Last year, in December, Xiaomi had launched the Mi Watch Color as a watered-down variant of the Mi Watch. Today, as expected, the company has launched a new variant in its home market — Mi Watch Color Sports Edition.

The Xiaomi Mi Watch Color Sports Edition has been priced at 699 yuan, which is approximately $105. It will be available for pre-order from today and during the pre-sale period, it will be available for 649 yuan, which is about $97. The company will start shipping the device from 1st November.

The highlight of this newly announced smartwatch is that it comes with a SpO2 sensor for blood oxygen detection, a feature that was missing in the original model launched last year.

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The smartwatch features a 1.39-inch HD AMOLED display that supports Always-On mode. It seems that the company has added 120 watch faces on the device and has added support for 117 sports mode to track fitness and health-related activities.

Apart from the SpO2 detector, there’s also an ultra-wide-range heart rate sensor and the device comes packed with a new high-end GPS chip to track movements. Along with Bluetooth 5.0, it also supports NFC for connectivity.

The device is powered by a 420mAh battery and the company claims that it can provide 16 days of usage on a single charge. The Xiaomi Mi Watch Color Sports Edition comes in three colors options — Black, Blue, and White while the straps come in six different colors.

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Xiaomi announced the Mi Watch Color in late December 2019 as a toned-down version of Mi Watch. This smartwatch recently debuted in India and Europe as Mi Watch Revolve and Mi Watch respectively. Whereas, in China, as the original wearable is about to be a year old now, the company is teasing to reveal an updated model tomorrow (October 20).

The teaser poster for the successor to Mi Watch Color was shared by the Xiaomi Smart Life Weibo account. The poster reveals the upcoming smartwatch will retain the circular design and will arrive with a SpO2 sensor to measure blood oxygen levels.

In case you are not aware, the original Mi Watch Color lacks a SpO2 sensor, which is present in other wearables in the same as well as cheaper price segments.

Hence, it is a welcome addition, however, the Mi Watch Color has launched in global markets only now, and therefore, customers in those regions may have to wait for a longer period of the time for the upgraded model.

That said, the caption of the post also teases the new watch to come with more sports modes as well as battery life. Apart from these parameters, we are not sure what other changes the new model will feature.

Anyway, we expect to know more about the Xiaomi Mi Watch Color successor tomorrow.

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Xiaomi is on a launch spree since the beginning of this year in India. After releasing a wide variety of smartphones, some laptops, and televisions, the company has scheduled another event for September 29 called “Smarter Living 2021”. The teaser image shared by Xiaomi hints at a number of products that will be unveiled at this virtual event.

Last year, Xiaoami held a similar launch event in India at which the company introduced new Mi TV models, Mi Smart Water Purifier, and Mi Smart Band 4 to name a few. We can expect the firm to announce a follow-up to these products and much-more going by the teaser.

That said, the teaser image with SMARTER LIVING 2021 art includes outlines of the following Xiaomi ecosystem products.

• Mi Smart Band 5
• Mi Watch Revolve (Xiaomi Watch Color)
• Shoes (Mijia Sneakers 4?)
• Smart Bulb
• Mijia Automatic Soap Dispenser 

Apart from these products, Xiaomi may also launch new Mi TVs according to a report from July. It may also introduce new laptop models but we wouldn’t stress on it.

Anyway, what we can tell for sure is that the company will definitely launch Mi Smart Band 5 and Mi Watch Revolve as per the teaser picture and a leak from reliable tipster Ishan Agarwal.

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Xiaomi launched its first-ever smartwatch called Mi Watch in November 2019. A month later, the company released a stripped-down version of this wearable called Mi Watch Color. Unlike the previous model, this one does not run Wear OS and features a circular design instead of square. Now, as per new findings, it might launch globally as Mi Watch Revolve.

According to XDA Developers, the new version of Mi Watch app has a listing for Mi Watch Revolve, which is nothing but a rebranded Mi Watch Color. Similarly, there’s also a listing for Mi Smart Band 4C, which was previously tipped to be a rebadged Redmi Band for global markets.

Further, there’s also an unboxing video of Mi Watch Revolve on a Spanish YouTube channel called eSavants. The YouTuber purchased it from AliExpress but the product listing has its original name ‘Xiaomi Watch Color’.

The Mi Watch Color shares its features with Amazfit GTR, however, it is not manufactured by Huami like Mi Bands. Instead, it is made by Shanghai Suo Prime Technology Ltd., another company under Xiaomi’s ecological chain.

Anyway, it is still a good wearable, at least on paper, retailing for 799 Yuan ($113) in China. Having said that, the global price could be slightly higher and may vary depending on regions it will be sold.

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