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Xiaomi
Xiaomi (; ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is best known for consumer electronics software electric vehicles. It is the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones in the world, behind Samsung, most of which run on the Xiaomi HyperOS (former MIUI) operating system. The company is ranked 338th and is the youngest company on the ''Fortune'' Global 500. It has been called the "Apple of China". Xiaomi was founded in 2010 in Beijing by Lei Jun along with six associates. Lei had founded Kingsoft as well as Joyo.com, the latter of which he sold to Amazon for $75 million in 2004. In August 2011, Xiaomi released its first smartphone and, by 2014, it had the largest market share of smartphones sold in China. Initially the company only sold its products online; however, it later opened brick and mortar stores. By 2015, it was developing a wide range of consumer electronics. In 2020, the company sold 149.4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MIUI
MIUI is a deprecated mobile operating system by Xiaomi for its smartphones and devices, from 2010 to 2023, prior to the launch of its successor Xiaomi HyperOS. MIUI was Fork (software development), based on the Android (operating system), Android Open Source Project, and served as the basis for other OS deviations by Xiaomi: MIUI for Poco (company), Poco, MIUI Pad, MIUI Watch, and MIUI TV (PatchWall). There are different versions for each Xiaomi phone model, and each version has regional variants dependent on where the phone is sold, including China, Europe, Indonesia, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan and Turkey. Xiaomi have also released a few devices running Google's Android One instead of MIUI. Xiaomi devices usually get three Android version updates, but get MIUI updates for four years (less for budget models). The first MIUI ROM, released in 2010, was based on Android Froyo, Android 2.2.x Froyo and was initially developed in China by Xiaomi in its first year of opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redmi
Redmi (stylized in all caps) is a subsidiary brand owned by the Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. It was first launched in July 2013 as a budget smartphone line, and became a separate sub-brand of Xiaomi in 2019, to takeover entry-level and mid-range devices originally produced by Xiaomi brand, while Xiaomi itself produces upper-range and flagship Xiaomi (formerly Mi) phones. Redmi phones use Xiaomi's MIUI or Xiaomi HyperOS user interface on top of Android. Models are divided into the entry-level Redmi, the mid-range Redmi Note, and the high-end Redmi K. In 2022, a lower-priced entry-level lineup, Redmi A was introduced, with some models featuring Android Go and lacking MIUI user interface. The most significant difference from other Xiaomi smartphones is that Redmi uses less expensive components, allowing lower prices while retaining more advanced specifications. In August 2014, ''The Wall Street Journal'' reported that in the second quarter of the 2014 fiscal year, Xiaom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poco (company)
Poco (stylized as POCO), formerly known as Poco by Xiaomi is a Chinese brand owned by Xiaomi that specializes in smartphone A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multi ...s. The Poco brand was first announced in August 2018 as a mid-range smartphone line under Xiaomi. Poco India became an independent brand on 17 January 2020, followed by its global counterpart on 24 November 2020. Poco released its first smartphone, the Pocophone F1 in August 2018. Some phones with identical or slightly changed specifications are released in some markets as Poco, in others as Redmi; for example the Poco X6 and Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G. History The Poco brand was launched as a Xiaomi sub-brand in August 2018. The Poco sub-brand had a small team within Xiaomi, and chose the name Poco as it represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiaomi HyperOS
HyperOS (), officially named Xiaomi HyperOS (), is an operating system developed by Xiaomi. It unifies MIUI, Vela OS, Mina OS and car-focused operating system's software architecture for smartphones, Internet of things, IoT devices and other Xiaomi hardware including automobiles. It was announced on October 17, 2023, and debuted alongside Xiaomi 14, Xiaomi 14 Series on October 26, 2023. It replaced MIUI as Xiaomi's primary moblie operating system as of 2024. In 2017, Xiaomi was developing Xiaomi Vela OS to use with its own IoT devices. It is based on NuttX and was announced in 2020. In 2019, Xiaomi pre-developed Xiaomi Mina OS, a microkernel security system. In 2021, following its decision to make automobiles, Xiaomi was developing its own car-focused operating system. In 2022, Xiaomi decided to unify the aforementioned operating systems' software architecture, and HyperOS has finished its research and development. The new operating system was announced on X and Weibo on October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiaomi Auto
Xiaomi Auto (; legally Xiaomi Automobile Co Ltd) is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Beijing. It is a subsidiary of Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi. Founded in 2021 by Xiaomi Founder and Chairman Lei Jun, the company mainly develops and manufactures electric vehicles. History In 2021, Lei Jun received a call informing him that Xiaomi had been sanctioned by the United States. During an emergency meeting with the board of directors, someone raised the question of what would happen to Xiaomi's 30,000 or 40,000 employees if the company's mobile phone business could no longer continue. This led to Xiaomi's diversification into car manufacturing. Lei Jun then received strong recommendations from his friends, such as Nio CEO William Li and XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng to enter the automotive industry. He acknowledged that the transition into smart electric vehicles was an inevitable trend. On March 30, 2021, Xiaomi announced that would establish a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lei Jun
Lei Jun (born 16 December 1969) is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, computer engineer, and nonpartisan congressman. He is known for being the founder, chairman, and CEO of the consumer electronics company Xiaomi. He also serves as the chairman of Kingsoft and Shunwei Capital. Lei has been serving as congressman of the National People's Congress since 2013. As of May 2025, Lei's net worth was estimated at US$42.6 billion by ''Forbes'', ranking him 33rd worldwide. Early life and education Lei was born on 16 December 1969 in the city of Xiantao, Hubei, China. Both of his parents were teachers; his father made $7 a month. As a child, he was interested in electronics and liked disassembling and re-assembling radios, which was encouraged by his father. He made the first electric lamp in his village using two batteries, a bulb, a self-made wooden box, and some wires. In 1987, he graduated from Hubei Provincial Mianyang High School () and started to attend Wuhan University. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smartphone
A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as multimedia playback and Streaming media, streaming. Smartphones have built-in cameras, GPS navigation, and support for various communication methods, including voice calls, text messaging, and internet-based messaging apps. Smartphones are distinguished from older-design feature phones by their more advanced hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, access to the internet, business applications, Mobile payment, mobile payments, and multimedia functionality, including music, video, mobile gaming, gaming, Internet radio, radio, and Mobile television, television. Smartphones typically feature MOSFET, metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) chips, various sensors, and support for multiple wireless communicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Bin
Lin Bin (born 1961) is a Chinese-American billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder and vice chairman of Xiaomi. Lin studied Electrical Engineering graduating from the radio electronics department of the Sun Yat-sen University. Later he received a master of science in Computer Engineering from Drexel University. After graduation, Lin started at Microsoft, where he worked on Internet Explorer. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as an engineering director at Google and served as Vice President of Google China’s Engineering Research Institute. In 2010 Lin co-founded Xiaomi together with Lei Jun and five other individuals, serving as president of the company. After previously stepping down from his role, in 2019 he became the vice chairman of the company. Lin Bin made the 2025 Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Phones
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones ( landline phones). This radio frequency link connects to the switching systems of a mobile phone operator, providing access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Modern mobile telephony relies on a cellular network architecture, which is why mobile phones are often referred to as 'cell phones' in North America. Beyond traditional voice communication, digital mobile phones have evolved to support a wide range of additional services. These include text messaging, multimedia messaging, email, and internet access (via LTE, 5G NR or Wi-Fi), as well as short-range wireless technologies like Bluetooth, infrared, and ultra-wideband (UWB). Mobile phones also support a variety of multimedia capabilities, such as digital photography, video recording, and gaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
