With many components of India in lockdown slowly opening up, I am positive many individuals want to get again to their health routines, whereas others are all set to begin new ones. This appears to be an excellent time for Xiaomi to launch the Mi Good Band 6, the most recent addition to its well-known health tracker lineup. The brand new Mi Good Band 6 options SpO2 measurement and now has the power to trace extra workout routines than the Mi Good Band 5 might. Must you take the Mi Good Band 6 in your health journey, would you be higher off with a special wearable? I used the Mi Good Band 6 for a few weeks, and right here is my overview.
Mi Good Band 6 value in India
The Mi Good Band 6 is priced at Rs. 3,499 in India, however homeowners of any earlier Mi Good Band mannequin can avail a Rs. 500 low cost, dropping the value to Rs. 2,999. Xiaomi is promoting the Mi Good Band 6 solely in black with a black strap, however you should purchase completely different colored straps to customize your health band.
The Mi Good Band 6 is able to logging extra forms of exercises than the Mi Good Band 5
Mi Good Band 6 design and specs
Identical to earlier Mi Good Bands, the Mi Good Band 6 has two elements, a capsule-shaped core and a TPU strap. The Mi Good Band 6 at first appears equivalent to its predecessor, the Mi Good Band 5 (Overview), however the distinction is obvious the minute the show lights up. Whereas the Mi Good Band 5 had a small rectangular show, the one on the Mi Good Band 6 stretches to the sides of the capsule and has very skinny bezels on the high and sides. The AMOLED show now measures 1.56 inches and has a decision of 152×486 pixels. It additionally has tempered glass on high and an anti-fingerprint coating which helped hold the unit smudge-free, in my expertise.
The capsule is detachable however you do not really want to do that since you’ll be able to cost it utilizing the included magnetic charger. The underside of the capsule has pins for charging the 125mAh battery within the band. Xiaomi hasn’t bumped up the battery capability over the Mi Good Band 5 resulting in some apprehensions earlier than testing because of the bigger display. Proper above the charging pins are sensors for coronary heart price and SpO2 monitoring. There aren’t any bodily buttons on the Mi Good Band 6, and all navigation is touch-based. Xiaomi has made the Band 6 water-resistant upto 5ATM, actually it might additionally observe swimming.
Stress monitoring is a claimed function of the Mi Good Band 6
The Mi Good Band 6 helps Bluetooth 5 and will be paired with a smartphone working Android 5.0 or above. You may as well pair the Mi Good Band 6 to an iPhone working iOS 10 or above. You should utilize the Mi Match app or the Xiaomi Put on app. Additionally it is appropriate with the favored Strava app. I used the Xiaomi Put on app, which is identical one I’ve used with the Redmi Watch and the Mi Watch Revolve Lively for his or her evaluations.
Mi Good Band 6 options and software program
The Mi Good Band 6 is feature-packed. Xiaomi claims that this wearable has 30 completely different health modes and may mechanically detect six forms of exercises. You’ll be able to observe steps, distance, and sleep on the Mi Good Band 6 together with SpO2 and stress monitoring, in addition to menstrual cycle monitoring. The Mi Good Band 6 can even calculate what Xiaomi calls a PAI (Private Exercise Intelligence) index based mostly on completely different well being parameters.
Pairing the app with the Mi Good Band 6 is kind of straightforward, and plenty of the band’s settings will be modified by way of it. You’ll be able to choose which widgets seem on the Mi Good Band 6 and in what order. There are plenty of widgets to select from however solely six will be added to the Band 6. Whichever ones you select, you’ll be able to check out all of your exercise parameters within the app. Equally, you’ll be able to choose which apps can be found on the Mi Good Band 6 to be used.
The underside of the band has the well being sensors and charging contact factors
Well being monitoring options may also be configured utilizing the related app. You’ll be able to choose the frequency of coronary heart price monitoring, toggle all-day stress monitoring, and likewise allow the sleep assistant, which will increase the frequency of coronary heart price monitoring whilst you sleep. With the Mi Good Band 6, Xiaomi has additionally launched a respiratory rating metric which is presently in beta. The Mi Good Band 6 makes use of its SpO2 sensor to trace your blood oxygen ranges when you are asleep. Most of those options are disabled by default, and you will must spend a while inside the app to set the machine as much as your liking.
Within the Xiaomi Put on app you may as well choose which apps in your telephone can notify you utilizing the Mi Good Band 6. You’ll be able to even arrange the band to unlock your smartphone and vibrate for incoming calls/ messages.
Mi Good Band 6 efficiency and battery life
I used the Mi Good Band 6 for 2 weeks to check its accuracy and battery life. By way of monitoring accuracy, that is among the many finest wearables you will get on this value phase. I counted 1,000 steps manually as I walked, and the Mi Good Band 6 registered 1,002 steps which is a negligible deviation. To examine distance accuracy, I walked 1km on a treadmill utilizing the Mi Good Band 6’s treadmill mode,, and it measured the identical studying. This machine additionally enables you to save the gap studying from the treadmill exercise.
I wore the Mi Good Band 6 on my proper wrist and an Apple Watch SE on my left to match their coronary heart price monitoring accuracy whereas figuring out. The Mi Good Band 6 displayed coronary heart price readings in the identical vary because the Apple Watch SE (Overview), with solely occasional minor deviations, which is appropriate. Sleep monitoring on the Mi Good Band 6 was additionally correct, with the machine precisely logging the time I went to mattress and after I awakened. The app offers a breakdown of deep, mild, REM, and awake durations, together with a respiratory rating (based mostly on SpO2 readings) if this function is enabled. You additionally get ideas to enhance respiratory. SpO2 monitoring on the Mi Good Band 6 was pretty correct as nicely, returning readings in the identical vary as these of a typical pulse oximeter.
A magnetic charger makes it handy to cost the Mi Good Band 6
Xiaomi claims 14 days of battery life however you might be impossible to hit that in case you train 5 days every week and observe all parameters commonly. Many of the options of the Mi Good Band 6 are disabled by default, so it doesn’t observe coronary heart price constantly, present app notifications, or monitor stress except you need it to. I set the Mi Good Band 6 to trace my coronary heart price each 5 minutes, enabled app notifications, sleep rating, and idle alerts, and tracked my exercises 5 occasions every week. With these settings, the Mi band 6 lasted for eight days earlier than needing to be recharged. If you happen to allow PAI, count on battery life to drop even additional, because it requires your coronary heart price to be logged each minute.
Charging the Mi Good Band 6 was straightforward. I didn’t want to tug the capsule out of the band. The magnetic charger connected to the underside of the band fairly securely. charging it from zero to 40 p.c in half-hour and to 83 p.c in an hour. Battery life is decrease than that of the Mi Good Band 5, so you’ll need to cost it extra steadily.
Verdict
After testing the Mi Good Band 6 for 2 weeks, I can say that it’s a good health band and its measurements will be relied on. It’s pretty correct in the case of monitoring steps, distance, in addition to sleep. Health monitoring has improved in comparison with the Mi Good Band 5 (Overview), and the Mi Good Band 6 can observe a wider vary of exercises. The addition of SpO2 monitoring has additionally come at an excellent time, letting you get fast readings at any level in the course of the day.
Xiaomi hasn’t modified the battery capability of the Mi Good Band 6 in comparison with its predecessor. That’s one factor I want to see improved with the subsequent mannequin. With the larger show and added options, battery life has gone down. Nonetheless it might final for between 8-10 days with cheap use, so it’s nonetheless an excellent health wearable for the value.
