Fitness Coach, 14-Day Battery: Is the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro Worth Your Money?
Feb 29, 2024 • Kyzia Maramara
Feb 29, 2024 • Kyzia Maramara
In an ever-growing world of wearables, how are you supposed to find the one? It should start with identifying what you need. If you’re looking for a smartwatch that can track your fitness, receive notifications, and look so stylish on your wrist that it’ll become a conversation starter, check out the new Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro. This feature-packed fitness band might just surprise you with what it can do, all without breaking the bank. What’s to love?
The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro has an impressive 1.74″ large AMOLED display, giving much room for better interaction with its features. It also boasts a 73% high screen-to-body ratio with minimal bezels, creating a sleeker, more modern look. It makes the watch feel more premium and stylish on anyone’s wrist!
One of the best things about owning a Smart Band 8 Pro is that you can customize it to your liking. It has multiple strap options — from plain and silicone to leather and metal. Plus, it’s all upgraded with an all-new quick-release structure with a metal frame. Users could wear it at the gym with a simple black TPU strap. At work, the leather or braided straps come in handy. And if you have to dress up for a fancy event, the beautiful Milanese Quick Release Strap in Silver is a great choice.
Aside from different straps, this smartwatch has over 200 watch faces available, which users can change via the Mi Fitness app. If you’re in the mood for something classic, artistic, sci-fi, or more, you can choose from a wide range of band displays. You could even use a custom watch face with a photo you took!
Thanks to the wide screen, users can combine multiple widgets in customizable layouts across four screens. On the Mi Fitness app, you can combine convenient features such as health monitoring in one layout, weather and music in another, and events plus payments in the other. One swipe and you’ll have everything you need.
The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro has more accurate health monitoring thanks to its upgraded 4-channel monitoring module. It can transmit and collect more signals with an improved 10% and 5% tracking for heart rate and blood oxygen. The results are pretty quick, too.
One of the coolest features of the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro is the built-in 3D animation for warm-ups for select sports modes. If you don’t have a routine yet, you can follow the little guy on your wrist as he demonstrates how to do knee warm-ups, leg curls, inner thigh stretches, and more. Each move is also timed so you finish in under 7 minutes and start your actual workout.
The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro provides professional-level sports tracking. It has over 150 sports modes catering to different exercise types and individual preferences. There’s even a mode for when you’re playing board games!
The watch also has a separate section for running courses with training plans. It’s especially useful for beginners who want to kickstart their 2024 fitness goals with running. The training plans range from basic runs/walks to advanced interval runs. Once you pick a program, it will give you instructions on how long to run or walk and the target heart rate you should be achieving.
Good news for busy folks: You don’t need to charge this smartwatch as often as your other gadgets. It’s equipped with an upgraded two-week battery life with typical use. When you turn on the Always-on Display mode, the battery life is shortened to 6 days, but overall, that’s still pretty good compared to many other smartwatches.
With all that function strapped to your wrist, it’s amazing the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro remains one of the most affordable smartwatches on the market. At only Php 3,699, you get to enjoy the functions of the latest tech wearable.
Grab the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro at Xiaomi stores nationwide and online at Shopee and Lazada starting March 1, 2024.
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