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Lu Weibing celebrates Xiaomi Phone's 15th birthday, says it will fully embrace AI in the future
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On August 16, Xiaomi Group partner and president Lu Weibing posted a message celebrating the 15th birthday of Xiaomi phones, reviewing the brand's journey from "Born for enthusiasts" to "Let everyone in the world enjoy a better life brought by technology," and emphasizing that the future will fully embrace AI. This statement has drawn industry attention to Xiaomi's strategic transformation.
Xiaomi was founded in April 2010, with its initial office located in Yingu Building. In August of the same year, it launched the internal beta version of the MIUI system. On August 16, 2011, the first-generation Xiaomi phone was released in Beijing at a price of 1,999 yuan, becoming the first domestic phone with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, equipped with 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, and a 4-inch 854Γ480 resolution screen, with a 1930mAh removable battery and support for open flashing.
On the 15th anniversary, Xiaomi has launched the HyperOS 4 system and begun beta testing, with the first batch of devices including Xiaomi 17 Ultra, Xiaomi 17 Pro, REDMI K90 Pro, and Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro tablets. The system upgrade reflects Xiaomi's sustained investment in software-hardware collaboration.
In terms of market performance, according to an Omdia report, Xiaomi's global smartphone shipments in 2025 reached 165.4 million units, with a market share of about 13%, ranking among the global top three for five consecutive years. In the same year, Xiaomi Group's total revenue reached 457.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25%, and adjusted net profit was 39.2 billion yuan, both record highs.
On the AI strategy front, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun announced in March 2026 that the company will invest at least 60 billion yuan in the AI field over the next three years, with 16 billion yuan invested in 2026 alone. Currently, Xiaomi MiMo has completed a full series of model matrices covering large language, multimodal, and voice, and MiMo-V2.5-Pro ranks first globally among open-source models in both the comprehensive intelligence index and the Agent index on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard.
From the first phone to full AI adoption, Xiaomi is undergoing a transformation from a hardware manufacturer to a technology leader. Whether AI can become a new engine for its global expansion in the future deserves continued observation.
