Company type | Division |
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Industry | Consumer electronics |
Founded | August 2018 As an independent brand 17 January 2020 (India) 24 November 2020 (Global) | (as a sub-brand of Xiaomi)
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kevin Qiu (Head of Poco Global) Himanshu Tandon (Head of Poco India) |
Products | Smartphones Headphones Smartwatches |
Parent | Xiaomi |
Website | po.co (Global) poco.in (India) |
Poco (stylized as POCO), formerly known as Poco by Xiaomi is a Chinese brand owned by Xiaomi that specializes in smartphones. The Poco brand was first announced in August 2018 as a mid-range smartphone line under Xiaomi. Poco India became an independent brand on 17 January 2020,[1][2][3] followed by its global counterpart on 24 November 2020.[4][5][6] Poco released its first smartphone, the Pocophone F1 in August 2018.[7][8]
Some phones with identical or slightly changed specifications are released in some markets as Poco, in others as Redmi; for example the Poco X6 and Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G.