Xiaomi confirms Mi Band 5 will arrive on June 11th

Xiaomi have confirmed via their Weibo account today that a press conference will be held on June 11th to mark the launch of Mi Band 5. The wearable is expected to come with a larger display, an SpO2 sensor, Amazon Alexa functionality and women’s health functions.

Larger display

The current generation introduced a new full colour AMOLED display with 120 x 240 pixel resolution. It is also larger in size than previously coming in a 0.95 inches (versus 0.78 inches). Other features remained pretty much unchanged.

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A number of different leaks have indicated the next generation will come with a larger display, once again. This will be the second year in a row Xiaomi is increasing the size of the screen. The one on Mi Band 5 is rumoured to be 1.2 inches. The current tracker has a physical button underneath the display but the company has decided to do away with this.

Other rumours and leaks

It also expected Mi Band 5 will support NFC outside of China for the first time. The gen 4 has the chip for payments on the go, but it doesn’t work outside the country. This means NFC on Mi Band 5 will likely support Google Pay and other payment services.

Courtesy of Android.tr we have some more details. They’ve uncovered code in the Amazfit app they believe refers to the Mi Band. This reveals references to an SpO2 function which monitors blood oxygen levels in the body.

What’s more, it seems Mi Band 5 will come with Amazon Alexa as assistant. It is not the first device from the manufacturer to have this assistant but it is the first Mi Band to have it.

Something else that has been revealed is female health tracking and support for remote mobile pics taking. Other additions will be 5 new sports modes: yoga, rowing machine, skipping rope, indoor bicycle and elliptical machine. Another report says the device will get the PAI function for better health tracking.

Launch date

Mi Band 4 saw the light of day on June 11th last year, and Xiaomi has been releasing new generations of the device pretty much every year. We didn’t expect Mi Band 5 would be arriving on exactly the same day as the previous generation.

June 11th is once again the date when it will be announced, with availability starting from June 18th in China. Xiaomi has confirmed this through its social networks and added the advertising poster that you can see below.

As far as price, the Mi Band was always a budget friendly wearable. Expect it to retail around the 35 US dollar mark.