During the 2026 Guancha Conference, the open-source AI hardware HachimoDock made its debut, incubated by the Innovation Product Team under Xiaomi Corp. (OTC: XIACY) Technology Committee. This is a desktop AI device that users can freely modify according to personal preferences, with a compact body integrating capabilities such as personalized desktop pets, voice-controlled PC-side agents, smart home integration, and custom component creation.
According to reports, the hardware self-build cost of HachimoDock is approximately 150 yuan. The team hopes to lower the barrier to experiencing AI hardware through this device, making it the first AI hardware for the general public to get started with Vibe Coding, and to experience the joy of using natural language to "create" an all-purpose desktop companion.
The functions of this device go far beyond that: users can speak their ideas and collaborate with AI to generate and run new components on the spot. Based on this open mechanism, it can serve as a microphone for quick voice input, a mini game console with thousands of built-in games, a small radio for listening to FM stations, or a desktop secondary screen for checking AI task progress and computer status, as well as a desktop control hub linked to smart home devices... More ways to play are left for each user to create by hand.
Users can interact directly with the desktop pet through voice, and it will convert user intentions into various tasks dispatched to PC-side agents such as Codex and WorkBuddy, including looking up information, organizing files, writing code, and more. Meanwhile, the HachimoDock screen will synchronously display task statuses such as thinking, executing, and waiting for confirmation, and provide feedback on progress through the desktop pet's expressions, movements, brief prompts, and sound alerts; important operations involving authorization are still confirmed by the corresponding client.
HachimoDock's voice operation also extends to home scenarios. By integrating with Xiaomi Miloco, users can initiate home control via voice, and the small screen can also switch to a home control console, presenting device status, lighting control, and surveillance footage, making a single desktop device simultaneously an interaction entry point for both PC agents and smart home systems.
Currently, HachimoDock has made its software source code public on GitHub, and provides a hardware bill of materials, structural component models, and assembly tutorials, allowing users to freely modify it according to their own ideas. "We hope to leave the space for defining HachimoDock to every user, so that more people can experience the joy of AI hardware creation at a lower cost," said the head of Xiaomi Corp. (OTC: XIACY) Technology Committee Innovation Product Team.
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