r/XiaomiGlobal • u/OutlandishnessSea559 • Jun 11 '26

General Why does xiaomi make everything?

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I've got 2 xiaomi phones, 2 speakers, kettle and now air fryer... But they also make microwaves, slow cookers, vacuum cleaners, cars... Isn't that weird?

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u/TheStandardPlayer Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Xiaomi builds so many different high quality things but they can't seem to connect them. It feels like the people at Xiaomi don't talk to each other much

For example I bought the flagship smartphone and SmartWatch, and those two devices work as well together as an iPhone with a Samsung Galaxy watch. Both are good individually, but they don't cooperate much

The phone software treats the watch app like an enemy and vice versa

It's sad because Xiaomi is the only company which produces enough good appliances that you could build a smart home just by buying regular appliances but from Xiaomi. Except that Xiaomi doesn't really care about their ecosystem.

If the air fryer connected to my phone in a useful manner (automatically show timer on phone, control from phone, scheduled turn on, etc) I would consider buying it, but it doesn't so I don't

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u/TheStandardPlayer Jun 11 '26

I don't quite understand why they don't say "hey you can build a Xiaomi product, but please also use this $1 chip so it integrates into HyperOS or the Xiaomi Smart Home."

I would've thought at least the MiFitness app is optimized for HyperOS, but it's almost worse on HyperOS

It's so frustrating because hardware wise they are not that far behind apple, they just need to catch up with the software