Xiaomi appears to have a brand new sensible speaker within the works that appears fairly just like the Apple HomePod. A patent utility exhibiting the brand new speaker has purportedly emerged in China that means a cylindrical design. Xiaomi’s speaker can also be purported to have a HomePod-like devoted touch-sensitive floor to let customers work together with the {hardware}. It might even have XiaoAI digital assistant to speak with customers via a pc voice. Notably, this is not the primary time when Xiaomi has been noticed imitating Apple.
The patent exhibiting the brand new sensible speaker by Xiaomi has been revealed on the China Nationwide Mental Property Administration (CNIPA) web site, reports GizmoChina. Some schematics suggesting the design of the brand new {hardware} spotlight many similarities with the Apple HomePod.
Xiaomi seems to supply 360-degree sound via its sensible speaker. It additionally seems to have an OLED show that may very well be used to indicate connectivity standing and quantity ranges. Additional, it might have the touch-sensitive floor on high.
As a sensible speaker, the {hardware} purportedly designed by Xiaomi might additionally embrace assist for XiaoAI digital assistant, which is the corporate’s proprietary providing towards Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri.
Devices 360 wasn’t in a position to independently affirm the emergence of the patent utility. It’s, subsequently, secure to think about the hearsay with a pinch of salt.
That being mentioned, Xiaomi does have already got some sensible speaker choices in its portfolio. It most just lately brought its XiaoAI Touchscreen Speaker Pro 8 with a multi-touch show and three subwoofers in December final yr. The speaker had a design that regarded just like the Google Nest Hub and Amazon Echo Show 8.
Xiaomi apparently copied the design of some Apple units prior to now as effectively. One such instance is the Mi Watch that appears similar to the Apple Watch — with a digital crown-like button and a curved show.
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