Xiaomi is shipping across phones, tablets and cars at once: the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Pro Max are out in China, the Pad 8 has a hands-on appearance in Akihabara, and the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo joins Gran Turismo 7 in the October Spec IV update.
Xiaomi's coverage over these stories runs on two tracks. The first is silicon and devices. The XRING O3, announced August 24, 2026, succeeds the XRING O1 and scored 5.22 million on AnTuTu, the first flagship SoC past 5 million according to the launch coverage. At IFA 2026 in Berlin the Xiaomi 18 Fold appeared with a 200-megapixel wide camera, a 6000mAh battery and the XRING O3 chip. On September 23 in Beijing, Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, both using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series, with the Pro Max the first device on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. Pricing starts at 6999 yuan for the Pro Max and 5999 yuan for the Pro.
The second track is gaming hardware and cars. The Xiaomi Pad 8 is an Android gaming tablet with a 5.75mm body, an 11.2-inch 3.2K display at up to 144Hz, a 9200mAh battery and the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, the first in the lineup to carry it. Xiaomi took the tablet to the TOKYO Gaming-PC STREET 9 event in Akihabara on October 10. Separately, Kazunori Yamauchi and Xiaomi Auto's Jean-Arthur Madelaine confirmed at the Gran Turismo World Series 2026 round in Singapore on October 3 that the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo joins Gran Turismo 7 within October 2026 as part of the Spec IV update, which also adds an EV-only driving lesson using the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra.
What stays unresolved is availability. Global release timing for the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Pro Max is undecided, and no Japan release has been announced. Coverage of the phones and the Pad 8 is otherwise specific about hardware and pricing but quiet on markets beyond China.
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The Xiaomi Pad 8 is an Android tablet built for gaming, with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip and a 5.75mm body. Its 11.2-inch display runs at 3.2K resolution and up to 144Hz, and the battery is 9200mAh. The tablet is the first in the lineup to carry the 8s Gen 4 chip. Xiaomi brought the tablet to the TOKYO Gaming-PC STREET 9 event in Akihabara on October 10, where attendees can try it.
Kazunori Yamauchi and Xiaomi Auto's Jean-Arthur Madelaine took the stage at the Gran Turismo World Series 2026 round in Singapore on October 3 and confirmed the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo will join Gran Turismo 7 within October 2026, as part of the Spec IV update. The update also adds an EV-only driving lesson using the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra.
Xiaomi held a launch event in Beijing on September 23, where it announced the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max. Both phones use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series, announced the same day at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. The Pro Max is the first device with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, according to the launch coverage. The Pro Max has a 6.9-inch display, 8500mAh battery, and dual 200-megapixel cameras, with a 200-megapixel 3.2x telephoto and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide. Pricing starts at 6999 yuan for the 12GB + 256GB Pro Max. The Xiaomi 18 Pro starts at 5999 yuan with a 6.4-inch screen and a 7000mAh battery. A translucent red special edition was also announced, with both models limited to 16GB memory and 1TB storage. The Pro special edition costs 9999 yuan, and the Pro Max special edition costs 10,999 yuan. Global release timing is undecided, and no Japan release has been announced.
Qualcomm announced two top-tier smartphone chips on September 22, 2026: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. Both are built on the first 2nm process and are designed around AI processing that runs on the phone itself. The CPU reaches 5GHz, and the GPU carries a core dedicated to AI work. The Extreme model adds further gaming rendering and video shooting features beyond the base chip. Qualcomm also disclosed adoption plans, naming the Xiaomi 18 Pro and new Motorola models as devices that will use the silicon. The two chips sit at the top of Qualcomm's smartphone lineup for the coming cycle, with the AI agent framed as the phone's lead function rather than a background utility.
Xiaomi showed the Xiaomi 18 Fold at IFA 2026 in Berlin, its first appearance at the show. The foldable closes to passport size and opens to a roughly 4:3 display, with a 200-megapixel wide camera, a 6000mAh battery and the company's XRING O3 chip. Xiaomi also displayed a full-size model of the Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo Concept, a virtual hypercar built for Gran Turismo 7.
Xiaomi announced the XRING O3 on August 24, 2026, succeeding its XRING O1 smartphone SoC. The chip scored 5.22 million on AnTuTu, the first flagship SoC past 5 million. It uses a 10-core all-big-core CPU design, with Geekbench multi-core above 15,000 and a 60 percent performance gain over the prior generation.