One of the most widely used and long-lived sports apps is changing strategy by distancing itself from the name that made it popular: Xiaomi Mi Fit is abandoning all traces of the Chinese company to focus the strategy on the brand that develops the Mi Band, Amazfit (which it belongs to). Huawei). This name change is effective since the last update of Google Play and affects both Android and iOS.
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Xiaomi Mi Fin is now the life of Zepp
Zepp is the name that Amazfit has started to use in some of its products, especially in the application with which the user can manage Amazfit watches and activity bracelets. Xiaomi Mi Fit is compatible with some of these devices, although it was oriented from the beginning to the Xiaomi Mi Band. And now, since the Xiaomi Wear app has already gained traction (now it’s called My Fitness, the deal is kidding
Anyone who has updated Mi Fit will find that their app is now called Zepp Life. In itself, this does not imply a major change since both the design and the options remain intact. Therefore, it is only a “rebranding” of the control software in order to orient it towards the manufacturer of the devices.
With the name change adds more confusion for those who want to manage their accessories from the phone. My Fitness works with the Xiaomi Mi Band, although these can also be used with Zepp Life. There are Amazfit watches compatible with said Zepp Life; although they also work in Huami’s own app, Zepp. In the end it is a question of trying and deciding on the most pleasant application to use.
With the name change Xiaomi Mi Fit disappears permanently. Of course, this is a testimonial evolution since the app continues to work in the same way. This change accompanies the update to version 6.