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Xiaomi 18 Pro Series Goes Official with 'Privacy Screen,' 8,500 mAh Battery, and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

The phones add app-aware privacy controls, rear screens and two 200-megapixel cameras, with prices starting at about $900.

  • Xiaomi launched the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max in China today, with a global release confirmed for later this year—a welcome development after last year's 17 Pro phones skipped international markets.
  • While resembling their 17 Pro predecessors with compact rear displays, the new phones feature enhanced privacy technology that offers more flexibility than Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra introduced this year.
  • Privacy display activates for specific apps and applies to notifications, floating windows, and split-screen views; location-based triggers enable automatic activation at work or deactivation at home, with the selfie camera detecting prying eyes to suggest privacy mode.
  • Priced from ¥5,999 , the Pro displays 6.4 inches while the Pro Max offers 6.9 inches; the Pro Max uses the Snapdragon 8 Extreme chipset, and both incorporate batteries with 32 percent silicon content.
  • Xiaomi's announcement arrives amid similar flagship releases this week from Vivo and Oppo, with the standard 18 and 18 Ultra expected next spring and the 18 Fold's global availability still uncertain.
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Xiaomi comes to formalize in China its Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, two flags that rely as much on privacy as on photography and autonomy. The brand takes up the principle of the anti-regard screen introduced this year by Samsung on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but with a much more contextual approach: protection can be achieved by [...] Article Xiaomi 18 Pro and Pro Max official: anti-regard screen, double 200 megapixels and giant batteries ap…

The Xiaomi 18 Pro's smart privacy panel technology blocks the side view and detects the gaze of those around you. The post Xiaomi 18 Pro series introduced with Snapdragon 8 Elite 6th generation and privacy display appeared first on Digiato.

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The Tech Outlook broke the news on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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