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Xiaomi Opens New Flagship Store In Dubai
The 6,600 square-foot-store is the Chinese tech company’s largest in the United Arab Emirates.
Leading global tech company, Xiaomi, has opened its largest flagship store in the United Arab Emirates at the Dubai Mall. The extensive retail space is situated in the Chinatown area of the mall, a redesigned section of the first floor home to several prominent Chinese brands.
The official store opening happened on April 26th at a lively event attended by technology enthusiasts and Xiaomi fans. The event was overseen by the General Manager of Xiaomi Middle East and Levant, Ronnie Wang and other regional managers.
Xiaomi’s Dubai Mall store demonstrates the Chinese tech giant’s commitment to expanding its presence across the Middle East. The huge 6,600-square-foot retail unit is one of the company’s largest worldwide and will be used to showcase the latest innovative products.
“Our Dubai Mall store [is] the largest Xiaomi in the world among our 1,400 stores worldwide, excluding China and India. Since the first Xiaomi store opening in 2017, Xiaomi has been bringing the concept of smart homes into daily lives. We are grateful for our consumers and Mi fans’ unwavering support and promise to provide better quality products and the best shopping experience possible,” says Arjun Batra, Country Manager of Xiaomi UAE.
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After an official ribbon-cutting ceremony, attendees could engage in several interactive activities and meet top influencers, including Ajman Khan and Roman Khanand. Meanwhile, Xiaomi’s quadruped robot CyberDog appeared on stage to add to the excitement.
Among the products displayed at the new store are smartphones, including the Redmi Note 12, 4 Ultra and more, plus laptops, smart devices, home appliances and even Xiaomi’s Electric Scooter.
In celebration of the store opening, Xiaomi is offering a 50% discount on all products for the first 350 customers and a 30% discount to the next 400.
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Google Releases Veo 2 AI Video Tool To MENA Users
The state-of-the-art video generation model is now available in Gemini, offering realistic AI-generated videos with better physics, motion, and detail.
Starting today, users of Gemini Advanced in the MENA region — and globally — can tap into Veo 2, Google’s next-generation video model.
Originally unveiled in 2024, Veo 2 has now been fully integrated into Gemini, supporting multiple languages including Arabic and English. The rollout now brings Google’s most advanced video AI directly into the hands of everyday users.
Veo 2 builds on the foundations of its predecessor with a more sophisticated understanding of the physical world. It’s designed to produce high-fidelity video content with cinematic detail, realistic motion, and greater visual consistency across a wide range of subjects and styles. Whether recreating natural landscapes, human interactions, or stylized environments, the model is capable of interpreting and translating written prompts into eight-second 720p videos that feel almost handcrafted.
Users can generate content directly through the Gemini platform — either via the web or mobile apps. The experience is pretty straightforward: users enter a text-based prompt, and Veo 2 returns a video in 16:9 landscape format, delivered as an MP4 file. These aren’t just generic clips — they can reflect creative, abstract, or highly specific scenarios, making the tool especially useful for content creators, marketers, or anyone experimenting with visual storytelling.
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To ensure transparency, each video is embedded with SynthID — a digital watermark developed by Google’s DeepMind. The watermark is invisible to the human eye but persists across editing, compression, and sharing. It identifies the video as AI-generated, addressing concerns around misinformation and media authenticity.
While Veo 2 is still in its early phases of public rollout, the technology is part of a broader push by Google to democratize advanced AI tools. With text-to-image, code generation, and now video creation integrated into Gemini, Google is positioning the platform as a full-spectrum creative assistant.
Access to Veo 2 starts today and will continue expanding in the coming weeks. Interested users can try it out at gemini.google.com or through the Gemini app on Android and iOS.
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