Bracelet Montre Xiaomi Mi Band 4

TechRadar Verdict

An fantabulous fitness tracker from Xiaomi, which combines a host of useful features with the standard tracking metrics at a really, really expert cost. On summit of all that, the battery life is great, and the tracker is comfy and lightweight to wear.

Pros

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Comprehensive suite of features
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Stand up-out bombardment life
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Cheaper than just near everything else

Cons

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Tracking isn't the ultimate in accuracy
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Better-looking trackers are out there
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No integrated GPS

Any fettle tracker worth its common salt covers the basics of tracking steps, altitude and calories, and now fifty-fifty upkeep models are calculation heart rate monitoring too, previously the sectional domain of higher-end wearables.

With so many trackers offering a similar set of features, how practise you lot selection the correct device for yous? Chinese tech behemothic Xiaomi has always tried to differentiate its wearables by offer them at rock lesser prices - the original Mi Band went for just $xv in the US - and it's looking to repeat the fox with the Mi Band two.

Despite its low price, the Mi Band 2 brings with it but almost everything you could want in a fettle tracker without straying into smartwatch territory: all the basics are covered, plus sleep tracking, move reminders, and basic telephone notifications. But is it enough to convince you lot to choose Xiaomi over Fitbit?

Xiaomi Mi Ring ii price and availability

Costs around £28/$35/AU$50
Available to buy at present

The toll of the Mi Ring 2 makes information technology ideal if you want to spend as little as possible on a fitness tracker. At the time of writing, the Mi Band 2 is selling for less than £thirty on Amazon UK and under $35 on Amazon US, which means you don't take to spend much on this fettle tracker at all.

You'll struggle to find anything comparable for less. The Huawei Band two Pro is currently hovering around £50 or $seventy online, while the Fitbit Alta 60 minutes, the Fitbit product that peradventure most closely matches the Xiaomi Band two, is all the way up at £130 or $150.

The Mi Band two launched in 2016 which means you're likely to be able to get some very decent deals for it online. It besides means the software and hardware has had time to become reliable and bug-free.

Design and display

Plastic but comfy feel
Bright, readable OLED display

Okay, the Xiaomi Mi Band ii looks cheap - but information technology doesn't look that cheap. The rubber strap is sturdy and really pretty comfortable, the clasp organisation is stiff and secure, and the actual tracker itself - which y'all snap into the strap - has the heft of a proper bit of clever vesture engineering science.

It may not have the looks of a Fitbit or an Apple Watch 3, but then it does cost a fraction of the toll, then you pay your money and take your option. It'due south certainly not an ugly device by whatsoever means, and the monochrome OLED display is crisp and articulate.

There's one push on the front of the Mi Band 2, which yous printing to encounter the fourth dimension and your other vital statistics.

Nosotros actually prefer the button approach to the alternative, where you take to moving ridge your wrist around and hope the tracker detects the movement in order to wake up the screen. The Mi Ring 2 can practise this too though, if you lot enable information technology in the settings.

Black is your just option for the strap, though we take seen tertiary-party straps in all kinds of hues. The tracker itself is easily removable, so presumably you can change up the color if you like, though we can't speak to the quality of these other straps.

What we can say is the Xiaomi Mi Band ii is light and comfortable to wearable. Information technology can showtime rubbing by the end of the day, simply no more so than any other fitness tracker or smartwatch that nosotros've ever tested.

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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing well-nigh gadgets, apps and the web for more than ii decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you'll detect him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business organization over weekends, David besides has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places also, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.