
The Redmi Watch Transfer is Xiaomi’s newest smartwatch. It is probably the most inexpensive mannequin within the firm’s lineup in markets reminiscent of India, which additionally contains the Redmi Watch 5 Lively and the oddly named Redmi Watch 5 Lite, which is the costliest one.
The Redmi Watch Transfer makes some large claims regardless of its extremely low price ticket of INR 1,999 (~$23). Xiaomi claims that this mannequin provides the very best coronary heart price monitoring accuracy, the very best step counter accuracy, the very best show, and the very best battery life within the phase.
We are going to get to these, however let’s first begin with the design. As with seemingly each smartwatch Xiaomi makes as of late, the Redmi Watch Transfer design is closely impressed by the Apple Watch. All the pieces from the curvature of the glass, the corners of the show, the sides of the watch physique, and even the form of the strap are near-identical to that of Apple’s designs.
This at all times ends in the identical awkward dialog of somebody asking you what Apple Watch mannequin you might be carrying, adopted by the embarrassing admission that it is not truly an Apple Watch however merely a pretender that prices over twenty occasions much less. I am certain for some individuals this could be a professional relatively than a con; in any case, imitation luxurious watches have existed for so long as luxurious watches. But when that is not your jam you then could be disillusioned.
The straps are color-matched with the watch, and you’ll choose from one among 4 completely different coloration choices. The straps have an Apple Watch Sport Band-style design, however with a buckle as an alternative of a stud. Additionally they have a really handy launch mechanism that requires urgent a button, and the strap detaches from the watch effortlessly.
Being a funds system, the Redmi Watch Transfer physique is made totally out of plastic. You continue to get an IP68 ranking for mud and water resistance.
A brand new addition to the Redmi Watch design is the rotating crown on the aspect, which, after all, can be pressed as a button. I did not discover the rotating characteristic notably helpful because the dial is relatively stiff and tough to maneuver. It additionally solely simply scrolls by the contents of the display screen, which you could possibly do very simply utilizing the touchscreen.
Shifting on to the show, the Redmi Watch Transfer has a 1.85-inch AMOLED show with a 390 x 450 decision and 60Hz refresh price. The show is great with brilliant, vibrant colours and nice viewing angles. The excessive decision makes textual content and watch faces look tremendous clean and the brightness is satisfactory outside. The show does have sizable bezels of about 3mm throughout however most watch faces assist disguise this beautiful nicely.
Sadly, there is a matter with the show, and that’s the lack of automated brightness. The panel can get fairly brilliant, however it’s a must to regulate the brightness manually. You may get by with a medium brightness that’s nonetheless seen outside and would not blind you at evening nevertheless it’s removed from supreme.
The show helps always-on mode, which is useful. The watch additionally responds nicely to twists of the wrist to examine the time. Nevertheless, on our unit, the show would generally activate even when the wrist wasn’t rotated and I usually discovered myself strolling round with a completely lit panel. That is more than likely a calibration challenge with the accelerometer and might be fastened with a software program replace.
The watch has a built-in speaker and a microphone. The speaker will get loud sufficient for notifications and calls and might even tickle you a bit of with its reverberations.
The HyperOS software program on the Redmi Watch Transfer is kind of good. The UI on the watch is nicely laid out and simple to make use of. The identical can be mentioned of the Mi Health app for Android and iOS, though the annoyance of creating and logging into an account stays.
The app provides a ton of watch faces so that you can use; Xiaomi claims there are greater than 200. There are a whole lot of good ones in there and you must discover no less than one thing that takes your fancy. Some watch faces additionally include their very own AOD mode, though most simply use the default one.
The Redmi Watch Transfer is tremendous fast to obtain and allow a brand new watch face from the app, with the whole course of usually taking below two seconds. Nevertheless, the watch can solely retailer two extra watch faces over the 4 that come pre-installed, and you can not take away these 4 to create space. This makes going by all these 200+ watch faces a chore, as it’s a must to instantly take away the one you simply set to create space for the following one.
One of many 4 pre-installed watch faces is AI-generated, which is a part of the restricted AI performance on this watch. You possibly can converse a immediate and the watch will generate a picture so that you can use. The method is a bit sluggish and you’ll’t simply cycle by them as it’ll solely generate one picture at a time and it’s a must to redo the immediate if you would like extra choices.
Regardless of that, I used to be having enjoyable producing some photos till I hit the 30-free trials restrict, after which the watch informed me to get a $2.5 ($2 for a restricted time) month-to-month subscription if I needed to maintain producing extra photos. It is also not a Xiaomi subscription, however relatively to some firm known as AI Zone that does the picture technology.
The identical firm additionally handles the opposite AI characteristic, which is AI Q&A. This can be a restricted model of an AI chatbot that roughly works like Siri as you may solely ask it one query at a time. It is also not excellent as a result of I requested it the time in a selected metropolis and it informed me it could possibly’t do this, which is actually useful coming from a watch.
The Redmi Watch Transfer doesn’t have Alexa like Xiaomi’s dearer watches. If that is one thing you end up utilizing loads then this would possibly not be the look ahead to you.
Then there are all of the health options. The Redmi Watch Transfer has built-in coronary heart price monitoring together with a blood oxygen sensor. Utilizing the info from each, it could possibly additionally monitor different issues, reminiscent of your stress, vitality, and sleep. Xiaomi claims that the center price monitoring is 97% correct, the best in its class. There is not any straightforward method to confirm that apart from strapping myself to an ECG machine so I’ll take Xiaomi’s phrase for it.
Lastly, you get your common plethora of actions that may be tracked, 140+ on this case with auto-detection for six, together with outside operating, strolling, outside biking, rowing, elliptical, and leap rope. The one factor lacking from that listing is swimming, which the watch won’t monitor for some motive.
The Redmi Watch Transfer doesn’t have built-in GPS so it depends in your cellphone to offer location data. This implies you have to have your cellphone on you to make use of the placement monitoring options.
Xiaomi claims a battery lifetime of 14 days. After a few week of use, I nonetheless had about 54% battery left, so I would say that declare appears to be correct. The charger is only a skinny USB cable that attaches magnetically to the again of the watch.
All issues thought of, I feel Redmi Watch Transfer is improbable for the worth. INR 1,999 may be very low for the options and performance on provide right here. I used to be impressed with the show, the software program, the battery life, and the vary of fitness-tracking options. It lacks a number of issues like GPS and Alexa that Xiaomi’s dearer fashions provide, and the design is way too spinoff to be taken critically. However in case you can look previous these issues then that is exceptionally good worth.