How do you make smartwatch design interesting? It’s difficult, as few will accept something unusual like a triangular case or anything overtly fancy. As such, most stick with the tried-and-tested way of providing a few bezel designs to choose from at the time of purchase and then alternative straps down the road.
Related While swapping the strap for another on the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 makes it look different, the case remains exactly the same. This isn’t the way with the Xiaomi Watch S3, as it really does become a different watch once you’ve changed the bezel. Xiaomi has made another crucial alteration really simple, too, as when you click the bezel into place, it immediately suggests you enable a custom, made-for-the-bezel watch face to go with it.
Plenty of bezels to choose from I was sent the Xiaomi Watch S3 in black with a black bezel and black strap. It’s good-looking but unassuming. Luckily, I could jazz it up with the Ocean Blue strap and bezel combo or a brighter yellow strap and bezel, both complete with diver-style count-up number scales. The blue version’s bezel is made of stainless steel, while the yellow is made of ceramic, so both give a high-class look to the watch when attached.
A good overall smartwatch experience The Xiaomi Watch S3 doesn’t use Google’s Wear OS software; instead, it has Xiaomi’s HyperOS shown on the 1.43-inch AMOLED screen. The platform is Xiaomi’s push towards software suitable for a wide range of devices, such as smartphones and even electric cars. I recently used it on the Xiaomi 14 Ultra smartphone, where it didn’t really differ from its older MIUI interface over Android.
It’s reminiscent of Samsung’s Health app and contains enough data points to interest both the casual and the more experienced exerciser, but it’s not as comprehensive as more expensive health wearables. For example, the sleep tracking doesn’t include heart rate variability data. The battery has lasted for about 10 days on a single charge.
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