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Forces you to sign up and give personal data away to Xiaomi, for things as simple as connecting to devices that are just Bluetooth. Then it makes you accept new term and conditions every couple of months and, of course, all your devices are gone after that. The Xiaomi products themselves are usually great (and great value) but being forced to go through the app detracts a lot from the experience.

Got the app to sync with the scale. It's laughably bad and inaccurate. For example, it estimates BMI and fat percentage, then uses *different values* to determine if I'm over it under weight. The scale itself is not particularly accurate, but it's the app that misinterprets the result. If this is the data Xiaomi is collecting, I feel pity for the data analysts who must sift through it.

Overall, it's good app, but there are still some things that remain exclusive. Data storage is currently only available through Xiaomi's cloud service, with no cloud storage options available on other services, such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and others, particularly for CCTV. Opening this feature would be great, as it would give users more flexibility in using the service. I will give 5 stars if this option is already open.