Sei and Xiaomi will pre-install a Web3 wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi smartphones sold outside mainland China and the United States, with rollout beginning in Q2 2026.
The pre-installed application combines a next‑generation crypto wallet with a curated gateway to decentralized applications (dApps), enabling peer‑to‑peer transfers and consumer‑to‑business payments. Users will be able to sign in using existing Google or Xiaomi IDs to simplify onboarding. The app will use multi‑party computation (MPC) wallet technology; MPC is a cryptographic method that splits control of private keys across parties so no single entity stores the complete key.
The move targets an estimated 168 million annual device sales across Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa and immediately places a consumer-facing blockchain tool on a global hardware footprint.
Sei’s network characteristics are central to the integration: sub‑400‑millisecond transaction finality and capacity for thousands of transactions per second, metrics cited as necessary to support global consumer use. Planned product enhancements include native stablecoin payment functionality for Xiaomi devices, with initial deployments expected in Hong Kong and the European Union by mid‑2026 and later expansion to other jurisdictions that meet regulatory requirements.
Sei and Xiaomi integration: product design and technical profile
Executives framed the deal as transformative for mainstream adoption. Jeff Feng, co‑founder of Sei Labs, described the collaboration as a “watershed moment for blockchain adoption,” and Jayendra Jog said, “We’re moving from a world where crypto is something you have to find, to one where it finds you.” For investors and product teams, the initiative is positioned to increase on‑chain transaction volume, stimulate developer activity and raise demand for SEI as a utility and staking asset.
Sei Labs is launching a $5M Global Mobile Innovation Program to accelerate developer activity on consumer devices, while the broader Sei ecosystem benefits from a $120M ecosystem and liquidity fund. The expectation set out by the partners is that higher transaction throughput and greater user counts will reinforce network security and token utility; one cited market reference points to staking yields near 4.46% APR on certain third‑party platforms today.
Operational and regulatory challenges are also highlighted. The partners will confront heterogeneous regulatory frameworks, the need for robust local fiat on/off‑ramps, and the complexity of delivering multilingual customer support and dispute resolution across jurisdictions. Other adoption barriers include varied digital literacy and inconsistent internet infrastructure in several target markets, and the long task of converting pre‑installation into active, confident usage among consumers.
The Sei–Xiaomi integration embeds Web3 tooling directly into a major global smartphone channel and aims to shift onboarding from opt‑in to default. The immediate milestone to watch is the Q2 2026 pre‑installation start, with stablecoin payment pilots slated for mid‑2026 in Hong Kong and the EU — outcomes that will test technical scalability, regulatory alignment and user engagement across multiple markets.
