Agora and Xiaomi Score Big Hit with New Voice-Powered Mobile FPS Game

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Agora.io (www.agora.io), the leader in real-time communications solutions, has teamed up with global electronics company Xiaomi to power in-game voice chat functionality for Xiaomi Mi Combat, a mobile first-person shooter (FPS) available in select markets on Android and iOS platforms. Developed by Xishanju and published by Xiaomi, the game incorporates live voice chat to encourage collaborative team communication that enhances the player experience.

Xiaomi Mi Combat was embedded with Agora's real-time voice solution, Agora Mobile Gaming (AMG) SDK, to increase competitiveness and interaction among players. From tactical communications to field commands to friendly banter, players use in-game voice chat to cooperate with each other in real time, creating the type of immersive experiences that gamers have become accustomed to with console and PC games.

The real-time, voice-powered chat experience was seen to dramatically improve player engagement and help Xiaomi Mi Combat become an immediate sensation with players, attracting over a million daily active users during its public beta period already.

"FPS games involving team-based combat require efficient communication and cooperation among teammates, which can hardly be achieved by typing text; that's why we turned to Agora's voice services," said Jiang Changsong, the general producer of Xiaomi Mi Combat.

In evaluating real-time voice services, Jiang said Agora stood out by providing the best sound quality, concurrency, and availability, among other key factors. Most importantly, he said, Agora's live voice service remains stable during high usage and flow surges.

Agora released its AMG SDK earlier this year, which enables game developers to give players more immersive social experiences almost effortlessly. The simple-to-deploy AMG SDK provides real-time communications for a variety of gaming genres, including casual, social, FPS, MMORPG, and MOBA, and is compatible with major game engines, including Unity, Unreal, Cocos, and SpriteKit.

To learn more about Agora's Mobile Gaming SDK, click here.

About Agora.io
Founded in 2014, Agora is a high-growth Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider delivering mobile-first, real-time communications for developers and businesses globally. Agora's API is the most widely adopted API for real-time communications around the world, installed on more than 500 million devices and rapidly growing.

The Agora real-time communication stack includes features like include voice calling, video calling, group conferencing, interactive broadcasting, and much more. Reliable, accessible and scalable, Agora provides communications services to organizations across industries, including telemedicine, education, financial services, customer service, social media applications, and mobile gaming.

Agora is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA and backed by venture capital firms Morningside, SIG, GGV Capital, ShunWei, and IDG.

For more information, please visit: www.agora.io

About Xiaomi
Xiaomi was founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun based on the vision "innovation for everyone." We believe that high-quality products built with cutting-edge technology should be made accessible to everyone. We create remarkable hardware, software, and Internet services for and with the help of our Mi fans. We incorporate their feedback into our product range, which currently includes Mi and Redmi smartphones, Mi TVs and set-top boxes, Mi routers, and Mi Ecosystem products, including smart home products, wearables and other accessories. With more than 70 million handsets sold in 2015, Xiaomi is expanding its footprint across the world to become a global brand.

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