Emir BardakçıXiaomi officially opened its new Smart Home Appliance Factory R&D Building, marking an important milestone in the company’s intelligent manufacturing strategy and its expanding human-vehicle-home ecosystem. According to the General Manager of Xiaomi’s Large Home Appliances Department, this new facility will serve as a central hub where more than 300 R&D engineers come together to accelerate development across multiple product categories. With this step, Xiaomi is on course with its long-term vision for fully integrated smart living solutions across mobile devices, smart home appliances, and connected ecosystems.
Xiaomi Opens New R&D Facility: A Strategic Step Forward
Located at the heart of Xiaomi’s manufacturing pipeline, the new R&D building unifies core research, engineering, production, and verification processes under one roof. This structure is designed to increase operational efficiency and enhance product reliability. Starting work with more than 300 engineers on-site, Xiaomi aims to synchronize technological innovation with real-time manufacturing, enabling faster product iteration and higher-quality outcomes.
A Vision for Ecosystem Connectivity
This facility further supports Xiaomi’s long-term objective of developing a more seamless human-vehicle-home ecosystem. According to Xiaomi, many of the advanced capabilities that users will see in appliances in the future will be developed inside this building. This covers energy efficiency enhancements, AI-driven automation, and deeper integration with Xiaomi HyperOS for unified control of devices.
Smart Manufacturing Powered by Xiaomi’s Self-Developed Platforms
The smart home appliance factory in Wuhan, which just started production in October, is adopting the company’s self-developed Xiaomi Surge Smart Manufacturing Platform. Equipped with AI-driven visual quality inspection, this system ensures an extremely high production precision at an increased rate. This marks Xiaomi’s effort to set new industry standards while expanding its presence in high-end home appliances.
One benchmark of the facility is the capability to produce, on average, one high-end air conditioner every 6.5 seconds. It also conducts 100% accurate testing of components, made possible by advanced AI systems. These practices ensure consistency in quality and build trust among consumers in Xiaomi’s smart home products.
Full In-House Production of Smart Home Appliances
Xiaomi confirmed that from now on, all major home appliances, including air conditioners, refrigerators, and washing machines, would be developed and manufactured by itself. This achievement plays a very important role in changing people’s perception-that Xiaomi relies mainly on OEM production-instead, the company is establishing its position as a comprehensive supplier of smart home technologies with strong independent R&D capability.
What This Means for the Future of Xiaomi’s Smart Home Lineup
The opening of this R&D building is seen as a major step forward by Xiaomi in its strategy for smart appliances. With R&D, production, and verification all located in one place, Xiaomi is better equipped to create more technically sophisticated, robust, and user-oriented products. Its integration with HyperOS will offer enhanced cross-device communication for consumers, bringing a smoother and more intelligent living experience.
