The giant of Chinese technology Xiaomi has just launched its first smart wall control panel: lo Xiaomi Smart Home Panel. It is an innovative product that allows you to easily and conveniently manage your smart home with touch, voice or smartphone.
Xiaomi Smart Home Panel: the first wall-mounted intelligent control panel with integrated Xiao Ai
The Smart Home Panel has an elegant and minimalist design, with one 3,23-inch touch screen and three physical buttons, which recall the habit of using traditional switches. The screen shows key information about your home, such as temperature, humidity, air quality and the status of connected smart devices.
The strong point of the Xiaomi Smart Home Panel is the integrated presence of Xiao Ai, Xiaomi's intelligent voice assistant, which allows you to control your home with just your voice. Just say “Hey Xiao Ai” to set the alarm, turn the lights on or off, turn appliances on or off, run custom scenes, or ask any other question.
The Xiaomi Smart Home Panel is also a Bluetooth Mesh gateway, which can connect up to 100 Bluetooth Mesh devices and 100 Bluetooth devices secondaries at the same time. In this way, a stable, low-energy consumption network can be created between the various smart devices in the home, without the need for a central hub.
The Smart Home Panel is compatible with more than 5.500 smart devices of different brands and categories, including light bulbs, sockets, sensors, cameras, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners and much more. You can create intelligent scenes customized according to your needs and preferences, such as "goodnight", "cinema at home" or "away from home".
Xiaomi's intelligent wall control panel also supports local network, that allows you to use the touch screen even in the event of an absence or interruption of the network. Furthermore, you can use your smartphone to control your home remotely via the Mi Home app.
The Xiaomi Smart Home Panel has a crowdfunding price of 299 yuan (about 39 euros), while the recommended retail price is 329 yuan (around 43 euros).
