Xiaomi is not only popular for its smartphones with a high quality / price ratio but also for a whole series of products that over time have formed a real ecosystem that integrates with the user's lifestyle. Among these we remember the famous rice cooks smart but also the Mi Band 2, the robot vacuum cleaner and much more that we are not to list because the list is really long. Xiaomi currently has invested in about 90 company that produce for it products of various kinds including those dedicated toIoT (Internet Of Things), a sector that in this 2018 is really depopulating.
But sometimes what stops the purchase of certain devices is the lack of language support, as we often find ourselves with devices that only talk in Chinese, but Given the recent globalization of the company, things are changing. Xiaomi has in fact tightened the collaboration that connects it to the giant Google and with the aim of giving the best service to its customers, the OEM of Lei Jun announced during I / O 2018 that their smart home products will work with the Google Assistant, thus allowing you to control these tech objects through a smart speaker, such as Google Home or through the Google Assistant application.
Naturally it will take some time before everyone gets the system up and running , but at the moment we already find the compatibility with the Google Assistant on devices such as the Mi Bedside Lamp, which thanks to RGB LED that allow a customization up to 16 million colors, can adapt to any environment and atmosphere. Also there Mi LED Smart Bulb, an RGB lamp that adds color to every room in the house, receives support from the Google Assistant that will then allow you to turn the light on or off and control its light intensity and color via voice commands while sitting comfortably in an armchair. Finally it's up to Mi Smart Plug, a smart WiFi socket to which you can connect your devices and which allows you to turn the power on or off, making them in fact “intelligent”.
I have already integrated them through HA (Home Assistant), but this direct integration is a notation! Good Xiaomi and Google!
Who knows if even Smart home get google assistant support?