Xiaomi had announced with their September launch event that the Mi Smart Band 6 NFC will be making its way to Europe. The non-NFC variant of the band has been selling since March but it’s only now that the NFC variant has become available for purchase as well.

The Mi Smart Band 6 NFC brings along on-wrist payment support thanks to a partnership with Mastercard. Mind you, the band is still not available across the entire continent and is limited to Italy, at least for now, where it sells for €54.99 (~$64) on Xiaomi’s Italian store and Amazon Italy (via Notebookcheck).

Xiaomi had previously released the Mi Band 4 NFC as the first NFC-enabled fitness tracker for global audiences, which makes the Mi Smart Band 6 NFC the second. In China, both the NFC and non-NFC variants of the band were made available at the same time.

It is likely that Xiaomi is held back due to a possibly tedious process involved in getting banks to support the NFC-based payment system. Thus, if Xiaomi is indeed planning on making the Mi Smart Band 6 NFC available to more countries in Europe, it is going to take time.

The Mi Smart Band 6 NFC appears to be identical to its non-NFC sibling aside from the addition of the NFC tech. As such, it comes with a 1.56-inch AMOLED display, 5 ATM waterproofing, and a 125 mAh LiPo battery that has been claimed to last up to 14 days. The band also supports Amazon Alexa voice control, PPG heart rate sensor, 30 sports modes, and Bluetooth 5.0.

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It is already known that Xiaomi will be announcing a handful of products tomorrow. While the Xiaomi 11T series, the Mi Pad 5, and a new Mi 11 Lite phone are already confirmed, a new leak has revealed a list of other products that will also make an appearance at the global launch event.

The Xiaomi event will also include the launch of a new smart TV called the Xiaomi Smart TV Q1E according to Ishan Agarwal, the young Indian leaker. He also mentioned in an exclusive report by 91Mobiles that Xiaomi will also announce the Mi Smart Band 6 NFC Edition, the AX3000 Router, and a new projector called the Mi Smart Projector 2.

The Smart TV Q1E is rumored to be a rebadge of one of Xiaomi’s TVs sold in China but this should come with Android TV (or maybe even Google TV) pre-installed. It has been stated that the TV will have a 55-inch screen which may be an OLED panel.

Xiaomi already launched the Mi Smart Band 6 in Europe, and it arrived in India last month. However, the model sold in both regions doesn’t have NFC and thus can’t be used for payments. With the launch of the NFC Edition tomorrow, folks who use payment services such as Google Pay can pick up the fitness tracker.

Less than two months ago, Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi Router AX9000, a Wi-Fi 6 router with a special band for gamers. Now it plans to launch a new one called the Mi Router AX3000, not to be confused with the Redmi AX3000. The Xiaomi Router AX3000 is sold in China for ¥349 (~$54) which is pretty affordable but the global version is expected to cost more. It is powered by a Qualcomm chip, has 256MB of memory, 4 hidden antenna, and 4 signal amplifier.

Last but not least is the Mi Smart Projector 2 which should be a more affordable version of the Mi Smart Projector 2 Pro that was announced in March 2021. The pro model launched for €999 and may be out of the reach of several folks. With the standard model, which should also run Android TV out of the box, more people should be able to pick up a Xiaomi projector.

All of these products should be announced in Europe but it remains to be seen which of them make it to other regions.

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Xiaomi may be preparing for the European rollout of the Mi Band 6 NFC, going by details officially provided by the company that the device has been certified in Italy. The Mi Band 6 series was released back in March 2021 in China, and no foreign market has had the NFC version since then.

The two models in the Mi Band 6 series differ only in terms of NFC connectivity. The Mi Band series has often seen a staggered release of the higher model. This was the case with the Mi Smart Band 4 NFC which took about a year for it to be unveiled globally, after the release of the non-NFC version.

The Italian certification most probably indicates that the Mi Band 6 NFC will soon be found in European markets. It may well start with Italy, going by the certification announcement, but would obviously shift to other countries in the region.

The Xiaomi Mi Band 6 NFC is an elegant smart wearable device with an array of impressive features including various sensors for monitoring vital statistics. It is also possible that the Mi Band 6 NFC will support greater functionality than the Mi Smart Band 4 NFC, which also had support for Mastercard bank cards.

As per pricing, it is still unclear what the price of the Mi Band 6 NFC would be. However, it is expected to be higher than that of the Mi Band 6, which is sold for $44 on Amazon. We expect the Xiaomi Mi Band 6 NFC to be pricier than the $44 tag for the non-NFC version of the smart wearable.

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