How to unlock a Xiaomi mobile with a smartwatch or smartband

unlock a Xiaomi mobile with a smartwach or smartband

Just as mobile phones have been spreading and today practically everyone has one, something similar is happening with watches or smart bracelets. That is why the manufacturer Xiaomi itself has tried to integrate both systems in the best possible way to facilitate the lives of users through an advanced security measure.

Xiaomi is always trying to give more possibilities to users and the unlocking systems that we already know in mobile phones, we must add one more. Not only can we use the pattern, PIN or face unlock, but we must add the unlocking function with our watch or bracelet with which we will save a lot of time to start using the smartphone or even to take a full photo. speed.

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Before starting the process, we must know that this mechanism only works with Xiaomi phones that have MIUI, which includes Redmi and Poco brand terminals. Therefore, if you have an Android One made by Xiaomi, you will not have this option and neither if you have another Android or iOS mobile, no matter how much your bracelet is compatible. To proceed to enjoy the security advantage, what we have to do is follow these steps that we explain to you.

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We enter the settings of our Xiaomi mobile and look for the option called Passwords and security. Once inside, we will find all the available security options in a series of large modules, where this mode of pairing through Bluetooth will also be present. To start it, it is essential that Bluetooth is activated, but it is not necessary that we have previously paired the watch with the smartphone.

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Once we enter the options in this section, we find an option that we must activate, called “Unlock device”. Where we can see a series of devices to which we have previously given permission, if it has been so, to eliminate them if necessary. In our case, as we have not used it yet, we have to start the search.

Little by little we will learn all the watches and bracelets compatible with this Xiaomi function and once ours appears, the one that should appear first if we have the bracelet very close to the mobile, choosing it. To confirm that this is our bracelet, the watch itself will ask for a confirmation.

In case we do not receive any questions, we have to cancel the process on the mobile and repeat it again in another area of the house, but with the watch and the mobile always close by. It is possible that due to some inference the process could not be completed, but this should not happen again in another area. It is something that we are only going to have to do the first time, then the mobile will always be able to recognize it without doing anything more than turning on the Bluetooth.

Unlock the mobile without doing anything else

You may be wondering what should I do now? The answer is very simple, nothing, just keep the watch relatively close to the mobile so that the Bluetooth range is sufficient to confirm that we are the ones who are going to use the smartphone. Therefore, when the lock screen appears on our Xiaomi mobile, we only have to slide our finger across the screen to unlock it and benefit from this advantage.

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We can do this as many times as we need without involving any complications. To identify if it is working, you just have to look at the upper right part of the icons on the screen, where we will see how an icon appears showing the face of a confirmed watch. Every time we use this method to access the smartphone, a message will appear on the screen telling us that it has been unlocked through a paired Bluetooth device.

What Xiaomi watches and bracelets serve us?

While the smartphone, as we have mentioned before, must have MIUI, the watch is also important to be able to carry out this function that allows you to unlock the Xiaomi mobile. The company has not confirmed a list of devices that allow us to benefit from this option, but through our tests we have been able to learn about the models that can benefit from this extra. We leave you with the list of all of them:

  • My Smart Band 6
  • My Smart Band 5
  • My Smart Band 4
  • Mi band 3
  • My Watch
  • My Watch Lite
  • Xiaomi TVs
  • Xiaomi Pad 5

Faults and problems

Although it is simple to use and does not have to present any problems, there are many situations in which failures or difficulties can occur. The first case is based on the distance between the bracelet and the mobile, if the Bluetooth connection is lost, it will be impossible to recognize it and therefore the mobile will not allow it to be unlocked . When we get closer, sometimes it is necessary to refresh the connection and then it can be enjoyed again.

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The Bluetooth connection has to coexist with interferences and many devices around it, so sometimes the problem can also appear even when we are close. They will be situations counted with the fingers of the hand, that is why for those situations the PIN or fingerprint reader system will continue to work among the rest of the options.

Among the doubts that arise to all those who start using this little sister, is the dreaded battery drain. Nobody wants their watch or bracelet to run out of battery early and luckily this tool will not affect you. The Bluetooth connection of the Mi Band is always in operation, either to send the information to Mi Fit or the rest of the Xiaomi system apps, as even if we do not have it linked. Therefore, being connected to the mobile phone will not entail a different expense, the effect may even be the opposite, as it does not always have to be in a continuous search for new devices.