![]() ![]() ![]() I watched as the firmware was automatically updated to the latest version and a minute later I was in business with my new Mi 5. Setup was easy – the App told me I could only have ONE Mi 4 OR 5 attached at one time – and that was pretty much it. If you don’t like “plastic” straps – others are available from Banggood and elsewhere – even Amazon has a few. The box is lovely and the whole thing looks more expensive than the price suggests. As a seasoned Mi Band 4 user, I didn’t need them. Instructions are multilingual and comprehensive. Check out the fastening mechanism above – you’ll see at the end that this strap is not ideal but it can easily be replaced.Īt some point you may or may not wish to know about this: PAI is a ( Personal Activity Intelligence) score “to help you contextualize how physical activities contribute to your fitness” on the Mi 5. Mi Band 5 coloured straps ARE available and people have already dedicated entire videos to that subject alone. You CAN still remove the module if you want to change the default strap to any of a range of lovely, coloured (often inexpensive) straps – note that the Mi Band 5 is very slightly thicker than the Mi Band 4 so I would check advertised straps carefully before purchase. Xiaomi seem to have improved the Mi Home APP since the last time I took a look and they’ve definitely improved the band – while the overall band size is the same size as the Mi4 if a little thicker, the display area is definitely bigger and the charging arrangement has changed for the better – no longer do you have to yank the module out of the band for charging as the tiny magnetic charger just clips onto the back – much easier. If you refer back to my Mi Band 4 review link at the top you will see a SMALL selection out of the countless free watch faces I’ve used over time. Both have excellent charge life and a very wide range of faces available. Ok, some help for those who have no idea what I’m talking about, the OLED-based Mi5 is the top end yet inexpensive smart band from Xiaomi – and the Mi 4 was until recently IMHO probably the best low-cost smart band on the market. I note in many of these reviews there is no ability to leave comments. The Huawei Band 4 and Samsung Galaxy Fit 2 “competitors” both of which are more expensive have no such flexibility. May I just say at this point, I’ve been looking at other so-called reviews of smartwatches – I can’t be the only one who has noticed that both the Mi Band4 and 5 (I’ll stick my neck out and say 6) have an almost infinite number of watch faces available and yet looking at some very polished reviews elsewhere I’m seeing this totally ignored. That is until my Xiaomi Mi Band 5 arrived around September 2020 from Banggood. As the charge on the otherwise excellent Samsung tends not to last that long (3 days maybe), the Mi 4 used to get most of my attention. Back in 2019 I wrote about the wonderful Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and it is no secret, despite owning and reviewing many smart watches and bands in detail, that the Xiaomi Mi 4 and Samsung Galaxy Watches remained my favourites for a long time – one or the other being in use every single day. ![]()
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