If there is one aspect why the bracelets in the series Xiaomi Mi Band stand out from the others, in addition to their unbeatable value for money, theirs impressive autonomy.
From the first model, Xiaomi was able to offer figures that exceed 2 weeks of autonomy with its bracelets, thus becoming the reference in its category. And, although with the last few generations, this number has been decreasing, undoubtedly it continues to be one of its strengths.
Ma you can always go even further. In the same way that there are tricks to save cellphone battery, there are also tricks to do last longer the battery of our bracelet.
In this article, we select a few suggestions which can be useful for increase the autonomy of your Mi Band 2, 3, 4, 5 or any other Xiaomi smart bracelet.
Xiaomi Mi Band 4 is the most popular smart bracelet on the market.
1. Use black background spheres
The Xiaomi Mi Bands that include one screen as in the case of the new Mi Band 5, they use technology OLED.
And like all OLED screens, even the one on the Mi Band turns off the pixels when it should represent the color black, thus saving energy.
Therefore, the use of spheres with black background can help you extend the autonomy of your mobile. Remember that you can easily customize the screen of your Mi Band bracelet.
2. Pay attention to health adjustments
With each new version of the Mi Band family, Xiaomi introduces new options and ways to track activity, which, while they help greatly in keeping track of our health and fitness, they can drain the battery of the bracelet at high speed.
Fortunately, Xiaomi offers the possibility of keep these options active only when needed. An example is that of the heart rate monitor: if we configure it for act every few minutes, we will save more battery than if we always keep it on.
You can also disable the automatic activity detection option, which stays on by default to start measuring your activity level every time you start an exercise. If you go to your bracelet settings and turn off activity tracking, you will save battery. Keep in mind, of course, that if you want the bracelet to measure your business data, you will have to start each exercise manually.
La Xiaomi Mi Band 5, in rosa.
3. Deactivate the "Lift to activate" option
How many times have you found your Mi Band's screen on when you didn't want it to be? While it may be useful, the "Raise to reactivate" option can be performed with the slightest movement, thus consuming more energy of the account for activate the screen.
Therefore, it might be a good idea disable this option. You can do this via the Mi Fit mobile app. If you do, you will have to touch the screen to activate it whenever you want to see information about it.
4. Change the display settings
Related to the previous tip is this trick: like other devices, We Band offers the possibility of automatically turn off the screen after a while. The problem is that the longer this time, the more energy the bracelet will consume.
So a good option is reduce the screen timeout idle - 6 seconds. Furthermore, if reduce the brightness of the screen at a lower level, you will undoubtedly get a much higher range than you are used to.
A black dial will help you save the battery life of your Mi Band.
5. Turn off the vibration
THE vibration alert for notifications is one of the most useful functions of the Mi Band ... but also one of the more energivore. From the Mi Fit application, you can do vibrate the bracelet only when the battery is low, in so that the vibration motor does not consume as much battery.
6. The ultimate trick: turn off Bluetooth
The Mi Band uses Bluetooth technology to synchronize with your mobile phone and send it the data collected during the day. And this is precisely one of the processes that consume the most battery of the bracelet.
If what you are looking for is extend the autonomy of your Mi Band to the maximum, you can turn off Bluetooth completely and only turn it on a couple of times a day to sync data with your mobile.
The information will continue to be stored on the bracelet and you can continue to use it for check the time, date or use functions such as the stopwatch.
In this way, you will not receive notifications on the bracelet, and your health and activity data will only sync with the Mi Fit app when you decide. But the simple fact of deactivating Bluetooth can significantly extend the autonomy of the Mi Band, overcoming also one month of use.
