Xiaomi Getting Into The Drone Game

Earlier in May, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun revealed that the Xiaomi Mi Max will be released at the start of May. Anonymous sources said the wearable device will be able to control a drone Xiaomi is planning to unveil before the month ends, in addition to being a fitness band sporting health-related features.

In the company's Miui forums, Xiaomi teased its drone with two photos. The first one is a spider-like device that is pretty hard to make out due to the predominantly black color of the picture, while the second one is that of a toy bamboo-copter children spin in their hands to get them to fly up into the air.

"Shall we discover the world with Mi_______ ?" the company wrote in the forum post, with the photos stating that more details on the drone will be revealed on May 25 at 7:00 p.m. China time.

There is very little known about Xiaomi's drone. One tidbit is that Xiaomi filed a patent for a drone that is tethered to a smart wristband, which can be utilized to instruct the flight path of the drone. Could this be the functionality of the Mi Band 2?

Everyone is mostly expecting is the launch of Xiaomi Mi Drone on 25 May. The drone is called Mi Drone and rumours suggest that it could be controlled with the Mi Band that will act as a bacon just like a “Follow me” feature. Xiaomi had a busy month as it also unveiled a lot of “dreamy” devices at Google I/O 2016 and it appears that the company is trying to become one of the most innovative technology manufacturers.
Source: Xiaomi Device