Xiaomi had launched (in China) the Mi Band 2 their latest fitness wearable that incorporates all features from Mi Band, heart rate sensor from Mi Band 1s and added an OLED display – presenting the Mi Band 2. This wearable device has not yet been launched in India.
Mi band 2 unboxing
Box packing of all the Mi Bands are similar – inside you will find the wrist strap (skin friendly – TPSiV material), tracker, USB charging adapter and user guide.
Design
The Mi Band 2 looks much better thanks to the 0.4 inch OLED screen. The screen is completely black and the button also goes well with the blackish look. It’s a touch pad (button) just touch it to change the display options.
The tracker is made of plastic and aluminum; looks great and pretty light weight too. Mi Band 2 weight is 19 grams with 70 mAh non-removable battery.
Band 2 Features
This band is IP67 certified – water and dust resistant. The Mi band 2 works with Android (4.4 and above) and Apple (iOS 7 and above) devices. This fitness band will count the number of steps taken, calories burned, distance traveled, it can monitor your sleep and measure your heart rate. This device makes use of Bluetooth 4.0 to communicate with your smartphone.
You will need to download the Mi Fit app from Google Play store or Apple store. Using the Mi Fit app you can then enable what options you want on the display – time is shown by default – you can enable steps, distance, calories, heart rate and remaining battery in %.
If need be you can also enable incoming call alerts, alarm, apps alert and idle alert.
Performance
The band 2 gives consistent results for similar kind of activities. Heart rate sensor is also pretty accurate (two green LED’s on the bottom). If you enable incoming call alert option and when you get a call the band 2 will vibrate and you will get the phone icon on the display, the phone number is not displayed.
To view the time you will either need to twist your wrist (need to enable lift wrist to browse from Mi Fit app) or touch the button, touch / tap the button again to browse though other options.
Battery life
The 70 mAh built in battery can be fully charged in less than 2 hours. Battery life is very good even with the display and with ‘lift wrist to browse info’ option active. On a full charge the Mi band 2 battery will easily last for up to 24 days.
Verdict
It started with Mi band, then came the Mi band 1s (not launched in India) and now the Mi Band 2 (not launched in India). Mi Band 2 is an excellent fitness device that will also show you the current time.
A must buy if and when it is made available in India, but in case you do not want to wait you can buy this from Chinese online stores for around $45.
Rating 5 out of 5.
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How to unpair it and connect to another phone?
Sir kya isme alarm system hai
yes there is you need to use the Mi app, there is alarm and you can also use incoming call alerts, so when you get a call the band will vibrate.
Sir any idea about launch date in india
No nothing yet.
Does this band have a lost notification alert
gogi is it your 1st Hindi review or u have done something like this before..anyways, apko Hindi mei bolte dekh maza aah gaya, kya bat hain !!!
Yes for new reviews I will created in both versions.
Check Video review in Hindi
I think mitv is going to be launched in India (mi is giving mitv as price on their website)..
Can this show the time all the time (Is it a watch first?) with out pressing the button?
Thanks
Prasad
Check video review. If you want you can set it to show time only.
Thanks Gogi…so its not always…but we can twist the arm to get the time display
Yes Xiaomi Mi band 2 does not comes with an always on display, but you can enable it to show the times every time you twist your wrist.
is there any extra charges like custom duty,shipping. and how many days it takes to reach
Check this http://www.gogi.in/ems-shipping-india.html and http://www.gogi.in/buy-handsets-chinese-online-stores.html
Hello Gogi,
The site link you provided, is it reliable to buy from it ?
And on an average how much time it takes to deliver it in India ?
Yes it is and it will take anywhere from 15 to 30 days for normal post delivery.
sir could you provide the link for the product?
2 hours for charging 70 mah sounds like a joke ! Whats the reason ?
Less than 2 hours, not 2 hours.
How many days the band worked in a single charge before giving up?? (with the lift the wrist & heart sensor kept on)
Hi gogi, I been tracking this mi band 2 since long. My interest make to keep update about launch India. So sir this band is available on amazon and ebay.
http://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/d/B01H8XUV6O/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468351459&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=mi+band+2&dpPl=1&dpID=31zpD-exI7L&ref=plSrch
Mi Band 2 has not been officially launched, may be this seller has bought the devices from China.
How much you bought it for?
Got it through which Chinese site?
How long it took to reach your hands from the day of checkout?
Usual Kolkata delay is there as it happens for most China deliveries?
Got the device guys. It took solid 10 days to reach my hand.
Spent Rs 2700 for the same as whole. Feels odd spending 40$ for a 23$ product.
But as per shortage in China itself – it might not get released in india anytime soon.
Banggood guys really saved me by putting 12$ as the price in Postal Parcel, so it cleared chennai customs in a blink.
It is my first fitness band. Hope i get fit soon using this 😉
Gogi,
Can you help us with Mi Band 2’s third party fitness apps support & continuous HRM enabling apps, if you come to know.
I am willing to sacrifice on battery for continuous HRM.
Thanks for the link.
Congrats Badru, I would suggest use the official Mi Fit app only, this device is not meant for continuous HRM.
Can it work as phone key? So we can not lost our phone or forget it some where…
No you cannot, you can however use it to auto unlock phone when it is within Bluetooth range.
Again 5 star for mi product. Gogi when it available in India?
I am not sure when, whenever there is info will update.
Ok thanks sir for the review i will surely buy this.
Gogi, I have been using mi band 1 for the last one year and there are many scratches on the module now, some of them are very deep indeed. These scratches don’t matter as there is no display. But how resistant is the display on mi band 2 to the scratches?
It is scratch resistant to some extent, but if you got as you said deep scratches on Band 1 then you will get it on the Band 2, too.
Gogi,
Does it vibrate when the phone is out of the Bluetooth range??
No it does not, it will silently connect again when within range.
First time i see 5 out of 5 🙂
All Mi Bands got 5 out of 5.
Hello Sir,i plan to buy once it is available in India…However will the constant removal of the unit for charging every 20 days will not loosen the fit between strap and unit?and will the unit not fall?
Arun, I have the old Mi band and this one too, the strap are of very good quality, no need to worry, does not matter how many times you remove / fix, it fits the same every time.