Hugo Barra VP of Android Product Management joins Xiaomi. International launch next?

Great news international Xiaomi fans! Xiaomi have just sent us confirmation that they have hired Google’s VP of Android Product Management to head up their International business development!

The timing that Hugo Barra, a VP at Google working on Android Product Management, is heading to Chinese phone maker Xiaomi couldn’t be any better for Xiaomi fans around the world. In his new role at the Beijing phone maker, Barra will head up the International Business Development team, thus suggesting Xiaomi are ready to take on the big boys on a global scale!

Xiaomi will launch the Xiaomi Mi3 next week in Beijing when it is also rumoured that they could launch an Android tablet, smart TV, games console! Could they also be planning to announce their international intentions also? Keep posted!

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