In the month of June, Xiaomi launched its latest fitness band, the Mi Band 4 in China which has performed excellent in terms of sales. When the smart werable was launched in its home country, it was offered in two options which include a NFC variant and a non-NFC variant.
However, when Xiaomi launched it for the global market, customers sadly had to settle down with just the non-NFC variant. In order to bring the benefits of NFC to its global audience, Xiaomi is reportedly working on the Mi Band 5 which will support NFC both inside and outside of the Chinese domestic market.
In case you have been uninformed, the Mi Band 4 with NFC supports wireless payments, can be used as an identity card at a workplace and it could even replace metro or bus cards that are based on this technology.
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According to the source, the upcoming Mi Band 5 will have a rugged design which will make it more durable and help in prolonging its life. Talking about its launch date, the future fitness band from Xiaomi is said to launch in the Q2 of 2020 which corresponds with past refresh cycles.
While not many details about the Mi Band 5 are currently available, it has already been confirmed that 5th Gen fitness tracker is being developed in collaboration with Huami. The CEO of Huami, Wang Huang said that his company is co-working on multiple projects in a partnership with Xiaomi and the Mi Band 5 is one of them.
We will have to wait patiently until more details about the future fitness band from Xiaomi are available, originating either from official or unofficial sources.
Readers outside of China, Would you be interested in buying a NFC compatible smart band from Xiaomi? Let us know in the comments below.
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