Category: Xiaomi

Xiaomi Mi Video App gets online content integration

Mi Video Player App

With the launch of MIUI 9 back in November, Xiaomi introduced few new apps such as Mi Video, New Mi Explorer and Mi Drop. MIUI gets updated biweekly, which includes closed beta on every Tuesday and public beta on every Friday, last Friday Xiaomi updated the Mi Video app and it gets online content integration. Users can now watch content from Hungama Play, Youtube, Hotstar, Amazon Prime Videos, Voot and other streaming services without leaving the Mi Video App. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Video App gets online content integration”

Xiaomi starts rolling out MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM, finally brings New Notification Shade with Quick Replies [Update: Rolling out for Redmi 5A]

MIUI 9 Notification Shade

Update: 3: Update: Xiaomi has started rolling out MIUI 9.5 update for select Redmi 5A users that brings all these new features. Xiaomi releases Stable Nightly updates to random users to get feedback and the same update is rolled out to all users as a Stable build if feedback goes well, in case you wish to read more about Nightly ROMs refer to this post.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Review

The sheer hype around Xiaomi’s successful Redmi series is not for nothing. Time and time again, the Redmi Note series has proved itself by offering a product that effectively straddles that thin line between performance and value. With the introduction of the Redmi Note 5 Pro though, the company is obliterating the few sacrifices it had to make to hit a certain price point and is taking the fight to the competition.  Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Review”

Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Punjab

Xiaomi has announced that it has opened its first Mi Home Store in Punjab. This is the 30th Mi Home Store in India after Mi Home stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Madhya Pradesh, Coimbatore and Gujarat. Continue reading “Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Punjab”

Xiaomi Mi Casual, City and Travel Backpacks launched in India starting at Rs. 899

Xiaomi launched its Mi Business Backpack in India back in August last year. Today the company has launched 3 new backpacks – Mi Casual Backpack, Mi City Backpack and Mi Travel Backpack in India, in its Mi Ecosystem. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Casual, City and Travel Backpacks launched in India starting at Rs. 899”

Xiaomi Redmi 5 Unboxing and First Impressions

Xiaomi just launched the Redmi 5 smartphone in India last week as the successor of last year’s Redmi 4, and it went on sale earlier this week for the first time. Check out the unboxing and the first impressions of the phone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5 Unboxing and First Impressions”

Xiaomi and TVF announce strategic partnership for Mi TV

Xiaomi and The Viral Fever (TVF)  today have announced a strategic partnership for the recently launched Mi TV 4 and Mi TV 4A. TVF has announced that all the content including videos and web-series will be available across all Mi TVs. Continue reading “Xiaomi and TVF announce strategic partnership for Mi TV”

MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM – List of Xiaomi devices getting it with schedule

Xiaomi started rolling out  MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM for the Redmi Note 4 last week, later some users reported the update rolling out for Redmi 3S. Yesterday Xiaomi confirmed that it is rolling out the update to Redmi Note 4, Redmi Note 3, Mi Max/Prime and Redmi 3S/Prime in phases. Today the company has confirmed that list of devices that will get the MIUI 9.5 update along with the roll out time-frame. Continue reading “MIUI 9.5 Stable ROM – List of Xiaomi devices getting it with schedule”

Xiaomi launches new Mi Earphones, Mi Earphones Basic in India starting at Rs. 399

Xiaomi today launched two new earphones – Mi Earphones, Mi Earphones Basic in India. The company already has several in-ear earphones in India, and it recently launched the Mi Noise Cancelling USB Type-C Earphones in the country. The Mi In-Ear Headphones Basic also got a permanent Rs. 100 price cut recently and is available for Rs. 499.

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Amazfit BIP Unboxing and First Impressions

You have probably heard of Huami Corporation, if not, it is the company behind Mi Band series which are known for providing smart activity tracking at affordable prices, in which Xiaomi has invested in. Apart from Mi Bands, Huami has its own range of wearables called Amazfit. Recently, Huami launched its budget smartwatch Amazfit BIP globally at US$ 99 (Rs. 6455 approx.). We got to unbox the Amazfit BIP, check out the unboxing and first impressions of Amazfit BIP. Continue reading “Amazfit BIP Unboxing and First Impressions”

Over 4 lakh Xiaomi Redmi 5 smartphones will go on sale in India on March 20

Xiaomi launched its budget Redmi 5 smartphone in India last week and said that it will be available exclusively from Amazon.in as well as  Mi.com and Mi Home Stores starting March 20th. Today the company has announced that over 4 lakh units will be available for tomorrow’s sale compared to 3 lakh units for the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro that were sold out in 3 minutes  during the first sale. Continue reading “Over 4 lakh Xiaomi Redmi 5 smartphones will go on sale in India on March 20”

Xiaomi Blackshark SKR-A0 gaming phone with Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM surfaces again in benchmarks

A new smartphone code-named Blackshark surfaced on AnTuTu, now the phone has surfaced on Geekbench listing revealing the code-name of the phone as  SKR-A0. This is believed to be Xiaomi’s first gaming smartphone under the new  Black shark brand, in which Xiaomi started investing last year.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro launched in China with f/1.9 aperture camera, Dual 4G VoLTE, Android Oreo, Quick Charge 3.0

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphone in India last month. The company today launched the phone in China today as Redmi Note 5 AI Dual Camera. Even though the phone has the same 5.99-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass screen, Snapdragon 636 SoC with up to 6GB RAM, Hybrid Dual SIM slot, 4000mAh battery and comes with 12-megapixel rear camera, but this has a f/1.9 aperture camera compared to f/2.2 in the Indian version, however this has 1.4μm pixel size compared to 1.25μm in the Indian version. It also has Dual PD dual-core speed focus for fast and accurate focus. The secondary rear camera is the same 5-megapixel unit .
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Xiaomi Mi Exchange program expands to Mi online store – Here’s how it works

Back in November last year Xiaomi India partnered with Cashify to launch Mi Exchange Program across its Mi Home stores offline. Today it has expanded the program to its Mi online store. This lets you exchange your old phones and get an exchange coupon on mi.com. This coupon can be used to buy a new Xiaomi smartphone on mi.com.
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Xiaomi Redmi 5A Lake Blue variant launched in India; sales cross 5 million units since launch

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A back in November last year in India. It launched the Rose Gold variant of the smartphone last month. Today the company has launched the Lake Blue variant of the phone in the country. Earlier this year the company said that it sold 1 million units of Redmi 5A in one month of launch.  Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A Lake Blue variant launched in India; sales cross 5 million units since launch”