Earlier this year, Xiaomi announced its first Wi-Fi 6 router, dubbed Xiaomi AIoT AX3600, along with the Mi 10 series flagship smartphones. Soon after the announcement, the device went on sale in China for 599 yuan, which is about $92.

Now, keeping up with the launch schedule, the company is gearing up to launch a new router along with the upcoming Mi 11 lineup, which is expected to be an Enhanced Version of the current AX3600. Ahead of the launch of this new router, the current device has received a price cut in China.

It has been confirmed through a listing on JD.com that the Xiaomi AIoT AX3600 will be available for purchase in China for 499 yuan (approximately $76) from 1st January.

As for the upcoming Enhanced Version, the company’s executive has revealed that it will have twice the bandwidth support and transmission information density has been increased by 20 percent, along with offering 2.1 times faster network speed.

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To remind you of the details of the Mi AIoT Router AX3600, it is a flagship product in this category from Xiaomi. It is powered by Qualcomm’s IPQ8071A chipset that has four Cortex-A53 cores and is clocked at 1.0GHz. The chipset on the device is paired with 512MB of RAM and 256MB of internal storage.

Xiaomi says that up to 248 devices can be connected to the router. The router comes with 7 high-gain antennas where one of the antennas is an IoT device antenna, two are 2.4GHz antennas and the remaining five are 5GHz antennas. It supports OFDMA technology (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access) which allows it to send data to multiple terminal devices using only one transmission.

The Mi AIoT Router AX3600 works with the Mijia app and it automatically detects IoT devices from the surroundings, allowing users to set up via one-click configuration. It can also be controlled through a dedicated WiFi App which has been updated with new features such as real-time notification when a device connects or disconnects from the network.

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Yesterday, Xiaomi held an online event in Europe where it unveiled a total of eight new products.  The star of the night, surprisingly, wasn’t the flagship Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro models which came in with expensive price tags but a surprised Mi 10 Lite that offers 5G connectivity for just €349. The company also launched the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 which just a renamed Mi AirDots Pro 2.

Other smart IoT gadgets announced by the Chinese tech giant include the Mi TV 4S 65-inch, Mi AIoT Router AC2350, Mi AIoT Router AX3600 and the Mi Air Purifier 3H.

Xiaomi Mi TV 4S 65-inch 4K HDR TV features & Price in Europe

Xiaomi launched the Mi TV 4S 45″ and 55″ models in Spain last year. The company is now bringing the 65″ version of the high-end smart TV to Europe.

The Mi TV 4S is a 4K (3840 x 2160) HDR TV with MEMC (Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation) technology for motion smoothening. There is a 64-bit MediaTek 6886 quad-core processor with a Mali 470 MP3 GPU inside the TV paired with 2GB of RAM and 8GB of storage.

In terms of the design, the TV has a metal frame, a metal case, and a metal stand. There are three HDMI ports, three USB ports, an ethernet port, and an audio jack. It supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi in addition to Bluetooth Low Energy for connecting Bluetooth devices such as a keyboard, mouse, or gamepad. The TV has 2 x 10W speakers with bass and also supports dts-HD and Dolby Audio.

It runs Android TV 9 out of the box with up to 700,000 hours of content from Rakuten TV, RTVE, RedBull TV, Netflix, and Prime Video, etc. It also supports DVB-T2, DVB-C, and DVB-S2 live TV. If you want more apps or games, you can download them from the Google Play Store. It equally comes with a remote that supports voice command using Google Assistant. The remote has dedicated Netflix and Amazon Prime Video buttons.

The Mi TV 4S can also serve as the smart home hub for all your other Xiaomi smart home products. Using the remote, you can adjust the speed of the fan, turn off the air purifier, or activate your configured routines such as when going to bed.

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As for the price, the Mi TV 4S 65-inch will sell for €549 (~$605) in Europe. It will be on the shelves of authorized Mi Stores in Europe from June.

Xiaomi Mi AIoT Router AC2350 & AX3600 Specs & Prices in Europe

China’s Apple, Xiaomi, also launched a new Mi Router version for the first time. The Mi AIoT Router AC2350 is a lower version of the Mi AIoT Router AC3600 which doesn’t have WiFi 6. The Mi Router AC2350 utilises a Qualcomm CPU, dual-band Wi-Fi with MU-MIMO speeds up to 2183Mbps, 6 external omnidirectional antennas + 1 AIoT antenna that automatically connects to Xiaomi smart devices using app.

The Mi Router AC3600 also announced for the European market. The high-end router adopts a seven-antenna design. It is powered by Qualcomm’s IPQ8071A chipset,  paired with 512MB of RAM and 256MB of storage. Xiaomi’s first Wi-Fi 6 router, the AX3600 promises high-end performance and up to 9.6Gbps speeds. One of the seven antennas on the router is a dedicated AIoT antenna that supports dual-frequency and provides speeds of up to 150Mbps for IoT devices.

The Mi AIoT Router AC2350 comes with a cheaper €49.99 (~$55) price tag. On the other hand, the Mi Router AX3600 costs €119.99 ($132).

