The company said that the Mi Music app was unavailable due to "technical issues." The app is now available again to download for users. For this reason, the headline is changed.

Xiaomi has quietly yanked its music player and streaming app Mi Music from the Play Store in India, continuing its shutdown of various services in the country where it is under regulatory pressure.

The music streaming app, Mi Music, was released by China-based phone maker, Xiaomi, in partnership with Indian entertainment company Hungama in 2018. From web archives, the application had more than 1 billion lifetime downloads.

"Get unlimited access to millions of music, curated playlists, and content from your favorite artists. This is the music app for you to listen to online and offline music," its description said in the Play Store.

Since last year, the company has closed down several service offerings in India. Last October, Xiaomi wound down its financial services business in the country, including a loan app called Mi Credit. During the same period, the company also stopped offering its cloud backup service globally. The phone maker also discontinued its short video app Zilli earlier this year.

The Indian government has, in the past even banned Xiaomi's browser, video call, and community app among a swathe of Chinese apps including TikTok, Shein, and UC Browser.

Xiaomi has been through a rough patch in India with the regulatory crackdown for the tax evasion charge and an executive exodus. The last year also witnessed the departure of its long-time top exec Manu Kumar Jain, who looked after the launch of Xiaomi in India from ground zero. The company had already done layoffs this year in the form of operational restructure to cut costs.
The Enforcement Directorate has served notice to Xiaomi and the partner banks for allegedly making illegal remittances of $725 million in the name of royalties to foreign entities. The agency froze bank accounts of the company last year.

All these factors have led the company to fall from the first position to the third position in the smartphone market in India, say analyst reports.