The Mi Band 7 I have here is a very good product, but not the best. good product, but it's not the best.
When I reviewed the Mi Band 6.
Last year it had two problems its battery that lasted very little
and the analysis when doing the sport which were inconsistent.
This year, Xiaomi also launched the Redmi Smart Band Pro, which when the
I analyzed I thought it would be the Mi Band 7 because it was also small.
Its battery lasted much longer and overall it was an evolution.
But as you may have seen, I was wrong.
and Xiaomi has kept the same design as before,
increasing a little bit the screen size
and also the battery inside.
Two changes that solve some problems
but they do not justify their price of 60€ when for 40€
we have the Redmi Smart Band Pro, which is also from Xiaomi.
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You see, the Mi Band 7
It is better than Band 6 and has improved in some categories,
such as battery life, usability and also the sport analysis.
But in all these categories it is equal or lower than the Redmi Smart Band Pro.
But let's start by talking about the battery life battery life and the first thing you need to know
is that they have increased it to 180mAh, so your battery will be
is more like that of the Redmi Smart Band Pro, with 200mAh
than that of the Band 6 with only 120mAh.
This battery increase is positive, but by putting a screen
and brighter, the final results are the same. the final results are the same.
And to prove it to you I loaded all three Smart Bands to 100% and used them
for 24 hours.
And after that time, the Redmi Smart Band Pro
had lost less than 10% of battery.
The Mi Band 6, well over 15%.
and the Mi Band 7, practically twice as much.
It is true that it had
all the settings activated and at maximum, but you could see how the Mi Band 7
does not have a superior battery compared to the Mi Band 6,
which has now been upgraded and optimized optimized and gives us decent battery life.
This didn't happen last year, so I can say with
quite sure that with updates and a good optimization
the Mi Band 7 will last longer.
Also related to this, we can talk about the usability that
has improved thanks to its new screen, but somehow it disappointed me,
not because of its My Fitness application which I like very much as
is organized and displays the information, but rather with the Mi Band 7.
which I feel is incomplete.
It's true that the screen is a little bit wider the screen, everything looks better,
navigation is smoother compared to the Mi Band 6. with the Mi Band 6.
and they have done an excellent job on redesigning some widgets,
but we continue seeing emojis with weird symbols
and we can't respond to notifications .
Well, well,
actually you can do it, but only with the Zepp application.
and not My Fitness, which has been the one I have been using with this one.
The only thing you can do is to send SMS to people who are calling you
and these SMS are preset in the application.
Ok, these same preset messages
are the ones you will be able to send on WhatsApp or Telegram or any other application
that is compatible.
But once again, it does synchronizes it with Zepp
and not My Fitness, which is absurd and I don't understand the reason.
There is also no no quick control panel, so
if you want to change the brightness you must go to the settings
and do it manually.
Or if you want to see how much battery you have left,
you have to change the cover for some that tells you or open the application.
And see it from here, while on the Redmi Smart Band Pro
so we have it all from this widget
which as you can see does not exist in the Mi Band 7.
But the strangest thing for me was the missed opportunity
when you go to see the notifications whose text is extremely small
and simply poorly used, with a lot of black space.
This is an evolution in relation to the Mi Band 6
that shows you message by message or even on the Redmi,
which does it in little rectangles that cut the information.
But already within the messages, the Mi Band 7 is the one that presents the most information,
although its typography does not look as good as on the Redmi
None of these systems is perfect, but it seems absurd to me
that on the Mi Band 7 they have increased the size of the screen
and in the notification menu, one of the most used,
then they decide to reduce the font size.
What's the point of this?
Someone explain it to me because
it doesn't make any sense.
The third aspect you should consider for any of these bracelets
from Xiaomi is when it comes to quantifying the physical exercise and here
I need to clarify that the sensors are good,
in such a way
that when I analyze my heart rate or oxygen percentage
in my blood, I get results close to those of the Apple Watch.
The problem is with your algorithm when it comes to exercise.
For days I have been using it as a whole
with the Apple Watch to compare the results and
on June 19 you can see how in the same walk,
the Mi Band 7 tells me that I walked 500 meters less.
On day 18 the same thing happens again, but this time 700 meters
and on the 17th the same thing happens again.
The most interesting thing is that when I went to see the total number of steps
during those days, the result was very similar.
So one day I decided to take my cell phone with me
and connect it by GPS to the Mi Band 7, since no, it doesn't come with GPS
and what happened is that now it gave me very good results
more accurate and more similar to the Apple Watch,
while the Mi Band 6
and the Redmi Smart Band Pro, which I also wore on that hike,
they had the same failure because they were not connected by GPS,
so we can conclude that it is not is not a problem of the sensors
nor exclusive of mission seven, but rather of the algorithm,
which does not work very well with those exercises that use GPS,
because then I started to do weights and the heart rate drop
and even the calories burned were very similar.
That said, if you're a runner you like to get out on the bike,
you'd better take your cell phone and connect it by GPS, since
otherwise you won't know how much time you are taking per kilometer.
In the rest of the exercises, for example, in the gym you won't have so many problems
if the posting is more constant, although they have a tendency
in exaggerating the number of calories burned in some exercises.
How did you see the Mi Band 7
It has tried to improve in these three aspects, but not the
I can recommend when for 20€ less we have the Redmi Smart Band Pro.
In the past you could say you liked it better.
The Mi Band just because of its size, but right now, when you look at them
side by side, it's a somewhat kind of hard to defend.
And this was a foregone conclusion because to increase the size of the battery
they had to increase the size of the product and they did.
And before they call me, hater or negative.
I don't know, whatever they are writing in the comments,
Well, I must say that it also has some little things that I liked,
like the fact that the previous chargers work
on this one, as well as the straps of the Band 6 are a little bit tight, but they work.
We also continue with the Always On Display, or always on always on display,
as well as wallpapers that can be animated and a little eye that allows us to analyze
many more sports in an individual way.
And before you ask me.
No, they don't have NFC.
Having said all this, I will still recommend the Redmi Smart Band Pro,
it has a better battery, a brightness sensor
that adapts the brightness of the screen saving battery life.
Its usability also seems superior to me
and on top of that, its price is more competitive.
Xiaomi can still improve the Mi Band 7 with firmware updates
and improve in many aspects I mentioned in this review.
But right now
that's my opinion and if you have a different one you can leave it in the comments.
And well, see you in the next one. Bye.