Xiaomi Mi Band 8 – Complete Specifications and Features

Xiaomi Mi Band 8 – Specs and Features

The Xiaomi Mi Band 8 fitness tracker, is the newest, and much awaited wearable from Xiaomi. It has a sporty look, lightweight body and loaded with health, as well as sporty functions. We have some of the details below, on its specs, as well as features.

Design and Build Quality of Xiaomi Mi Band 8

The Xiaomi Mi Band 8 has the same style when it comes to looks with that of the Xiaomi Mi Band 7, a capsule like body with its lightweight PC material. It is much wider to that of the previous model, but still has the same look.  But unlike the Mi Band 7 and previous models, the Xiaomi Mi Band 8 will have a redesign strap. It is not a strap on attachment anymore, that made the Mi Band popular and unique.

Xiaomi Mi Band 8
Xiaomi Mi Band 8

This time it’s a removable strap attachment with somewhat the same method to that of the Xiaomi Smart Band 7 Pro. It’s a proprietary strap with several straps available on different color options.  Instead of a wrap around strap, snap-in strap, the new Mi Band 8 has a new detachable strap, still a proprietary strap, but somewhat similar to Mi Band 7 Pro.

Color options for the Mi Band 8 is available in two colors, a black color option, and a silver color with glossy metallic finish. It looks elegant compared to Mi Band 7 which is somewhat the same with the Mi Band 6 when it comes to look and finish.

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Xiaomi Mi Band 7

Is the Xiaomi Mi Band 8 Waterproof?

When it comes to water protection, the Xiaomi Mi Band 8 has an IP68 waterproof rating, full water protection up to 50 meters in-depth. No worries on wearing it on your outdoor workout or any activities, the fitness tracker can survive harsh conditions as well as any other rigorous activities.

Screen Display

with its much bigger body frame, the fitness tracker comes with a bigger screen display. A 1.62″ inch color screen, an AMOLED screen display with 192 x 490, slim black border, as well as with new UI design, new preloaded watch faces for the Mi Band 8.

Features of the Mi Band 8 Smartband

Comprehensive Lists of Sport Functions

The Mi Band 8 will have tons of sport functions. With its sporty design, the wearable has more than100+ sport functions with support for several automatic sport recognition. Sports functions. It has a more precise motion sensor, comprehensive data metrics, such as steps, calories, distance, heart rate and more. Equipped with VO2 Max, training load, recovery time, and other important sports data.

Automatic Activity Tracking

Aside from sports monitoring, it is also equipped with automatic activity tracking. It automatically monitors the steps, calories, heart rate as well as distance. See your daily stats activity, right on the smartwatch without the need to access the sport functions.

Health Features

When it comes to health functions, the wearable is also pretty similar to the previous model. It has an optical heart rate monitoring function, a blood oxygen level monitoring. All day monitoring of heart rate with minimum, and high alert feature. There is also a sleep monitoring function, checking the sleep stages, from light sleep, deep sleep to REM sleep, with comprehensive sleep data on the support app.

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Smart Notifications and Call Notifications

Of course, it will not be complete without the support for smart push notifications. Receive SMS, as well as app messages directly on the device. Read messages, and we do hope that it will support quick reply functions, a feature that we love on Xiaomi Smart Band 7 Pro.  For calls, expect it to have a call notification function, with caller ID support, and a feature for blocking calls.

NFC Support, and AI Voice

This feature might not be available on Global version, but there is a big possibility that it will be available on the Chinese version. An Alipay support, BUS NFC ticket support, and the AI voice XIAO AI.

When is the Release Date of the Xiaomi Mi Band 8?

The fitness tracker was introduced to the market last April 18, 2023, unveiled in China, along with other products.

Xiaomi Mi Band 8 Summary of Features

Health Features

Heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, sleep monitoring, pressure monitoring, female physiological cycle reminder, respiratory training.

Sports Tracking

150+ Sports modes, running course, running bean mode, experience boxing course.

Other Apps

Music Control, alarm clock, timer, stopwatch, flashlight, weather, schedule reminder, event reminder, offline payment, find phone, world clock, tomato clock, remote control photography.

Xiaomi Mi Band 8 Complete Specifications

Product model  M2239B1
Dimensions  48 x 22.5 x 10.99mm
Weight  27 grams
Body Material  PC
Display  1.62″ inch AMOLED
Screen Resolution 192 x 490
Screen Brightness  600 nit brightness
Glass material  2.5D reinforced glass
Sensors  Optical heart rate monitor, blood oxygen sensor, six axis motion sensor
Connectivity  Bluetooth 5.1 BLE
Waterproof Rating  5 ATM
Battery  190 mAh lithium ion polymer batteries
Battery Life  16 days normal usage, 6 days AOD mode
Support App Mi Fitness App
System Languages Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English
Compatibility  Android 6.0 and above, iOS 12.0 and above
Package Contents  Xiaomi Mi Band 8, Charging Cable, User Manual

 

Jo Di Calivo -Blogger, Tech Guru, providing the current news on wearables particularly on smartwatches, smartbands. And loves to go fishing on spare time.