These Xiaomi Walkie Talkies Look Premium — But Wi-Fi Almost Broke Setup

what's up guys in this video we are checking out this xiaomi walkie-talkie 3 lite I think that's what it's called it's a voice version and then there are other versions with LCD screens and advanced stuff but this is voice only version and you need two I got two you don't necessarily need to buy two if you already have you and just want to add one but since I wanted to test it out so I ordered two of course it also works with media app so using that you can change its voice prompts and other settings and also update its software so let's open it up first of all look at its design I mean it feels polished although this type of paint job usually gets scratches very easily but it's a actually they did a good job of paint and designing it it it is not heavier yet it does not feel light in a way that it feels cheap you also have type A to type C cable and Chinese documentation for this product and let's bring out the other as well again same thing just two products now you have let's talk about the design itself it is fully rounded design there are no sharp edges so you can easily handle it without feeling tired it is light yet does not feel cheap it has that premium feeling weight to it this is its antenna on the top you have an indicator light and then you can change the frequency with this orange accent they have given the indicator which looks really nice the frequency ranges are 1 to 16 so you can adjust them and this is the speaker or mic mic and speaker probably on this side you have the type C sensitivity seal so I'm assuming it has some kind of water resistance not sure if they have mentioned it so I'm not going to make any claim about it and no they haven't actually mentioned any resistance so I'm not going to mention it either but it is sealed so some protection is there you have the volume up and down to increase the button solid buckle with its serial number written underneath it me logo here Xiaomi logo here and then you have the power button and this I'm assuming because it natural rest rest on this area it would be there when you want to talk to it talk to someone else so let's turn it on let's turn it all right so let's there is a actually special way to actually configure them together which I'm assuming will result in this encrypted communication but for this purpose in for this video I'm just not going to encrypt it so so I set it to 9 I'm going to go there and also set it to 9 okay and now I'm going to let's decrease the volume of this one a little bit the receiving one so so that there's less echo and now let's start hello nothing happened today align them well I did hello hello hello hello did it work no hello hello hello I think it is working let me go outside a bit so you have the this part and by the way the claimed range is 5 kilometers for these walkie talkies hello hello hello so you actually need to bring it closer if I do it like this hello nothing happens and the light also turns red when I think it is receiving see orange or red that means it is receiving receiving receiving now let's increase the volume then then it will result in echo this is the maximum volume that's not a good speaker right there was a lot of distortion hello there is this satisfying feel when you and let it go and then you have these frequencies that is there and you can of course buy a bunch of them and when you go to camping or other things and make it a combined stuff to talk to each other with men you have no coverage or just want to have fun and quickly talk to each other so let's see me home they keep seeing media but I don't think there is any media app right now there is just me home to avoid confusion let's turn off one and let's just try to pay one I am assuming I probably need to send the device in some kind of pairing mode let's try this one so our button and then this one the top button push button 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 so reset happened and usually this happens okay you can see show me walkie-talkie light and now it is also in Chinese because I did reset it to factory settings and all that's here with app and after that I will change it back to English so that's why connecting to app is very important because you need to change the language and I hope that it actually results in integration what's going on well Xiaomi does make these devices in a way that they all connect to their app but their integration and app detection is not always correct another thing I want to point out that when using me home app you need to set its origin or its server location to Chinese mainland if you're using Chinese versions which is this one is actually Chinese version because otherwise they will not connect so that is another thing okay let me do another reset so we have 1 2 3 4 5 so after giving some time on loading it now telling me to press down the volume down button for three seconds so let's volume plus one so volume increased for three seconds let's do that one two three and let's ask it to try again okay it progressed to next step that's good let's give it some time and after doing a lot of stuff like this and it is again back with an error I mean this is something I really hate about Xiaomi devices this kind of weird stuff making them work press this button press that button especially if it is in Chinese well let's try to figure it out translated and their documentation and it says press and hold the volume up key first then press and hold the call button for three seconds so I'm assuming they mean like up and call button this for three seconds one two three and they said this should trigger it in oh no this is the configuration mode is it I don't know let's try you know let's try now okay now I see two loaders and now it's telling me press and hold the volume up button for three seconds again same thing connecting and this is the step that failed last time I'm assuming it will fail again I keep having these troubles Xiaomi devices okay frequency padding Mi Home app and due to updates may differ slightly from I don't see anything here so there is a bunch of stuff again but neither is fine I can't find I mean they make it seem like it would be just seamless and it is not again volume up let's try without the Wi-Fi maybe my Wi-Fi or something is interfering with it one two three this time I'm trying it in with my Wi-Fi turned off oh it changed so guys it looks like my Wi-Fi was interfering with it so if I just turned off the Wi-Fi just worked without any issues that's so bizarre but I can think of a way I mean these these routers these days have ad blocking and whatnot and they may miscategorize certain traffic or something like that anyway let's go to language and change the language to English starting successful okay and then let's do the same with other and let's turn it on and let's try and let's turn the other one off press the volume up button for three second one two three nothing let's try again no I and we have the detection it is asking me to press up for three seconds connecting let's hope that it goes through fingers crossed it went through so turn off the Wi-Fi guys when you're trying to connect these and make sure you are setting them in mainland Chinese the server otherwise it will not work and now you have all of the both of these paired and you can connect these change their language you are they also have hands-free hands-free calling so if you don't want to press that push button but I would I wouldn't do that so you have everything here frequency transmit receive everything and you can also check and then there are firmware upgrades and you can connect only one at a time so if I do this the other will not connect so one at a time there is the software software should go here product and it is latest all right guys these were the Xiaomi walkie-talkie 3 light I think these are really cute looking well-made devices and five kilometer is no joke so in five kilometers cutting this kind of stuff I think it's totally worth it guys anyway let me know about your thoughts as well take care and bye