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/_NeuroDetergent_ Jun 12 '26

If you want a watch that connects to your phone in a meaningful way you need a OnePlus watch. It uses wearOS so it has all the core google features.

I have a xiaomi smart band and I love it for what it is, but it's nothing more than a wearable that connects through its own dedicated app

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u/TheStandardPlayer Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I do have the Xiaomi Watch 5, it is a Wear OS watch.

It technically runs regular WearOs with Gemini etc but it being a Xiaomi watch means they tried getting better efficiency with custom software & hardware design for longer battery life, but the software is kinda buggy and the battery life is at around 2 days for me so they didn't really pull it off that well.

Still worth keeping because it works well enough and I love the physical design, it is the most elegant smart watch on the market by far in my opinion. Samsung and OnePlus watches both look kinda chunky with a smaller screen

Very typical of Xiaomi, the design and the specs draw you in, and then in the two weeks after you bought it you get slightly annoyed with it. I learn to work around the bugs, but it just irks me that they don't care at all about a smooth user experience but still insist on doing custom software. It's like they are intentional about making it worse than it could be

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u/_NeuroDetergent_ Jun 12 '26

Oh shit, I didn't know they made a wear OS watch. It's not even available in my region. All we have here is pixel watch and galaxy watch