Xiaomi Smart Band 8 is the company’s latest-gen fitness tracker. It was unveiled in April at the Xiaomi 13 Ultra launch event in China.
It has been nearly four months, however, the wearable is yet to make its way to global markets. Despite being sold in a single country, the product already hit over 1.1 million units in shipments in June itself.
The device is now receiving a new firmware update that adds several new features. Let’s take a look at them.
According to ITHome, Xiaomi is rolling out a new system update for the Xiaomi Smart Band 8. The latest update bumps up the firmware version to 1.3.176.
The changelog notes that the latest update brings ‘Smart Do Not Disturb’ function. Further, it adds two new watch faces (Sui Sui Pin An and Fist Challenge) and a vitality value widget.
Further, the wearable adds bus card support for Lanzhou and Tibet. It also gets a feedback function when using NFC.
The update also comes with a new Frisbee motion algorithm and adds somatosensory game vibration feedback. Lastly, users can now access their fitness tracker’s charging records from the companion app.
Apart from the aforementioned newly added features, the fresh firmware update also optimizes connection stability on iOS and fixes other known issues.
In order to update the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 to the latest firmware, users will have to first update the companion app to the newest version available. The update should be available for the imported units as well.
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