Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Smart Band Pro alongside the Redmi Note 11 and Redmi Note 11S. Based on its title, that is clearly positioned as extra succesful than the Redmi Smart Band. The new Redmi Smart Band Pro brings with it many options which can be in demand, similar to an AMOLED show, SpO2 and stress monitoring, and the power to trace a number of sorts of exercises. With the improved function listing, the value has gone up too, however solely by a bit. Does the Redmi Smart Band Pro nonetheless supply good worth to your cash? I put this health tracker to the take a look at to seek out out.
Redmi Smart Band Pro worth in India
The Redmi Smart Band Pro is priced at Rs. 3,999 in India however the firm has introduced a restricted interval supply worth of Rs 3,499. The Redmi Smart Band Pro will go on sale at 12pm on February 14.
The Redmi Smart Band Pro is gentle and barely noticeable on the wrist
Redmi Smart Band Pro design
The Redmi Smart Band Pro has an oblong polycarbonate physique that homes a 1.47-inch AMOLED show. This panel is massive sufficient to simply learn textual content on with out having to squint. It additionally has an always-on mode, and there is an ambient gentle sensor to regulate its brightness mechanically. The Smart Band Pro has no buttons, and navigation is only touch-based. You get TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane) straps that are curved, just like those on the Mi Band 6 (Review). These straps have a proprietary connector, which makes it simple to take away them with no need extra instruments. However, these searching for different third-party ones might face problem discovering them available in the market.
The underside of the Redmi Smart Band Pro has all of the well being sensors positioned in a pill-shaped bump. There are additionally contact pins that are used to cost the Smart Band Pro. The equipped charger has magnets, making it simple to plug this health band in for charging.
I discovered the Redmi Smart Band Pro to be super-light at simply 25.5g. I barely observed it on my wrist, and in addition wore it to mattress with none points. The Smart Band Pro packs in a 200mAh battery and is 5ATM water-resistant.
Redmi Smart Band Pro software program and options
The Redmi Smart Band Pro will be paired with Android in addition to iOS smartphones utilizing the Xiaomi Wear and the Xiaomi Wear Lite apps, respectively. The pairing course of is straightforward and requires a Mi Account. Once paired, both app may also be used to vary a number of the Smart Band Pro’s settings. The apps help a number of Mi and Redmi wearables and are very simple to make use of. The band syncs with the app in your cellphone, after which it is in a position to show totally different parameters. You also can change the watch faces on the Redmi Smart Band Pro utilizing the app. There are over 50 watch faces to select from, and in addition you may as well set a photograph out of your cellphone’s gallery as a face.
The underside of the Smart Band Pro has all of the well being sensors
Powered by the Ambiq Apollo 3.5 SoC, the Redmi Smart Band Pro runs on customized software program. It has Bluetooth 5 LE for connectivity. Sadly, GPS is lacking so it has to depend on your related smartphone for positioning. The Redmi Smart Band Pro can pull notifications out of your smartphone and alerts you to incoming calls.
You can monitor practically 110 several types of exercises together with 14 water health workouts on the Redmi Smart Band Pro. Commonly used ones similar to strolling, operating, biking, HIIT, trekking, and swimming will be activated on the health band immediately. You can edit the listing of obtainable ones primarily based in your exercise regime. The Redmi Smart Band Pro can auto-detect some actions similar to operating, strolling, and treadmill use. Apart from this, the Redmi Smart Band Pro also can monitor coronary heart fee, SpO2, sleep, stress, and menstrual cycles. The band is able to monitoring the wearer’s coronary heart fee constantly, and in addition SpO2 ranges whilst you sleep, however these options are disabled by default to preserve energy.
The Redmi Smart Band Pro has a quite simple UI. You can swipe proper from the homescreen to entry fast toggles, and swipe left to entry widgets for coronary heart fee, SpO2, climate, exercises, and health stats. Swiping downwards from the highest allows you to see unread notifications out of your paired smartphone, and swiping up from the underside exhibits you all of the capabilities of the Smart Band Pro.
