Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Fitness Bracelet

The Chinese company Xiaomi has finally introduced the long–awaited gadget on the market - the Mi Band 5 fitness bracelet. The tracker, in addition to counting heart rate, monitoring steps and counting sleep phases, will help unlock your smartphone (instead of a fingerprint scanner or Face ID), with it you will not miss a single call or important notification, as well as this device is convenient to use as a wrist alarm clock, which will gently wake you up with a vibration on your wrist, without disturbing the sleep of the rest of the family.

Just like in the previous version of Mi Band 4, the new bracelet allows you to control music playback. The display shows the weather forecast, the clock, here you can set a timer, etc. Well, a full list of modes and functions can be found in the characteristics section on the product card. The main differences between Mi Band 5 and Mi Band 4 was the enlarged display. The novelty received a touch-sensitive AMOLED screen with a backlight, a diagonal of 1.1” and a resolution of 294x126 pixels. The information from the display began to read noticeably better. The manufacturer offers more than 100 options of dials to personalize your fitness tracker.

Among the sports modes added: yoga, rowing, cycling, jumping rope, elliptical simulator. If earlier sleep monitoring worked only at night, now you can measure the indicators at any time of the day.

A separate feature, the most relevant for 2020, was the built-in oxygen sensor in the blood. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this indicator should be measured regularly when the first unpleasant symptoms appear, although we wish you to stay healthy and remain optimistic! Charging the Mi Band 5 can be done immediately without removing the capsule from the bracelet, as it had to be done in previous versions. The battery will last up to 14 days on a single charge.

This model has a water resistance class of 5ATM and is not afraid of short-term exposure to fresh water. Under the mood, you can pick up straps of different colors, fortunately, there are a great many of them for the Mi Band 5 fitness bracelet. All data collected by the tracker is available in the Mi Fit app on your smartphone. If you are the proud owner of the previous version of the Mi Band 4 bracelet, then decide for yourself whether to switch to using the novelty. But for users who have never dealt with similar gadgets from Xiaomi, we strongly recommend that you purchase Mi Band 5 and evaluate the advantages of this device. After all, you don't have to be an athlete to have a reason to buy a tracker. To view your health data, receive important notifications, monitor the time and sleep phases is relevant for any person. Touch and you to the world of Xiaomi smart gadgets!