On November 5th, Xiaomi announced its Xiaomi Mi Watch, a smart watch with a square face similar to the Apple Watch, in the Chinese market.
Xiaomi has released a fitness band called Mi Band. Another affiliate, Huami, has released a smart watch under the Amazfit brand, but this is the first time a smart watch has been launched under the US brand.
Miwatch has a 1.78-inch AMOLED display and a 44mm body size. Two models are available: the standard model adopting aluminum and the premium version with stainless steel body and sapphire. SoC is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 4G and supports eSIM to enable independent LTE communication. It has 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, and supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as GPS and NFC. NFC supports contactless payments with Alipay and WeChat Pay.
The battery can be used continuously for up to 36 hours with a large capacity of 570mAh as a smart watch. Although the grade is unknown, it is said that it is also valid for swimming. The operating system is equipped with MIUI for Watch, which has customized Wear OS. It supports its own app store and can measure heart rate and exercise. Of course, it can also be linked with a smartphone.
The price is 1,299 yuan for the aluminum standard model, and 1,999 yuan for the premium version. Related information can be found here .