diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/miband/operations/UpdateFirmwareOperation.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/miband/operations/UpdateFirmwareOperation.java
index 5b733b3f..32185d83 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/miband/operations/UpdateFirmwareOperation.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/miband/operations/UpdateFirmwareOperation.java
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public class UpdateFirmwareOperation extends AbstractMiBandOperation {
             int firmwareProgress = 0;
 
             TransactionBuilder builder = performInitialized("send firmware packet");
-            if (prefs.getBoolean("mi_low_latency_fw_update", false)) {
+            if (prefs.getBoolean("mi_low_latency_fw_update", true)) {
                 getSupport().setLowLatency(builder);
             }
             for (int i = 0; i < packets; i++) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/miband_preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/miband_preferences.xml
index 041fc628..37e5d777 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/miband_preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/miband_preferences.xml
@@ -165,6 +165,6 @@
             android:key="mi_low_latency_fw_update"
             android:title="@string/pref_title_low_latency_fw_update"
             android:summary="@string/pref_summary_low_latency_fw_update"
-            android:defaultValue="false" />
+            android:defaultValue="true" />
     </PreferenceCategory>
 </PreferenceScreen>
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