Xiaomi Corp. on Monday released an open-source voice model to complement its automotive and home appliance technologies, further heating up the race to build AI tools for more than just text.

Xiaomi has just introduced a new AI voice model called MiDashengLM-7B, and it's not just another lab experiment by the Chinese smartphone giant. This one's already working inside real-world devices — smart home systems and cars in China — and it's available as open source.

Xiaomi has launched a 7-billion-parameter version of its open-source voice model, MiDashengLM, which incorporates Alibaba's open-source Qwen 2.5 series. This model focuses on in-car systems and smart home devices,

Xiaomi (XIACY) (XIACF) on Monday released an open-source voice model to complement its automotive and home appliance technologies.

Xiaomi has released a new open-source voice model, MiDashengLM-7B, to enhance its automotive and smart home technologies. The model is based on Xiaomi's existing foundational voice model used in cars and smart home devices.

B, is integrated with Alibaba Group’s open-source Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model. Besides speech inputs, it also understands ambient sounds, background music, and environmental noise.