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The livestream ended and the product pages went live, but the story feels familiar: incremental polish rather than a dramatic reinvention. Xiaomi quietly refreshed its wearable lineup with sensible upgrades that nudge performance, battery life and comfort forward without stealing headlines.
Small changes that add up
Take the Smart Band 10 Pro. It’s essentially the Mi Band 10 Pro in a new global jacket, same 1.74-inch display size, but brighter and sharper where it matters. The panel still runs at 60Hz and supports 16.8 million colors, yet peak brightness climbs to 2,000 nits from 1,200 nits. That’s a real-world difference under harsh sunlight.
Battery remains a familiar 350mAh. The quoted runtimes don’t change much: up to 21 days with light use, about 15 days with typical use and roughly 8 days with always-on display enabled. The shell is slimmer and lighter at 21.6 grams, while a ceramic option tips the scales to 28.7 grams. New health sensors include a dual-light PD unit and improved sleep algorithms, the sort of yearly refinement Xiaomi has made routine.
The Watch S5 keeps that same philosophy but aims at longevity. It grows slightly to a 1.48-inch AMOLED display within a 56mm stainless steel case, yet the real headline is an 815mAh battery that stretches up to 21 days — beating last year’s model by a wide margin. All that while trimming about 1mm from the thickness of the previous Watch S4. Standard fitness features are onboard: dual-band GPS for better positioning, 5ATM water resistance and a full slate of health tracking. Color choices include Black, Silver, Ceramic Blue and Jungle Green.
Audio gets attention too. The Buds 6 move up to an 11mm triple-magnet driver and add Qualcomm aptX lossless support with bitrates up to 2.1 Mbps, a notable jump from the Buds 5. Expect fuller bass and clearer highs, plus improvements to active noise cancelling thanks to a redesigned acoustic layout. Xiaomi calls the silhouette a "biomimetic curved design" — it’s meant to be slimmer, lighter and to sit with a larger contact area for a steadier fit and better airflow.
Then there’s the Sound Play speaker, an affordable portable with personality. It pushes 18W, weighs 415 grams, is rated IP68 and promises about 14 hours of playback. Two speakers can work in true wireless stereo mode, and Xiaomi touts Auracast support for connecting up to 100 devices in a crowd. The enclosure sports a bottom ambient light ring and an infinity-mirror effect around the bass chamber for a playful look available in orange, blue, green or purple.
Price-wise: the Smart Band 10 Pro starts at €80 and climbs to €100 for the NFC and Ceramic editions; the Watch S5 starts at €179; the Buds 6 are €120; and the Sound Play speaker is €50.
None of these are radical leaps. Instead, Xiaomi is tightening seams: brighter screens, longer runtimes, higher-fidelity audio and tidier industrial design. For buyers who update their tech every year, the changes will feel meaningful. For the rest, these are steady, sensible improvements that keep Xiaomi competitive across value and features.
Source: gsmarena
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