Xiaomi’s New Open-Source Voice AI Aims to Power the Future of Connected Living

Published: 05 Aug 2025

Author: Precedence Research

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Strengthening its presence in the Artificial Intelligence and automotive industries to create a powerhouse, Chinese technology behemoth Xiaomi has announced its latest product, MiDashengLM-7 B, an open-source voice model that optimizes smart homes and in-car issues. The model is considered one of the milestones on Xiaomi's path to becoming a complete-spectrum technology power, with such segments as electric vehicles (EVs) and AI development and connected living ecosystems.

MiDashengLM-7B also leverages the proprietary voice AI foundations of Xiaomi technology, which has already been implemented in its smart home and EV infrastructures. The newest one is combined with the Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, an open-source model created by Alibaba Group. They pooled the efforts of research in the field of large language models and voice recognition by both organizations. Xiaomi's announcement that it would open-source this hybrid indicates that Xiaomi also participates in and leads the new open AI ecosystem. Xiaomi wants others to join in, not just once, but continuously and over a long period of time, working together and jointly developing.

This growth is in line with the wider plans at Xiaomi of creating an integrated ecosystem whereby voice interfaces powered by AI are the centre of control within a home automation system, a vehicle in-car system, and personal devices. The working MiDashengLM-7B enables non-verbal interaction through voice with Xiaomi products. Its functionality does not stop at being able to understand a command set, it is capable of making reference to a contextual language and normal conversational manner and be able to perform multi-stage procedures where the procedure has a high level of reliability and accuracy.

The MiDashengLM-7B project fits into a larger trend of national and corporate movements in China to reduce Chinese AI dependency on overseas infrastructure. This is a strategic move to align with the city's self-sufficiency plans in technology set up by Beijing, and it also coincides with Xiaomi's reputation of being a competitively innovative brand in the global market. Analysts consider the move as building the foundation for future products that feature stronger software-hardware integration and a more personalized, responsive experience for the user.