Xiaomi's Mi Band 4 debuted last year but it's only now that Xiaomi is launching the NFC-enabled version outside of China. It's not a proper global launch, but two more European countries - Belarus and Ukraine are following Russia, which got it in June.
Xiaomi has collaborated with Mastercard to
enable contactless payments using the NFC chip so a number of Belarusian and
Ukrainian banks now offer the service. You still have to be a Mastercard
holder, though.
There's no word on when and if the Mi Band
4 NFC will make it outside those countries but the Mastercard partnership
clearly points towards a broader European launch. Hopefully the Mi Band 5 NFC
will also be a part of that, instead of leaving its predecessor to take all the
glory.
