Xiaomi Ships Over 1m Mi Bands in Three Months

Xiaomi has sold over 1 million MI bands in a period of three months, according to the fitness tracker's official Weibo account. The device was launched in July not long from now for USD 13, and went on sale on August 18.

For the present, the device is accessible in China just and will go on sale in Hong Kong and Taiwan on Tuesday. The organization has dispatched 103,000 in a single day, demonstrating that the smartphone maker is picking up a fan taking after for its wearable also.

This fitness band was launched by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, including sensors for following different health metrics and can even go about as an alarm clock. The Mi Band can likewise unlock a Xiaomi smartphone as opposed to writing clients password multiple times a day.

According to NDP group report, around 3.3 million fitness bands and action trackers were sold between April 2013 and March 2014 in the US. Out of these, Fitbit made up 67 percent of sales in that one-year period while Jawbone had a 18 percent share.

While the smartwatch business is as of now catching up with the enormous technology firms like Apple, Sony, Samsung and so forth taking a shot at their gadgets to make them more competitive, it gives the idea that fundamental fitness bands have more takers. Despite the fact that smartwatches give more capacities past health following, the low value purpose of keen fitness bands are making them prominent among the wearable fans.