Earlier this year, Xiaomi announced its first Wi-Fi 6 router, dubbed the Xiaomi AIoT AX3600, along with the flagship Mi 10 series smartphones. Soon after the announcement, the device went on sale in China at a price of 599 yuan, which is about $ 92.
Now, on track with the launch schedule, the company is gearing up to launch a new router along with its upcoming lineup. My 11, which is expected to be an improved version of the current AX3600. Ahead of the launch of this new router, the current device has been downgraded in China.
Through a listing on JD.com, it has been confirmed that the Xiaomi AIoT AX3600 will be available for purchase in China for 499 Yuan (approximately $ 76) from January 1st.
As for the forthcoming Enhanced Version, the company executive said it will have twice the bandwidth support, increase the traffic density by 20 percent, and also provide 2,1 times faster network speeds.
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Let's recall the details of the Mi AIoT Router AX3600: this is the flagship product in this category from Xiaomi. It is powered by IPQ8071A chipset Qualcommwhich has four Cortex-A53 cores and is clocked at 1,0 GHz. The device's chipset has 512 MB of RAM and 256 MB of internal memory.
Xiaomi reports that you can connect up to 248 devices to your router. The router comes with 7 high gain antennas, one of which is the device antenna IoT, two are 2,4 GHz antennas, and the other five are 5 GHz antennas. It supports Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) technology, which allows data to be sent to multiple terminals using only one transmission.
Mi AIoT Router AX3600 works with the Mijia app and automatically detects IoT devices from the environment, allowing users to set them up with a single click. It can also be controlled with a dedicated WiFi app that has been updated with new features such as real-time notification when the device connects or disconnects from the network.
