Since the launch of the first smart bracelet product in 2014, the Xiaomi Mi Band has become the first smart wearable brand in China, and it has always occupied the first place in the industry in terms of both the number of consumers and the volume of shipments.
Xiaomi adds a slew of new features to its Mi Band line each year, keeping its price under $50. Earlier this month, the Chinese tech giant launched its latest fitness band in China along with new Mi 11 Pro and Mi 11 Ultra flagship smartphones.
The same product was later announced for
global markets as the Mi Smart Band 6, which is currently available for $49.99
on Giztop. The Mi Band 6 boasts an impressive array of modern features
including blood oxygen tracking and a larger display.
After six generations of product iteration,
the Mi Band 6 can be described as the graduation model in smart bracelets since
it not only has more features but also adopts a breakthrough design with a full
screen. It is the first smart bracelet with a runway screen.
Display
The Mi Band 6 comes in a regular and an NFC
version, which supports bank cards, bus cards, and access cards NFC functions.
The device has retained the classic grain shape, and its overall size and
weight are not significantly different from the previous generations of
products.
The Mi Band 5 was in the rest screen state,
but the Mi Band 6 has been upgraded to a full-screen design. It originally
looks like a black screen, but the upper and lower areas just camouflage when
the bracelet is lit, and the rectangular part in the middle serves as the
display area.
A 1.56-inch full profile track screen is
used in a bracelet product for the first time, increasing the dial area by 50
percent as compared to the previous generation product. The entire front
portion of the bracelet transforms into a screen and can display more
information.
The display has a fineness of 326PPI retina, 74,000 pixels (152 x 486), while the Mi Band 5 has only 37,000 resolution (126 x 294). In terms of actual use, the Mi Band 6 offers a better viewing effect in terms of displaying text content like notifications and messages.
Thanks to the full-screen design, the Mi
Band 6 replaces the physical touch buttons with a brand new gesture operation.
You can swipe on the screen to switch between different functions, and even
return to the main interface.
The strap is made using skin-friendly
plastic material. The Mi Band 6 offers 8 color wristbands including graphite
black, thermal orange, Lotus root powder, green pine green, sun yellow, ivory
white, rose-purple, sky blue to choose from.
The Mi Band 6 has over 130 online themed
dials this time, and it uses APP synchronization to select the dial replacement
in the dial mall. The watch can store up to 3 and every time you change it, you
need to sync it with the app.
Upgraded Health Monitoring
The Mi Band 6 comes with a built-in PPG
biosensor and the NFC version also includes infrared off-the-wrist detection
functions for accurate measurement. Aside from that, blood oxygen monitoring
functions, heart health monitoring, and breathing and sleep monitoring have
also been added.
The new heart health monitoring notifies
the wearer when an abnormal heartbeat occurs, evaluates the heart through
continuous heart rate measurement of the bracelet Condition, indicating that
the heart is not beating normally. The Mi Band 6 supports real-time sleep
monitoring, as well as breathing and sleep quality monitoring.
It determines sleep time based on the
changes in heart rate and blood oxygen during sleep. It supports REM ( rapid
eye movement) monitoring and provides an analysis report. Equipped with a
high-performance PPG biosensor, the Mi Band 6 offers enhanced monitoring
accuracy.
A Full-Featured Smart Bracelet
The Mi Band 6 can display more information
due to its full-screen design. The device displays time, weather, power, and
exercise data during daily use along with a slew of other information.
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The Mi Band 6 supports 19 sports modes, covering both, indoor and outdoor games. It supports automatic recognition of the 6 sports modes of outdoor running, treadmill, walking, outdoor cycling, elliptical machine, and rowing machine, without the need for separate settings.
Nineteen more sports modes have been added to the original 11 sports modes. This includes dance, indoor fitness, gymnastics, HIIT, core training, stretching, steppers, Pilates, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and badminton. , Cricket, Bowling, Boxing, Free Fighting, Street Dance, Zumba, and Indoor Skating.
You can view the exercise report on the bracelet 
More detailed exercise data can be viewed on the APP
On the downside, the Mi Band 6 does not support GPS function. So, you need to connect and synchronize your mobile phone to record GPS trajectory during some outdoor sports, and the bracelet records center rate, pace, cadence, and other data of the exercise process.
Verdict
The Xiaomi Mi Band 6 is not only a highly appealing and better quality device, but it also provides a lot of convenience for our daily life with its built-in functions. Xiaomi is offering a full screen and retina-level ultra-clear experience with a bracelet product, coupled with a myriad of comprehensive functions.
Despite being a compact device, the Xiaomi Mi Band 6 provides good battery life. In a typical usage mode, the Mi Band 6 Standard version supports 14 days of battery life. The NFC version, on the other hand, supports 12 days battery life.
The standard model’s battery life can reach
up to 19 days. The standard is available for 229 yuan, while the NFC version
will set you back 279 yuan. You can visit this link to purchase the Xiaomi Mi
Band 6 for $49.99 from Giztop.