How to Connect Redmi Watch 5 Active to Phone
Here are the details on the process on how to connect your Redmi Watch 5 Active to your smartphone. The app that you will be using is the Mi Fitness application that is available on Android as well as iOS platform.
The app is a former Xiaomi Wear app, and now renamed to Mi Fitness to be the main support app for a variety of smartwatches for Xiaomi. This app as of this writing supports the following wearables. Pairing the smartwatch is pretty easy, and based on our experienced with other Xiaomi wearables, the pairing of the wearable is pretty easy, and the connection is very stable compared with other smartwatches in the market.
Supported Smartwatches by Mi Fitness App
- Redmi Watch 3
- Xiaomi Watch S1
- Poco Watch
- Redmi Watch 4
- Mi Watch Lite
- Xiaomi Watch S1 Pro
- Redmi Watch 3 Active
- Redmi Watgch 2 Lite
- Xiaomi Watch S1 Active
- Xiaomi Watch 2
- Mi Watch
- Redmi Watch 5 Active
- Redmi Watch 5 Lite
- Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro
- Xiaomi Watch S3
- Xiaomi Watch S1 Pro
In this tutorial, we will focus more on the Redmi Watch 5 Active smartwatch. The tutorial is for Android smartphone with the version Android 5.0 and above.
How to Connect Redmi Watch 5 Active to Phone
1. Download the Mi Fitness app on Google Play. Search it on Google Play Store or you can scan the QR code of the app on the user manual.
2. On the smartwatch pick the language that you want to user, there are several languages that are available on the smartwatch.
3. Open the app, and agree to the User Privacy Policy
4. Tap on Start, and agree to the Terms and Conditions. This includes the User Agreement and Privacy Policy. The User Experience section, is optional.
5. Select your Region, and Tap Next,
6. You will now proceed to the Dashboard, there are four menus, Health, Workout, Device, Profile.
7. To add your wearable, tap on Device, then you can choose “Add Device” or “Scanner“.
8. Once you Tap on Add Device, there will be several permissions that will pop-up. The following permissions are:
- Request to Locate Phone
- Wants to Turn on the Bluetooth
9. The app will now search for the Smartwatch, if the Redmi Watch 5 Active appear on the search dashboard, Tap on it.
10. Before you can pair the smartwatch, the app will ask you to Sign in with your account.
“This feature requires signing in to Xiaomi Account. sign-in Now?”
You have an option to Agree or DisAllow the Permissions
11. Sign-in via SMS or your Xiaomi Account, or Google Account
12. Once you Tap on the smartwatch, it will try to connect, Pair, and Add Account to the Mi Fitness app.
13. A notification on your phone and smartwatch asking to confirm the connection between the two devices, tap to pair it.
After pairing, the Mi Fitness app will ask for permission on:
- Receive Notifications without delay
- Promptly Receive incoming calls
- Sync Data in Real Time
- Get swift responses from Voice Assistant
14. The smartwatch will also ask to Turn on Notifications, this includes App Notifications, Allow Contacts to incoming calls, sync system information. It will also ask to sync your Fitness Routine.
15. After a successful connection, your smartwatch is now paired with the support app Mi Fitness application.
Note: When you are paired with the support app, you have now an option to change the settings of your phone.
- Change Settings on Notifications and Calls
- Arrangement of Apps
- Change Options on the System
- Change the Watch Face, as well as update the OS of the smartwatch.
- And more
About Mi Fitness App
Mi Fitness (Xiaomi Wear)
Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co.,Ltd
Mi Fitness supported：Xiaomi Watch Series, Redmi Watch Series, Xiaomi Smart Band Series, Redmi Smart Band Series.
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