Xiaomi has pushed the Smart Band 10 Pro onto the global market just a week after its debut in China, and the pitch is straightforward: a brighter display, built-in GPS, more than 150 workout modes, and up to 21 days of battery life for 80 euros. The Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro is aimed at buyers who want a fitness band that feels closer to a smartwatch without paying smartwatch prices.
There is also a more expensive version. In Europe, the NFC model and the ceramic-cased variant are priced at 100 euros, which puts Xiaomi in familiar territory: undercut the bigger watch brands, then stack enough features to make the upsell tempting.
Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro display and design
The Smart Band 10 Pro uses a 1.74-inch AMOLED display with a 60Hz refresh rate and peak brightness of up to 2000 nits, so reading it in direct sunlight should be far less annoying than on older, dimmer trackers. The body is slim at 9.7 mm and weighs 21.6 g without the strap, while standard models use an aluminum case.
That matters because wearables still live or die on comfort. A tracker can have every metric imaginable, but if it feels bulky on the wrist, it ends up in a drawer with the gym membership card and the abandoned running shoes.
Health tracking and training features
Xiaomi says the band includes a new heart-rate sensor, along with real-time pulse monitoring, blood oxygen measurement, sleep analysis, and an HRV tracker designed to gauge fatigue and recovery after exercise. It also supports more than 150 sports modes, navigation, and, for the first time, a gaming mode that tracks heart rate and stress during PC sessions.
- Display: 1.74-inch AMOLED, 60Hz, up to 2000 nits
- Battery life: up to 21 days, around 8 days with Always-On Display
- Features: GPS, NFC payments, Apple Health sync, dual-device notifications
Battery life, software and price
The band runs HyperOS 3, supports Apple Health synchronization, can handle notifications from two devices, and includes NFC payments where supported. Xiaomi says maximum battery life reaches 21 days, but that drops to about 8 days with Always-On Display enabled – a familiar trade-off, and a sensible reminder that smartwatch-style convenience still has a cost.
Pricing in Europe starts at 80 euros for the standard model and rises to 100 euros for the NFC model and ceramic-cased variant. That puts the Smart Band 10 Pro in the crowded middle of the wearables market, where price, battery life, and feature count matter more than fancy branding.