If you want better blood oxygen tracking
Choose OnePlus Watch 3. It scores 4.9 vs 2.0 for blood oxygen tracking, with a 4.0 overall score.
Xiaomi Redmi Watch 4 Review
Bottom Line
Choose the Redmi Watch 4 for a low-cost, good-looking watch with a big display and long battery life. Skip it if you need reliable fitness/health accuracy, deeper apps, payments, or richer smartwatch tools.
Best for
Best for budget buyers who want a stylish, lightweight smartwatch with a large bright screen, long battery life, basic health stats, calls, notifications, and plenty of workout modes.
Not for
Not for users who need precise heart-rate or recovery data, a deep app ecosystem, reliable contactless payments, LTE independence, or a smaller premium-feeling watch.
Verdict
The Redmi Watch 4 earns its strongest praise for looking and feeling better than a budget watch, with a large bright display, smooth software, and battery life that many reviewers found excellent. The tradeoff is that its smartwatch layer stays basic: app support is limited, payments are missing or region-bound, and notifications often stop short of replies. Fitness value depends heavily on expectations. Reviewers liked the broad workout modes, beginner run guidance, and step or sleep basics, but heart-rate accuracy, recovery insights, blood oxygen, and some GPS results drew clear criticism. It works best as a stylish, long-lasting budget wearable, not as a precision fitness watch or full app-driven smartwatch.
Current model
Xiaomi Redmi Watch 5
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Feature Scorecards
Summary
50 reviewed features-
Very positive 4.5-5.01 (2%)
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Positive 3.5-4.427 (54%)
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Neutral 2.5-3.414 (28%)
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Negative 1.5-2.48 (16%)
Pros
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Battery life is the strongest consensus strength, with reviewers repeatedly reporting week-plus, two-week, or excellent endurance.
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Software smoothness is a strong point, with reviewers consistently praising snappy, fluid, or smooth interaction.
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Brightness is consistently praised, with reviewers saying the screen is bright, visible, and sufficient outdoors.
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Display quality is one of the clearest strengths, though reviewers differ on color quality and bezel compromises.
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Style and design are broadly praised, especially the nicer metal look and less-budget appearance.
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Outdoor visibility is strong, with reviewers reporting clear or problem-free readability outside.
Cons
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Contactless payments are a major miss, with reviewers noting unavailable or effectively useless NFC payment support outside limited regions.
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The app ecosystem is weak because reviewers repeatedly pointed to no app storefront or downloadable app support.
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Heart rate accuracy is a recurring weak point, with reviewers reporting readings that were high, low, or wide of chest-strap and premium wearable references.
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Recovery insights are weak because reviewers said the underlying sensor accuracy casts doubt on recovery and training recommendations.
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Wellness insights sound ambitious but are undermined by reliance on questionable heart-rate and sensor data.
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Blood oxygen tracking drew negative accuracy evidence in one review, where readings did not match other trackers or a pulse oximeter.
Compared With Category Average
Compared with other Smartwatches, this product is above average in call handling, third-party app support, battery life, near average in display quality, build quality, below average in recovery insights, charging speed, heart rate accuracy.
Comparison summary
50 compared features-
Above average 0.4+ pts higher5 (10%)
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Same as average within 0.3 pts22 (44%)
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Below average 0.4+ pts lower23 (46%)
Largest category differences
| Attribute | This product | Category average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| recovery insights | 1.8 | 3.9 | -2.2 |
| charging speed | 2.0 | 4.1 | -2.1 |
| heart rate accuracy | 2.0 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| wellness insights | 2.2 | 4.0 | -1.9 |
| app ecosystem | 1.9 | 3.6 | -1.7 |
| reliability | 2.0 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| blood oxygen tracking | 2.0 | 3.4 | -1.4 |
| contactless payments | 1.5 | 2.8 | -1.3 |
Consider This Instead
If you want better reliability
Choose Garmin Vivomove Sport. It scores 5.0 vs 2.0 for reliability, with a 3.7 overall score.
If you want better contactless payments
Choose Tag Heuer Connected Calibre E4. It scores 5.0 vs 1.5 for contactless payments, with a 4.3 overall score.
If you want better charging speed
Choose Google Pixel Watch 4. It scores 4.9 vs 2.0 for charging speed, with a 4.2 overall score.
Compared in Reviews
Products reviewers directly compared with this model, grouped into quick takeaways.
- Compared: budget alternatives The Amazfit Bip 5 is named as one of the most comparable budget watches.
- Compared: price alternatives The Amazfit Bip 5 is named as a direct budget-price alternative.
- Worse: overall experience The reviewer says the Redmi Watch 4 should offer a better experience than similar devices such as the cmf watch Pro.
- Compared: price alternatives The CMF Watch Pro is named among competing watches around the same price.
- Better: screen brightness The Redmi screen is said to be less bright than the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6.
- Compared: premium smartwatch positioning The reviewer frames the Redmi Watch 4 below Samsung’s premium smartwatch line.
FAQ
Is the Redmi Watch 4 good value for money?
Reviewers generally liked the price-to-design and battery mix, but several still said competing watches can offer better smartwatch value or accuracy.
How good is the battery life?
Battery life was the clearest strength. Reviewers reported more than a week, around two weeks in lighter use, and strong endurance even with some features enabled.
Is the fitness tracking accurate?
It is mixed. Workout variety and basic tracking were praised, but heart-rate accuracy, recovery insights, and some GPS results were criticized.
Can it handle calls and notifications?
Bluetooth calls were generally reviewed positively, with clear or useful call handling. Notifications are readable, but replies and richer message handling are limited.
Does it support apps and payments?
Reviewers repeatedly noted that it lacks a real app storefront or downloadable apps. Contactless payments were also treated as absent, limited, or not useful outside supported regions.
Is the display good outdoors?
Yes. Reviewers consistently praised the big AMOLED display for brightness, outdoor readability, and smooth 60Hz interaction, though a few noted color or bezel compromises.
Sample Expert Reviews We Analyzed
These are a few of the reviews included in our analysis.
Video Reviews
YouTube - gizmochina
- Review score
- 3.8
YouTube - TechMishka
- Review score
- 3.9
Article Reviews
nasilemaktech.com
- Review score
- 3.2
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