MIUI 12 Notification issues

In latest version of MIUI 12 to date, users have discovered that the OS uses default app notification icons for all apps notification automatically overriding custom icon an app may chose to display!

 

This can be resolved by unchecking "Use app icons for notifications" in Settings -> Notifications & Control center -> Status bar.

 

You can find more information here: https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/how-can-i-change-the-notification-ic...