FAQs Functions and usage Redmi Watch 2 lite
1.Q:How to turn on, turn off and restart Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite has only one power button.
Turn on: In the off state, press and hold the power button for 3 seconds to power on the watch home page.
Turn off:
1、In the power on state, long press the power button for 3 seconds the watch will enter the page of reboot, shutdown and restore factory, choose shutdown.
2、In the power on state, click Settings->System Operation-> Shutdown on the watch.
Reboot:
1.In the power on state, press and hold the power button for 3 seconds, the watch will enter the page of restart, shutdown and restore factory, select restart.
2.Under the power on state, keep pressing and holding the power button for about 15 seconds, the watch will be forced to reboot.
3.In the power on state, click Settings-System Operation on the watch- Reboot.
2.Q:How does Redmi Watch 2 Lite last? How long does it take to fully charge?
A: Redmi Watch 2 Lite takes about 2 hours to fully charge. The battery life is 14 days or more in regular use, 20 days in light use, and 28 hours in pure sports mode.
The test usage scenarios are as follows.
Usage scenarios | scenarios | Duration |
Regular use | Enable 30 minutes continuous heart rate monitoring Enable sleep detection, stress detection Enable pedometer, wrist lift screen Sports mode: twice outdoor sports per week, 30 minutes each time Message notification: 100 times per day, regular messages Alarm notification: twice per day Data synchronization: 1 time per day |
14 days |
Occasional use | Turn off 24-hour continuous monitoring, sleep detection, and pressure detection. Turn on pedometer, wrist-up sports mode: No sports turn off 24-hour continuous monitoring, sleep detection, pressure detection, and pressure detection. Turn on pedometer, wrist up screen Sports mode: No sports Message notification: 100 times per day, regular message incoming call notification, alarm notification: 2 times per day, incoming call notification Check watch: 20 times per day Data synchronization: 1 time per day |
20 days |
Only sports mode | Turn on GPS and Yea rate monitoring throughout the exercise; pedometer and wrist lift to light up the screen: on | 28 hours |
3.Q:What is the battery capacity of Redmi Watch 2 Lite? How to charge it?
A: Redmi Watch 2 Lite has a battery capacity of 262mAh and comes standard with a magnetic USB dedicated charging dock and a 50cm power cable.
Charging method is as follows.
1. Place the watch on the charging stand so that the charging contacts on the back of the watch fit perfectly with the metal contacts on the charging stand.
2. Connect the other end of the charging cradle to the USB-A charger (output voltage is 5V, output current ≥ 0.5A).
When the watch power is below 10%, it will prompt to connect to the charger for charging; during charging, there will be charging prompt.
Notes:
1、 If the watch cannot be turned on after a long time, it needs to be pre-charged for about 1 minute before the charging icon is displayed when it is used again.
2、 Please wipe the charging contact piece of the watch clean before charging to avoid sweat or moisture residue.
4.Q:What are the regular operations of Redmi Watch 2 Lite? What are the functions of the buttons?
A: The screen operations are as follows.
1) Swipe down from the top edge on the dial home page: opens the message notification.
2) Swipe up from the bottom edge on the dial home page: open the control panel.
3) Swipe left and right on the dial home page: switch direct access cards.
4) swipe right from the left edge on other pages: return to previous level.
B: The key functions are as follows.
1) Long press for 3 seconds to power on/off.
2) long press for 15 seconds to force restart the device.
3) Tap to enter the application list (on the dial home page).
4) Tap to pause/continue movement (during movement).
5.Q:How does Redmi Watch 2 Lite measure and view heart rate?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite uses photoelectric volume tracing technology to detect heart rate, display heart rate values, and plot continuous heart rate fluctuation curves when continuous heart rate detection is enabled. Redmi Watch 2 Lite enables continuous heart rate monitoring every 30 minutes by default, and can be set to 5 minutes/10 minutes/30 minutes/second by itself.
The heart rate view mode is as follows.
