Xiaomi has put the Mijia Refrigerator Pro 620L on sale in China, and the pitch is brutally simple: a huge side-by-side fridge, dual cooling systems, antibacterial treatment, and a price of $370. For a model with 620 liters of total capacity, that number is aggressive enough to make rival appliance makers sweat a little.
The new Xiaomi fridge splits that space into 378 liters for the fridge and 242 liters for the freezer, which Xiaomi says is enough to store food for a family for about two weeks. That’s the sort of claim that sounds optimistic until you remember how fast big households burn through vegetables, meat, and frozen pizza.
Xiaomi Mijia 620L side-by-side storage
The format is familiar, but the details are doing the work here. Xiaomi says the interior includes 18 storage zones and reinforced shelves, while the doors open to 90 degrees so the fridge can fit more comfortably into tighter kitchens. That combination matters more than glossy marketing language: a giant appliance is only useful if it can be installed without a fight.
In practical terms, this puts the Mijia Refrigerator Pro 620L against the usual crop of large-capacity family fridges from established appliance brands, but at a noticeably lower price point. The trade-off, as always, is whether the lower sticker price comes with the kind of build quality and after-sales support buyers expect from a full-size kitchen appliance.
Dual cooling, silver ions and app control
The headline technical feature is the dual-system setup: the fridge and freezer each get their own evaporator and fan, with airflow running independently. That should help reduce odor transfer and temperature fluctuations, which is exactly the sort of boring-but-important engineering that makes a big fridge feel premium instead of merely big.
- Capacity: 620 liters total
- Fridge compartment: 378 liters
- Freezer compartment: 242 liters
- Cooling: separate evaporators and fans for each chamber
- Hygiene: silver-ion antibacterial treatment with 99.99% odor-removal efficiency
- Convenience: voice control, mobile app control, remote temperature and mode adjustment
Xiaomi also says it has added silver-ion modules for antibacterial protection and odor removal with 99.99% effectiveness, plus 360-degree air circulation for more even temperature distribution. Add voice control and app-based management, and this is clearly aimed at the increasingly common buyer who wants kitchen gear to behave more like connected hardware than a passive box of cold air.
The bigger question is whether Xiaomi can keep pushing this formula outside its home turf. The company has already used the same playbook in phones, TVs, and smart home devices: undercut the incumbents, load in decent specs, and let price do the rest. If the fridge is as competitive as the sheet suggests, the market for large connected appliances may have just gotten a lot less comfortable.