Market analyst firm Canalys came out with a report today stating that worldwide smartwatch shipments grew 12% in Q1 2020 despite COVID-19. Apple, Huawei, Samsung, Garmin, and Fitbit were the top 5 smartwatch vendors. One vendor mentioned in the report is Xiaomi, whose products are known for their exceptional value-for-money. Although Xiaomi isn’t a top-5 smartwatch vendor, the company has seen great success with its other wearables and is shifting to the smartwatch segment, having already released two smartwatches in China. Now, Xiaomi is gearing up to release its second self-branded smartwatch, the Xiaomi Watch Color, outside of China as the Mi Watch Revolve.
Back in November of 2019, Xiaomi announced the Mi Watch, the company’s first self-branded smartwatch that is also the company’s first product to run Google’s Wear OS. It’s unapologetically inspired by the Apple Watch with its square display and crown/button placement. Then in December of 2019, Xiaomi unveiled the Watch Color with a design and spec sheet that’s pretty similar to the Amazfit GTR: The Watch Color has a circular dial and a 1.39-inch 454×454 AMOLED display. In China, the Watch Color costs just CNY 799, or about $112, making it a pretty affordable smartwatch. In terms of sensors, it has a heart-rate monitor, sleep tracker, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, compass, barometer, gyroscope, accelerometer, and ambient light sensor. Its water resistance is rated up to 5 ATM and lasts up to 14-days with a 420mAh battery. Unlike the Mi Watch, however, the Watch Color does not run Google’s Wear OS.
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