Few of us knew but Xiaomi created the Bell in 2018.a social network made by the company itselfIt has a design very similar to TikTok and intended Stand up against the Chinese giant and other social networks like Instagram. This week and almost five years later, Xiaomi decided to say goodbye.

The company will shut down its application servers During this month of Marchand although it has been downloaded millions of times in India, via an ad in the app it warns its users that they can already do it. download all your content before it is removed.

Xiaomi’s opportunity to switch from TikTok

Zili came to Android en masse in March 2019 as: short video app we can edit, publish and share. The application, which has a design very similar to TikTok, experienced an incredible increase in downloads In India after the Chinese app was banned in the country.

The company knew how to take advantage of TikTok’s streaming when it left India, and the Xiaomi app downloaded on eight million devices, with a total of 100 million total downloads. Once Upon a Time came pre-installed On mobile phones Xiaomi sells in India.

The practice never reached Europe, and we assume so, although we don’t know why. Huge market share occupied by Instagram, Facebook and TikTok will be responsible for this. In any case, the announcement that Zili will be closed has come. shyly to the application itselfwithout official explanation from the company.

Everything seems to indicate that there will be geopolitical problems between China and India behind the closure of Zili. Like TikTok, Xiaomi is the government of India and Xiaomi’s browser is ‘Mi Browser’; or ‘My Video Call’ to make a video call, They were also banned in India for political reasons..

Whatever the reason, the application no longer downloadable On Google Play and next March 13 at 11:59 PM India time will be officially closed. It is not yet clear whether Xiaomi will surprise us some time later with another similar app to deal with Meta and TikTok.