Fitness bracelets are extremely popular. They are much cheaper than smartwatches, but often offer a comparable set of features. The only downside to the trackers that significantly limited their capabilities was the display. Due to the small diagonal of the screen, it was difficult to even read incoming messages on it, let alone reply. So fitness bracelets would remain a purely passive gadget if it were not for Xiaomi’s desire to change this paradigm.
Mi Band 6 will allow you to reply to messages from WhatsApp and Telegram
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The Xiaomi Mi Band 6, which will be released later this year, will allow responding to messages from WhatsApp and Telegram. Despite the fact that Xiaomi does not plan to somehow greatly increase the display of the fitness bracelet, a special optimization of messengers for the Mi Band 6 specifications will make it possible not to use the smartphone to respond to incoming messages.
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Obviously, in order to establish the ability to respond to messages from WhatsApp and Telegram, Xiaomi will need help from their developers. This does not mean that they will need to create native versions of both messengers, but you still need to tweak something so that users can respond to their interlocutors directly from the screen of the fitness bracelet.
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It is difficult to say exactly how the response mechanism will be implemented. Obviously, typing messages on a 1-inch screen will not only be difficult, but rather even impossible. Therefore, I would suggest that either Xiaomi will increase the screen to at least 1.5 inches, or teach the fitness bracelet to recognize speech and interpret the dictated response into text for sending to the interlocutor.
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The likelihood of both options is basically the same. In addition, they do not interfere with each other at all, which means they can be implemented in pairs. In any case, the Honor Band 6, which came out last year, boasted a larger display than the Mi Band, and this provoked a serious increase in its sales. And if so, then Xiaomi simply has no right to ignore this trend.
When will Xiaomi Mi Band 6 come out
In addition to supporting replies to messages in Telegram and WhatsApp, the new Xiaomi Mi Band will receive a GPS module. With its help, a fitness bracelet can become a more independent tool, at least in relation to the sports component. Thanks to the built-in geolocation sensor, Mi Band will be able to draw up routes by itself and guide the user along them without connecting to a smartphone.
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It’s hard to say when the Xiaomi Mi Band 6 will be released. This year (actually from the end of last year) Xiaomi is trying to do everything in a hurry. That is why Xiaomi Mi 11 – the flagship smartphone of 2021 – was released by the company at the end of 2020. Therefore, it is possible that the release of the new Xiaomi fitness bracelet will take place approximately in March-April. There is no point in delaying further, because the agenda could be intercepted by other manufacturers.
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Be that as it may, for today the most optimal fitness bracelet I personally consider the above-mentioned Honor Band 6 ( buy on Ali ). A large screen, support for blood oxygen measurement technology and an attractive appearance make it something between a fitness bracelet and a smartwatch. Its only drawback is the lack of NFC and contactless payment. But, if you need this particular function, you are on a straight road to the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 with NFC support .
