Despite being slightly smaller than the original, the Remi Watch 2 flaunts a larger 1.6-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 320 x 360 pixels. The Redmi Watch from last year sports a comparatively tinier 1.4-inch TFT LCD panel with a resolution of 320 x 320 pixels. Supported Exercises: Outdoor Running, Treadmill, Outdoor Cycling, Indoor cycling, Freestyle, Walking, Trekking, Trail run, Pool swimming, Open water swimming, Elliptical, Rower, Jump Rope, HIIT, Yoga The Redmi Watch 2 Lite is primarily operated via the touchscreen. On the home screen, you can swipe horizontally through various widgets that provide information about the heart rate, blood oxygen level, weather, and activities, as well as directly start a workout. A swipe down brings up notifications, and a swipe up brings up the control center with night mode, flashlight, and more. Unlike some budget smartwatches, the Watch 2 Lite does work with iOS and Android devices and our experience was spent largely with the latter.

There's just a solitary physical button the side of the case to turn wake up and turn off the touchscreen display, but it's not a crisp AMOLED one you'll find on premium smartwatches. It's a 1.5-inch, 320x360 TFT display, which is actually bigger and offers a higher resolution compared to the Xiaomi Watch Lite. Thanks to an energy-efficient screen, the latter is rated to last for 12 days on regular usage as opposed to 7 days on the former. However, users can get up to 12 days of endurance on the Redmi Watch by enabling a power-saving mode. So is it worth spending more on the latest Redmi Watch 2 or should you save some penny by settling down for the Redmi Watch? We try to answer this question in our detailed comparison of these two wearables’ specifications Redmi Watch 2 vs Redmi Watch: Detailed Specs Comparison In more heavy use, the Watch 2 Lite will go for up to 5 days. Our testing time definitely veered more on the heavy side and we'd say those battery claims are accurate. On the watch, you can swipe down from the main watch screen to view new notifications and you can clearly see where notifications have come from.So how well does the Watch 2 Lite perform? Well, we'd say actually not that bad overall, but if you want supreme accuracy on all fronts, unsurprisingly, you're not going to get that here. Without the strap, the Redmi Watch and Redmi Watch 2 measure 41 x 35 x 10.9mm and 39.1 x 34.4 x 9.98mm in dimensions respectively. In other words, the newer model is a bit smaller in form factor. Both Redmi Watch and Redmi Watch 2 pair with smartphones via Bluetooth 5.0 and Xiaomi Wear application. They can be used with any handset running Android 5.0+ or iOS 10.0+.

They are 5ATM water-resistant and have a single physical button on the right side. Further, the front is fully occupied by the screen, whereas the rear houses a pogo pin for charging and a window for the biometric sensor. Interestingly, the last-gen model has 120+ watch faces compared to 100+ watch faces on the current-gen product. While heart rate and SpO2 measurement are standard nowadays even in even cheaper smartwatches, integrated GPS and more than 100 sports modes are quite eye-catching. There are also some practical features like music and camera control as well as breathing exercises, which are also not uncommon on other smartwatches. Manuel Vonau is Android Police's Google Editor, with expertise in Android, Chrome, and other Google products — the very core of Android Police’s content. He has been covering tech news and reviewing devices since joining Android Police as a news writer in 2019. He lives in Berlin, Germany. After the first Redmi smartwatch was released in this country as the Xiaomi Mi Watch Lite the successor is now available in Europe directly under the Redmi brand name. The Redmi Watch 2 Lite resembles its predecessor almost like two peas in a pod. It does offer some improvements, though not as many as the Redmi Watch 2, which is once again reserved for Asia.

Conclusion of the Redmi Watch 2 Lite review: Solid and improved smartwatch with selective weaknesses

The original Redmi Watch only supports 7 sports modes. But its successor Redmi Watch 2 arrives with a whopping 117 sports modes. was synced with a phone once a day. The watch also monitored one outdoor exercise session a week, lasting 35 minutes. ATM water resistance: Redmi Watch 2 Lite has a water resistance rating of 5ATM (50 meters in depth). The rating is based on standard GB/T 30106-2013 and has been tested by the China National Horological Quality Supervision and Testing Center. It can be worn in the swimming pool, while swimming near the shore, or during other shallow-water activities. However, It cannot be used in hot showers, sauna, or diving. Furthermore, avoid the watch being directly impacted by swift currents during water sports. The water-resistant level is not permanent and may decline over time. Most importantly, the wearable has a considerably better battery life with 12 days of endurance. On top of these, it is not only smaller but also lighter in weight.

This product and its features are not designed to be a medical device, and are not intended to predict, diagnose, prevent, or cure any disease. While sleeping heart rate impressed, heart rate monitoring during the day seemed a bit more unreliable, tagging us in general with a resting heart rate 10bpm over our usual. You''re also getting stress data, which is powered by heart rate variability measurements, which suggested there weren't very many stressful parts of our day, but doesn't offer any really useful insights around why it's monitoring your stress. The Redmi Watch 2 Lite is a cheap smartwatch that's promising to punch above its budget price tag. The Xiaomi-owned company launched the first generation Redmi Watch in the first half of 2021 and its parent company dished out a very similar-looking Xiaomi Mi Watch Lite, which we reviewed earlier this year, just months later.It's a neat and tidy smartwatch in appearance. Crucially doesn't feel cheap, the screen is reasonably good quality, and it is one you should be able to wear 24/7 indoors and outdoors no problem.

We've been putting the Redmi Watch 2 Lite through its paces to see if this is a cheap smartwatch worth considering. Here's our full verdict. Both screens support touch inputs and they use a gesture navigation system. Unfortunately, we only have the official PPI count for the Redmi Watch, which happens to be 323.Customized watch face functions: Some watch faces support customized display content, so that you can choose to display your favorite or most frequently used functions on the watch Sensors: Optical heart rate sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, electronic compassGPS / GLONASS / Galileo / BeiDou The single button on the right side is used to call the menu. Pressing the button for three seconds opens the system menu for turning off and restarting. By default, the menu presents itself in many small icons without textual explanation. Three icons are displayed in a row, which provides for sufficiently large touch surfaces. The menu is scrolled through via a vertical swipe.