Xiaomi's New Smart Products - Mi Smart Weight Scale

With efforts to create a holistic smart ecosystem, Xiaomi has added a new product in its catalog of smart devices – the Mi Smart Weight Scale.

The Mi Smart Weight Scale is the company’s latest addition to connected health devices catalog which includes the Mi Band, the Mi Air Purifier and the iHealth Smart Blood Pressure Monitor. The Mi Smart Scale is a Bluetooth connected personal weighing scale which can track your weight down to 50g. That’s crazy accuracy for a personal scale if Xiaomi’s claims are in deed true.

The Mi Smart Scale connects to the Mi Fit app, and in turn can track the weight of a family (up to 16 people!).

Don’t worry about breaking it either, it’s got a tough tempered glass for both sleek looks and strength.

The Mi Smart Scale comes in White color only with rounded edges and Mi logo at the center. White LEDs are used to show the weight. It remains to be seen if Mi Smart Scale goes beyond tracking weight like monitoring BMI (Body Mass Index) or HRM (Heart Rate Monitor).

An extension to the Mi Fit, the scale connects to your phone via Bluetooth, similar to your Mi Band, and shows all your health data on your phone.

The Mi Smart Scale connects with your smartphone via Bluetooth, enabling you to track weight, BMI and other sorts of data using its accompanying Mi Fit app. It has a precision of 50g (1.8 oz) and can track weights between 5kg to 150kg (11lbs. to 330 lbs). The scale features a glass platform and LED display, which remains hidden until stepped on.

The Mi Smart Scale has all the bells and whistles you would expect from a smart balance device, being able to track weight down to 100g precision as well as track your weight and BMI using the Mi Fit App directly to your smartphone. The scale itself will display your weight via a tastefully hidden graphical LED display that only pops up when you are using it.

The Unboxing!

Packaging is made in the traditional style of Xiaomi, no different from the packaging of other products. Box made from paper carton, with the square-shaped MI logo in the middle.

Due to the use of glass in this product, there are limitations on the treatment of the packaging, with fragile handling indicated on the box.

Also on the side of the packaging box is a description and technical data for your info. You can see that they need 4 AA size batteries, and to communicate with smartphones using Bluetooth 4.0 for data transfer to the Mi Fit app.

Quality of packaging is sufficiently high!

The thickn walls of the package protect the content during transportation.

Inside the box is a "Getting Started Guide" and 4 AA size batteries.

Visually the Mi Smart Scale look very expensive. With ultra-white tempered glass, clean smooth surface, flowing lines angles, black MI logo in the middle, the designers really did a good job on this device.

On the reverse side of the scales, plastic, pleasant to touch and non-slip surface. Also, there are four non-slip feet and a battery compartment.

On the back side is also the manufacturing information about the device.

Some users report that the battery compartment is difficult to open, in fact, we did not have problems with the opening.

After opening the battery compartment, we see the switch the measurement units in English Pound, Chinese Pound and KG.

Before using the balance must be set on a flat horizontal surface.

After installing the batteries, the scale will automatically turn on and start loading. You will see a welcome "Hello", using LED technology display

If you have already installed the Mi Fit App previously for the Mi Fitness Band, you may want to get an updated version which will have the added functionality to work with the Mi Smart Scales. Now You can follow not only the sleep phases and steps, calories burned and now, your weight.

To bind the application must stand on the scales and the application click "Snap."

Setting up with Mi Fit App

When you first start you may be offered to update the firmware of the Smart Scale. By agreeing to the application, Mi Fit firmware will update in a few seconds.

Synchronization can be made only during the weigh-in, but any other time. Your results are stored in memory, up to 800 measurements, and only after the connection to the smartphone are automatically synchronized.

The program interface of the Mi Fit can see the index BMI (Body Mass Index). With the height and target set stored previously on the Mi Fit during setting up, it will assess the body mass index, and thereby indirectly assess whether you are overweight or underweight.

Note  - The screen layout for IOS and Android may varied slightly

After the Mi Fit firmware upgrades, you'll now see a Mi Scale option available for setting up

Choose your Gender type

You'll need to step on to the scale to confirm the weight

Then, confirm the pairing with the user profile

You can also choose to add your other family members

Further instructions on how to use the Mi Fit Smart App

Conclusion
Xiaomi continued development in the field of fitness, health and sports. Following the Mi Band and Mi Fit app, Xiaomi has released a smart weight Mi Smart Scale. Beautiful and elegant design, with attention to the detail, precision in weighing, and all synchronization done in one app.