redmi K50 Gaming Pro.

On the other hand, K50 Rubens will be equipped with Dimensity 7000 and it is rumored to be Redmi K50 Gaming non-pro model. Just like Matisse, Rubens may also be equipped with a 64MP quad camera system with special cooling mechanism for chipset.