Xiaomi

Xiaomi was founded in Beijing in 2010 by Lei Jun and is far more than a phone maker: an ecosystem of partly owned companies has grown around the group, developing under their own names and selling through Xiaomi.

Roborock, Dreame and KingSmith all came out of that circle. Under the Xiaomi label itself you find robot vacuums, air purifiers, wearables and household tech – usually a lot of specification for the money, tied together by one app.