Xiaomi co-founder Lu Weibing published a lengthy article on September 14, reflecting on the decade-long development of the Mijia brand and introducing four new home appliance products set to be released in September. He stated that the home appliance industry has perfected the concept of "making appliances obedient," but fundamentally, they remain "remote-controlled"—users issue commands, and appliances execute them. He pointed out that the direction for Mijia's next decade will be proactive intelligence, enabling appliances to truly possess the potential for "proactive service."
Lu Weibing believes that the future of smart home appliances lies in proactive intelligence. He revealed that in the first half of this year, Xiaomi's investment in research and development exceeded 18 billion yuan, with a batch of core technologies beginning to transition from the laboratory to the market. Among these, the cumulative usage of the Xiaomi MiMo large model has surpassed one trillion tokens, with the Xuan Jie San Xin chips working in tandem to support the computing foundation for the entire human-vehicle-home ecosystem, while the number of global IoT device connections has exceeded 1.1 billion. These models, computing power, and ecosystem foundations have been established, enabling appliances to truly possess the potential for "proactivity."
Xiaomi Home Appliances to Achieve Proactive Intelligent Services
He used the upcoming releases of several new products as examples to illustrate this shift. Televisions will no longer merely adjust picture quality by "sitting in the middle," but will utilize millimeter-wave radar to sense the viewer's position and employ AI for dynamic optimization; range hoods will no longer wait for smoke to reach the sensor before reacting, but will automatically detect cookware every 0.1 seconds through cameras and visual large models; door locks will no longer just be locks, but will be able to identify loitering at the door, package placement, and children returning home alone; robotic vacuum cleaners will also be able to recognize room types and stain types, automatically matching cleaning strategies.
Lu Weibing stated that these changes are not merely about adding a few sensors to devices, but about truly integrating edge computing power, large models, scenario training, and device control, enabling appliances to complete the full closed loop from perception, understanding, judgment to execution. He emphasized, "Starting from understanding your needs, using AI to change the real usage experience of appliances, ultimately boils down to one thing: serving every person and every family well." Lu Weibing indicated that in the future, there will be more "understanding" Mijia products meeting with users, which can also be regarded as Mijia's roadmap for the next decade—from "obedient" to "understanding you."