Humanity is still a way off from turning their homes into something Tony Stark would live in, but we’re getting closer by the day. Xiaomi is leading the race with an extensive range of Smart Home appliances that all have one concern: helping you take control of your home, while making it as comfortable as possible for both you and your entire family.
That’s not an easy task, but Xiaomi’s smart home range is more than up to the job. Not only can the entire line-up connect to your home’s Amazon Alexa or Google Home devices, enabling voice control features, but each also features Wi-Fi connectivity allowing customers to control their homes right from the Mi Home app (Android, iOS).
Once you’ve got one of Xiaomi’s smart appliances hooked up in your home – be it a kitchen aid you can control from the living room while watching the rugby, or something to keep the family warm in Winter – you’ll notice how ‘dumb’ the rest of your house really is. With reasonable pricing across the entire range, customers can slowly build up their home’s Xiaomi ecosystem one piece at a time.
A smart kitchen that would make Gordon Ramsey proud
First up is the brand-new Xiaomi Smart Multifunctional Rice Cooker, the very first of its kind. It packs a vast range of features like Wi-Fi connectivity to let you start cooking dinner a little early while handling other chores around the house.
With eight cooking functions allowing you to adjust the desired temperature, cooking times, texture or even the type of rice you’re cooking, you can rest easy knowing your rice has been cooked just right.
If burning your rice with a traditional cooker is a worry, Xiaomi’s got you. Hidden inside the base and lid are smart temperature sensors that will keep an eye on the rice’s progress for you – and automatically adjust the heat to prevent any burning.
Possibly the best feature is the 24-hour delay timer, which can be adjusted to suit your schedule by having the perfect bowl of rice ready for when you come home. Just add the ingredients in the morning, tell it when you’ll be home, and let Xiaomi worry about the rest.
Friends always gloating about their huge 4L air-fryers? Whip out the Xiaomi Smart Air Fryer 6.5L and watch the smiles be wiped from their faces. Not only does it feature a tray large enough to cook for the entire family, but its smart functionality makes it a massive time-saver.
Whether you’re just warming up last night’s leftovers or cooking a whole meal from scratch, Xiaomi’s Smart Air Fryer features the right temperature for everything, going as low as 40°C or as high as 220°C. Controlled through the Xiaomi app or using physical controls, there are a few modes to choose from, including air frying, defrosting, baking or fermenting.
Like Xiaomi’s Smart Rice Cooker, its Air Fryer uses a similar 24-hour delay timer to save you from the hassle of cooking dinner right as you walk through the door.
Xiaomi’s Smart Blender is the perfect kitchen appliance all year round. It’s a great friend of hot soups and cold smoothies alike, and features 9 adjustable blender settings and eight stainless steel blades that’ll obliterate anything in its path.
The Smart Blender accentuates any kitchen with its simple yet gorgeous design that’s all tied together with an OLED knob control. Don’t want to use the knob in your house of the future? No problem. Like the rest of the range, the Blender can be controlled via Xiaomi’s Home app.
Worthy of Iron Man
Before you know it, Winter will be here. Put that out of your mind with Xiaomi’s Smart Tower Heater Lite, a 2000W PTC ceramic heater that gets the job done quickly and without a fuss. It’s quiet, too, managing to start warming up the lounge during family movie night in as quick as three seconds with oscillating innards to spread the heat around evenly.
With four heating modes to choose from – constant temperature mode, hot mode, warm mode, and natural mode – the Smart Tower Heater Lite can heat up and can be controlled through voice or via the Xiaomi app.
The Heater’s lightweight body makes it an extremely portable heating solution that can move around a house for all the family to enjoy. Little kids running around the place? Don’t stress – the Xiaomi Smart Tower Heater Lite is IPX4 splashproof to avoid any accidents.
To anyone who hasn’t actively used a humidifier before, you’re missing out. They quickly add moisture to the air and have proved quite effective against dry skin. Step it up with the Xiaomi Smart Humidifier 2, which automatically regulates the air to not over-saturate the room.
Inside, it uses UV-C sterilisation technology that eliminates 99.99% of bacteria in the water before it gets to work in the room around it.
Xiaomi’s efforts also prove to be quiet, removing one of the biggest issues associated with traditional humidifiers. This means users can sleep soundly next to the device all through the night. Its best feature is the 360° dual rotational mist dispenser which allows the machine to hit the entire room.
Ah, load shedding. South Africa hasn’t been haunted by Eskom’s biggest failure for some time now, but don’t be lulled into a false sense of security. It will be back. And when it does, what better way to beat South Africa’s heat than with the Xiaomi Smart Standing Fan 2 Pro? Not only is it completely wireless, but the 18 hours of battery life can beat anything Eskom throws your way.
It uses a built-in 33.6Wh lithium-ion battery pack and 12V low voltage design to keep the air cool around you. It will do so without disturbing the rest of the family thanks to the ultra-quiet functionality built right into the device. Better yet, it will respond to voice commands or be hooked up to the Xiaomi Home app to let it get to work before even coming home.
There’s no denying that South Africa doesn’t have the best air quality around. But that doesn’t mean you have to put up with that. Let Xiaomi’s Smart Air Purifier 4 Compact into your home, and watch it perform miracles as it cleans the air around the house.
It uses a 3-in-1 filter that’s proven 99.97% accurate at trapping particles as small as 0.3 microns. Don’t believe it? You can track the device’s progress using the built-in air quality indicator found in the device to keep track of its progress. Better yet, it’ll do so quietly with only 20Db of sound escaping its shell.
If you’re looking to give your kitchen a well-deserved makeover, you can pick up any of Xiaomi’s long line of Smart Home kitchen appliances from the Xiaomi Mi Store, Yuppiechef, Takealot and Incredible Connection.
Kitchen already kitted out? No worries. You can give the rest of your home the same treatment with Xiaomi’s range of Smart Home appliances at the Xiaomi Mi Store, Yuppiechef, Takealot and Incredible Connection.