Xiaomi’s first smart home panel went on sale via crowdfunding a couple of days back carrying a decent price tag of 299 yuan ($41). Since the product is the brand’s first, it received a wide reception among Mi fans as the crowdfunding exercise ended in a short while with the product entirely sold out.
Xiaomi’s smart home products are super popular in China and beyond
The crowdfunding exercise took place simultaneously on Xiaomi Mall and the Youpin platform. On Xiaomi Mall, the brand raked in a total of 1,160,123 yuan while on the Xiaomi Youpin platform, it raked in a total of 1,223,495 yuan. This brings the estimated total sales to over 2.38 million Yuan ($325,755). While the entire number of backers is not known, the total sales suggest the product received backing from almost 8,000 persons.
This doesn’t come as a surprise, the Smart Home Panel is expected to become yet another popular product from Xiaomi.
As a reminder, the Xiaomi Smart Home Panel is a wall-mounted control screen featuring a built-in XiaoAI voice control system, primarily for Xiaomi’s smart home gadgets. The gadget packs a 3.23-inch touch screen, voice control, and physical buttons for manual operation. It serves as a Bluetooth Mesh gateway for up to 100 devices, controlling over 5,500 smart devices and supporting custom smart scenes.
Furthermore, it can function locally, even during network disconnections, and follows standard installation specifications but requires a neutral line for setup. It’s designed to streamline control within Xiaomi’s smart home ecosystem.
The product is expected to go on open sale in China in no distant time. Unfortunately, we can’t say for sure if Xiaomi is planning to release this product for the global market any time soon.
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