{"id":442397,"date":"2026-02-24T04:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442397\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:53:07","slug":"xiaomi-announces-imminent-global-launch-of-new-wear-os-smartwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/442397\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi announces imminent global launch of new Wear OS smartwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">At the same time, it has teased that the international launch of the Watch 5 is on the horizon as well. For context, Xiaomi introduced the Watch 5 in December alongside the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Xiaomi-17-review-A-compact-Android-smartphone-heralding-a-new-era.1150243.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xiaomi 17<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Xiaomi-17-Ultra-review-Best-overall-package-in-the-smartphone-sector-meets-Leica-APO-zoom.1211793.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xiaomi 17 Ultra<\/a>. Currently, Xiaomi has included a single Watch 5 picture on its global event teaser page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Nonetheless, crucial details about the smartwatch are hidden in plain sight. Specifically, the Watch 5 is shown with Gemini, Google Maps, Google Wallet and the Google Play Store installed. Hence, the Watch 5 will rival the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Google-Pixel-Watch-4-earns-rare-smartwatch-repairability-score-from-iFixit.1135983.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pixel Watch 4<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Brighter-and-slimmer-Samsung-Galaxy-Watch8-LTE-smartwatch-review.1121005.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Galaxy Watch8<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Samsung-Bluetooth-Smartwatch-Coaching-Tracking\/dp\/B0F7QD4HSD\/?tag=nbcnewsnet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">(curr. $326 on Amazon)<\/a>\u00a0by adopting Wear OS rather than Xiaomi&#8217;s proprietary alternative. Based on recent leaks, the Watch 5 will reach the Eurozone for approximately \u20ac329 (~$390).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the same time, it has teased that the international launch of the Watch 5 is on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[268,786,269,262,267,261,270,266,263,129,1147,86,265,264,56,54,55,155088,3814,1148,16608,130574],"class_list":{"0":"post-442397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-benchmarks","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-graphics-card","11":"tag-laptop","12":"tag-netbook","13":"tag-notebook","14":"tag-processor","15":"tag-reports","16":"tag-review","17":"tag-reviews","18":"tag-smartwatch","19":"tag-technology","20":"tag-test","21":"tag-tests","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-unitedkingdom","25":"tag-watch-5","26":"tag-wear-os","27":"tag-wearable","28":"tag-xiaomi","29":"tag-xiaomi-watch-5"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}