Redmi Smart Band Pro efficiency and battery life
I used the Redmi Smart Band Pro for every week and located it snug to put on always. The show was viewable outdoor, however I discovered it to be too vivid when sitting in a darkish room, even with auto brightness adjustment enabled. While the interface was very simple to make use of, it did not really feel too fluid at first, particularly whereas scrolling. During the evaluate interval, a software program replace (1.1.127) fastened this challenge. The Smart Band Pro’s raise-to-wake function was nicely calibrated and the show all the time lit up after I raised my wrist. It was equally fast to go off after I lowered my hand.
You can monitor your SpO2 stage on the Smart Band Pro
I needed to manually allow automated coronary heart fee and SpO2 monitoring, in addition to app notifications and superior sleep monitoring metrics, utilizing the app. I set the Redmi Smart Band Pro to measure my coronary heart fee at one-minute intervals and SpO2 each half-hour whereas I used to be asleep. I additionally enabled alerts for resting and energetic coronary heart charges, and set the band to vibrate for incoming notifications.
When it got here to health monitoring, I used to be pleased with the accuracy of the Redmi Smart Band Pro. I used an Apple Watch Series 7 (Review) for comparability and located coronary heart fee measurement to be in the identical vary. Periodic monitoring of my coronary heart fee had a destructive influence on battery life (extra on that later) however resulted in additional helpful statistics. Sleep monitoring was correct and the band gave me a whole breakdown of my sleep sample. I enabled the monitoring of SpO2 whereas I used to be asleep, and the gadget did so. I took readings manually in the course of the day and I observed it was in the identical vary as what a medical-grade pulse oximeter reported.
I used the Redmi Smart Band Pro to trace my night walks. Since it doesn’t have in-built GPS, it depends on the paired smartphone for accuracy. With no GPS, the Redmi Smart Band Pro under-reported distance, measuring 0.96km for the precise 1km that I walked. With a paired smartphone in my pocket, the band fared higher, measuring 1.02km for a similar distance.
The Xiaomi Wear App exhibits well being metrics in your paired smartphone
It can also be able to automated exercise detection for 3 particular exercises, as I discussed earlier than. The Redmi Smart Band Pro prompted me to trace my stroll inside a minute of me beginning the exercise. It measured 1,002 steps for each 1,000 steps I counted, and this error fee is suitable given the value of this health band.
Battery life was respectable given the small 200mAh battery, however it actually is dependent upon how you utilize your Redmi Smart Band Pro, so your expertise will range. I had enabled the always-on show, set the guts fee monitoring interval to 1 minute and SpO2 monitoring interval at half-hour throughout sleep, and I used the superior sleep monitoring possibility. App notifications have been additionally enabled, and the Smart Band Pro was used to trace outside walks on daily basis.
With such heavy utilization, the health band lasted for 4 and a half days, fairly a bit wanting Xiaomi’s fourteen day battery declare, which is perhaps potential with gentle use. With some compromises, you need to simply be capable of go for over every week on a single cost. The equipped magnetic charger latched onto the band fairly simply and managed to high the battery up in lower than an hour and a half.
Verdict
When I reviewed the Redmi Watch (Review) final yr, I discovered it to be a succesful gadget however one main destructive was its lack of SpO2 monitoring. Xiaomi has addressed that shortcoming with the Redmi Smart Band Pro. Compared to the Redmi Watch, the Redmi Smart Band Pro solely misses out on GPS performance. If you’re within the behavior of carrying your smartphone with you in your walks, the Redmi Smart Band Pro ought to nonetheless be capable of precisely monitor them.
The Redmi Smart Band Pro packs in all of the options that one would count on from a health band, and has been launched at a very good worth. It will attraction to those that desire a greater show than that of the Mi Band 6 (Review) which can also be a inexpensive possibility and can go well with those that desire a slimmer profile on their wrist. The Honor Band 6 is a direct competitor to the Smart Band Pro, and gives an analogous function set on the identical worth stage.
