Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A video demonstration of the "Mi Smart Magic Cube" Rubik's Cube and solving app made by Xiaomi. Released in late 2019, this appears to be an updated model of the previously-released Giiker Rubik's Cube.
You can buy the cube for about $15 from here: banggood.com/custlink/33DDbO5B3l
And download the Android app from:
app.xiaomi.com/download/918392
Not only is the cube itself pretty well made and can be used perfectly well as a stand-alone cube, but it contains electronic sensors that continuously monitor any rotation and broadcast the current state of the puzzle using Bluetooth BLE. Using the app linked above, you can monitor the state of the cube, learn solving techniques from guided tutorials, or activate the automatic solver which will describe the steps required to solve the Rubik's cube from any starting position.
At the time of writing, there is very little documentation regarding this cube, and the app above is the only one I could find that supported it (apps for other Bluetooth cubes such as the GoCube or Miiker cube do not work with this cube). I also encountered a few issues with connectivity losses, and the app crashing every now and again. However, I'm planning to continue experimenting and, with the help of a Bluetooth sniffer, intend to try to access the raw sensor data so that this cube can be used as, e.g. an input device for an Arduino-controlled escape room puzzle.
A video demonstration of the "Mi Smart Magic Cube" Rubik's Cube and solving app made by Xiaomi. Released in late 2019, this appears to be an updated model of the previously-released Giiker Rubik's Cube.
You can buy the cube for about $15 from here: banggood.com/custlink/33DDbO5B3l
And download the Android app from:
app.xiaomi.com/download/918392
Not only is the cube itself pretty well made and can be used perfectly well as a stand-alone cube, but it contains electronic sensors that continuously monitor any rotation and broadcast the current state of the puzzle using Bluetooth BLE. Using the app linked above, you can monitor the state of the cube, learn solving techniques from guided tutorials, or activate the automatic solver which will describe the steps required to solve the Rubik's cube from any starting position.
At the time of writing, there is very little documentation regarding this cube, and the app above is the only one I could find that supported it (apps for other Bluetooth cubes such as the GoCube or Miiker cube do not work with this cube). I also encountered a few issues with connectivity losses, and the app crashing every now and again. However, I'm planning to continue experimenting and, with the help of a Bluetooth sniffer, intend to try to access the raw sensor data so that this cube can be used as, e.g. an input device for an Arduino-controlled escape room puzzle.
