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Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra Is a Sparkling Photography Powerhouse

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra Is a Sparkling Photography Powerhouse

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Xiaomi and Leica’s Leitzphone wowed me with its incredible photography skills and fancy physical settings wheel, but it’s not the only exciting phone the company launched at this year’s MWC. The base Xiaomi 17 Ultra has many of the Leitzphone’s impressive specs but strips back some of the Leica stuff to be, well, more like a regular phone.  It has the same potent Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, 6.9-inch display and 6,000-mAh battery. The camera hardware is identical too, with the main camera using the same large LOFIC image sensor and the telephoto zoom using moving lens elements for continuous optical zoom. It’s an extremely potent camera setup — I absolutely love the images I’ve taken with it.  So what’s different between this and the Leitzphone? It lacks the physical control wheel around the camera unit for one thing. Though I did enjoy using the dial, especially when I set it to control the exposure compensation, it’s absolutely not a dealbreaker that the 17 Ultra lacks it. There are no Leica color profiles in …

I tested Xiaomi’s matte-glass tablet for a month, and it effectively replaced my iPad

I tested Xiaomi’s matte-glass tablet for a month, and it effectively replaced my iPad

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Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. At MWC 2026, Xiaomi announced a bunch of new devices, including a follow-up to my favorite Android tablet of 2025. The Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro Matte Glass version continues to make nanotexture screens more accessible and adds a more powerful processor and upgraded accessories, among other things for a more complete experience.   Also: Best of MWC 2026: Live updates on phones, concepts, and innovations we’re seeing I’ve been using the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro Matte Glass version as my primary entertainment and productivity device since early February, and this is the first 11-inch tablet that I want to carry with my MacBook Air.  No, I didn’t try to replace my laptop with Xiaomi’s claimed “PC-level productivity” experience – because my use case (our content management system) needs desktop Chrome to function seamlessly. However, I used the new Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro to multitask, research, write stories, browse online, watch Netflix on long-haul flights, and more. After a month of use, here’s why I think …

Xiaomi’s Rumored ‘iOS Bridge’ to Bring Better Apple Device Connectivity

Xiaomi’s Rumored ‘iOS Bridge’ to Bring Better Apple Device Connectivity

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Xiaomi will introduce a new software update at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) that will reportedly improve connectivity between its own devices and Apple products. Alongside the debut of the Xiaomi 17 series, its HyperOS 3.1 update is said to include a new “iOS Bridge” for smoother connectivity between the two platforms. According to GizChina, the features tipped include the following: iPhone call alerts: Incoming calls on an iPhone that appear on connected Xiaomi tablets and PCs, allowing users to answer or manage calls without having the iPhone in their hand. Enhanced AirPods integration: AirPods to integrate better with Xiaomi devices, showing battery levels and offering enhanced controls, similar to how they work with Apple devices. Direct file sharing between iPhone and Xiaomi: A fast, wireless transfer feature enabling file sharing between iPhones and Xiaomi devices without relying on third-party apps. If the features do drop in Barcelona during MWC, which runs from March 2 to March 5, it’ll be another notable win for people who own an iPhone and AirPods as well as …