The Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional is a milestone for the Chinese language producer—and for Xiaomi followers. It’s because Google Put on OS is utilized in a Xiaomi smartwatch for the primary time and thus ends a protracted, lengthy dry spell. Xiaomi additionally places the Android competitors from Google and Samsung beneath strain with the {hardware}.
In a nutshell
The Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional is a robust smartwatch with the Snapdragon W5 + Gen 1, the 1.43-inch AMOLED panel together with a rotating crown, dual-band GPS, and naturally Put on OS. In direct comparability, all earlier Xiaomi smartwatches moderately belong to the “health tracker” class.
After all, it’s not fully low-cost: The Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional prices 269.99 Euros (approx $285) within the Blueooth model. For the eSIM model with LTE, you must pay no less than 329.99 Euros (~$350). Only for comparability: The Google Pixel Watch (evaluation) prices no less than $350—with out LTE.
Design and show
The Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional seems to be self-confident. The black or silver stainless-steel casing seems to be extra coherent than the Watch S1 Professional, for instance. Nevertheless, it has not turn into extra strong: It nonetheless lacks an IP certification. As a substitute, Xiaomi leaves it on the most diving depth of 5 ATM.
There may be nonetheless a rotatable and pressable crown on the proper facet of the case, and Xiaomi has added a button above and beneath it on the Watch 2 Professional: a shortcut button with user-definable features on the prime, a again button on the backside, and you may open the app drawer on the show by urgent the digital crown – typical Put on OS.
Urgent the digital crown of the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional opens the app drawer. / © nextpit
You’ll be able to select between two colours for the stainless-steel case: black and silver. Xiaomi delivers the black model with a fluorocarbon rubber strap, whereas the silver watch comes with a real leather-based strap. I might have an interest to know in case you assume that is nonetheless up to date in 2023 or not—write it down within the feedback!
The entrance of the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional is dominated by the 1.43-inch AMOLED show with a decision of 466 x 466 pixels. By the best way, Xiaomi doesn’t provide totally different sizes: The watch is just obtainable with a 46-mm case.
The Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional shouldn’t be a look ahead to very slim wrists. / © nextpit
Good features
The Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional is the neatest Xiaomi watch ever. Nevertheless, that’s no nice feat both, as a result of the earlier Xiaomi Watch fashions ran MIUI Watch and had been thus about as sensible as a imply health tracker. Apps? Not a factor! That’s now altering with Put on OS because the working system.
That is proper: The Watch 2 Professional runs WearOS model 3.5, the smartwatch working system that Xiaomi’s rivals Google and Samsung have simply dropped at the fore.
After all, you’ve gotten quite a few digital watch faces obtainable on the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional. / © nextpit
Which means that the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional not solely runs Google’s personal apps like Google Pockets, Google Maps or Google Assistant. You even have full entry to the Play Retailer of numerous apps from Spotify to WhatsApp to Peloton. And sure: Because of NFC and Google’s working system, cellular funds through Google Pockets additionally work.
Good trick: You’ll be able to management your digicam app remotely with the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional. / © nextpit
The brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 takes care of the drive within the Xiaomi smartwatch—and you may really feel it. All content material on the watch runs splendidly easily, even on the pre-production units we had been capable of check out. As talked about at first, the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional is obtainable in two variations: a Bluetooth model and an LTE model with eSIM help.
Sensors and monitoring
The Watch 2 Professional not solely desires to be sensible, but additionally sporty. Xiaomi offers the watch with a complete slew of sensors that measure the wearer and his surroundings. Not less than on paper, the probabilities are convincing.
The optical PPG sensor on the underside of the smartwatch takes over many of the monitoring duties. Along with the heartbeat, it additionally measures the blood oxygen saturation and even the blood strain. Sadly, we couldn’t discover out whether or not the guts price variability was additionally recorded within the quick take a look at time, however we’ll make up for it later. After all, the identical applies to the sensors and the way precisely they work: We are going to cowl these on the total evaluation.
On the underside of the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional is a PPG sensor for measuring pulse and extra. / © nextpit
As well as, the Watch 2 Professional additionally gives {an electrical} sensor. Through this, the smartwatch can measure the composition of the physique tissue within the higher physique and extrapolates your physique fats share from it. Despite the fact that the sensor would truly permit it, there’s sadly no ECG operate. Nevertheless, this might theoretically be added through a software program replace.
Lastly, the Watch 2 Professional additionally gives a dual-band GNSS sensor (L1 and L5), which ought to allow very exact monitoring through GPS & Co. After all, we may also take a look at this intimately for you. Expertise exhibits that particularly in areas with a poor view of the sky—for instance in cities or within the forest—the measurement is way more exact. Lastly, compass and air strain sensors are additionally on board.
In case you place two fingers on the 2 buttons, the Xiaomi Watch 2 Professional can decide your physique fats share. / © nextpit
Battery life and charging
Lastly, the elephant within the room stays: the battery lifetime of the Watch 2 Professional. Xiaomi guarantees that the smartwatch can final for 65 hours. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless unclear beneath which circumstances. Contemplating Put on OS because the working system and the brand new Qualcomm SoC, we count on a battery life of 1 to 2 days-hopefully nearer to 2.
It is usually nonetheless unclear how the battery might be charged—and how briskly. It can positively work through cable, however the velocity remains to be unknown. Moreover, a product coach on the Xiaomi occasion instructed us that wi-fi charging shouldn’t be attainable.
The Watch 2 Professional is the primary Xiaomi smartwatch to have the ability to make cellular funds (with out detours). / © nextpit
Early Verdict
With the Watch 2 Professional, Xiaomi launches its first actual smartwatch—and will open doorways for hundreds of Xiaomi followers. The Chinese language producer’s earlier watches—such because the Watch S1 Professional—had been functionally extra health trackers than smartwatches.
The Pixel Watch (evaluation) is no less than a matter of style with its unconventional type issue. And whereas Samsung’s Galaxy Watches mainly work with all Android smartphones, there’s a complete slew of Samsung-exclusive options in each mannequin, together with the lately launched Galaxy Watch 6 (evaluation).
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