Mi Electric Scooter Pro 2: Unboxing and initial setup

Tomas Lyngen

Published: 30 Jun 2021

Let's take a look what you get with the Mi Electric Scooter Pro 2

Mi Electric Scooter Pro 2 is the latest in the lineup of Xiaomi's Mi Scooters

It's a minor upgrade from the Mi Electric Scooter Pro, mostly just legal requirement adjustments (such as adding more reflectors and a license plate holder). It's also features improved rear mudguard support (been an issue that the mudguard breaks on previous models) and stronger front light

Compared to the non-Pro models, its a bigger overall upgrade

What's in the box

- eScooter
- Spare tire
- Spare rear tire tube
- Screws for handlebar
- Hex tool
- Charger
- Manuals

eScooter

In addition to the accessories, you'll find the eScooter itself. It comes pre-charged, but slight charging will still be needed to get it full and slight assembly is required

You'll also notice there's a lot of stickers, mostly related to legal warnings. These can be safely removed, after you're done reading them or you can leave them on, if you so prefer

They'll provide you crucial information, such as not to stand on the rear mudguard. This is important to notice, as some eScooters uses the rear mudguard as a break where you'd step on it. So people might assume it's the same with the Mi Electrical Scooter Pro 2, it's not

Assemble the handlebar

To make the bike fit it the box and keep the box size down, the handle bar is not connected to the steering rod. With the bike you'll get four screws and an hex tool, these are to assemble the handlebar. They've also added some lock tight to the screws, to prevent them from loosening. Which is something I had big issues with on the original Mi Scooter (M365), until I added lock tight myself

Two screws go on each side of the handle bar and it's such an easy job, even my kids managed to assemble it

Get the App and setup

The scooter can be combined with the Mi Home app, where you can check on travel distance, battery status, change settings for the bike (such as always on for rear light) and update firmware of the eScooter

The app is available from Apple's AppStore or Google's PlayStore. Just search for Mi Home, download and install. Afterwards you'll need to either create an account or logon with your existing account (if you've a Xiaomi phone, you might already have an account)

Once in the App, you can press the plus symbol to add a new device, then lookup the Mi Electric Scooter Pro 2 series and follow the instructions on screen to pair the scooter with the app

Firmware Update

After you open the app for the first time, you'll most likely get notified there's a new update available. If you want to install it now, press ok or cancel to do it later

If you press ok, you'll get to see the update log and asked to confirm if you want to update. It's important to keep both your phone and eScooter on, and in close proximity. When you press ok for a second time, the scooter will start to update, this can take a few minutes and there will be a progress bar on your phone and it will tell you once done

There will also come updates once in a while and you'll be notified when you open eScooter in the app, if there's any new available