On July 4, Xiaomi released its latest business flagship notebook Pro 2022. Apart from configuration upgrades in performance, screen, and design, a major breakthrough in press interaction has been made for Pro 16 and Pro 14 (Xiaomi Pro 2022 hereinafter refers to these two models). They adopt Xiaomi’s self-developed pressure touchpad and are equipped with AAC Technologies’ self-developed ultra-wide X-axis linear actuator for the first time, which may probably deliver the best touchpad experience among Windows notebooks and eliminate the need for a mouse.
AAC Technologies’ ultra-wide X-axis actuator to establish new standards of touch control experience for notebooks
For years, coherent, accurate, global, and silky press feedback has been impossible for most Windows touchpads, and the severely insufficient moving range of fingers leads to a poor experience when using Windows touchpads. Many users have to bring a mouse with them.
This time, the brand-new pressure touchpad installed on the Xiaomi Pro 2022 adopts the integrated pressing design and replaces traditional mechanical buttons with a pressure sensor plus a vibration actuator. In addition to the firmer bottom support and no sense of sag, it also enables users to press any point on the touchpad. Compared with traditional mechanical buttons, the area of press feedback nearly 30% larger.
To create a lifelike press interaction experience and deliver an interaction effect almost the same as that of mechanical structures, the Xiaomi Pro 2022 is equipped with AAC Technologies’ ultra-wide X-axis linear actuators that deliver the strongest vibration among peers on the market, and the RichTap® vibration effect design. Every press can receive accurate, continuous, efficient, and comfortable feedback, thus setting the standard of touch control experience notebooks should have!
It is worth mentioning that the Xiaomi Pro 2022 is the first notebook that uses the ultra-wide X-axis linear actuator. This actuator boasts outstanding performance characterized by super-strong vibration, super-fast response, super-wide frequency band, and super-low power consumption. Its maximum vibratory magnitude reaches up to 1.1Grms, equivalent to the most conventional X-axis linear actuator of 1.88Grms, while the power consumption remains as low as 0.12W.
The clear, real, and comfortable tactile feedback of the ultra-wide X-axis linear actuator, combined with the AG glass panel and the capacitive touch design, allow the Xiaomi touchpad to deliver a consistent experience and handfeel for users wherever they drag and press on the touchpad. The touchpad can replace a mouse to swiftly complete operations such as picture zooming with two fingers or application and desktop switching with multiple fingers, thus bringing users a truly convenient experience.
Comparison of user experience (traditional mechanical button touchpad vs Xiaomi pressure touchpad)
AAC Technologies’ large-amplitude SLS speakers improve the stereo sound
In addition to the touch control experience, Xiaomi Pro 2022 also attaches great importance to the auditory experience. It adopts two SLS speakers independently developed by AAC Technologies with a maximum amplitude of 0.5mm, up by 0.1mm compared with the previous generation. The bass limit is deeper, low-frequency performance improved by 5dB, and the bass boost clearer and more solid. Meanwhile, the high frequency of SLS1338 can be extended up to 20Khz. When the loudspeaker mode is turned on, the treble is sonorous and clear to bring a new level of shock.
Proven by a field test, the Xiaomi Pro 2022 boasts a better surround sound experience. Users will gain a new experience of sound immersion, hierarchy, and spaciousness both in entertainment and business scenarios. Voices in meetings will be fuller, putting attendees in a better state.