Xiaomi Corporation (/ˈʃaʊmiː/;[2] Chinese: 小米 [ɕjǎu.

mì] ( listen)) is a Chinese electronics

company founded in April 2010 and headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests
in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, bags, earphones, shoes, fitness bands, and many other
products.[3] Xiaomi is also the fourth company after Apple, Samsung and Huawei to have self-
developed mobile phone chip capabilities.[4]
Xiaomi released its first smartphone in August 2011 and rapidly gained market share in China to
become the country's largest smartphone company in 2014.[5] At the start of second quarter of
2018, Xiaomi was the world's fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer,[6][7][8] leading in both the
largest market, China, and the second-largest market, India.[9] Xiaomi later developed a wider
range of consumer electronics, including a smart home (IoT) device ecosystem, which has
connected more than 100 million smart devices.[10][11][12][13] Monthly active users (MAUs)
of MIUI increased to 291.6 million in September 2019.[1