Mi India expands its IoT portfolio with the launch of Smarter Living 2021
Mi India announced its foray into the smartwatch and smart speaker category, along with a wide range of smart home products at the Smarter Living 2021 launch. As a part of its growing ecosystem portfolio, Mi India also announced the launch of Mi Smart Band 5, an upgrade to the bestselling Mi Band 4 fitness wearable, Mi Automatic Soap Dispenser, Mi Smart LED Bulb (White) and Mi Athleisure Shoes.
Commenting on the launch, Raghu Reddy, Chief Business Officer, Mi India, said,”Meaningful innovations can truly change the way we live. Mi is not only one of the largest and fastest growing smartphone brands in the world, but also one of the largest consumer IoT platforms. We are committed to launching many new IoT devices in India.
At Mi India, our biggest focus has been to bring a seamless experience to our users by introducing relevant innovations in products that we use on a daily basis. With Smarter Living 2020, we are getting into newer categories – Smart watch, smart speaker and smart soap dispenser while also coming up with newer products in the Smart Fitness Band, Smart Lights and Shoes categories.
With consumers focusing on their health and fitness more than ever before, we are launching the Mi Watch Revolve and Mi Smart Band 5, both of which are sure to help Mi fans get better in their fitness journey while also equipping them with features to improve their overall productivity. The Mi Band series got India acquainted with a fitness wearable and it continues to be the no. 1 wearable device for 11 consecutive quarters.”
“With the launch of new smart home products, we aim to serve the needs of a modern household where the consumer is open to exploring new tech that makes their life easy. With the Mi Smart Speaker powered by Google Assistant, getting any information, traffic & weather updates, controlling smart home devices, setting up reminders/alarms, playing your music are all just a voice command away. We are confident that all Mi Fans and consumers are going to love the new range of products and integrate them into their daily lifestyle.” He further added.
Mi Watch Revolve
(1) Design: Mi Watch Revolve flaunts a premium stainless-steel chaise with a 46mm (1.8) dial. To add a flavour of personalisation, it sports 110+ watch faces that suit every consumer’s aesthetic and comes with 5 different options of straps to match your own unique style. Mi Watch Revolve comes in two colours – Midnight Black and Chrome Silver.
(2) Smart Always on AMOLED Display: Mi Watch Revolve comes with AMOLED display and 450 nits brightness, so you can easily see everything on a bigger and brighter display, even under direct sunlight. It features Smart Always on Display that displays time without any click and automatically goes off when it detects you are not wearing the watch, hence saving a lot of battery. Mi Watch Revolve also sports Corning Gorilla Glass 3 ensuring the display has great optical clarity and is sturdy.
(3) Firstbeat Motion algorithm: Mi Watch Revolve is the ideal health companion. It comes with the Firstbeat Motion algorithm, an industry leading provider of advanced performance analytics for stress, recovery and exercise that is used by leading athletes and sports teams across the world. Working on the principles of Heart Rate Variability (HRV), the new Mi Watch Revolve analyses heartbeat data to provide rich, user-friendly and actionable feedback. It hosts a number of features such as Heart Rate monitoring, stress levels and body energy monitoring, sleep analysis and VO2 Max. VO2 Max captures how much oxygen your body is able to utilize during maximum activity. One can now identify the right fitness and performance goals based on their gender and age.
(4) Sports and fitness:
Taking a holistic approach for monitoring fitness, it also comes with 10 professional sports modes including running, cycling, hiking, treadmill, swimming among others.
(5) Waterproof: Mi Watch Revolve comes with 5 ATM water resistance rating (50 meters water resistance rating), suitable for everyday use like showering, bathing, shallow-water swimming, snorkeling, water related work, fishing etc.
(6) Battery life: Mi Watch Revolve comes with a 420 mAh battery and can last up to 1-2 weeks (based on usage pattern), on a single charge.
Mi Smart Speaker
The beautifully crafted Mi Smart Speaker produces rich sound redefining the smart speaker range. Featuring a metal mesh with 10531 sound holes and a 63.5mm sound driver, the 12W Speaker is placed at the front covering a wide range of areas, performing brilliantly without distortion. It comes with DTS Professional tuning and Texas Instruments’ TAS5805M Hi-Fi Audio Processor giving a 360͒ ° rich surround sound that takes your home audio experience a notch higher.
