Qualcomm has split its flagship phone chip in two. At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui on Tuesday, it launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, both built on a 2nm process. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes…
As scrutiny of camera-equipped AI glasses intensifies, tighter privacy settings and clearer messaging will not be enough. Jason Low, research director at Omdia, said that on Tuesday. The research firm had just published its count of the AI glasses mark…
Xiaomi’s new 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max launched in China today, and feature a more flexible take on the privacy display tech introduced this year on Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra. They combine it with returning rear screens, two 200-megapixel cameras, and both of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips. A global launch […]
Frontier intelligence, all the modalities, built in public. Xiaomi opened its MiMo-V2.6 announcement with that line on Tuesday. The phone and electric car maker released two open-weight models, Pro and Flash, under an MIT licence. The weights are on Hu…
Geely launched its new TT electric sport sedan in China, starting at 129,900 yuan (about $19,100), with 800V fast charging and LiDAR on every trim.
That price puts a 640 km sedan with next-generation charging hardware at roughly half the price of a …
Xiaomi is the latest manufacturer to release a short, wide foldable phone, in the week Apple is expected to do the same. I got to try the 18 Fold behind closed doors at IFA last week, and while it looks and feels similar enough to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, superior specs make it feel […]
Xiaomi launched its SkyNomad SUV family in China today, a lineup of four extended-range models that starts at RMB 209,900, or about $31,275.
It’s Xiaomi’s first move into extended-range vehicles, and the entry price lands below China’s established E…
Xiaomi Auto confirmed it will start selling electric vehicles in Europe, including Germany, in 2027, and it’s already lining up the dealers to sell them.
At IFA Berlin today, the Chinese automaker signed memoranda of understanding with eight of Germ…
Xiaomi spinoff brand Poco has partnered with Bose for the second year in a row for its flagship F9 Pro and Ultra phones. The F9 phones double down on amped up audio, with a light-up subwoofer built into the Ultra, along with extremely bright displays, enormous batteries, and what should be Poco’s best cameras yet. […]
The 9,210mAh dual-cell battery in the new Redmi Note 17 Pro Max is the biggest that Xiaomi has fit in any phone it’s sold in Europe – and remarkably, in some other markets the phone comes with an even larger 10,000mAh single-cell design. As you can probably guess, this is a silicon-carbon battery either way, […]