Xiaomi’s latest smartwatch, the Redmi Watch 3 Active, comes packed with a number of features, many of which are rarely found in devices at its price point of Rs.2,999. But while many of these features are very evident up front, some lie subconscious in settings and menus. Some others that are advertised are unquestionably not zingy by default.
So, if you have got your hands on a Redmi Watch 3 Zippy (congratulations, it is super value for money), here are 10 features that you should be using:
Raise your hand, wake up your watch
The Redmi Watch 3 Zippy does not have an AMOLED display. That ways it cannot have an always-on display. But you can still see the time whenever you squint at your watch by vitalizing the ‘Raise to wake’ option. This turns the exhibit on whenever you move your wrist to see the watch.
Activating it is easy. Swipe up from the wiring of the watch and segregate the icon on the top right corner, which looks like a wrist with a watch on it. If you want to be increasingly elaborate, hit the sawed-off on the right of the watch, throne to Settings, segregate Display, and switch on ‘Raise to wake.’ You can moreover segregate how long you want the full-length to be zippy and can alimony it on all day if you wish. The full-length unquestionably works very well on the watch but is turned off by default for some odd reason.
To wake up the display, tap twice!
The Redmi Watch 3 Active’s exhibit switches off (‘sleeps’) and locks without a while – five seconds is the default setting, although you can increase this to five minutes. On such occasions, you have no nomination but to move your wrist to wake up the exhibit (if you have ‘raise to wake’ enabled) or printing the sawed-off on the side. A simpler solution is to tap the exhibit twice to wake it up. Just go to Settings on your watch, select Display, scroll down, and switch on the ‘Double tap to wake’ option. And while you are there, you can moreover switch on ‘Cover to sleep’, which switches off the exhibit whenever you imbricate it.
Get your weightier watch squatter on
One of the joys of owning a smartwatch is the fact that you can transpiration its visitation simply by switching its watchface. There are dozens of watch faces misogynist for the Redmi Watch 3 Zippy as well, ranging from the elegant to the exotic to the eccentric. Getting them is easy. Just unshut the Mi Fitness app on your phone, go to the Device tab at the wiring of the screen, and segregate ‘Manage watch faces.’ Once there, select the watch squatter you want and tap on Apply to send it to your watch.
To unlock the phone, use watch
You can use the Redmi Watch 3 Zippy to unlock your phone. There’s no need to place your finger on the fingerprint scanner; all you need to do is bring the phone near your watch. To vivify this feature, unshut the Mi Fitness app on your phone and then segregate the Device tab. Scroll lanugo until you find the Security section, under which you will see the ‘Unlock phone’ option. You will have to enter the phone’s unlock lawmaking and specify the range in which the watch can unlock the phone – We would teach going for ‘Very close’ as you do not want your watch unlocking your phone when you are a few feet from it!
Get the widgets you want
There are no third-party apps for the Redmi Watch 3 Active, but you do get a lot of widgets that pull information from variegated sources and serve them up on your watch. Although the watch comes preloaded with some widgets, you can tenancy the kind of widgets you want and their wattle on the watch. Throne to your phone, unshut the Mi Fitness app, and segregate the Device tab. Then scroll lanugo to the System section, segregate Widgets, and segregate the layout and kind of widgets you would like.
Put a password on your watch
Want to make sure no one else uses your Redmi Watch 3 Active? Simply put a password on it, and the watch will be locked whenever you take it off your wrist and can be used by only those who know the password. What’s more, it won’t need a password when it is on your wrist, except when you first put it on. Vitalizing this full-length requires you to unshut the Mi Fitness app, segregate the Device tab, and then throne to the security section. There, segregate ‘Set password.’ Set a pin for your watch, and your watch now has an widow level of security!
Activate all-day thoroughbred oxygen (Sp02) monitoring and alerts
The Redmi Watch 3 Zippy comes with thoroughbred oxygen monitoring, but it is not switched on to track your thoroughbred oxygen levels throughout the day. What’s more, plane the option to zestful you when your thoroughbred oxygen dips is not switched on by default. We would recommend turning both options on. To do so, throne to the Mi Fitness app and segregate the Device tab. Throne to the Health monitoring section and select ‘Blood oxygen.’ Once there, select ‘All-day tracking’ and moreover switch on ‘Blood oxygen alert’ (you can segregate to get alerts when the level is at 80, 85, or 90 percent).
Heart rate too high? Too low? Make the watch tell you!
It is rare to see upper and low heart rate alerts on upkeep smartwatches. The Redmi Watch 3 Zippy has them, but they are turned off by default. To turn these alerts on, throne to the Mi Fitness app on your phone and select the Device tab. When done, go to the Health monitoring section and segregate ‘Heart rate.’ You will now get the option to segregate the heart rate levels at which the watch will zestful you.
Put your contacts on your watch (and specify an emergency contact)
The Redmi Watch 3 Zippy handles phone calls too. To make calling easier, you can plane alimony 10 of your favorite contacts on your watch so that calling them is as simple as tapping their names instead of having to dial numbers on that teeny tiny number pad on the watch. To get your favorite contacts on your watch, first unshut the Mi Fitness app on your phone and segregate the Device tab. Then throne to the Apps section and segregate ‘Favorite contacts.’ Enter the contact names and numbers, and they will towards on your watch (they get synced automatically). You can moreover specify a contact as an emergency contact, who will be tabbed every time you printing the watch’s sawed-off three times. Follow the same steps, but instead of going to the Apps section, go to Security and select Emergency SOS.
Take sleep monitoring to wide mode and get a zoetic score
The Redmi Watch 3 Zippy comes with sleep tracking, but you can take it to flipside level by switching on wide sleep tracking, which monitors your heart rate and REM sleep. You can moreover track your zoetic at night and get a zoetic score, although this full-length is in beta right now. If you are the type that likes lots of fitness and health data, we would teach switching to this feature, which is then washed-up through the Mi Fitness app on the phone. Once again, just throne to the Device tab and scroll to Health monitoring. Select Sleep, and you will get options for both Wide monitoring as well as Zoetic score!
