Xiaomi, the fast-growing Chinese gadget maker, will make its first tentative steps into the US market this year.
The five-year-old company, which was valued at roughly $45bn in a fundraising last year, will launch an array of accessories through its mi.com ecommerce portal in the coming months.
However, Xiaomi said it will not bring the smartphones for which it is best known to the US yet, focusing on lower-cost items such as headphones, battery packs and fitness trackers, because of what its executives described as high regulatory and legal requirements for more expensive and sophisticated devices such as mobile phones and television sets.