Xiaomi Mi Air Purifier 3H

The Mi Air Purifier 3H features a round OLED display similar to that of the previous generation. The display is a touch-enabled one and provides several indoor air data such as temperature, humidity, real-time PM2.5 value, as well as the purifier operating status, network connection status and other information.

The device also supports app control via the MIJIA app.

As for the price, the Mi Air Purifier 3H is priced at €179.99 (~$198). The device will be available soon in Europe.

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With the next-generation 5G communication technology, a new generation of Wi-Fi technology has also been launched — Wi-Fi 6. Recently, along with the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro smartphones, Chinese company Xiaomi launched its first Wi-Fi 6 router in the market, called Mi AIoT Router AX3600.

Now, after almost a month of its announcement, the company has finally started taking pre-orders for the Mi AIoT Router AX3600 in China. The device will be up for pre-order from 10th March till 16th March. It carries a price tag of 599 yuan, which is roughly $86 and comes in just one color — Black.

As for the router, having support for the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, the Mi AIoT Router AX3600 is a flagship product in its category from Xiaomi. It is powered by Qualcomm’s IPQ8071A chipset that has four Cortex-A53 cores and is clocked at 1.0GHz.

It also has a 1.7GHz dual-core NPU for network acceleration which is why it is marketed as a 6-core chip. The chipset on the device is paired with 512MB of RAM and 256MB of internal storage. As per Xiaomi, up to 248 devices can be connected to the router.

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The router comes with 7 high-gain antennas where one of the antennas is an IoT device antenna, two are 2.4GHz antennas and the remaining five are 5GHz antennas. Devices can connect via either 2.4GHz or 5GHz networks.

The router also supports OFDMA technology (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access) which allows it to send data to multiple terminal devices using only one transmission. Other routers that don’t support OFDMA have to send data via multiple transmissions, which is less efficient.

The company adds that the AIoT antenna also supports dual-frequency and provide speeds of up to 150Mbps for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. When compared to the Mi Router AC1200, this new router is claimed to be 155 percent faster.

The Mi AIoT Router AX3600 works with the Mijia app and it automatically detects IoT devices from the surroundings, allowing users to set up via one-click configuration. It can also be controlled through a dedicated WiFi App which has now been updated to version 5.0 with new features such as real-time notification when a device connects or disconnects from the network.

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Just as 5G is the new network standard, there is also a new generation of Wi-Fi technology called Wi-Fi 6. Wi-Fi 6 brings upgrades in speed (9.6Gbps against Wi-Fi 5’s 3.5Gbps) and more. Today, Xiaomi announced its first Wi-Fi 6 router, the Mi AIoT Router AX3600 alongside the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro.

The Mi AIoT Router AX3600 is a flagship router powered by Qualcomm’s IPQ8071A chipset and paired with 512MB of RAM and 256MB of storage. The chip has four Cortex-A53 cores and is clocked at 1.0GHz. It also has a 1.7GHz dual-core NPU for network acceleration which is why it is marketed as a 6-core chip. Xiaomi says up to 248 devices can be connected to the router.

The router has 7 high-gain antennas. One of the antennas is an IoT device antenna, two are 2.4GHz antennas and the remaining five are 5GHz antennas. Devices can connect via 2.4GHz or 5GHz networks. Xiaomi says the AIoT antenna also supports dual-frequency and provide speeds of up to 150Mbps for IoT devices. When compared to the Mi Router AC1200, the new router is 155% faster.

The router also supports OFDMA technology (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access) which allows the router to send data to multiple terminal devices using only one transmission. Other routers that don’t support OFDMA have to send data via multiple transmissions which is less efficient. However, the terminal device has to support OFDMA too.

The Mi AIoT Router AX3600 works with the Mijia app and setting it up is easy. The device automatically detects IoT devices around you and allows you to set up a one-click configuration for easy connection. You can also use the dedicated WiFi App which has now been updated to version 5.0 that brings new features such as real-time notification when a device connects or disconnects from the network.

The router supports WPA3 security protocol and IPv6. It has four ethernet ports on the back and ships with a 12V 2A power adapter

The new router has a price tag of ¥599 (~$86) and comes in black. It is available for pre-order on Mi.com but there is no info on when it will begin shipping to owners.

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Xiaomi recently announced that it would unveil a new wireless router that uses the WiFi 6 protocol alongside the Mi 10 series. The company has now released more details of the new router via a Weibo post.

The new router is revealed to go by the moniker “Xiaomi AIoT Router AX3600” and as stated, it comes with WiFi 6 which will also be onboard the Mi 10 series. The new WiFi standard delivers a fast network with low latency. According to the details the device’s theoretical dual-frequency concurrent rate is up to 2976Mbps. It also uses OFDMA technology which allows users to send data for multiple terminal devices at the same time in one transmission. In this regard, the transmission is more efficient. The Mi AIoT Router also comes with MU-MIMO technology that allows multiple antennas of the router to serve multiple devices at the same time, making the Internet smoother.

These features are in addition to the latest WiFi 6 features which includes optimized power consumption and wider coverage capabilities. It also brings support for multi high-speed concurrent connections. In other words, the connection is stronger with a wider range and can better support multiple connections at the same time. Other benefits include lower latency overall, high rate of data transmission and more.

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