1) The watch is on continuous heart rate monitoring, enter the watch application list, open the heart rate application or slide left and right on the main page of the watch to enter the heart rate card module, at this time the heart rate is real-time display state, enter to view, some dials can display heart rate and other data in real time.
2)With continuous heart rate monitoring turned off, open the heart rate app or slide left or right on the main page of the watch to enter the heart rate card, you need to click single measurement, and you can choose to exit or re-measure after the measurement is finished.
Drag down the heart rate function page to view the heart rate interval, average heart rate, resting heart rate, highest/lowest heart rate. When checking heart rate, please make sure the front of the watch is up and the heart rate detection area fits on your wrist, it is better to lightly press the watch face to increase the fit with your wrist.
6.Q:How does Redmi Watch 2 Lite detect a single blood oxygen measurement?
A: Enter the blood oxygen saturation detection application, click start measurement, when the measurement appears the first value, it will enter the calibration process calibration 15 seconds. The device supports 70%~100% blood oxygen detection, blood oxygen saturation is divided into 4 levels, 90~100%, 80%~89%, 70%~79%, < 70%.
Blood oxygen history measurement values, can be viewed in the APP.
7.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support sleep monitoring?
A:The sleep monitoring function is supported by default (no switch item is provided), and after wearing the watch to sleep, it can monitor the time of falling asleep, the time of waking up, and the duration of sleep. At the same time, a high-precision monitoring setting item is provided on the APP side, which can track the distribution of rapid eye movement period of sleep after opening (open in Mi Fitness APP-Profile-Device-More Settings-Health Monitoring-Sleep Settings)
Sleep data type: Sleep data type includes sleep duration and sleep quality evaluation
Sleep data viewing methods.
1、 Sliding left and right on the dial home page to the Sleep Direct card, you can view the sleep score, and sleep quality.
2、 Open the sleep application in the application list, you can view the day's sleep data.
8.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support nap monitoring/all-day sleep monitoring?
A: Support.
Long sleep: ≥ 3 hours of sleep.
Sporadic naps: 15 minutes ≤ sleep duration < 3 hours.
Time period supported for detecting long sleep and sporadic naps: 24 hours throughout the day.
9.Q:How to check the weather information in Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A: When the watch is connected to the mobile phone, the way to view is as follows.
1、Click the knob under the home screen, select the weather application in the application list to view, and slide up and down to get the local temperature, weather, AQI pollution, wind level, UV intensity, relative humidity and other information as well as the weather forecast for the coming week.
2、Slide the screen from left to right in the dial home page to enter the weather direct card, you can only see the local temperature and weather information, you can't slide up and down to see more information.
Notes:
1、If the watch is not connected to the phone, the weather shows the information synchronized when the phone was last connected.
2. If you hide the "Weather" direct access card in Mi Fitness App, you can't view the weather on the watch through the direct access card.
3. The weather information displayed on the watch is obtained from the service provider by the Mi Fitness App and pushed to the watch, so if it is different from the weather service provider used by the cell phone system, the results displayed may be slightly different.
10.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support pressure monitoring?
A: Support. Pressure monitoring is turned off by default and needs to be turned on in [APP- Profile - More Settings - Health Monitoring].
After wearing the watch for 30 minutes, the watch will display the current pressure value according to the current heart rate status of the individual combined with other sensor parameters through the algorithm, and continuously monitor the change of pressure value throughout the day.
Stress: Stress here refers specifically to mental stress and does not include physical stress due to high intensity exercise. The principle of stress detection is to use the heart rate variability to assess the current stress intensity, the current heart rate variability data and the individual is in sleep, relaxation heart rate variability for comparison, combined with personal physical activity tracking to assist in the judgment, when in low intensity physical activity, if the heart rate variability is significantly weaker, it means that currently under high intensity mental stress.
View by.
1. Open the pressure app in the application list to view the pressure single day trend data, including average pressure, maximum pressure, minimum pressure, pressure level, and percentage.
2. You can view the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly stress curves, maximum, minimum and average stress information in the data section of Mi Fitness App, and do some stress reduction activities to relieve stress through the stress data as appropriate.
