Xiaomi‘s fitness band has always been known for its cheap pricing, solid build and good performance. Since the Mi Band 4 was released, the units have sold massively. A survey of wearable devices in China by IDC for Q3 2019 had revealed that Xiaomi’s wearables command 25% of the market. Of course, most of the wearables sold were the Mi Band series.

New information has emerged showing that Xiaomi’s Redmi brand may be trying to replicate the success of the Mi Band. In other words, Redmi has got a new wearable device, specifically, a fitness band in the works. The keyword”Redmi band” was spotted on the source code of the latest version of the Xiaomi Wear app.  The code shows the device will be equipped with features such as watch faces, notification, weather alert, alarm clock, payment, find band, heart rate, music control and other functions. Judging from these functions alone, the Redmi band seems to cram more features than the current Mi Band 4.

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In addition to these features, some persons have also dug up the schematics of the Redmi Band on Xiaomi’s CDN server. In terms of the appearance, the Redmi Band will completely deviate from the design style of the Mi Band. The shape is simpler, more like a bracelet. Maybe this is also one of the means of reducing the cost of the wearable.

We expect the device to be cheaper than the Mi Band. However, Redmi is yet to release any information on the purported Redmi Band.

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After much anticipation, Xiaomi Wear mobile application has now officially launched on the Apple App Store. However, as per the official report, the app currently supports only one wearable device — Xiaomi Watch Color.

The Xiaomi Wear application can be used to manage various smart wearable devices from the Chinese company as well as check statistics related to several sport activities, sleep patterns, changing sport modes, among others.

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Ren Tian, the person in-charge of software for the Xiaomi wearable devices had revealed earlier this month that the company had submitted the first version of the Xiaomi Wear app to the Apple App Store in October 2019 but the company had not approved it.

On the other hand, the Xiaomi Wear application for Android platform has been updated to version 1.1.12. It comes with several bug fixes to improve performance and the company has also added support for Xiaomi Watch Color, which was recently launched.

The launch of this application from the company on Apple App Store comes on the same day when Xiaomi has started rolling out its second over-the-air (OTA) update for the Mi Watch with several new features. The first OTA update was rolled out on 3rd December, just weeks after the official launch of the smartwatch.

You can check out the Xiaomi Wear app on the App Store from here.

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