No idea what you mean, battery drain on mi 8 hasn't radically changed since December.
It was better on oreo.
It slightly improved ever since Android pie adaptive battery feature was added.
Someone found the actual fix to the google maps GPS issue on MI 8 / Mi Mix 3.
Not the workaround(uninstalling gmaps update / running an older apk) - an actual fix.
If anyones interested...
http://en.miui.com/thread-4224636-2-1.html
Managed to get play protect certification on mi 8 again after clearing all play store data and Uninstalling updates.
Uninstalled and reinstalled magisk, tried to verify card in Google pay again but no luck.
Still play protect certified though..
So just out of curiosity I installed Google pay via apk. It's not officially available in my country.
MI 8 on xiaomi.EU 9.2.21 with magisk 18.1
When trying to verify the card that's linked to my Google account it'll fail stating that my device is probably rooted.
Mi pad 4 on xiaomi.EU 9.1.24...
Idk, i havent tested official myself.
I stopped running througjh twrp versions after finding one that worked(3.2.3-1208 by wsx150)
Feel free to test it out yourself by flashing different MIUI versions and trying to restore backups. :)
Try flashing another kernel that will pass safety net without magisk.
example: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/review/standby-drain-t3797947
Backup boot partition before so you can go back, assuming you're using a twrp version that has working nandroid backups (like 3.2.3-1208)
*edit*...
You're crazy...MIUI camera quality vastly improved around end of december 2018 with android 9.
I can't speak about 1080p@60fps video because I never had it.
Device MI 8 & MI 8 Pro/Explorer
https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/9-2-21.49315/post-473305
When pressing on Google \ location \ AGPS Settings nothing happens. The Agps settings page won't open.
Also when using search bar at the top of MIUI Settings page and searching for AGPS settings the...