Xiaomi is already renowned for its best-selling fitness trackers, with Mi Band 4 being the latest and offering a color display. The company has dominated the fitness tracker space, beating even Fitbit, which is great. But, users have long demanded Xiaomi to develop its own smartwatch and well, all our wishes have been answered today in the form of the Mi Watch. It’s Xiaomi’s first-ever smartwatch under its own brand name.
There’s not a lot of room to play with a smartwatch’s design. It could either be circular or rectangular. Well, Xiaomi chose the latter but its Mi Watch has an uncanny likeness to the super popular Apple Watch. It’s the first thought that comes to mind when we see the Mi Watch, which has a curved display up-top, ceramic bottom, and a digital crown on the right. The only difference here is that it boasts a boxier design.
The device supports Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, and even GPS as well. It means you don’t need to carry your phone on your while jogging. Mi Watch includes 6 sensors to let you track over 10 activities (including swimming, running, and more), heart rate, sleep tracking, and oxygen saturation as well.
Mi Watch also supports native music playback, includes an app drawer to easily scroll through all installed apps, and an app store to download more apps and update existing ones. The watch also comes equipped with Xiaomi’s voice assistant, Xiao AI, to let you control smart home devices from your wrist. You can use the digital crown, which is coupled with a vibration motor, to control the temperature or volume with a gentle haptic feedback.
Xiaomi’s first-ever smartwatch, the Mi Watch has been priced at 1,299 yuan (around Rs. 13,000, $185) in China and will go on sale from 11th November. There’s also a more premium version of Mi Watch, with a stainless steel frame and 4D curved sapphire glass protection. It has been priced at 1,999 yuan (around Rs. 20,000, $285). It will come in 2 stunning color variants – silver and black.
