Xiaomi news and trends

Samsung Leads Global Smartphone Market Amid ‘Lackluster’ Industrywide Sales

May 01, 2025
AI is Driving a Smart Glasses Boom. Will It Last?
Wearables // February 05, 2025

A decade after the debut of the original Google Glass — frame-only glasses with a small computer in the place of lenses — a new wave of next-generation smart glasses has emerged. Meta, Amazon, Snap, Samsung, Baidu, Xiaomi and Google, through its Android XR operating...

Apple Says China Ordered Removal of WhatsApp, Threads From App Store
Mobile Commerce // April 19, 2024

Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, as well as Telegram and Signal, from its App Store in China. The company was ordered to do so by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which cited national security concerns, Apple told Reuters in a report posted Friday (April 19)....

Declining Sales, Production Setbacks Add Miles to Bumpy EV Journey
Transportation // April 05, 2024

Barely a week following the launch of Xiaomi’s highly anticipated electric car, which catapulted the electric vehicle (EV) market into the limelight, other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are once again dominating headlines, indicating an ongoing shift in the market landscape. On Thursday (April 4), Swedish automotive...

Xiaomi’s EV Debut Shifts Connected Economy Into High Gear
Connected Economy // April 01, 2024

Following recent reports of Apple discontinuing its decade-long Project Titan, its rival, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, has swiftly entered the electric vehicle (EV) market with the formal launch of its much-anticipated electric car at an event in Beijing. With a competitive starting price of 215,900 yuan (about $29,860), Xiaomi...

Interviews & Exclusives
How Xiaomi Does (Payments) Business In India

January 12, 2017
India is a land of immense opportunity for business. Capitalizing on those opportunities means understanding the complexities that await businesses who want to get in on the ground floor. Vikram Singh, who heads the alliances/partnership team for smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi’s business in India, recently gave PYMNTS an inside look into how he sees the market […]

Quick Reads
Samsung Leads Global Smartphone Market Amid ‘Lackluster’ Industrywide Sales

May 01, 2025
Samsung led the global smartphone market in the first quarter as the market recorded slight year-over-year growth of 0.2%, global technology market analyst firm Canalys said in a Wednesday (April 30) press release. Samsung shipped 60.5 million units during the quarter, while its nearest competitors were Apple, which shipped 55 million, and Xiaomi, which shipped […]

Apple Says China Ordered Removal of WhatsApp, Threads From App Store

April 19, 2024
Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, as well as Telegram and Signal, from its App Store in China. The company was ordered to do so by the Cyberspace Administration...

Apple Hits Record Quarterly Smartphone Shipments in India

November 01, 2023
Apple has reached a significant milestone in the Indian smartphone market by recording its highest-ever quarterly shipments in the third quarter. Surpassing 2.5 million units, Apple’s achievement comes at a time...

Chinese Tech Giants Begin Enforcing New Government App Rules

September 04, 2023
China’s technology giants have reportedly begun enforcing new rules governing app publishers. Mobile app stores operated by companies like Tencent and Xiaomi have begun blocking app publishers from debuting new apps if they haven’t made...