Huawei Band 7 Vs MI Band 7

Huawei band 7 and MI band 7 are the fitness trackers launched by both Huawei & Xiaomi respectively. Huawei band 7 was introduced in market in April 2022 while MI band 7 was introduced in end of May 2022. Both of these are competing in market hence one needs to know the difference and similarities in order to make their decision making swift.

Design and Screen:
Huawei and Xiaomi both adopted the same band style for their 7 series. However, there are some differences between these two in terms of size and fit. The MI band 7 is somehow traditional and is also lightweight compared to the other and the straps of both the bands are made of silicone.

In case of Huawei band 7, there is 44mm polymer case with a thickness of 9.9mm and its weight is only 16g without the strap. It gives the feeling of a smartwatch with a long, thin, and rectangular body. MI band 7 is slightly different from this. It has 46.5mm polymer case with a thickness of 12.5mm and its weight is less than that of Huawei band 7 (13.5g).

The dimensions of both the bands are also different. Dimensions of Huawei band 7 are 44.35*26*9.99mm while the dimensions of Xiaomi MI band 7 are 46.5*20.7*12.25mm.

Talking about the screen, there is a small button which can be physically pressed in Huawei band 7 while screen of MI band 7 is full touch. The physical button can be best fit for you if you want to turn the screen off with a button.

Display:
Both of the bands have AMOLED display but the size of screen is different. Xiaomi MI band 7 offers a larger screen size and more resolution than Huawei band 7. MI band 7 has screen size of 1.62 inch having resolution of 192*490 pixels. In comparison, Huawei band 7’s screen size is 1.47 inch with resolution of 194*368 pixels. Both have 2.5D glass for their protection.

On Huawei band 7, it is much easier to read any text but on MI band 7, the text is comparatively small and compressed into a small place so the screen need to be scrolled down to read the text.

Talking about the similarities in their display, both give the same experience for brightness, vibrancy and visibility. They both also have always on display mode option. They both come with 5 ATM water resistance rating so if you want to wear any of these in shower or during swimming, you can do that, because they can tolerate water depth of 50m without being damaged.

Colors:
Colors attract some people greatly while buying anything. So, if you are into colors, there are variety of colors available. Huawei opted basic colors for its band 7 such as green, red, black and pink. Comparing it with MI band 7, it comes in secondary colors such as ivory, olive, and orange and some basic colors such as orange, pink and black. They also give option of additional straps in other color options such as neon green, orange, blue, and black.

Fitness and Health Tracking Features:
Fitness and health tracking features are those which characterize these bands. They have the ability to track your daily step count, calculate your heart rate, monitor blood oxygen level and many more. On MI band 7, you will be able to calculate your step count, estimated distance covered, number of calories burned due to step count and will also remind you if you are being inactive for a very long time. Almost all of these features are also present in Huawei band 7 but there is a little gap. Huawei band 7 lacks a sensor, altimeter, which is used to calculate the elevation of a person wearing it while on the go.

Both of the bands have sleep tracking too. It keeps details about sleep stages, sleep scores, sleep schedule. Etc. They also have the ability to track heart rate, breathing quality etc. Huawei band 7 seems to have an upper hand in case of sleep tracking. It also has the ability to monitor and track the record of naps taken during the day. It also claims to diagnose six major issues relating to sleep and will also give suggestions for the solutions of these problems. 

Sports Tracking:
It may sound a bit weird but they also have the capacity to track more intense exercises with the help of their sensors. There are a total of 96 workout modes in case of Huawei band 7 which includes cycling, running, and swimming. In case of MI band 7, there are 120 workout modes which can track activities like running, cycling, swimming as well as indoor exercises such as skipping and rowing.

Both of these devices lack an important feature which is GPS tracking system. However, they both can be connected to a GPS devices and thus can work in that case. Both have an astonishing feature which can mostly be found in expensive watches which is running tracker. Both have the capacity to calculate maximum velocity as well as recovery analysis.

Smartwatch Features:
Other than being fitness tracker, both can be used as smartwatches due to their look and some other features. Both can be connected with android and iPhone devices and both of these also have several watch faces that suits well with their AMOLED display.

Both of them also have the ability to show notifications for example incoming call, text messages and social media notifications etc.

Battery:
Both of these bands have always offered big batteries in case of their devices and same is the case with their bands 7. Battery capacity of both the bands is 180mAH but there is difference in the timing of its battery depending upon the usage.

Huawei band 7 has 14 days of battery timing but this decreases to 10 days if used more than average and almost half if always on display is on. On the other hand, MI band 7 also offers 14 days of battery life but its timing decreases to 7 days in case of more usage.

The benefit which Huawei band 7 has over MI band 7 is that it supports fast charging feature that gives two days of tracking time with only five minute of charging.

Which one to buy?
Both of the bands have almost same features but they are not exactly the same. If you want to go for the cheapest Smart-band that works best with androids, have very advanced fitness features and also has fast charging ability, you should go for Huawei band 7, but if you want to buy a slimmer device and which also works best with IPhones as well as androids then you may go for MI band 7.