Redmi starts teasing "a new hero" that's coming soon‎

Redmi is getting ready to unveil a new smartphone in India, and it's started the teaser campaign for it today through its official X account. As you can see, not much is revealed in the quick teaser video below, just that "hero mode" is loading and the letter R is featured quite prominently. A new hero loading...#StayTuned pic.twitter.com/l8a83asiR5— Redmi India (@RedmiIndia) March 19, 2026 That may mean this device will have that letter in its name - Redmi 17R, perhaps? - or not. After all, Redmi starts with an R too. Hopefully the brand will reveal more details about this...