This Xiaomi fitness tracker doesn’t seem to work on black people

Jan24

by Sindy Cator on January 24, 2017 at 8:58 pm

If you’re one of the millions of people that declared 2017 as the year they’ll finally get off the couch — and haven’t abandoned that goal for some tasty ice cream and a Netflix binge — chances are you’re already familiar with fitness trackers. Most are terrible, of course, but with the vast majority of trackers costing a hundred dollars or more, Xiaomi’s Mi Band2, seems like a bargain for about $20 retail. And it is; unless you’re black. Black users across the web have complained that the device can’t pick up accurate heart rates with its sensor unless it’s placed…