Xiaomi Mi Band

The Xiaomi Mi Band is a wearable fitness tracker produced by Xiaomi. Xiaomi Mi Band was unveiled during a Xiaomi launch event on 22 July 2014.

Design

The Mi Band resembles a bracelet in its design, and can be worn on either hand or on the neck. The band's location can be set using the official Mi Band app called Mi Fit.

The band contains the core tracker which is around 9 mm thick, and 36 mm in length. It is inserted into a hypoallergenic TPSiV wristband, which has anti-UV and anti-microbal properties. The tracker is inserted into the charger module, which can be connected to a 5.0 V external power source. It is also called "Xiaomi Fit"

Specifications

Software compatibility

At the time of launch, the only way to use Mi Band was to use the official Mi Fit app produced by Xiaomi themselves. As the protocol was successfully reverse-engineered, independent companion software implementations were created by different enthusiasts. The most common free unofficial implementations for Android are Gadgetbridge (that also supports Pebble devices and is focused on notifications more than on fitness purposes) and OpenBand (focused solely on fitness and doesn't support notifications as of October 2015). All unofficial implementations that don't depend on Mi Fit app installed are missing some features official app has, such as OTA firmware update or ability to set different LED colors. Some unofficial companion programs were also written for other officially unsupported platforms such as BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone.

Xiaomi

Coordinates: 39°55′32″N 116°26′30″E / 39.9255°N 116.4416°E / 39.9255; 116.4416

Xiaomi Inc. (ⁱ/ˈʃjaʊmi/, Chinese: 小米科技; pinyin: Xiǎomǐ Kējì, literally "millet technology") is a privately owned Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is the world's 4th largest smartphone maker. Xiaomi designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, and related consumer electronics.

Since the release of its first smartphone in August 2011, Xiaomi has gained market share in mainland China and expanded into developing a wider range of consumer electronics, including a smart home device ecosystem. The company's founder and CEO is Lei Jun, China's 23rd richest person according to Forbes. The company sold over 60 million smartphones in 2014.

The company has over 8,000 employees, mainly in mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore, and is expanding to other countries such as India,Indonesia, the Philippines and Brazil.

According to IDC, Xiaomi is now the third largest smartphone maker in the world followed by Lenovo and LG at fourth and fifth place respectively. Samsung remains at the first place despite declining shipment volume, followed by Apple Inc. at second place. Xiaomi also became the largest smartphone vendor in China in 2014, having overtaken Samsung, according to an IDC report.

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