Introduction of pressure values:
pressure score | Pressure level |
81~100 | Heavy |
51~80 | Moderate |
26~50 | Mild |
0~25 | Relax |
Notes:
1) The accuracy of the pressure data assessment will be affected when strenuous exercise or moderate to high intensity activities are frequent.
2) The watch is not a medical device, and the test results and recommendations are for reference only.
11.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support energy monitoring?
A:No, it doesn’t support.
12.Q:How to customize the card function in Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite supports quick card function, in the main page of the watch, slide left and right to switch application cards, the dial page right slide defaults to activity statistics (the leftmost page in the picture below) and cannot be changed, currently the supported application card modules are: dial, heart rate, weather, pressure, sports, paypal, music, activity statistics, blood oxygen, sleep, card pack.
Setting method: Mi Fitness APP>Profile>Other Settings->Direct Card Management>Adjust the order by dragging up and down on the right side of the app list, and the unwanted apps can be hidden by dragging and dropping them to the bottom.
Note: Dial and activity statistics cannot be hidden and the order cannot be adjusted.
13.Q:How to switch and delete the dials on Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A: Redmi Watch 2 Lite supports replacing dials, the replacement methods are as follows:
1) To replace it on the watch, select Dial Replacement in Watch Settings->Dial Replacement, or long press the dial on the home screen to enter the dial selection page, and slide left and right to switch to select the dial. The dials that come with the system and the dials that have been downloaded and replaced before will be displayed on the dial selection page.
2) To replace the dials in the Mi Fitness App, open the Mi Fitness App -> Profile -> My Dials and click the dials you want to replace, and wait for the installation to finish.
Note: Due to the large memory consumption of dials, in order to ensure the operation rate of the watch system, if you add too many dials, you will not be able to add new dials, and there will be a prompt of insufficient memory when downloading.
Deletion method.
1) Open Mi Fitness APP->Profile->My Dials.
2) Select the dials you want to delete and click Delete.
14.Q:Does it support to customize the dial background of Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite supports customizing the dial background, and this function needs to be realized through the album dial.
Setting method:
1. Open Mi Fitness App, connect and sync the device correctly;
2. On the home page of Mi Fitness App, click the dial card to enter the dial management page;
3. Select the dial market, find the album dial and set it according to the process.
15.Q:How to turn on Redmi Watch 2 Lite sports mode?
A:1、Tap the sports application and sports direct card (need to add in APP) to enter the sports page, then select the sports you want to start and tap GO to start the sports.
2、After the sport starts, the sport data is displayed on the screen.
3、During the exercise, click the power button to pause the exercise, and then choose to end or continue the exercise.
Note: If the exercise time or distance is too short, the end of the exercise will prompt "The exercise activity is too small, no data will be recorded".
16.Q: Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max)?
A:No, it doesn’t support.
17.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support Find My Phone/Find My Watch function?
A: Redmi Watch 2 Lite supports find phone function, but the mobile phone does not support find watch function. If you can't find your phone in the Bluetooth connection between your phone and the watch, you can use the find phone function of the watch.
The operation is as follows.
1. Tap the Find Phone icon in the application list, and the phone will ring.
Click the Find Phone page again to end the search status.
Note: If the Bluetooth is not connected, the Find Phone function is not available.
18.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support compass function?
A:Support, open the compass in the application list, turn the watch according to the watch screen prompt, and you can use the compass to locate after the calibration is completed.
19.Q:What are the Redmi Watch 2 Lite sports modes?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite's regular sports modes currently include outdoor running, indoor running, indoor cycling, outdoor cycling, walking, hiking, climbing, cross-country, free training, hiking, triathlon, pool swimming, open water swimming, indoor cycling, elliptical, rowing machine, jump rope, high intensity intervals, yoga, and badminton. In addition, it supports 100 extended sports, which can be added directly on the device.
20.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support viewing altitude and air pressure?
A:No, it doesn’t support.
21.Q:How to set an alarm on Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite supports alarm clock function, alarm clock reminder in the form of vibration, support setting multiple alarms and repeat alarms.
