Mi Fitness

Mi Fitness is a mobile application designed for fitness enthusiasts. Once a smart band or watch is paired with the device, users can control their wearable gadgets remotely through the app. The software not only displays incoming calls, text messages, and notifications in real time on the wearable device, but also tracks the user’s exercise routes and distances, feeding this data back into the app for easy review. Additionally, the app supports the import of various audio file formats, allowing users to play their own audio content while exercising. It also includes sleep-tracking features—such as snoring detection and the monitoring of deep and light sleep stages—to help users look after their health.

Features of Mi Fitness:

Fast device pairing: Mi Fitness detects nearby Xiaomi watches and bands over Bluetooth for quick setup. You can scan a QR code shown on the wearable to complete pairing without manual entry. The camera permission is used only for QR pairing when you choose that method. After connection, the app keeps your device linked for reliable syncing in the background.

Activity and workout tracking: You can track steps, distance, and calories throughout the day, then review progress on your phone or wrist. Mi Fitness supports treadmill, outdoor running, walking, cycling, pool swimming, and freestyle modes to cover common routines. When location is enabled, outdoor runs and rides use GPS data to calibrate distance and improve route accuracy. Workout summaries help you see how each session went at a glance.

Notifications and calls on your wrist: Mi Fitness mirrors phone notifications to your watch or band so you can view incoming calls, SMS, and app alerts without reaching for your phone. You can also see call history and synced contacts if you enable the related permissions. Settings let you choose which apps send alerts and whether call information appears on the wearable. This keeps important updates readable while you move.

Routes, weather, and SOS: With location services turned on, Mi Fitness records routes for supported outdoor activities and displays local weather on your wearable. Distance calibration improves accuracy over time, especially for outdoor running and cycling. If configured, Emergency SOS can send your location to a chosen contact, helping you share where you are when assistance is needed.

Health extras, data sync, and media: Mi Fitness can monitor snoring during sleep when microphone access is granted, adding extra context to sleep tracking. On supported devices, Physical Activity data appears on your wrist for quick checks. The app integrates with Health Connect to share eligible health metrics with other supported services you select. You can also manage local audio files for playback on your device and capture Sports Vlog clips when camera and microphone access is enabled.

Functions of Mi Fitness:

Continuous heart rate monitoring: 24/7 heart rate tracking with resting heart rate curves, heart rate zone analysis during workouts, and anomaly alerts for supported devices.

Sleep analysis: automatic deep sleep, light sleep, and REM stage detection with sleep heart rate, breathing quality, body movement monitoring, and personalized sleep reports.

150+ sport modes: wearable-side tracking for outdoor running, walking, cycling, swimming, yoga, strength training, and dozens more sport types with detailed post-workout summaries.

GPS workout tracking: phone GPS-based route mapping for walking, running, and cycling directly from the Mi Fitness app with real-time pace, distance, and heart rate display.

Blood oxygen (SpO₂) monitoring: on-demand and continuous blood oxygen level measurement for supported Xiaomi/Redmi bands and watches.

Stress monitoring: periodic stress level assessment using heart rate variability, with guided breathing exercises accessible from the app and wearable.

Sleep and snore monitoring: optional microphone-based snoring detection during sleep on supported devices, with snoring duration reports.

User Reviews of Mi Fitness:

I really like how affordable and customizable it is. I can focus on just the things I want to know. I have a very disordered eating history and I can remove the weight information. I wish I vould remove the calories burned, but I don't think any fitness trackers do that. You can customize your daily goals and set it as low as 500 calories, so it doesn't have to be triggering.

The app works really well with the watch. Data synchronisation is really good and useful. on occasions in may take a few minutes, but it just works. I love the ability to decide which applications can send notifications. This way only the important notifications and calls come through. I love the range of sports that are supported. Still enjoying using this app. Got a new phone and it transferred over easily.

The app is great in design and usage-wise. The app can deliver complete workout data to the third-party apps (at least both Google Fit and Strava get the full workout parameters). This helps me to keep my workout activities tracked by the wider audience. The sync can malfunctioning again time to time.. It won't sync any data past 00:00 up to the time I open the app. To fix this, I need to restart both the watch and the phone.

I have had the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 for years, and it's been pretty okay, but it's trying to be 7,000 different things that it doesn't need to be. Same for their app. This device, and this accompanying app, are simple, to the point, and easy to use. If you're looking to have HAL 9000 to wear on your wrist and control on your phone, don't get this. But if you're looking for a fitness and time focused watch with simple phone integration, this gets my thumbs up.

Final Thoughts:

The Mi Fitness does a good job of displaying your footsteps on your band and app together. It tells you how far you’ve walked and how many calories you’ve burned, how fast you’ve walked, a basic timeline, and also how you compare against other users. Not only this it will also tell you how many grams of fat you’ve burned and how many liters of fuel you have saved. If that does not motivate you then nothing will.