Mi Smart Speakers are powered by Google Assistant to make your home smarter and sound better. You can easily set up the speaker with Google Home app and use it to control thousands of connected devices and appliances, like lights, thermostats, security cameras and more. Combined with ease and convenience, Mi Smart Speakers lets you play & control music with your voice, align your daily tasks, check weather, get answers, set reminders and much more with the help of Google Assistant in English and Hindi.
Mi Smart Speakers can be paired together in the same room for the perfect cinematic stereo sound experience. Users can also use the Chromecast functionality to stream shows, movies and music on their TV or speaker.
Mi Smart Band 5
A significant upgrade over the bestselling predecessor, Mi Smart Band 5 is an advanced smart fitness tracker calibrated to keep up with daily fitness regimes. It boasts a large ~28 mm (1.1) color AMOLED display with ~20% more screen than Mi smart Band 4. It also comes with all new hassle-free magnetic charging. One can conveniently snap it onto its charger via its magnetic back, and let the charging begin!
Attuned to a smart lifestyle, the band comes equipped with Personal activity intelligence (PAI) that scores you each week, based on your lifestyle and provides suggestions to keep you fit and healthy. It also comes with 11 professional sports modes that track all indoor and outdoor activities like walking, running, Yoga, rowing machine, jump rope and many more.
The device includes improved 24-hour continuous heart rate and sleep monitoring due to the improved PPG biosensors. It now also keeps a check on your stress levels by giving alerts and suggestions for relaxation. Mi Smart Band 5 features an all new women’s health tracking that helps record the menstrual cycle/ovulation phases and provides useful reminders.
With the new Mi Smart Band 5 you get unlimited watch faces and a long-lasting 2 weeks battery backup that lasts until 3 weeks with power saving mode enabled.
Mi Automatic Soap Dispenser
With personal hand hygiene becoming all important, Mi Automatic Soap Dispenser is a must have in the modern household. It comes with a durable & elegant design that seamlessly blends into your bathroom and kitchen. Mi Automatic Soap dispenser uses a low noise motor and an Infrared sensor to dispense soap foam in a completely contactless manner.
Mi Athleisure Shoes
The new Mi Athleisure Shoes come in a vibrant & trendy design that suits users’ everyday style. Sporting a honeycomb mesh, the shoes provide wider air circulation and superior breathability to keep your feet fresh all day long. The ventile Insole with shock-absorbing EVA foam gives superior comfort for all daily workout needs while ZiG forward grip provides a firm grip that prevents any accidental slips. The shoes also have a reflective strip and come in 3 contrast Colors- Blue, Gray and Black colors making it suitable for everyday use.
Mi Smart LED Bulb
Mi Smart LED Bulb emits 810 lumens of cool white light and consumes just 7.5W of energy. With Mi Home app, you can control the bulbs – increase or reduce the brightness and also schedule it to turn on the moment you reach home. The bulb features voice control and is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google assistant.
Product pictures and Videos:
- Mi Watch Revolve
- Mi Smart Speaker
- Mi Smart Band 5
- Mi Automatic Soap Dispenser
- Mi Athleisure Shoes
- Mi Smart LED Bulb
Availability
- Mi Watch Revolve will be available at a starting price of INR 10,999 on Mi.com, Mi Homes, Amazon.in and retail stores. Mi Watch Revolve will have an inaugural price of INR 9,999 till Diwali 2020.
- Mi Smart Speaker will be available at a price of INR 3,999 on Mi.com, Mi Homes, Flipkart.com and retail stores. Buyers can avail 1-year free subscription from Gaana. Mi Smart Speaker will have an inaugural price of INR 3,499
- Mi Smart Band 5 will be available at a price of INR 2,499 on Mi.com, Mi Homes, Amazon.in and retail stores.
- Mi Automatic Soap Dispenser will be available at a price of INR 999 on Mi.com and Mi Homes
- Mi Athleisure Shoes will be available at a price of INR 1,499 on Mi.com and select Mi Homes
- Mi Smart LED Bulb will be available at a price of INR 499 on Mi.com and Mi Homes