Without preamble, Xiaomi has made it official: the Mi Band 5 will be presented this June, and it will come with interesting news to make it more complete and face the market competition more seriously.
Amazon’s Alexa and NFC as protagonists
On Weibo, the quintessential Chinese social network, confirmations have appeared. The first publication confirmed the presentation date of the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 for June 11 in China, and the second has served as a teaser to publicize the design of the new Xiaomi smart band and confirm some of its new functions:
The most striking novelty confirmed so far is the integration of Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, into the Xiaomi Mi Band 5. In addition, the NFC is also mentioned as addition, so that apparently mobile payments will also be protagonists in this new wearable.
Other news not yet confirmed
On the other hand, there are reports that ensure that the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 will have other novelties such as measurement of oxygen saturation and stress, monitoring of female health, and remote camera shutter. These new functions were found in the Amazfit app code, so they are not official, but they do set a precedent in what we could see announced in the coming days.
On the other hand, five new sports would also be added to the physical activity tracking of the Mi Band 5: elliptical, rowing machine, jump rope, indoor cycling and yoga.
All this information will be confirmed or denied on June 11, in the official presentation of the Xiaomi Mi Band 5, in just over a week from now.
This presentation, exactly one year after the arrival of the Mi Smart Band 4 with a color screen and native music control, will be for China, but surely soon after we will see it arrive in Mexico, as happened last year. We will see what other news Xiaomi surprises.