Redmi Smart Band Pro features a bigger screen than the Mi Band 6 and comes with an AMOLED, 14 days battery life under Rs 4,000 in India.
The Xiaomi Band number series is quite popular in India but the brand this year looked to move a step ahead with the launch of the Redmi Smart Band Pro. Features wise, the Smart Band Pro is similar to last year’s launch, Xiaomi Mi Band 6. The Smart Band Pro features an AMOLED Display,14 days battery life,100+ sports mode support, LifeQ health algorithm, and more for Rs 3,999 in India. Many have been asking if the Redmi Smart Band Pro is just a Mi Band 6 with a bigger screen or if it is more than that. We got our hands on Redmi’s latest fitness band and here’s our review of it. Apart from its display, the Redmi Smart Band Pro design is similar to any other fitness band – a plastic module attached with two silicone straps. The straps are detachable, so you can swap them with something else. The build quality of the band is good. Redmi Smart Band Pro is only available in black colour at present, but Xiaomi could add a few more colour options. It weighs approximately 25 grams and you’ll feel it there on your wrist. On the back, there’s a Redmi logo, magnetic pins for charging, PPG heart rate, and oxygen level sensors. On the front, it occupies 65.5% of the panel and the bezels are neither thin nor thick. The lower bezel is thicker than the others, but you won’t notice it much, as the dark UI blends into the bezels. The corners are rounded and the edges are flat. The screen of the Smart Band Pro attracts fingerprints easily. There are no physical buttons which means that you can control it only by touch. The Redmi Smart Band Pro is rated to be waterproof up to 5 ATM, which means you can take it for a swim to the pool. The USP of the Redmi Smart Band Pro is its bigger and wider display which differentiates it from the regular fitness bands. To be honest, I have never been a fan of 1-inch displays on fitness bands as there is very little space for everything. The Redmi Smart Band Pro solves this problem, the 1.47-inch display provides sufficient space for the text and icons to fit. The size of the text is perfect, the home screen can provide all information without any congestion, the app drawer gets more space. A big screen makes everything better on the Smart Band Pro. The Redmi Smart Band Pro screen has pixel density of 283 ppi making every text look more clear and sharper even when the font size is small. Xiaomi claims that the brightness of this fitness band can go up to 450 nits. It goes fully bright when you turn on its flashlight option. I haven’t tested that but the display is very bright even in the harsh sunlight conditions. The addition of Ambient sensor adjusts the brightness screen as per the lightning and it works smoothly. You get up to 5 levels of brightness in the Display settings. The display produces vibrant colours thanks to the AMOLED panel, the screen is at par with many smartwatches available under Rs 5k segment. The raise to wake feature wakes the screen as soon as you raise your wrist, you can turn these off from the band itself. Covering the display with your hand will turn the screen off. Xiaomi is offering over 50 watch faces for the Redmi Smart Band Pro, the fitness band has four pre-loaded faces which you can set directly.
