Tech Review: Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro is more than just a wearable fitness tracker

With so many wearable fitness tracking devices available in the market these days, the newly launched Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro easily stands out with its slim (dimensions: 46.18 X 33.35 X 9.7 mm), lightweight, and solid design. “Stay fit and go beyond” with this fashionable device that we find very convenient and easy to use as we go along our daily physical routines and even when we rest at the end of the day.

The display instantly stuns with its 1.74-inch AMOLED (resolution: 480 X 336 pixels)
, which we find as just idealneither small nor largewith a 77% high screen-to-body ratio. It comes with a 60Hz refresh rate and up to 2,000nits peak brightness, making the screen still comfortably visible even during broad daylight.

The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro can be a reliable device built for everyday hustle and active lifestyles with its long battery life that could last up to 21 days (thanks to its 350mAh extended battery life).

Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro facilitates improved heart-rate tracking through its upgraded dual-lamp high-precision heart rate sensor. It even comes with SpO2 (blood oxygen, an accelerometer, and ambient light sensor. The fitness tracker has over 150 sports modes, enhanced sleep monitoring features, HRV and sleep efficiency metrics, and a three-month Clue Plus trial (subject to applicable terms and availability). It has a water resistance level of 5ATM, making it possible to still monitor a user’s heart rate even underwater.

When in the home screen, swipe up to discover many more amazing features coming with this device. Aside from the fitness features (Stats, Workout, Running, Training State, Sleep, Heart Rate, SpO2, Stress, Breathing Exercises, and Visibility Score, the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro also serves as a remote link to your Xiaomi or Redmi smartphone. It has connected features like Music, Weather, Xiaomi Smart Hub, Find Phone, and Silence Phone. Its user may also find useful several more other features like the Compass, Flashlight, Alarm, Stopwatch, Tasks, Events, Calendar, Timer, and World Clock. You can even use it to remotely control a linked smartphone’s camera.

The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro runs on Xiaomi’s HyperOS, which is noted as a responsive and clean software. This also makes it possible for the wearable device to link with the Mi Home app (via Bluetooth 5.4) and take part in smart home integration (our device is connected to the Mi Fitness app on a Redmi phone, the more familiar fitness app we’ve been using for several years now).

Of course, and experience using this fitness tracker would not be complete without admiring its design. The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro is built with a sleek, button-less aluminum shell that gives it a solid look and feel—with 9.7mm Slim & Light design and 2.2mm Ultra-Narrow Equal Bezel on all four sides. The interface (adorned with color always-on display or AOD) is entirely touch-based that requires just swiping in four directions to access features (it does not take long to get familiar with it). We also rave about the strap being removable, making it easier in the future to change the color of the adjustable-length strap to match various moods or occasions.

The unit we’ve been using is priced at just ₱4,499, (available with free strap and a discount for early-bird purchasers during launch promo period). Tech and Lifestyle Journal finds it very affordable and reasonable given all its amazing features. This is definitely a recommended fitness tracker for everyone.