Modern house cleaning has long ceased to be a routine physical labor due to the advent of smart technology. Robot vacuum cleaners from Xiaomi and the Mijia ecosystem have become one of the market leaders, offering advanced navigation technologies and effective surface cleaning. However, to make the device work as efficiently as possible, one switch on the case is not enough.
Many users have difficulty in the initial setup phase, not understanding how to properly pair the gadget with the phone and what features are available in the menu. The Xiaomi robot vacuum cleaner app gives access to dozens of settings, from selecting suction power to building an accurate map of the room. Without a competent configuration, you use only a small part of your assistant's potential.
In this article, we will take a look at the process, from choosing the right version of the software to the intricacies of creating virtual restrictions and schedules, and learn how to manage cleaning from anywhere in the world and keep clean without personal presence at home.
Choosing the right app: Mi Home or Mi Robots?
The first and most important step is to install the right software. There is confusion in Xiaomi’s ecosystem as the company periodically changes names and integrates the functionality of different applications. At the moment, the main and most functional control center is the Mi Home. It is in this application that all smart home devices, including vacuum cleaners, cameras, lamps and air conditioners, are assembled.
Previously, there was a separate application Mi Robot Vacuum, which now redirects users to install Mi Home. Trying to find old versions of programs in third-party stores can lead to the installation of incompatible software or malware.
⚠️ Note: When registering for an account in the app, it is critical to choose the right region. If you are in Russia or CIS countries, but choose China or Europe, you may not see your vacuum cleaner in the list of available devices or face a voice control that is not working. Download the program should be exclusively from official sources: Google Play Market for Android or App Store for iOS.This will eliminate the risk of infection of the device and will provide automatic updates of security features. The process of pairing a smartphone and a robot requires care, since the quality of the connection depends on the stability of management. Before starting the procedure, make sure that your phone is connected to a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network. Most Xiaomi robot vacuum cleaners don’t support 5GHz networks, which is a common cause of connection errors, and you also need to turn on Bluetooth and geolocation on your smartphone, which are used to quickly find your device up close and transmit data about your Wi-Fi network to it. After launching the app and logging in to your account, click the add-on button (usually a plus in the corner of the screen) and select your vacuum cleaner model from the list or scan. QR-code. 📊 What is your version of the robot vacuum cleaner Xiaomi?S50 / S55 (1st generation)S6 / S6 MaxV (2nd generation)S7 / S7 Pro (with vibrating wash)S8 / Ultra (newest models) Another model During pairing, the Wi-Fi indicator on the robot body should flash. If it burns constantly or does not burn at all, you need to reset the network settings. This usually requires simultaneously clamping two buttons on the top panel of the device before the appearance of a voice message about the pairing mode. ☑️ Checklist before connecting Wi-Fi router distributes the network 2.4 The phone is enabled Bluetooth and GPSThe vacuum cleaner is more than charged 20%The smartphone is located next to the vacuum cleaner and router: 0 / 4 After a successful connection, you will see the main control panel. the interface of the Xiaomi Home application is designed to be intuitive, but hides many useful options in the additional menus. The center of the screen usually displays the status of the current cleaning and the start / pause button. By clicking on the vacuum cleaner icon, you are taken to the detailed menu. Suction power directly affects battery life, so a standard mode is often enough to maintain cleanliness daily, and turbo is better for pile carpets. Water management deserves special attention if your model supports wet cleaning. You can adjust the water intensity of the rag in the app, and this allows you to tailor the cleaning to the flooring type, avoiding excessive moisture of the laminate or parquet. 🧹 Local cleaning: cleaning the area around the robot without detouring the entire apartment. 🔋 Charging: Forced to send the device to the base at any time. 🗣 Voice Packages: the ability to download different language packs or voices for voiceover statuses. 📅 History: viewing the map of the completed cleaning with an indication of the area and time spent. ⚠️ Note: Do not use maximum suction power on carpets with very long pile without supervision. In rare cases, this can lead to a stuck wheel or overheating of the engine if the filter has not been cleaned for a long time. 💡To quickly remove spilled liquid, use the Spot Clean function, which will perform spiral movements within a radius of about 1.5 meters from the launch point, collecting dirt as efficiently as possible. One of the most impressive features of modern Xiaomi robots is to build a room map using a laser rangefinder (LDS) When you first clean up, the robot slowly circles the perimeter, scanning the space, and in the app, you see the real-time plan of your apartment being created. This allows the robot to make optimal paths, not to rush around the room randomly, but to move in straight parallel lines. The saved map also allows you to divide the room into separate rooms, which is especially convenient for selective cleaning. To edit the map, you need to go to the map settings in the device menu. Here you can combine divided zones, cut large rooms into parts or add missing corridors. The accuracy of the map directly affects the quality of navigation and the ability to use virtual walls. Parameter Description Impact on cleaning Scanning Accuracy Depends on the purity of sensors LDS High accuracy excludes collisions Store map up to 4-5 cards in memory Convenient for multi-storey houses Update map Automatic when changing Adaptation to furniture rearrangement Virtual walls Forbidden zones on the map Protection from getting into dangerous places What to do if the card is lost?If the robot began to build a new card on top of the old or lost orientation, try to clean the upper laser sensor from dust. Also check if the wires under the base are not stuck Virtual walls again, the virtual suction is in the most popular areas of the map, and the old ones in the extreme use of the suction. It allows you to draw areas on an app where the robot is strictly barred from entering. It's an indispensable tool for protecting long-pile carpets that the robot can tighten up a rag to, or where wires and socks are scattered. There are two main types of constraints: rectangular zones and barrier lines. The rectangle completely blocks the robot from entering the outlined area. The barrier line works like an invisible wall that the robot can't cross but can clean along it. The use of virtual walls is critical if you have pets that can try to take the bowls for different water settings, and you can set the maximum power to the kitchen area for cleaning. This is achieved by splitting the map into rooms and setting up scripts for each of them. 🚫 The No-go zone: The robot ignores this area completely. 🧱 Virtual Wall: A robot cannot cross a line, but it cleans up next to it.