Chinese company Xiaomi sells the sixth generation of the popular fitness bracelet We Band. We also brought you a review on our sister website and you will find it at the following link. He now also receives the long-awaited payment support, thanks to contractual cooperation with Slovak banks.
Xiaomi Mi Band and payments in Slovakia
The latest model Xiaomi Mi Band 6 NFC, which also offers hardware support for contactless payments, will also support these payments in Slovakia. The information was confirmed by the company itself for the portal živote.sk.
"Xiaomi Slovakia is preparing to launch the Xiaomi Mi Band 6 NFC payment by the end of 2021." životní.sk, Xiaomi Slovakia.
Xiaomi Mi Band 6 NFC offers a compact design, 1,56 ″ AMOLED display, monitoring of sports activities, sleep, heart rate or blood oxygen and monitoring of the number of steps or calories. In addition, this bracelet is characterized by battery life of up to 14 days, magnetic charging and NFC support.
In the Czech Republic, payments already work via Mastercard or Curve
Contactless payments through a fitness bracelet are currently being launched in the neighboring Czech Republic. As the portal stated xm.cz, Mi Band 6 with function NFC it is currently possible to use our neighbors in a network of banks ČSOB, mBank and also through the service Corners.
In addition, the payment is exclusively by card Mastercard. Companies such as VISA and Maestro or others are not yet supported on the Czech market. If you want to use a different type of card or bank, you need to bypass this feature through the popular Curve service.
We do not yet have official information on possible supported types of cards and banks in Slovakia. However, we expect that all necessary information will be communicated and confirmed by Xiaomi Slovakia.
We are preparing a review and cooperation with a Slovak seller
However, we will test all available functions in detail in the editorial office. We will start cooperating with a renowned Slovak seller in the coming days, so you can look forward to NFC version test this popular fitness bracelet. A special price will be a matter of course only for our readers.
Do you like the announced support of contactless payments via the Xiaomi Mi Band 6 NFC fitness bracelet? Would you use this new function in Slovakia as well? You can safely write your observations and opinions below in the discussion below the article. Follow our group on Facebook: Xiaomi Planet - A place for real Xiaomi fans and also our portal Xiaomi Planet and you will learn more.
Have a nice day, please did you receive any new information from Xiaomi Slovakia regarding cooperation with Tatra banka?
Well thank you.
No, we have nothing new about this. Payment cards from Tatra work through the Curve service, as described in the review. https://chinaplanet.sk/recenzia-xiaomi-mi-band-6-nfc/