With every new product launch outside of the smartphone segment, Xiaomi is indicating that it wants to be more than just a phone maker — the company wants to be a lifestyle brand.
If you aren’t aware, Xiaomi already has a bunch of smart home accessories including WiFi controlled sockets, extension cables, and WiFi routers. The first-gen Xiaomi WiFi router has been around for a while, and the company recently gave it an upgrade which now means that the WiFi router comes with up to 6TB of storage.
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6TB is, of course, not going to come cheap. However, if you’re keen on trying it out, you could take a look at the 1TB version which costs just US$161 and is good enough to give you a taste, I assume. The WiFi router, with the available storage, isn’t just a NAS but it also has a proper operating system running on it using which you can directly download content off the internet on to the routers storage, and then stream it to connected devices via 2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi.
The dual antenna router is powered by the Broadcom 4709C processor and has 512MB of on-board flash. Like mentioned, the 1TB version costs US$161 on GearBest, and if that won’t suffice, the 6TB one goes for US$574. Please note that the products are on pre-sale and shipping is expected to commence 2nd week of July.
sounds pretty great. does the software comes with english language option?
Not sure… Don’t think so. Will check.
but with the hard drives can they be set up in RAID? If not then no thanks.
sounds pretty great. does the software comes with english language option?
Not sure… Don’t think so. Will check.
but with the hard drives can they be set up in RAID? If not then no thanks.
What does this realistically bring over the original Xiaomi router though? The original one was cheaper I believe and seems to be very similar and IMO even look better.
I’ve actually got the original one and the mini version myself. The original one is even better than the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 which I also have. The mini version is average but I guess good value.
Does both have English firmware already?
I have just used the stock firmware which is only in Chinese mainly.
Thanks!
@Ulti can it support VPN ? that would be awesome. I can’t find any info on VPN
I’m not sure, sorry.
What does this realistically bring over the original Xiaomi router though? The original one was cheaper I believe and seems to be very similar and IMO even look better.
I’ve actually got the original one and the mini version myself. The original one is even better than the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 which I also have. The mini version is average but I guess good value.
Does both have English firmware already?
@Ulti can it support VPN ? that would be awesome. I can’t find any info on VPN
I have just used the stock firmware which is only in Chinese mainly.
I’m not sure, sorry.
Thanks!
If the firmware is still in chinese as and in the previous versions, is pointless. You can work with it only through chrome and online google translation. The apk I think is in english too and is the same with the old.
If the firmware is still in chinese as and in the previous versions, is pointless. You can work with it only through chrome and online google translation. The apk I think is in english too and is the same with the old.