Xiaomi Health app: full guide to features and settings

On smartphones Xiaomi under control MIUI Many of the company's apps are pre-installed, and one of them is Mi Health, which many users notice on their list of apps, but not everyone understands why they need it and how to use it. From basic functions to hidden capabilities.

If you own a Mi Band, Xiaomi Smart Scale or another fitness gadget from the brand, Health will be your central hub for monitoring activity. Even without additional devices, the app can collect data from smartphone sensors like a pedometer or heart rate. But how to set it up properly, what features are hidden in the menu, and can you get rid of it? The answers are below.

What is the Health App on Xiaomi and Why You Need It

Mi Health is a Xiaomi-branded app designed to collect, analyze and visualize data on physical activity, sleep, weight and other health parameters, and acts as a control center for all fitness devices in the Mi Ecosystem ecosystem, including:

• ⌚ Smartwatches (Mi Watch, Redmi Watch)

Without connected devices, the app still functions using the smartphone’s built-in sensors, such as reading steps through an accelerometer or analyzing sleep from phone usage, but only when synchronized with the Mi Band or other gadgets, the full functionality is revealed.

The main tasks of the annex are:

• 📊 Aggregate data from all Xiaomi devices in one place
• 🔄 Sync with Mi Account cloud to access history across devices
• 📈 Visualization of progress in the form of graphs and statistics
• 🔔 Notifications and reminders (e.g., inactivity or sleep time)

How to use the Health App: Basic Functions

The interface of the application is intuitive, but some functions are hidden from the first glance.

1. Home screen (Home page): This displays key metrics such as steps, calories, sleep, heart rate and weight (if connected to the appropriate devices).Click on any setting to see detailed statistics for the day, week or month.
2. Profile (I'm in the bottom menu): Here you can customize personal data (gender, age, height, weight) that affect calorie and other metrics, and here you can find the app settings.
3. Devices (Devices at the bottom menu): List of connected gadgets. From here you can add a new device or update the bracelet/watch firmware.
4. Community: A social function for competing with friends in steps or other activities (few use it, but do).

One of the most useful places is Reports (available through the graph icon at the top right of the home screen).

• 📅 Compare activity by week/month
• 🏆 Set goals (e.g. 10,000 steps per day)
• 📊 Export data to Google Fit or Apple Health (if necessary)

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If you have multiple Xiaomi devices (such as a smartphone) + bracelet + The data will automatically be combined into one profile, but sometimes manual synchronization is required – open the app and pull the screen down, as when updating the news feed.

How to connect Mi Band or other devices to an app

To start using all the functions of Health, you need to tie a fitness gadget to it. Let's take the example of the Mi Band 7:

If the bracelet is not defined:

1. Make sure it is charged (the indicator should flash when you press the button).
2. Reboot the Mi Band: connect it to charge and hold the button for 10-15 seconds.
3. In the Bluetooth settings of the smartphone, remove the bracelet from the list of associated devices and reconnect.
4. Update the Health app and bracelet firmware (if available).

For smart scales or other gadgets, the process is similar, but additional adjustments may be required (e.g., calibration for scales) and once connected, all data will automatically be transmitted to the app when synchronized.

⚠️ Note: If you use Mi Band on your iPhone, the Health app won't work, you need to install Mi Fitness (separate iOS software). Android only works Health».

Hidden features of the Health app that few people know about

In addition to the basic functionality, the application has several “chips” that can be useful:

Another useful option is automatic activity recognition, which if you turn it on in your bracelet settings, it will tell you when you're walking, running, cycling, or climbing stairs, and it will record that in statistics, which is not 100% accurate, but it's enough for general analysis.

Problems with the Health App and their Solutions

Like any software, Health sometimes doesn't work properly, and here are the most common problems and ways to fix them:

• 🔄 The bracelet doesn't sync: Check if Bluetooth is on and if the bracelet is next to your smartphone. Reboot both devices. If it doesn't work, remove the bracelet from the list of devices in the app and reconnect.
• 📉 No steps or sleep: Make sure the bracelet settings include appropriate options (Sleep Monitoring, Step Counting) and check if the bracelet is discharged (some functions are turned off when the charge is low).
• 🔕 App crashes or doesn't open: Clear the app cache in phone settings (Settings) → Annexes → Health → Memory. → Clear the cache. If it doesn't work, reinstall the app.
• 🌐 No Russian: Check the language settings in the application itself (Profile) → Settings → If there is no Russian, update the app to the latest version.

⚠️ Note: If after the update MIUI The Health app is gone, don't worry, it could have been moved to the Google or Tools folder, and it can also be found through an app search (swipe down the home screen and type in Health»).

If none of these methods worked, try resetting your bracelet settings (the instructions in the spoiler above) or contact Xiaomi via the official website.

Can I remove the Health app and what happens if I do it?

Because "Health" is a system application MIUI, You can't just remove it, but there are a few options:

1. Disable: Go to Settings → Annexes → Health → Disable. The app will disappear from the menu, but it will stay in the system.
2. Remove without root: Use ADB-command (requires a computer and enabled debugging on the USB): adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.mi.health Warning: This will remove the app only for your user, not from the system.
3. Remove with root rights: You can completely uninstall APK Root Explorer or Titanium Backup, but it’s risky – there may be errors in the work MIUI.

What happens if you remove or disable your health?

• ❌ Mi Band and other gadgets will cease to sync with the smartphone.
• ❌ Steps, sleep and pulse data will not be stored in the Mi Account cloud.
• ✅ A little space will be freed up in memory (the app weighs) ~50–100 MB).
• ✅ Notifications from the app will disappear (if they annoy you).

If you don't use Xiaomi fitness gadgets, disabling the app won't hurt, but if you have a Mi Band or scale, you'd better leave it, or you'll lose some of the functionality.

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The Health app cannot be removed by standard means, but it can be disabled or uninstalled via ADB. However, without it will not work fitness gadgets Xiaomi.

Alternatives to the Health app for Xiaomi

If you don't like the standard app, you can use third-party software to work with the Mi Band and other gadgets.

If you decide to switch to a third-party app, consider:

• 🔗 You will have to untie the gadget from the “Health” and tie it to the new software.
• 📥 Not all alternatives support cloud sync with Mi Account.
• ⚠️ Some features (such as the bracelet firmware update) may only be available in the official app.

For most Xiaomi users, the standard Health is still the best choice because of its full ecosystem compatibility, but if you want advanced settings (such as customizing notifications or alternative dials), it’s worth a try at Notify & Fitness.

FAQ: Frequent questions about the health app on Xiaomi