And you can see the Mi Band 8 just turned to this exercise mode automatically, let's just go.
That's the somatosensory interactive boxing from Xiaomi Band 8. There are some more interesting
features on it, like playing games, though I already did that on my Mi Band 7 a year ago.
Xiaomi obviously watched my video, stole my idea, and put it into this generation officially.
It also offers Pebble Mode and Necklace Mode, which are seemingly new and fun sports features.
But how are they? In this video, let's take a good look at it. I will include a full
walk-through of what's inside the Mi Band 8, the differences between the Mi Band 8 and 7,
and answering some of your questions about it in the third part. Before I uploaded the Mi Band 8
unboxing to the Geebuying channel, you guys asked many questions like where the Mi Band 8 Pro is,
should you upgrade to the Mi Band 8 if you own Band 7, and how's the battery life. I will
answer all of those in the third part, so please stick around until the end. I have been using the
Mi Band 8 for several days, wearing it every day, and even taking it to the shower and to sleep. So,
I guarantee this is a really good detailed real-life experience of the Mi Band 8,
not one of those fake reviews. Please subscribe if you haven't already,
turn on that notification bell so you won't miss any honest reviews from me. Now let's get started.
Let's start with the unboxing. In case you didn't watch my previous videos in the Box
you got a Chinese manual, a magnetic cable, and of course the Mi Band 8,
this is the non-nfc version and now let me give you a full walkthrough of what's inside the Mi Band 8
and just check out this lovely cute watch face and you can as always you can just press
and hold it to change to different watch faces and there are numerous numerous like more than
200 on this Mi Band 8 so I want to start off with that. Okay just check out and ah we just
go to Devices right and here you can find Manage Band Displays and just check it out guys...
OK, that's it
I'm gonna introduce this to my daughter to see if she loves it or not.
Oh perfect for my daughter Cristina
okay that's the watch faces and I just love it because it offers so many for
you to choose from and you can even customize it that's the best feature ever.
Now let me give you a full walkthrough of what's inside app
I will give you like the most detailed one on the internet, alright
so just uh swipe down get notifications, swipe up okay just dismiss it.
Swipe up you get to see all the apps
Stats, Workouts okay workout okay they have like 150 Sports models on this is Band 8.
That's basically the 150 Sports Modes it has on this Mi Band 8
Activity, Running, Status, Heart rate,
Vitality, SPO2 of course, Sleep,
Alarm, Alipay, WeChat Pay, settings, let's click the settings
This is the Running Mode and here it includes two new,
the Pebble Mode, so the Pebble Mode is basically like you just put this main part of the Mi Band and
put it to the case and then fasten it to shoe laces and then like it lets you track professional data
such as stride frequency, stride length, ground contact vacancy ratio, ground impact force, and more.
I want to try that but the thing is they don't have that kind of accessory in the shop so I didn't buy it.
But I've seen some Chinese tech reviewers uh did a review about it and
They have mixed feelings about it,
sometimes accurate sometimes not so it's kind of like a gimmick or something
and also there's this necklace mode,
so you just wear it like a necklace all right
display so in this time on the Mi band 8 it has this
kind of auto brightness so Auto or you can customize it this is the most brightness okay
Auto lock it was five minutes I remember like on the Mi Band 7, is like only 15 seconds
Raise to wake the screen, Always-on display, if you turn them on you could consume your
battery significantly. Cover to sleep and that's the display vibration, it has default, strong, or off
DND, app notification, auto-detect, okay you don't get a workout reminders when DND is on
so that's the auto-detect for you
and you can also lock your screen if you want, in case someone
just steal your your band right?
OK that's that's it okay and more let's check more
so events, alerts, breathing, stopwatch, music, find the phone, world clock, silence, camera,
okay I tried that that's that's it that's it yeah timer, flashlight, also it has Focus that's it
okay that's more right and that's uh okay that's everything about it actually
that's all the app on it and in case you want to know other gestures,
just swipe right swap right okay
to see the shortcuts and some other widgets, music, weather, heart rate, sleep and that's it
and that's basically what's inside the Mi band 8 & gesture controls and everything about it
All right choose that somata sensory interactive boxing tutorial
and loading let me turn up
okay and then we just choose one of the tutorials, the amazing part thing is start the training,
and you can see the Mi Band 8 just turned to
this exercise mode automatically, okay let's just go yeah currently only Chinese
(Some voice prompts from the coach...)
