Xiaomi (Mi) have refreshed their fitness tracker the Xiaomi SmartBand 7. It comes in China and Global versions, the only real difference is that the Chinese version supports NFC payments (through Alipay). If you're lucky Alipay may accept your credit card as a payment type and then you can use it through the band. Both versions support multiple languages.
The 326 ppi AMOLED screen has been increased to 1.62 inches and is now much brighter (it can be distractingly bright), which is a 25% increase over the Band 6 display. The included USB cable has a magnetic connector on the end which aligns the connector with the band and holds it in place to charge.
Battery life is stated at 15 days, but that will be greatly reduced if various functions are turned on, such as some continuous readings.
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| Band 7 next to Apple Watch |
There are a variety of straps that can be purchased apart form the standard black.
Watch faces are download to the watch (over 100 of them) via the Mi Fit app (now rebranded as the Zepp Life app). Some of them maybe quite Chinese in personality and seem quite odd to a western market.
The band has the following "health" functions: -
- SpO2 Monitoring
- Breathing Training
- Heart Rate Monitoring
- Sleep Monitoring
- Pressure Monitoring
- Female Health
SpO2 (blood oxygen content) and heart rate monitoring are continuous as is sleep monitoring (i.e. no need to tell the band you're going to sleep).
Band 7 supports 120 sports modes, some of which it will try and switch into automatically and it can be used for swimming down to 50m (but not diving). While training VO2 is estimated and time to recovery as well as aerobic and anaerobic exercise times. Standard sports are directly accessed while others via the All Workouts.
They are: -
- Running
- Outdoor running
- Walking
- Treadmill
- Indoor walking
- Race walk
- Cycling
- Outdoor cycling
- Indoor cycling
- BMX
- Swimming
- Pool swimming
- Fin swimming
- Artistic swimming
- Outdoor workout
- Fishing
- Skateboarding
- Roller skating
- Rock climbing
- Parkour
- Indoor workout
- Freestyle
- Elliptical training
- Rower
- Indoor fitness
- HIIT
- Core training
- Aerobic combo
- Strength
- Stretching
- Stair climbing
- Flexibility
- Stepper (forward)
- Stepper (backwards)
- Gymnastic
- Yoga
- Pilates
- Aerobics
- Mass gymnastics
- Cardio Combo
- Cross training
- Spinning
- Horizontal bar
- Parallel bars
- Battle rope
- Dance
- Ballet
- Belly dance
- Square dancing
- Street dancing
- Ballroom
- Dance
- Zumba
- Latin dancing
- Jazz dancing
- Folk dance
- Hip Hop
- Pole dance
- Break dance
- Modern dance
- Combat workout
- Kendo
- Karate
- Boxing
- Judo
- Wrestling
- Tai chi
- Muay Thai
- Taekwondo
- Martial arts
- Kick boxing
- Jujitsu
- Fencing
- Ball workouts
- Tennis
- Football (soccer)
- Cricket
- Baseball
- Bowling
- Squash
- Basketball
- Softball
- Gateball
- Volleyball
- Table tennis
- Handball
- Badminton
- Beach volleyball
- Wall ball
- Billiards
- Sepak takrav
- Dodgeball
- Water polo
- Ice hockey
- Shuttlecock
- Futsal
- Hacky sack
- Bocce
- Jal alai
- Water workouts
- Sailing
- Rowing
- Dragon boat
- Kayaking
- Snorkeling
- Flowriding
- Winter workouts
- Curling
- Ice skating
- Indoor ice skating
- Leisure workouts
- Hula hoop
- Frisbee
- Darts
- Kite flying
- Tug of war
- Shuttlecock
- Esports
- Airwalker
- Swinging
- Shuffleboard
- Table football
- Somatosens
- Board and cards
- Chess
- Checkers
- Weigl
- Bridge
- Board game
- Others
- Jump rope
- Archery
- Equestrian
What the band can actually measure during say a board game is questionable to say the least. Other sports modes to seem to work and it will pick-up walking and running without having to actually switch to that mode.
Nicely Xiaomi have now added a lot of products to their international store, including the Smart Band 7 which retails for £54.99 in the UK version (mi.com detects your location and uses that to deliver a local store). Straps costs £9.99 (they do break and the button on the clasp can break too).
It is also possible to go to your friendly Chinese site and buy it considerably cheaper (though pricing has changed recently and shipping charges can be more expensive and there will be VAT/Tax added at the point of sale).
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