the last twist of a reference

The new Xiaomi smart bracelet, the Mi Smart Band 6, reaches the Spanish market, the benchmark to date that has more competition than ever.

It starts to be an inevitable rendezvous every year, the arrival of a new version of the Xiaomi smart bracelet. A reference And one of the brand’s most popular devices, will its sixth generation live up to it?

Features of the Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6

A design with subtle differences

The design of Xiaomi smart bracelets is a trademark, since its first generation it is got better and polished until their sixth generation. Something that has its pros and cons.

At first we might think we’re facing a Mi Band 5, however when we start looking here and there we start to glimpse the differences. Subtle, but they are there.

First of all, in your screen size, which reaches 1.56 inches. And in body thickness of the bracelet which is a few millimeters higher than its predecessor. Something that translates to 12.8 grams in weight on our wrist.

We will not find any button, the protagonist being its AMOLED screen with a tempered glass and anti-fingerprint protection. The latter is appreciated in a device of this style.

In view of all of the above, Wearing the new Mi Smart Band 6 is very comfortable. Something to which its strap contributes, available in different colors, which without being premium it’s very pleasant on a daily basis.

A screen that never stops evolving

The absolute protagonist of the new Mi Smart Band 6, its screen 1.56 inch AMOLED. Who has a resolution of 486 x 152 pixels, which allows us to enjoy more than sufficient sharpness given its size.

When interacting with the screen, the touch is soft and its response precise at any time. Brightness is okay in almost any lighting situation, although the option of having automatic brightness is missed.

Day to day we have not found no problem when viewing information provided by the device. To be able to read without problem the texts and the data that it shows us on the screen with clarity.

Now with oximeter

We come to the importance of a smart bracelet, the available sensors and the information it can offer us thanks to them. Few changes compared to its predecessor, with the exception of the incorporation of an SpO2 sensor.

This means that the possibilities offered by the new Mi Smart Band 6 are expanded. cardiac frequency, sleep stress Yes blood oxygen saturation.

Although the latter only happens automatically at night, when we sleep. Due to start it manually the rest of the day, in order to know this information, a somewhat strange decision.

At the same time as the deployment of health monitoring, which is supplemented by aspects such as the monitoring of women’s health or relaxation exercises, We have 30 sports modes. 6 of them recognized automatically.

The accuracy of the sensors is truly incredible, considering the price of the device. There are few differences with more professional devices, something that is always appreciated in a quantifying bracelet.

Autonomy of solvents

Xiaomi announces that the new Mi Smart Band 6 has an autonomy of 15 days make normal use of it and 5 days

Figures that are not too far from reality, according to our tests during the analysis of the device. Always depending on how we adjust the surveillance and the use of it.

The charging system is maintained compared to the previous generation. Being a magnetic connector which allows us to load it without removing it from the strap. A simple and really effective solution. This allows us to have a full charge in less than 2 hours.

Xiaomi Wear, the perfect complement

Obviously, the main element of the experience is the Mi Smart Band 6 itself, although as you already know … the Equipment without a Software behind little use. And in the case of our protagonist, it comes well covered.

The Xiaomi Wear app, which we have to install to configure the bracelet, is a great complement to it. Not only for him wide range of information that providesbut because of the customization options included.

In the settings of the new Mi Smart Band 6 we find options to customize the main screen, but thanks to the application we can download new screens in order to give it our personal touch.

We have three main sections, state, training Yes profile. In the first one we will find all the information collected by the bracelet. In the second, the data from our training sessions.

In the third and final section, is where we can make updates to the bracelet, in addition to the additional function parameters that the bracelet has. Because everything is not quantifiable in the new Mi Smart Band 6.

Something more than quantifying our activity

We come to the section in which the new Xiaomi bracelet shows that it is a kind of “digital swiss army knife”. Allowing us to do some really interesting aspects from the device itself.

Since control music that we listen to, cross the power control the camera of our smartphone, until the power receive notifications on the screen of the bracelet itself.

We cannot respond to such notifications or make calls, we will only be notified of such events. But considering the price of the bracelet, it’s not something you’d expect to find either.

In addition, we have weather forecast, inactivity alerts -If you’ve been in front of a computer for many hours, you’ll know what I’m talking about- and curious others like mute or find our smartphone.

All these additional functions can be configured to access them from the main screen of the new Mi Smart Band 6. By doing using the side panels, which appear when you swipe left or right on the screen.

My Smart Band 6 is still a benchmark

Reaching the sixth generation and continuing to be a benchmark sounds easy, but in reality it isn’t. The smart bracelet industry has grown a lot lately.

Competition that has improved, making things difficult for the Xiaomi device. Not only in price, but in relation to the user experience What are you offering. Huawei or Realme have big rivals.

Is the new Mi Smart Band 6 still a benchmark? This is still the case, but Xiaomi should not rest on its laurels. And offering what would become a Mi Band 5 with slight tweaks has been tweaked somewhat.

We can find the new Mi Smart Band 6 available with the black antibacterial strap for $ 44.99 on the official Xiaomi website in Europe and for less than $ 40 on Amazon Europe.