Xiaomi Mi Watch to get OTA update on December 3; will also launch iOSapp

Earlier this month, Xiaomi launched its first smartwatch powered by Google’s Android-based Wear OS, dubbed Mi Watch. During the Double Eleven sale in China, the company managed to sell the smartwatches worth 100 million in just nine hours.

With these many devices sold in China, users also started giving feedbacks and making comments related to the smartwatch. Qu Heng, General Manager of Xiaomi Ecological Chain confirmed that the company has received feedback from the users and added that the company is thankful as it will help them improve the user experience.

Now, it is being believed that Xiaomi is all set to release the first over-the-air (OTA) update for the Mi Watch in China on 3rd December. With this new update, the company will be optimizing several features, including first pairing, application market, dial market, notification prompts, input method interaction, and weather positioning.

Along with the new update for the Mi Watch users, the company will also be launching the Xiaomi Wearable App on 3rd December, further enhancing the user experience for the iOS users. Qu Heng has also added that the company will classify, schedule, and continuously improve the product experience through OTA updates.

The Xiaomi Mi Watch comes with a square touchscreen display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It features a 1.78-inch AMOLED curved display with 326 PPI pixel density and the back of the watch is made out of ceramic.

There’s a crown on the right that can be used to navigate through the watch UI. Apart from the crown, there’s a multi-purpose button as well as a microphone on the right side. On the left, you have another microphone hole along with a speaker vent.

The Mi Watch features an aluminum alloy body with a matte finish, but it has sharper curves than the Apple Watch. At the bottom, you’ll see the pins for the charging dock and the heart rate monitor.

It comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 4G chipset featuring four Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.2GHz. The watch features one of the biggest batteries ever seen on a smartwatch featuring 570mAh in capacity which the company claims can last up to 36 hours or up to two days on a single charge.

The wearable devices come loaded with features such as NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi (n), GPS, an independent vibration motor, and a pretty large speaker. It also supports eSIM, which ensures you can connect to the internet via cellular network as well as make and receive calls independently.

As we mentioned earlier, Xiaomi has adopted Google’s Wear OS platform for its new smartwatch. However, like its smartphones, the WearOS running on the Xiaomi watch will be customized with its own MIUI for Watch skin. It comes integrated with the company’s own XiaoAI smart assistant.

Xiaomi smartwatch supports heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen VO2 max sensor, sleep monitoring, and body energy monitoring. It is priced at 1299 yuan (approx. $185 US) in China and is now available for purchase in China.