Method 1: Go to the alarm clock app in the app list to create a new alarm, and when setting the time, if you do not select the repeat date, it is a single alarm; if you select the repeat date, it is a repeat alarm.
22.Q:How to set and use the Redmi Watch 2 Lite Do Not Disturb mode?
A: When Do Not Disturb mode is on, for example, incoming calls and application notifications do not vibrate to remind; however, system prompts, such as low battery, alarms, etc. will still vibrate to remind.
Setting method:
1. Slide the main page of the watch into the control panel, click the Do Not Disturb icon to turn on/off.
2. Settings->Do Not Disturb mode.
23.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support heart rate over limit alert?
A: Yes, it supports. After setting the heart rate over limit reminder, the watch will send out a heart rate over limit reminder if the heart rate is detected to be above 95% of the maximum heart rate and lasts for more than three minutes.
Setting method: Mi Fitness App-Profile-Device-More Settings-Health Monitoring-Heart Rate Settings, enter "Settings", click "Heart Rate Settings", and turn on "Heart Rate Over Alert " Click on "Heart Rate Settings" and turn on "High Heart Rate Alert".
24.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support APP notification alerts?
A: Support, the watch and the phone stay connected, and after you open the app notification on the Mi Fitness App, you can view the message notification on the phone on the watch, the message notification is displayed in a list, does not support collapse, and does not support reply.
To view message notifications.
1、Slip down the watch dial home page and open the message panel to view the message notification; or enter the message app in the app list to view it.
2、After clicking the message to view details, the message list will no longer show the message.
Delete the message notification:
Click the Clear button at the bottom of the message panel or the message list to clear all messages.
Notes.
1、 Messages that have not been read for more than 7 days will be automatically cleared.
2、 Only the text content of the message is displayed, other formats cannot be displayed.
25.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support incoming call alert?
A:Support, when the watch and phone are connected, the watch will vibrate to remind when there is an incoming call on the phone and display the number or name of the caller. How to turn on: Mi Fitness APP->Profile->Device Management->Caller Alert. You can click the red phone icon on the watch screen to reject the call; click Ring Mute to mute the phone call.
Note: 1. The caller ID name is consistent with that on the phone; unfamiliar callers show the caller number; incoming calls from phone contacts show the name deposited in the address book. (Need to get cell phone contacts permission)
2. If the Do Not Disturb mode is turned on and within the Do Not Disturb period, you will not receive an incoming call alert.
26.Q:What data can Redmi Watch 2 Lite view during exercise?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite presents the most critical exercise data for each exercise mode, taking outdoor running as an example.
Displaying data such as time, heart rate, mileage, pace, calories, pace frequency, stride length, and total steps while running outdoors.
* The type of data displayed during exercise differs for different exercise modes.
27.Q:What are the ways to turn off the screen of Redmi Watch 2 Lite? How do I set it up?
A: 1. By default, if there is no operation within 5 seconds, the screen will go off automatically. You can modify the screen off time in the " Settings"-"Screen off setting" of the watch.
2、The watch supports cover screen off, after opening, cover and touch the dial with your palm, when the area reaches 1/2, the dial will go off directly from bright screen to off screen, setting method: open the watch settings -> screen off settings -> cover screen off -> open or close.
2、 Turn your wrist to turn off the screen, reverse the wrist watch to turn off the screen.
28.Q:How to set Redmi Watch 2 Lite to light up with a raised wrist?
A:Setting method.
1. Mi Fitness APP>Profile>Other Settings>Wrist Raising Screen>All Day On/Timed On/Off, you can also set the response speed.
2. Slide into the control panel on the main page of the watch, and click on the wrist-raising screen to turn on/off.
29.Q:How to adjust the brightness of the dial on Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A:Go to [Settings] - [Brightness Adjustment] from the shortcut panel or application list to adjust the brightness manually. Brightness adjustment is divided into 5 levels, from 1 to 5 in increasing order of brightness.
30.Q:Does it support to add multiple countries to Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A:No, it doesn’t support.
31.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support phone function?
