Redmi Watch 5 in for review | Infinium-tech

It made its global debut earlier this week and it was only right that we give the Redmi Watch 5 the review treatment. At first glance it might not look that different from last year’s Redmi Watch 4, but this latest model has a 2.07-inch AMOLED screen that gets quite bright, up to 1,500 nits. You get a 60Hz refresh rate, which is becoming a trend on smartwatches, and always-on display functionality at €109 – which is €9 more than the starting price of the Watch 4.

Our review unit has a lavender purple silicone watch strap, with all models featuring an aluminum alloy frame, which feels premium and reassuring. Much better than some all-plastic smartwatches.

The retail package consists of the usual leaflet with Xiaomi’s proprietary two-pin magnetic charger that terminates in a USB-A connector.

Redmi Watch 5 and its charger

Despite the larger screen size, the Redmi Watch 5 barely feels heavy on your wrist due to the thin bezels and its 33.5-gram weight. You operate the HyperOS interface with swipes on the screen but you can also use the metal crown element for those moments when your hands are wet. Pressing down on the crown serves as a convenient back button.

The watch tracks your heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, sleep, and stress, and it can also help you stay on track with your fitness goals with over 150 activities. There’s a built-in GNSS receiver to track your runs, and the entire package is 5ATM waterproof, so swimming is also an option.

Thanks to its dual microphones and onboard speakers, you can make and take calls directly from the Watch 5. It will also buzz your wrist for notifications, but there’s no way to respond to incoming messages. Xiaomi is still hesitant in bringing eSIM versions of its watches outside China.

Xiaomi claims that you can get up to 24 days of battery life from the Watch 5’s 550mAh battery. We’ll be sure to test those claims in our full review along with our usual tests, so stay tuned.