Retailing for 999 yuan, Xiaomi's rice cooker is a part of its Mi Ecosystem. (Photo : Xiaomi/Facebook)
Perhaps Xiaomi was smart enough to think that the Chinese would need a smart rice cooker to help them improve the quality of cooking a staple food in the country.
How smart then can its rice cooker get?
For starters, it can identify 200 brands of rice through the Mi Home app.
Owners can use their smartphone to control this kitchen appliance, said Xiaomi on its Facebook account.
The Wi-Fi-compatible Mi Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker can connect to one’s smartphone through the Mi Home app.
The app supports a remarkable 2,450 heating methods.
The one-of-a-kind rice cooker can also generate the desired boiling point, which, according to Xiaomi, “results in more flavorful rice.”
How can it do that?
The company equipped it with a magnetic relief valve responsible for controlling the pressure inside it.
“For even cooking,” Xiaomi said, its rice cooker uses electromagnetic heating technology to achieve “higher thermal efficiency.”
As for those who don’t like the rice sticking at the bottom, the company coated it with PFA powder for that non-stick effect.
This smartphone-controlled rice cooker is the latest product under Xiaomi’s Mi Ecosystem brand. This sub-brand includes the company’s home products, reported GSMArena.
Xiaomi partnered with a company named Chun Mi, which manufactures the rice cooker, according to Tech Juice.
China tech reporter Eva Dou, writing for The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report, said that she tested the capability of the Mi rice cooker.
“The Xiaomi cooker did produce rice with a firmer, springier texture,” said Dou.
She asked her colleague Josh Chin to taste the rice.
“The smart cooker definitely imparted a pleasing extra pearliness,” the politics reporter said.
The Mi Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker was one of the new products introduced during the sixth edition of the Mi Fan Festival in China, according to Android Headlines.
The other five latest products to debut at the company’s nationwide sale were the Mi Water Purifier, the Mi Wi-Fi 3, the Redmi 3 Pro, the Mi TV 3s and the Mi 5 Pro.
Xiaomi announced on Facebook on April 7 the top 10 Mi Ecosystem products sold during the much awaited festival. It listed the following:
1. Yi Smart Web Cam (Night Vision)
2. Mi Air Purifier 2
3. Ninebot Mini
4. Mi Water Purifier
5. Mi Power Bank Pro (10,000mAh)
6. Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro
7. Mi Power Bank (16,000mAh)
8. Mi Band Pulse
9. Mi Smart Scale
10. Yeelight Bedside Lamp
Interested consumers can have the Mi rice cooker for 999 yuan.
