Flash in India means BGMI Air

If you are in India, do not wait on a Play listing for PUBG MOBILE FLASH. Techloy, the Economic Times, and Tbreak each say the global Flash client is not distributed there. The lightweight product KRAFTON India is shipping is BGMI Air, previously shown as BGMI Lite.

Closed test and account

News18 describes a closed test from 20 to 24 November 2026 in Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata. The same report says testers need to be 18 or older, carry a government ID, and already have a BGMI account. The single TalkEsport research source reports that you keep the BGMI account you have, there is no transfer wizard, and you can squad with the full BGMI client.

iOS pre-registration opened on 11 November 2026, according to TalkEsport's App Store note. Android pre-registration for the older BGMI Lite name started on 25 August 2026. In October, after the pre-registration count passed 10 million, the India product was renamed BGMI Air. That rename is India-only. The global account had already renamed LIGHT to FLASH on 24 September, and KRAFTON India did not follow that name.

What I will not fill in

KRAFTON has not published a minimum CPU, GPU, or a final install size. TalkEsport's about-1-GB line is a report, not a store fact, so the table keeps it in that column. The independent site bgmiair.com repeats the December date and says it is not affiliated with KRAFTON. I do not use it as a publisher source. Flash package com.tencent.igfit and Flash's 13 November date belong to the rest of the world, not to this row.

Search queries that mix bgmi lite, bgmi flash, and pubg mobile flash are hitting three names for two products. Lite on the global Play store is still com.tencent.iglite, last updated 18 January 2024. BGMI Lite was the working title that became BGMI Air. Flash is the global lightweight client. Mixing those three in one install button is how people sideload the wrong package.