Xiaomi officially entered the US market with 4K Mi Box in late 2016 and since then, it has released several more products. Now, the Chinese consumer electronics giant has announced three new line of product categories.
Xiaomi hosted a two-day Mi community fanfare dubbed as the 'Meet Mi in the Box' at New York City and showcased soon-to-be-released Mi Home Security 360-degree 1080p, Mi Robot Builder Rover and the Mi Wirelessly Charging Pad. The pricing is said to be revealed in the coming days once the products will be made available for purchase on Walmart.
For the uninitiated, Mi Home Security Camera 360° boasts full HD 1080p home surveillance video recording capability and as the name suggests, it covers all angles of the house.
It also comes equipped with night vision, intelligent motion detection, real-time two-way talk, users can monitor their home's real-time status at the palm of their hands via Mi Home App on a smartphone.
Users can operate the camera remotely, set preferred recording times, and view historic recordings on the app. Mi Home Security Camera 360° 1080P offers two types of storage options: MicroSD cards (up to 64GB) and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices.
Mi Robot Builder Rover is similar to Lego. It comes in 1,086 piece kit that can be built as a rover, tank, or a bulldozer. And the Mi Wireless Charging Pad, which was unveiled a few months ago, comes with globally accepted Qi charging standard. It offers over-voltage surge protection, power protection, short circuit protection, temperature protection. It also delivers an output of up to 7.5W and supports Samsung Galaxy S9, Note9 series, Apple iPhone 8, 8 Plus, iPhone X and later models.
The company also showcased several other products including the Google-affiliated Mi A2 Android One (review), Xiaomi's latest flagship Mi Mix 3, Mi 8 and also the most affordable Qualcomm Snapdragon 845-powered mobile Pocophone F1 (aka Poco F1 in other markets).
Xiaomi's Meet Mi in the Box is one of those infotainment marketing events to get the word of mouth going among the consumers in the US. It is likely that the company will definitely take feedback from the attendees and get a feel of the market. Xiaomi too does the same with Mi Home experience stores in India, where it showcases several new products and based on the feedback steadily increase the product portfolio and Mi TV series one of the success story of Xiaomi. Within a couple of quarters after the launch, Xiaomi became the numero uno smart TV brand in India.
Similarly, Xiaomi has plans to bring to more products in the highly competitive US market, but it will be interesting to see how the company will be a fare against anti-Chinese brand sentiment, as its peers Huawei and ZTE have failed make their mark in the country.
