Xiaomi's Rumored 'iOS Bridge' to Bring Better Apple Device Connectivity

[MacRumors]

Xiaomi will introduce a new software update at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) that will reportedly improve connectivity between its own devices and Apple products.

Alongside the debut of the Xiaomi 17 series, its HyperOS 3.1 update is said to include a new "iOS Bridge" for smoother connectivity between the two platforms. According to GizChina, the features tipped include the following:

• iPhone call alerts: Incoming calls on an iPhone that appear on connected Xiaomi tablets and PCs, allowing users to answer or manage calls without having the iPhone in their hand.
• Enhanced AirPods integration: AirPods to integrate better with Xiaomi devices, showing battery levels and offering enhanced controls, similar to how they work with Apple devices.
• Direct file sharing between iPhone and Xiaomi: A fast, wireless transfer feature enabling file sharing between iPhones and Xiaomi devices without relying on third-party apps.

If the features do drop in Barcelona during MWC, which runs from March 2 to March 5, it'll be another notable win for people who own an iPhone and AirPods as well as a Xiaomi phone, laptop or tablet. In 2025, Xiaomi held a 16% share of the European smartphone market, according to Omdia.

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[polyphenol]

I'd be very happy to have better interoperability of all things - Apple, Xiaomi and everyone else.

It should be seen as a positive attribute that devices work with lots of other things. And failure to support interoperation should be highlighted everywhere and treated as the negative it is.

 

[topgunn]

Xiaomi will introduce a new software update at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) that will reportedly improve connectivity between its own devices and Apple products.

Apple will introduce a software update after this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) that will reportedly break any new connectivity between its own devices and Xiaomi products.

 

[Spec360]

Probably won’t last long

 

[I7guy]

Interoperability is good as long as the parties agree in advance!

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Interoperability is good as long as the parties agree in advance!

Said parties should be the end-users/consumers. They can decide from themselves to enable or not; the companies just need to give them the option then get out of the way.

 

[HMFIC03]

Sounds like a Chinese state back door, disguised as interoperability

 

[Deine Mudda]

Sounds like a Chinese state back door, disguised as interoperability

You can never trust the Chinese.

 

[robvalentine]

You can never trust the Chinese.

Or the Americans now

 

[ChrisMac47]

You can never trust the Chinese.

What a stupid bigoted statement. I wonder what your Chinese colleagues think about this.

 

[Paul1964]

Probably won’t last long

They have not broken the AirDrop interoperability with the Google Pixel up to now and there's no reason to. Xiaomi can just do what Google did. It could be a feature rolled into Android as a whole.

AirPods: Apple will be happy to sell more of them.

The call alerts is already a thing on Windows and has been for a long time.

 

[Paul1964]

You can never trust the Chinese.

That depends on which Chinese person, just like any other country. Just like I could not trust every Brit, or Every American, or every <insert country here>

 

[ClaraStahlbaum]

This is good. If they continue to move towards interoperability, then I see no reason to have an Iphone. My main issue with Android is RCS and Imessage not being at the same level.

 

[WilliApple]

Apple gonna be mad bout this

 

[justanotherdave]

I'd be very happy to have better interoperability of all things - Apple, Xiaomi and everyone else.

It should be seen as a positive attribute that devices work with lots of other things. And failure to support interoperation should be highlighted everywhere and treated as the negative it is.

Apple devices are ALREADY interoperable.

They connect to industry standard cellular networks, WiFi, BlueTooth or USB devices.

What Apple does is add EXTRA features on top of these standards within their own products. AirPods having extra features doesn’t break BlueTooth and make it difficult/impossible to use regular BlueTooth headphones with your iPhone. It just means you’re limited to the features available in the standard.

People suggesting interoperability are basically saying no company has a right to make their own products work better together.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Really cool how oem are making progress in inter operability lately

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Apple devices are ALREADY interoperable.

They connect to industry standard cellular networks, WiFi, BlueTooth or USB devices.

What Apple does is add EXTRA features on top of these standards within their own products. AirPods having extra features doesn’t break BlueTooth and make it difficult/impossible to use regular BlueTooth headphones with your iPhone. It just means you’re limited to the features available in the standard.

People suggesting interoperability are basically saying no company has a right to make their own products work better together.

Call it what you want, but proprietary=crap. Simple

 

[JoshuaBru]

What a stupid bigoted statement. I wonder what your Chinese colleagues think about this.

You’re not actually ignoring the fact that China is the most egregious actor in IP theft around the globe are you? Facts can’t be bigoted

 

[WarmWinterHat]

You’re not actually ignoring the fact that China is the most egregious actor in IP theft around the globe are you? Facts can’t be bigoted

I would put each and every one of the AI companies on that list, and their probably out-pacing China as a whole, individually.

 

[JoshuaBru]

I would put each and every one of the AI companies on that list, and their probably out-pacing China as a whole, individually.

Corporate espionage has been around since fire was invented. I think the OP was referring to China being the biggest state sponsored IP theft vulture. No one comes close

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Corporate espionage has been around since fire was invented. I think the OP was referring to China being the biggest state sponsored IP theft vulture. No one comes close

It's not "corporate espionage", it's straight-up IP theft from authors, journalists, artists, consumers that post their thoughts and help on the internet, youtube personalities, etc. ...and the not only is the US government supporting it, they are pushing it, and using it on a daily basis.

 

[justanotherdave]

Call it what you want, but proprietary=crap. Simple

What an idiotic take. So companies aren’t allowed to add features to their products that differentiate them from others on the market? Everyone has to make the exact same clone so we can all share the same feature-set?

 

[WarmWinterHat]

What an idiotic take. So companies aren’t allowed to add features to their products that differentiate them from others on the market? Everyone has to make the exact same clone so we can all share the same feature-set?

They are allowed to, sure. And in no way did I say anything has to be a clone, that's hasn't happened and wouldn't happen. Android phones are not clones of one another.

 

[Paul1964]

People suggesting interoperability are basically saying no company has a right to make their own products work better together.

No they're not. Phones these days are much more than devices to connect to cellular networks. The market mostly desires a good level of interoperability and Apple are finding out that it's good for business as since the EU has imposed some standards their sales have GONE UP.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

It's always good when a customer's device works well with the customer's other devices.