Xiaomi is reportedly working on a wide foldable phone with a broad inner screen, joining the growing list of companies chasing a format that sits somewhere between a smartphone and a tablet. The alleged project is said to lean on AI features, including an updated side panel with interactive tools that could speed up multitasking without forcing users to bounce between apps.
The timing makes sense. Wide foldables have started drawing more attention after Huawei’s Pura X line, and that pressure is now spreading across the rest of the industry. Apple, Samsung, and Honor have all been linked to similar ideas in rumors, which suggests this is less a Xiaomi one-off than the next front in foldable rivalry.
Xiaomi wide foldable phone with AI tricks
According to the leak from Smart Pikachu, Xiaomi’s device would use a broad folding display rather than the tall book-style layout that defined earlier foldables. That design gives users more usable space when open, while still folding down to something pocketable enough to pretend it is normal. The reported AI layer is aimed at making the format feel less like a gimmick and more like a practical tool.
- Wide folding display
- AI-powered side panel
- Designed for faster multitasking
Huawei forced everyone to notice
Huawei deserves the credit, or the blame, depending on how you feel about another expensive slab of moving parts. The success of the Pura X family appears to have made the category look credible enough for rivals to take seriously, and that is often how a niche turns into a battleground. Once one brand proves there is demand, everyone else starts drawing diagrams.
For Xiaomi, the appeal is obvious: the company already knows how to push aggressive hardware ideas, and foldables give it another way to stand out in a market where regular phones increasingly blur together. The risk is just as obvious, though. New shapes sound exciting until someone has to make them durable, affordable, and useful enough to justify the headache.
What Smart Pikachu says Xiaomi is building
Smart Pikachu has previously shared accurate information about Xiaomi devices, including the Xiaomi 13 Ultra and Xiaomi Pad 6, which is why this latest claim is getting attention. For now, though, Xiaomi has not confirmed anything publicly, and that leaves the company where most foldable rumors live: somewhere between plausible and painfully premature.
If Xiaomi really is moving ahead, the more interesting question is whether it can make a wide foldable feel mainstream instead of merely expensive. Samsung is expected to answer in its own way, Apple rumors keep hovering in the background, and Honor is already in the conversation. The first brand to make this shape feel inevitable will get the bragging rights, and probably a healthy pile of headlines too.