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Hello everyone, and welcome back to our
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channel. In front of me, I have Xiaomi
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Watch S5. And today, I'm going to show
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you a few settings I recommend to change
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on this watch. So, let's get started.
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First thing I recommend to check and
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change is the screen brightness. By
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default, it's going to be automatic, so
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the watch will adjust the screen
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brightness automatically according to
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surrounding light. But, sometimes it's
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not that great. Sometimes it's a bit
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wonky. And I recommend to
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first set it manually, check it out. If
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you like it more, leave it at manual. If
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don't, then just re-enable the um
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automatic one. And to do it, we need to
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open the menu, tap on the settings icon,
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display and tap on it.
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And here we have brightness.
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Like I said before, by default, the auto
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will be enabled, and you can enable also
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the sunlight mode. And basically, it
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when you're in direct sunlight. But, I
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also recommend to turn off the
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brightness, tap on custom, and here you
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can adjust the brightness automatically.
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uh not automatically, manually, my bad.
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And one the benefit of adjusting the
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brightness manually is that it will stay
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at the specific level. It won't change.
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Uh so, if you like the brightness to be
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at the one level and keep it that way,
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you can set it manually and it will stay
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it that way. If you don't care and you
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just want to brighten the brightness to
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adjust automatically, enable the auto
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option and leave it at that.
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Okay. And since we're in the display
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settings, another thing I recommend to
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check is the screen timeout. By default,
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it will be on 5 seconds, and for me,
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it's a bit too short. Basically, the
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screen turns off almost immediately, and
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I don't like that. I usually use
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something like 10 seconds. Uh 20 seconds
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is a bit much, but also in the realm of
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normality, I would say. Uh anything
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above 20 it will be very long, and also
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it will use more battery life because
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the longer uh make the screen stay on
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for longer, which may which uses
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basically more battery. So, be aware of
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that. I recommend something like 10
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seconds. That's a nice sweet spot.
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also I recommend to check the sound
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volume settings. So, you can go to sound
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or sound and vibration, my bad. And here
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we have volume sliders. As you can see,
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we have one for media, one for alarm,
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and one for ring. The ring is grayed out
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because the silent mode is enabled. If
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you disable the silent mode, you will
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be normal now, and you can adjust the
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sound volume for the ring. So, for the
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some for the notifications, for calls,
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notifications for like
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um alarm and stuff like that. Is it for
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No, alarm has the different uh slider.
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So, I say something like call
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notification, normal notification, and
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stuff like this. Media is music, videos,
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And then we have the alarm. So, this is
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for the alarm clock. And you can adjust
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the volume separately and do do whatever
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you like. I recommend to check it and
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Okay. Another thing I recommend to check
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and change is the gestures.
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If you go to settings, to the bottom,
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and tap on gesture and preferences, here
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we have the quick gesture settings.
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Uh by default this is disabled, but you
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And this allows you to basically
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uh use your watch a bit differently. A
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Basically, it allows you to perform some
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gestures with your hand when you have
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your watch on your wrist
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uh to open stuff, start stuff, and stuff
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convenient, more versatile, basically.
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for example, we have this snap finger
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one. Uh you will need to strap your
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watch on your wrist, perform the
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couple of times for it to like recognize
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your gesture. And once you do that, you
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can basically set a function to it. Give
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me a second, I need to strap it on.
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So, here I have our our watch.
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And uh we have a snap finger. And
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basically, you need to do something like
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And you can assign the function for it.
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For example, we have open up. This
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allows you to open application with the
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with these gesture. We have control
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other devices. So, you can hook it hook
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it up to Xiaomi Home and control other
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devices with with your watch. You can
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select none, so it will it will be
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disabled. You have also quick action, so
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you can reject call and notification,
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ignore notification or call, take a
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Come on, go back. And we have start a
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workout, and you can basically start a
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workout automatically by performing
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gesture. I'm going to use open up, and
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for example, maybe let's open
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phone. Phone up. And now,
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if I do this, it should open the phone
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application. And it's quite nice. I
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recommend to check it out, set it up
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your way, and this will probably make
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your watch more versatile, more easy to
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use, more convenient to use. So, uh like
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I said before, just check it. I
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And the last thing I recommend to change
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is the schedule for your Do Not Disturb
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mode. By default, it will be disabled,
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but you can enable it. And I recommended
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especially if you prefer to sleep with
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your watch on your wrist. And basically,
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you can set up the schedule to turn on
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when you go to sleep and turn off when
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you uh wake up. And this is useful
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because you won't be disturbed during
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the sleep. It will basically mute all of
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the notifications for you, which is
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quite nice. And to do that, you need to
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open the menu, tap on settings, go to
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uh I believe sound and vibration, then
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And here you can enable the mode
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normally by tapping on the switch, but
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we just want to enable the custom
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And as you can see, we have
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repeat, start, and end. Repeat is uh
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basically how often the schedule or on
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which days it should work. And we have
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only once, daily, and custom. And custom
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specify specific days. So, let's say I
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want the Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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And then we have start time.
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So, you can set it on which time it
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should be turning on.
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And not which, on what time, my bad. And
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then we have end time.
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So, on what time it should be turning
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And here we have it. And now my schedule
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will work each Tuesday and Thursday
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on and will be starting at 10:30 p.m.
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and turning off at 8:30 a.m.
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And if you don't want
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don't want to use this schedule anymore,
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you can always disable the custom
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option, but I recommend to check it and
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