Mi Band 5 – Everything you need to know about the next Xiaomi bracelet

The Mi Band 5 has already been talked about, while the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 has only been released for a few months. Its manufacturer Huami has confirmed that the Mi Band 5 is already under construction. It's no surprise to hear that the two companies will be working on a new iteration of the affordable fitness tracker. When the Mi Band 4 went on sale in June, sales reached the million mark in just 8 days.

While maintaining an affordable price, it still managed to introduce new functionalities such as the color touch screen, monitoring in the cloud; as well as improved smartwatch features such as music playback controls. Xiaomi continues to surprise us with the number of features it integrates into a fitness tracker that still costs a fraction of the price of devices that can be found at Fitbit, Samsung or Garmin. So what could the Mi Band 5 have in store for us? This is what I suggest you see together today.

We know the Mi Band 5 is coming

Confirmation of the existence of the Mi Band 5 was revealed during a question and answer session after the presentation of Huami's second quarter 2019 results. “We are currently developing the Mi-Band 5 with Xiaomi. "; said Wang Huang, founder, chairman of the board and general manager of Huami.

In another question on Huami's future product line, Wang confirmed that work on the next generation Mi Band is already underway. He mentioned a possible launch window for the Mi Band 5.

Other Xiaomi wearable design tips

The unveiling of Xiaomi's Hey + 1S fitness tracker may have given us a glimpse of what the Mi Band 5 will look like; when it is officially released. If we think back to the previous launches of Xiaomi's Hey tracker, many elements of its design found their place in the Mi Bands that followed.

The Xiaomi Hey + came out shortly after the Mi Band 3 and was extremely similar in terms of specifications. However, it made a significant change by adding a larger color screen. This design was then closely taken up by the Mi Band 4 when it was released this year.

This new Hey + 1S tracker does not appear to have made any drastic changes to the design or functionality of the Mi Band 4. However, it has changed the display to offer a more rectangular shape with rounded corners. Perhaps we will see the Mi Band 5 follow suit with a more block look.

Improved NFC skills, improved heart rate monitoring

Huang said he "will continue to work closely with Xiaomi on new product versions." Also, he said his long-term plans with Xiaomi and the popular Mi Band product line remain unchanged. He added that he was eager to "develop and produce future generations of the Mi band; including variants targeting different global market segments and customer profiles. ”

Heart rate monitoring on the Mi Band 4 does have its pros and cons, but its optical technologies fared better than most wrist-worn monitors when it came to the high intensity Review. The addition of medical-type sensor technologies could enhance the attractiveness of budget surveillance for health surveillance.

The other notable innovation on Xiaomi's new Hey + 1S tracker that could make the difference is the improvement of NFC skills. In addition to freeing up the possibility of using the mobile phone for contactless payments and replacing your work pass, it can also be used as a replacement bus card.

Previous Mi Bands offered similar functionality, although this support is only available for devices sold in China. So if we see more uses of NFC added, we may not see it available in territories other than China.

Xiaomi Mi Band 5 release date

"We don't have a fixed date for the launch of the Mi Band 5," said Huang. "But I would say that we have already started working on the Mi Band 5 with Xiaomi and that it will not take too long. "

“We just launched the Mi-Band 4, but potentially around the middle of next year, we could launch the Mi-Band 5.” The Mi Band was announced and launched in June this year while the Mi Band 3 was launched in May 2018. It would therefore be fair to assume that the new group could launch at around the same time.

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