A:Redmi Watch 2 Lite does not support phone function and cannot make calls on the watch. When the watch is connected to the phone, it only supports hanging up the phone on the watch when the phone calls.
32.Q:What types of alerts are included in Redmi Watch 2 Lite notification alerts?
A:Activity reminder, low battery reminder, activity target reminder, heart rate over limit reminder, message reminder, upgrade reminder, etc.
33.Q:How does the message reading alert on Redmi Watch 2 Lite look like?
A:The messages in the message list can be previewed, and the messages are considered read when you click on them; when you get back to the message list, the read messages will be cleared from the message list.
34.Q:How to set Redmi Watch 2 Lite activity reminder (sedentary reminder)?
A:After turning on the activity reminder, if there is no activity in two hours, the watch will vibrate to remind to get up and exercise
How to turn on: Watch setting->Activity reminder->Turn on. You can also set the activity reminder time period, and you can set the start time and end time. If you don't want to be disturbed during lunch break, you can turn on the option of no reminder during lunch break, and the time period of no reminder during lunch break is 12:00-14:00.
35.Q:What is the alert logic of Redmi Watch 2 Lite activity alert (sedentary alert)?
A: Reminders will be sent every hour when the activity reminder conditions are met.
Reminder conditions: no more than 100 steps per hour, or less than 2 minutes of moderate to high intensity activity.
36.Q:Does Redmi Watch 2 Lite support off-wrist lock (off-wrist passcode) feature?
A:Support, after turning on this function, the watch will start the password lock screen when it detects that it is not worn to ensure the security of information, the password is a 4-digit number of 0-9 combination.
Open the way: watch>settings>password>open password>enter password.
37.Q:Does the Redmi Watch 2 Lite support Bluetooth to unlock the phone?
A:The watch supports the function of unlocking the phone, this function currently only supports Xiaomi phones with system version MIUI 12.
In the state of Bluetooth connection between phone and watch, watch unlock is a one-to-one binding between watch and cell phone, and the watch can be used as identity ID within a safe distance instead of entering unlock password or pattern, which greatly improves the convenience of operation while ensuring security.
Setting method.
1. Mi Fitness APP -> Home -> Unlock Mobile Phone -> Set the phone unlock password.
2、After the lock screen password is set, confirm the unlocking on the watch to bind successfully, and you can choose the unlocking distance (close, moderate, slightly far).
Unbinding: you need to turn off the Bluetooth device unlock function in the phone system settings, take Xiaomi phone as an example: Settings > Password, Privacy and Security > Bluetooth Device Unlock > Lock Screen Password Unlock > Close.
Note: At present, the unlock phone function needs to be used with MIUI12 and above Xiaomi phones, so if the model and system do not match, the APP will not show the [unlock phone] function entrance.
38.Q:What should I do if I forget Profile off-wrist password on Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
A:If the off-wrist password is forgotten, you can follow the following methods to deal with it.
1、 In the watch lock state, call out the restart and shutdown setting interface by long pressing the power button for 3s, the interface again long pressing the power button for 5s to display the restore factory settings item.
2、 After selecting restore factory, you can clear the off-wrist password, rebind the device and continue to use it.
39.Q:Can the sports added after the sports list be displayed in front of the sports list?
A:The order of the motion list cannot be edited on the watch, it can be operated on the APP.
40.Q:What is the maximum number of sports that can be added to the sports list?
A:Up to 30 sports can be added to the sports list. To add new sports, you need to remove some of the original sports.
41.Q:Where are the sports added after the sports list displayed?
A:The later added sports are displayed at the bottom of the sports list.
42.Q:Are there any differences between the 100 sports and the regular sports?
A:
1) The 100 sports movement process is identical to the original free training sports.
(2) Sports report snow and ice sports and leisure sports main data is time; other categories of sports and free activities are exactly the same.
43.Q:Will sports that have been added to the sports list still show up in the hidden list?
A:
(1) Sports that have been added to the "Sports List" are not shown in the hidden list.
(2) Only sports that have not been added to the Sports List are shown in the hidden list.
(3) One sport matches one category.