so a very good thing is like even you wear only one Mi Band 8, it will record all your movements
okay and you can see the interface here there's a time right how much time you exercised, calories burned,
and the heart rate okay that's just great let's just end it here so
of course you can wait until it finish or you can finish manually this is just
exit so they will give you this kind of report and also you can view DONE here
okay done it records your heartbeat, calories burned and even your hit rate
Alright, that's the somatic sensory interactive boxing to be honest I find it really interesting and I
would love to play a little bit more because you know um exercising, workouts is painful right so
if something like interesting for you then you would probably want to exercise a little bit more,
want to a little bit more fun and and I think that's a fun feature and now let's move on
to the second part. What are the differences between the Mi Band 8 and 7? Well, the first
thing you will notice is the band strap. Instead of the strap that engulfs the pill, the Mi Band
8 now adopts a new quick-release mechanism. That should make it easier to swap bands in a jiffy.
Since we have them out, let me compare the designs of the two.
The Mi Band 8 has this kind of metallic finish, but the frame is not made of metal, it's
polycarbonate. And here are the exact dimensions of the two. I'll just list them on the screen.
Oh, some of you guys want to know how smooth they are. The Mi Band 8 supports a 60 Hz
refresh rate, vs the 30 Hz on the 7. I do feel it's smoother on the 8, which I really like. And
the screen size is the same for both: 1.62-inch AMOLED. Hmm, the display content is the same,
right? The bezel, those things? BTW, The Mi Band 8 supports up to
600 nits of brightness while the 7 supports 500 nits, so the Mi Band 8 is a little bit
brighter. Not a huge difference. I compared them outdoors, as you can see. One good
thing about the Mi Band 8 is that it supports auto-brightness adjusting, while the 7 doesn't.
OK, so that's the design and screen comparison. Oh, just for the record, the charging cable is
not compatible. One good thing about the Mi Band 8 is that it supports fastest charging,
so it only takes about 1 hour, while the 7 takes about 2 hours. A huge upgrade!
The battery capacity is also different. The Mi Band 8 has a battery capacity of 190mAh, while
the Mi Band 7 has 180mAh. So, the Band 8 should have better battery life. From my experience,
I bought the Mi Band 8 on April 19 and then fully charged it and wore it every day until
now. It still has 55% left, so in 3 days, about half of the battery was consumed. So,
the battery life is about 6 days. Not a huge difference compared to the Band 7.
Other differences include that the Mi Band 8 offers 150 sports modes compared to 120 on the 7,
and as I mentioned earlier, the Mi Band 8 has that Pebble Mode and Somatosensory Interactive Boxing,
while others remain the same.
So, the question is: should you upgrade to the Mi Band 8 if you already own the 7? No, I don’t
think you need to. There aren't significant differences between the two, and while the
Pebble Mode and Somatosensory Interactive Boxing might seem interesting at first, you might not use
them too often. Ultimately, you'll probably just use the band to remind you not to sit
too much in the office, like me. And you'll likely barely use it to exercise considering
that you're all busy, successful business people... just kidding, but you get my point.
But if you don’t have a Xiaomi band or any other similar device,
go ahead and get it! It's so beautiful and fun, you're going to love it!
Speaking of questions, let me answer a few. Auto brightness? Yes!
Battery life? Around a week. I wear it every moment these days, kind of in heavy use mode.
Metallic frame? No, it's made of polycarbonate, but it feels like metal.
Mi Band 8 and 7 display? Yes, they are the same. Pomodoro timer? Yes,
it has one. It's in the Focus app. Sleep algorithm? I think it's fine.
Tennis sport mode? Yes! Vibration? It's hard to explain,
but you can set different vibrations. Zepp Life App?
No, Currently only supports Mi Fitness App.
And the last question? Where is the Mi Band 8 Pro? Well, I actually asked the official Xiaomi staff
about it, and they said they don’t know anything about it yet. It will probably be available two
months later when they launch other products. But don’t worry about it, if it comes out,
I will be the first one to review it and compare it to the Mi Band 7 Pro. So stay tuned!
Alright, that's the video. What do you think about the Mi Band 8? Or is there anything else
you want to know about it? Please comment below, and if you haven't already, please subscribe. This
video took me so much time to finish, and your subscription would be a great motivation for me to
keep reviewing new products. Thanks for watching. I'm Sami, and I will see you in the next one.