Xiaomi 17 launches alongside Redmi Buds 8 Pro, Xiaomi Watch 5, Xiaomi Tag, and extra

Xiaomi’s ecosystem of devices is increasing.

As is customary, the corporate introduced its new flagship telephones to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, together with the Xiaomi 17 and the Xiaomi 17 Ultra.

Xiaomi additionally launched a brand new smartwatch referred to as the Xiaomi Watch 5, a brand new pair of earbuds referred to as the Redmi Buds 8 Pro and, for the primary time, an AirTag-like monitoring system referred to as the Xiaomi Tag.

Xiaomi Tag is right here to compete with AirTag

Xiaomi Tag is so simple as they arrive: A white puck that you could connect to your keys and observe through your cellphone. But the large take care of this one is that it really works with Apple Find My, making it a really actual competitor to Apple’s AirTag. Xiaomi despatched me one to check, and I can affirm that it is trackable through Find My similar to some other Apple gadget (you aren’t getting Apple’s Precision Tracking, although).

Yes, Xiaomi introduced a variety of new devices to Barcelona this 12 months.
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Xiaomi Watch 5 is prepared in your wrist

Xiaomi’s new Watch 5 was launched in December 2025 in China. It’s a spherical smartwatch operating Xiaomi’s HyperOS 3, with a 1.54-inch AMOLED show inside a stainless-steel body, a Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip inside, and a 930mAh battery.

Xiaomi additionally has a unique line of smartwatches referred to as the Redmi Watch, and these are sq. and really resemblant of Apple Watch. The Xiaomi Watch 5 is extra of a successor to 2024’s Watch S4, which had a barely smaller show, and a battery that was half the scale.

The Xiaomi 5 Watch is a hefty, sturdy wanting system that is extra of a gown watch than a sports activities watch. It does, in fact, include numerous well being and exercise monitoring options, together with an EMG sensor and an ECG coronary heart price sensor.

Xiaomi Redmi Buds 8 Pro are full of options

Launched a number of weeks again, Redmi Buds 8 Pro are a pair of sleek-looking earbuds with hi-res audio help, lively noise cancellation, and as much as 36 hours of battery life.

The Buds 8 Pro even have a noise discount system that ought to make calls clear in extraordinarily noisy eventualities (as much as 95dB of exterior noise), in addition to very windy environments.

Other options of observe embrace Dolby Audio help, dynamic head monitoring, and IP54 mud and water resistance.

Xiaomi 17 brings all of the megapixels

Xiaomi 17 has a crisp, 6.3-inch show, and is simply the correct measurement for my hand.
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Finally, the star of the present is the Xiaomi 17. It’s Xiaomi’s no-nonsense flagship, a strong Android smartphone that units its sights on Apple’s non-Pro iPhone. It has a 6.3-inch, 120Hz OLED show, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, 12GB of RAM, 256/512GB of storage, and a hefty 6,330mAh battery with 100W quick charging (and 50W wi-fi charging).

On the again, you will discover a Leica-branded, triple digicam system that consists of a 50-megapixel essential digicam, a 50-megapixel telephoto digicam, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide digicam. There’s additionally a 50-megapixel selfie digicam on the entrance, hidden inside a punch-hole cutout on the high of the show. Yes, Xiaomi simply slapped a bunch of 50-megapixel cameras onto this one, and we do not thoughts it one bit.

Having had a while with each the Xiaomi 17 and the 17 Ultra, I can say that I truly favor the “regular,” Xiaomi 17 variant, regardless that it has a much less highly effective digicam system. It has a really clear design with glass on each back and front, and I really like the Venture Green coloration my unit was in, because it covers each the again and the perimeters of the cellphone (different colours on supply are Black, Alpine Pink, and Ice Blue).

The Xiaomi 17 has a triple, 50-megapixel digicam system on the again, and a 50-megapixel selfie digicam on the entrance.
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The cellphone sits within the hand completely as it is not high heavy like its Ultra brother. Xiaomi features a see-through case which is not unhealthy, however the cellphone’s coloration and really feel is so good that wrapping it up in plastic is a disgrace.

Other options of observe are an in-display fingerprint sensor, Hi-Res audio help, and IP68 mud and water resistance. Xiaomi additionally provides a quite simple and super-thin magnetic battery which wirelessly fees the cellphone when connected. Interestingly, it solely works with the Xiaomi 17; the Xiaomi 17 Ultra has such a large rear digicam bump that the magnetic battery would not match.