Mi Watch: Everything you want to know about a new Smartwatch from Xiaomi.

In this article we try to gather all the information that exists so far about the upcoming Xiaomi Mi Watch.

Η Xiaomi is known to be preparing an Event in China where it will unveil a variety of products. Except Xiaomi CC9 Pro with a main camera sensor at 108MP and a five-fold camera (Penta), the company will also release its first watch, the Xiaomi Mi Watch.

Although the event is scheduled for November 5, in the last few days, there have been many leaks and official information about this smartwatch. So here's everything you need to know about Xiaomi's new Mi Watch.

Design and originality

Many who have watched Xiaomi for a long time know that the company has a tendency to "copy" Apple's design in some way. New We Watch of Xiaomi has sapphire glass and design is very close to Apple Watch. It will be available in black and silver with the corresponding straps. Specifically, there is an Apple Watch crown on the right side, with a second button just below it.

Hardware Features

Xiaomi has confirmed that Mi Watch will come with it Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 SoC, and will independently support the GPS and NFC and one eSIM virtual card, so you can make independent calls over the clock without the need for a Smartphone. In addition it supports Haptic Feedback and has his own independent speakers, has a built-in high capacity battery and comes with support for Wi-Fi & Bluetooth.

Despite initial speculation that We Watch will come with Google WearOS, something like this will not happen in the end, and according to Xiaomi, the watch will run one MIUI Special Edition for Smartwatch (MIUI for Watch). This special operating system is essentially a version of MIUI with its own application store.

In the short video teaser shared by Xiaomi, the MIUI for Watch appears with a simple grid of applications with square icons and a dark background. This suggests that MIUI for the watch will also support dark mode (Dark Mode) as in smartphones. The video also reveals that the digital key of the crown can be used to navigate to the operating system, and in addition, serves as an on / off key.

According to the CEO of Xiaomi Eco Chain, this new watch can run applications such as maps, Sogou, WeChat, Alipay, Himalayan, navigators, vibrato and many other programs. Note, however, that due to the limited screen size and storage, the Mi Watch may not support the installation of regular Android applications. So these apps will be basically the lightweight versions of regular Android apps.

The upcoming Xiaomi watch also comes with many features like independent music playback, offline payments via Alipay, sending and receiving information on QQ, and other applications that may currently be used and applied only in China.

Price and availability

At this time there is no official information other than the release date which is November 5th. Although there are reports that this Watch will be slightly more expensive than Amazfit GTS, however these are only conjectures and nothing more.

The Apple Watch Series 5 is currently available in China at 4299 yuan (~ $ 611), while the Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE sold from 2499 yuan (~ 355 dollars), but of course the new Xiaomi watch will have nothing to do with these prices, and if it is to make a prediction, Its price should not exceed $ 200. 

There are still a few days until its official presentation, so let's have a little more patience, and we will learn everything from the official Xiaomi lips.

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