In a recent
interview,
Hugo Barra spoke about joining
China’s
Xiaomi and how excited he is to be part of the next
Apple or
Google!
The
interview conducted my All Things D, speaks to Barra about his recent move from Google to
Beijing's Xiaomi. According to the article Xiaomi had shown interest in Barra over a year ago around the same time as the Mi2
launch, where the company approached him for advice on how they can become an
international brand. This eventually led to Co-founder and fellow ex-Googler Bin Lin offering Barra the position as Head of Xiaomi Global.
Hugo Barra will officially begin work at Xiaomi in
Beijing in October where his focus will be on bringing products such as
MIUI, the
Xiaomi Mi3 and the
Xiaomi TV to internationally customers. We don’t know exactly when this will happen, but Barra has high hopes for the young brand: