Xiaomi fans in the United States have been waiting for a while now to see the Chinese giant officially start selling their products in the North American country. In an interview with Bloomberg, the company’s vice president, Hugo Barra explains their plans.

Good News

There is a product launching in October. Some of you may already know the product marking the company’s debut in the US, but for those who don’t, I’ll bring you up to speed.

During Google’s I/O 2016 conference, the search giant mentioned that some new android TV and Google cast devices will be coming to the market soon. One of those devices is Xiaomi’s Mi Box which already exists in China but runs regular android. It will be launching with the more refined Android TV in the US. The Mi box supports 60 fps 4K video decoding, HDR10, Digital Dolby Plus + DTS surround sound, HDMI 2.0a, and has a bluetooth voice remote.

You can also purchase the optional Mi Game Controller for playing supported android games. I am excited about this launch, as I have put off buying the regular version because this version will be launched with Android TV based on Android Nougat which is way better than the regular type that comes with Lollipop.

Bad News

Smartphones will be coming later. Hugo Barra says even though the US market is very important, they are still a young company and have to be stay focused with their international expansion.  The technology standard in the US is very high and the market is complex, so they want to carefully plan their entry and make sure they get things right, most especially after-sales services.

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When asked about how the company aims to cover the financial aspect, Mr. Barra mentioned that they do not need to raise money as their financial power is fine such that they have also financially backed some companies in China.

Xiaomi’s launch sees them taking the fight to Apple’s own turf. Their biggest market at the moment is in India and they are reportedly doing well there, but back home in China, they have been overtaken by Huawei, OPPO, and Vivo.

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While Xiaomi is mainly known for its smartphones, the company has a wide variety of products under its belt, including Android boxes. Now, the company has just unveiled a brand new Android box called simply as the Mi Box at Google I/O. We had expected the new Android box launch at the event since the company’s global VP had already teased the coming of the product a couple of days back. Since the new Mi Box will be coming to US, it will be the first official product from the company in the region.

In case you are wondering, this isn’t the Mi Box 3 model that was announced last year. Instead, this is a new model and runs on Google’s Android TV platform. The Android box supports 4K UHD streaming and latest HDR standards. It comes with a bluetooth remote as well, which supports voice recognition. The box also gets support for Google cast which lets you mirror your Android or iOS device. Unfortunately, the company didn’t announce a release date or pricing for its new Mi Box. But the company did reveal that the new box will be available worldwide.

The specs of the new Mi Box 4K are as given below. 

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