Xiaomi has managed to establish its presence in the wearables market thanks to the Mi Band series of fitness tracker. However, the company is moving a step forward and is reportedly all set to launch its first smartwatch in China later this month.
The report coming from China claims that the upcoming smartwatch will be powered by the Xiaomi Wear chipset and will also also come with support for eSIM card, 4G LTE network connectivity, multi-function NFC, and smart voice assistant.
It further adds that the device will be running a customized version of Google’s Android Wear operating system out-of-the-box which could be named “Mi Wear” OS. The report has also revealed an alleged image of the Xiaomi Smartwatch coming this month.
From the design point-of-view, there’s nothing unique in the smartwatch compared to other devices in the market featuring a circular dial. However, do note that it has not been confirmed if this is indeed the upcoming Xiaomi Smartwatch.
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In early September, the Chinese company had registered a few trademarks, including “Millennium MIX ALPHA”, “Mi MIX Alpha” and “Mi Watch COLOR”. Since the Mi MIX Alpha smartphone has already been unveiled, the launch of Xiaomi’s Mi Watch COLOR should not be far away.
As mentioned, Xiaomi currently sells wearable devices under its eco-chain companies which includes Huami Technology. Apart from the Mi Band fitness tracker, it has a line of smartwatches under Amazfit branding but none of them are running Android Wear OS. The upcoming smartwatch will be the first to come with company’s own branding.
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