MI Band 04 (EP 01) working with the options in the watch

MI Band 4 (EP 01)

working with the options in the watch
My Story
 Around 2 months Before, I wanted to buy this MI Band 4, and I started searching about it, and how to access the options and settings of this band. Unfortunately I couldn't find any website, video or book that gives complete knowledge about it. So I started to learn about that, and I bought the Global version of the MI Band, after getting some satisfactory knowledge about it. So I considered to give you that knowledge. I think this will be very impotent to all, because this content is not available in anywhere. 

 What is MI Band 4 ?
The Xiaomi Mi Band 4 is a wearable activity tracker produced by Xiaomi Inc. It was announced in China on 14 June 2019 , in Europe the day after and in India on 17th September, 2019. It was released in China on 16 June 2019 , in Europe on 26 June 2019 and in India on 19th September 2019. It has a super capacitive AMOLED display and features 24/7 heart rate monitoring.

Specifications

  • Display: 0.95 inch AMOLED, full color touch screen
  • Colour depth: 24bit
  • Screen brightness: Up to 400 nits
  • Resolution: 128 x 240;
  • Button: Single touch button (wake up, go back)
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth version 5.0 BLE; NFC on some models
  • Mass: 22.1 g
  • RAM: 512KB
  • Storage: 16MB
  • Battery: LiPo, 135mAh, 20 days of battery life (130mAh for NFC version)
  • Sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, PPG heart rate sensor, capacitive proximity sensor
  • Waterproof: up to 50 metres, 5 atmospheres

Options of the watch one by one.

You can access MI Band 4 options by simply dragging your finger up and down on the display. 
You can quick access to Music by dragging the finger to the right, and you can go to the Alipay option by dragging it to the left. 
Now let's explore options one by one(Dragging the finger Up)

  1. Status - In the status window many recordings for the relevant day, and you can see,
  • Steps - Shows the step count (Most accurate).
  • Distance - Shows the distance walked in Km.
  • Calories - Shows the calories you burnt through out the day in Cal.
  • Idle alerts - This is one of the best options that I saw in this watch. According to that it says that " Siting for too long is harmful to your health. It will increase the risk of various diseases such as diabetics and neck problems" So If you sit for more than one hour then your band will alert you by a vibration signal, and the vibration count will be counted. If your count is more than 2-3 then it is not good for the health.
      2. Heart Rate -  

  • The next best option is this, You can manually check your hart rate by this option. All you have to do is 'Fasten your MI Band slightly above your wrist bone about 1 cm, and don't move". When it ends the measuring then it will signals you by a vibration. To do this task it have a PPG heart rate sensor in the back of the watch with two blinking Green color LEDs. 
     3. Workout - 

 This option can sense you'r workout by using accelerometer and gyroscope sensors.

You have to Fasten your MI Band slightly above your wrist bone about 1 cm to access this option.
This option includes, 
  • Outdoor Running
  • Treadmill
  • Cycling
  • Walking
  • Exercise
  • Pool Swimming
You have to manually select any activity above to use this option. If you are doing free exercise then choose the EXERCISE mode.

After you choosing any activity then it will begin a countdown from 3-1(with little vibration) and it starts tracking relevant data according to the option you have selected.

Data shown on the band display
Sport mood Time Distance (Km) Cadence
Hart rate (bpm) 
 Zone Strokes Stroke
rate
Outdoor Running √ √ √ √ √ × ×
Treadmill √ √ √ √ √ × ×
Cycling √ √ √ √ √ × ×
Walking √ √ √ √ √ × ×
Exercise √ √ × √ √ × ×
Pool Swimming √ √ √ √ √ √ √

Other than that it may need location access from you'r connected phone for Outdoor running, Cycling and Walking. For the mood of Pool swimming it may need the distance of the pool (it comes with two options 25m and 50m if not, you can feed data by going to the custom option)

     4. Weather - 
  • You have to connect you'r phone at least once a day to access this option.
  • This option can only drag data from your smart phone and displayed.
  • Can display data for five days with today.
     5. Notification -
  • Can display data only when it connected with your smart phone.
  • It receives almost all data massages in a popup window with little vibration.
  • Each notification type can be programmed with a custom vibration pattern so you can tell the difference without even looking at the screen.
  • It can notify your calls also (only can cut, and can't answer).
  • You can't send massages.
   6. More -
  • This option comes with lot of sub options
  1. DND - Do Not Disturb mood, you can turn on this mood when ever you like. This option works without the smart phone
  2. Alarm - You can setup an alarm by using this(No need of smart phone)
  3. Music - One of the best options. You can play pause musics by using this option (You must connect your smart phone and play a play list to use this option, and this smart band cant hold any kind of music in it by itself). You can adjust the volume, skip tracks by using this option. This option is recommended for sleep learning. 
  4. Stop watch
  5. Timer
  6. Find My Devise - Very useful option. You can ring up your missing smart phone by using this(You must connect your smart phone to use this option). 
  7. Silent - You can silent your MI Band by disabling the alarm vibration, and if you are connected to you'r smart phone, then you can Silent your smart phone also by using this option.
  8. Alipay - This option is not much important for any country other than China. I will write more about this later.
  9. Band Display - You can customize your band display by default three watch faces. If you want more custom faces then connect to the app or download free or paid watch faces from the internet. 
  10. Settings - You can access more important settings by using this option, they are,
  • Brightness level - You can adjust you'r watch brightness level by using this(You have 5 levels)
  • Lock screen - You can add a lock screen, after that you have to swipe the lock to access your MI Band. this option is very important to avoid unwanted swipes or touches.
  • Reboot - For reboot the MI Band (It takes less than 4 sec for the reboot)
  • Factory Reset - This have a confirmation screen also.
  • Regularity options
  • About. 
Improvements I expect in MI Band 5
  • There must be a option in MI Band 5 to see the connected pone status, Like battery level ect.
  • Charging the MI Band 4 is not convenient, It must be adjusted in MI Band 5.
  • The front glass must be hard enough to bare some impacts
  • The exercise moods must be updated and require more moods.

Finally - I don't think that, there is no any fitness tracker with this kind of premium options in the market for this much less price point. So I recommend this as a MI Band 4 user.


!This post is my opinion only and free for any arguments! 
Your Arguments will make me up
Thank You.


I will come with MI Band EP-02 (Working with the phone settings)

Soon.........

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