Redmi Watch 5 Lite

The Redmi Watch 5 Lite aims to deliver a high-quality smartwatch experience, particularly excelling in its display and core functionalities, while maintaining an accessible price point. It’s designed for users who want an attractive wearable with comprehensive health and fitness tracking capabilities.

A key highlight of the Redmi Watch 5 Lite is its 1.96-inch AMOLED display. This is a significant upgrade from the LCD panels often found in similarly priced “Lite” or “Active” models. The AMOLED technology provides vibrant colors, deep blacks, and excellent contrast, making the visuals truly pop. With a resolution of 410 x 502 pixels and 332 PPI, the screen is sharp and clear. It also boasts a peak brightness of 600 nits, ensuring good readability even under direct sunlight. A notable inclusion is the Always-On Display (AOD) feature, which allows important information like time and date to be continuously visible, though it does impact battery life. The “Smart AOD” option can help mitigate this by turning off AOD when not in use or during sleep.

For health and fitness tracking, the Redmi Watch 5 Lite is well-equipped. It includes built-in GNSS (GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS), which is a major advantage over models that rely on a smartphone’s GPS for outdoor activity tracking. This allows for more accurate route mapping during runs, cycling, and other outdoor workouts. It supports over 150 workout modes, covering a wide array of sports, and notably includes water sports tracking due to its 5ATM water resistance rating, meaning it can withstand depths of up to 50 meters. Health monitoring features include 24-hour heart rate tracking, blood oxygen (SpO2) monitoring, stress tracking, and detailed sleep analysis.

The Redmi Watch 5 Lite runs on Xiaomi HyperOS, promising a smooth and intuitive user interface. It connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth 5.3 and supports Bluetooth calling with a built-in speaker and microphone, allowing you to answer or make calls directly from your wrist. It also integrates Alexa built-in for voice commands. Users can personalize their watch with over 200 cloud watch faces, with many being customizable, and over 30 supporting AOD.

Despite its powerful features, the Redmi Watch 5 Lite offers impressive battery life. With a 470 mAh battery, it can last up to 18 days on typical usage, and around 10-12 days with moderate to heavy usage (including features like Bluetooth calling and frequent health monitoring). Even with Always-On Display enabled, it can still achieve around 9 days of battery life, which is commendable.