overing over 3,300 square meters with more than 380 products, Xiaomi went all-in on sheer scale at IFA 2026 in Berlin. The exhibition featured futuristic zones dubbed AI Tomorrow, AI Today, and the broader Human × Car × Home concept. On the show floor, the company displayed a virtual hypercar for Gran Turismo alongside its CyberOne humanoid robot, which flashed hand-heart gestures while supposedly delivering a 98% accuracy rate on the brand’s vehicle assembly lines. Layered on top were the production-ready SU7 and SU7 Ultra electric cars—slated for a vague European rollout by 2027—and a suite of proprietary neural networks. It was a textbook showcase of corporate grandeur.
Once you cut through the spectacle, ordinary buyers have little use for expo-floor humanoids and halo sports cars. The hardware that actually matters is what ends up in your pocket. The primary tangible highlight from Berlin is the Xiaomi 18 Fold. It represents the brand's first wide-format foldable flagship, powered by its proprietary Xring O3 processor. Alongside it, Xiaomi is expanding its European lineup of Mijia smart appliances under the Xiaomi Home ecosystem—delivering connected kettles and air purifiers that will hit store shelves immediately rather than lingering as multi-year promises.
There is little point in getting swept up by prototypes you cannot drive home from the showroom. The only practical questions that matter here are simple: how well the new foldable's hinge holds up over time, whether the screen crease will wear down after six months of daily use, and what price tag the company puts on it at checkout.