When it comes to affordable fitness wearable, Xiaomi’s products have always offered some solid features. The Mi fitness range is the accuracy of step and fitness tracking in general. The latest option from the brand is the Redmi Watch 2 Lite, which has a slightly bigger display coupled with support for over 100 sports modes. But this one has a higher price as well at Rs 4,999.
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Redmi Watch 2 Lite review:
The Redmi Watch 2 Lite design follows the square one that we’ve seen on plenty of budget watches to date. Yes, it looks like another Apple Watch clone. The watch has a 1.55-inch TFT display and comes with a better screen-to-body ratio than the previous generation, according to Redmi.
The watch comes in Ivory, Black and Blue color options, Redmi Watch 2 Lite packs a number of features such as heart-rate monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, step tracking, plenty of sports modes, etc. You can press the button on the side to access all the apps that the watch supports. It can also be used to find your phone (worked accurately) and control music on the device as well the camera
The Redmi Watch 2 Lite is much simpler than a Wear OS watch. It helps you keep track of the time , heart rate, and workouts while also offering some of the usual smarts such as an alarm, a stopwatch, a weather app, audio playback controls, a compass from your smartphone.
User Experience about its performance
When it comes to fitness tracking, this remains an accurate budget device. The step count is conservative and accurate. Xiaomi devices are a little less generous in handing out your daily steps target. You have to work a little extra for those 10k daily steps.
But what really impressed me was the Redmi Watch 2 Lite’s accuracy when I took the watch on a swim. Of course, the watch continues to work fine post-swim sessions.One can view more detailed break up of their activity data on the Mi Fitness app after syncing the watch.
Battery life
The Redmi Watch 2 Lite’s battery should last you a week or so with intensive usage, which involves a lot of steps, activity tracking and incoming notifications. Do keep in mind that I had limited the notifications on this one.
The company claims a battery life of 10 days in typical usage mode, which has some set parameters. Still, a week’s worth of battery life is what an active user should expect.
Conclusion
Redmi watch 2 lite is a budget fitness wearable with good fitness accuracy and plenty of features. Redmi Watch 2 Lite delivers on those aspects very well. The only problem is that Redmi and Xiaomi also have more affordable options.
It includes the Redmi Smart Band Pro and Mi Band 6, at slightly more affordable prices, and with a similar range of features. The Redmi Watch 2 Lite is preferable for bigger display, since that is always more useful when it comes to wearable’s.
