Xiaomi surprises with a perfect accessory to resume sport before summer

You know Xiaomi. Its immense catalog obviously includes smartphones – its core business – which we have also tested the most recent models, such as Xiaomi 15 And 15 Ultra. It includes connected objects for the house (including the recent series ofG20 vacuum cleaners) and connected bracelets intended to help you keep in shape. It is as an extension of these last devices that an accessory certainly unexpected, but perfect for a spring formation operation: its intelligent jump rope (Smart Jump Rope in English).

The device is not new in itself, many more or less obscure brands offering objects of the same kind. It is therefore a jump rope … to which you do not have to fix a rope, each handle being extended by small swinging balls, that is to say weights allowing to simulate the use of a rope. If it seems strange to you, cardio lovers indoors will immediately see an interest in it: this allows you to hop at home without having to move the furniture from the living room. The device can obviously be supplemented by a real rope (with adjustable length), which will require a little more technique for use.

A Connected Accessory (MI) Fitness

What interest in a “intelligent” model? First, one of the handles reveals a LED system displaying the number of repetitions, the duration of the training or the amount of calories burned without having to take out your smartphone. To do this, the handles include three games of hall effect sensors to calculate repetitions, and associated with counting algorithms developed by Xiaomi. And above all, the smart jump rope has Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, which allows it to be associated with the MI Fitness application (already for work for the brand's watches and bracelets of the brand) in order to repatriate its training analyzes. The experience is obviously even more interesting if a watch monitoring the heart rate is used in addition to the jump rope. Note that if the smartphone is not at hand, the rope is capable of storing off-line sports information (up to 90 sessions).

Xiaomi's smart jump rope is provided with a USB-C load port supplying a 200 mAh battle. The manufacturer announces up to 20 days of use at the rate of 30 minutes of daily use. Count, for this device, one of the main advantages of which is due to what is part of an efficient Xiaomi product ecosystem, € 29.99, a price similar to that of competing devices.