Xiaomi said on July 24 that it will roll out five new AIoT (AI-connected IoT) products in South Korea at the same time. The lineup spans the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro, the Redmi Buds 8 wireless earbuds, the Xiaomi Watch S5 46mm smartwatch, and two home security cameras, the Xiaomi Smart Camera C701 Pro and C500, reinforcing everything from wearables to home monitoring in a single move. Recommended retail prices were announced for all of them, and some models come with limited-time discounts.

1 KRW = about 0.11 JPY (as of July 24, 2026)

Wearables Anchor the Launch: Smart Band 10 Pro and Watch S5

The two wearables headline the release. The Smart Band 10 Pro packs a 44.2mm AMOLED display into a slim 9.7mm body, pairing up to 2,000 nits of brightness with an aluminium-alloy frame for a build that feels a step above its price. It claims up to 21 days of battery life in light mode and includes an optical heart-rate (PPG) sensor, an updated "Sleep Algorithm 2.0," more than 150 sports modes, and standalone satellite positioning (GNSS). It is priced at 99,800 won (about 11,000 yen).

The higher-end Watch S5 46mm fits a 2,500-nit AMOLED display and an 815mAh battery into a body that weighs about 46 grams and measures 10.99mm thick, again promising up to 21 days of use in light mode. It adds dual-band GNSS, offline maps, running-form analysis, custom running courses, a ski mode, and fall detection, widening its reach from everyday health tracking to serious workouts. It costs 238,000 won (about 26,000 yen), dropping to 218,000 won (about 24,000 yen) until August 16.

Redmi Buds 8 Brings Up to 50 dB Noise Cancelling

The Redmi Buds 8 handle the audio side. They cancel up to 50 dB of ambient noise across a wide band reaching 4 kHz, and use three AI microphones to pick up your voice on calls. With 11mm drivers, they last up to 11 hours on a charge and up to 44 hours with the case, and a 10-minute top-up delivers about four hours of playback. They are priced at 62,800 won (about 7,000 yen), falling to 54,800 won (about 6,000 yen) until August 16. For the money, they cover the essentials of everyday earbuds, balancing noise control and battery life without cutting corners.

Two AI Smart Cameras That Watch Over People and Pets

For the home, Xiaomi lined up two cameras with different personalities. The flagship Smart Camera C701 Pro combines a wide and a telephoto lens for up to 9x hybrid zoom and 4K-class recording. It offers monitoring features such as AI-based person and pet tracking and baby-cry detection, and its panning speed is 30 percent faster than the previous C700. It supports Wi-Fi 6 and includes a dedicated AI chip, a privacy shutter, an MJA1 security chipset, and on-device data processing for added privacy. It is priced at 159,800 won (about 18,000 yen), or 149,800 won (about 16,000 yen) until August 24.

The more affordable C500 records at 3.5K resolution and carries an AI chip rated at 1 TOPS. It recognises people and pets and tracks them in real time, and supports privacy masking as well as automatic, time-based masking. At 64,800 won (about 7,000 yen), it is an easy pick for a first camera.

A Push to Expand the AIoT Ecosystem

Taken together, the announcements read less like a set of standalone products and more like Xiaomi's effort to tie the devices you wear to the devices in your home under a single ecosystem. A Xiaomi Korea representative said the new products are meant to strengthen the competitiveness of its wearable lineup and keep expanding its AIoT ecosystem, delivering a more "connected smart living" experience to consumers. Gathering health data on a band or watch, handling sound through earbuds, and watching over the home with cameras is a division of labour that embodies exactly that direction.

Like Japan, South Korea is a market with high smartphone penetration and plenty of room for wearables and smart-home gear to grow. Xiaomi's approach of stuffing long battery life and AI features into affordable prices is an extension of the value-for-money strategy that has long been its strength. How far this lineup shifts buyers' options, peripherals included, will be worth watching.

Summary

Xiaomi brought five new AIoT products to the South Korean market: the Smart Band 10 Pro, Redmi Buds 8, Watch S5 46mm, and the Smart Camera C701 Pro and C500. With two wearables rated for up to 21 days of battery life, earbuds that cancel up to 50 dB of noise, and two cameras that use AI to watch over people and pets, prices run from 64,800 won (about 7,000 yen) to 238,000 won (about 26,000 yen), with some models discounted for a limited time. It was a distinctly Xiaomi move, bundling the devices you wear and the devices at home to widen its AIoT ecosystem.