Price: $149.99 - $119.99
(as of Jun 30, 2024 04:54:16 UTC – Details)
A smartwatch with understated elegance for the…
Customers say
Customers like the appearance, quality and battery life of the wearable computer. For example, they mention it has a gorgeous display, good graphics and that it saves a lot on battery. That said, opinions are mixed on value, performance, ease of use, heart rate tracking, and notifications.
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Cyrus L. –
At First Disappointed, But Then Pleasantly Amazed!
Please take note: This review ultimately ends with a positive impression and I would easily recommend this as a purchase. This review covers my experience with the first watch I ordered, and then the subsequent replacement.
FIRST TRY: Wow. What a disappointment. Just received mine in the mail yesterday. Opened it, charged it, synced it to the app and tried it on.
So far the most basic features are accurate. Time, weather, Bluetooth calls and messages, notifications. Even the compass and barometer work. Connecting through Bluetooth was fairly seamless. I’m not sure the step counter is all that accurate. It seems… sluggish, to say the least.
The biggest problem with this watch is the one that will matter to most anyone who buys it. The sensor/s. Either they aren’t strong enough, or they don’t work well enough to be accurate. This watch only has one visible sensor that is presumably supposed to perform all the functions that this watch claims to have.
I happen to have an Amazfit GTS 2e, and a Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 3 GPS. Both watches have a total of five sensors, and reliably track heart rate, breathing and other stats. This GTR 3 Pro is still fairly new, and should perform better than it does, but so far… it’s not great.
I’ve only been able to get the sensor to work in one of two ways. One is by wearing it with the sensor directly over the underside of my wrist, where you take your pulse. The other is by pressing my finger over the sensor, which clearly is not ideal.
The other oddity is that while the watch’s weather app works perfectly, AND accurately detects your location, the GPS refuses to work when starting a workout like a simple walk.
There’s a ton of apps on the watch, and even more available through the Zepp App. But so far, the only fitness feature that works smoothly is the pedometer. It shouldn’t be this difficult to get a device to work.
I’ve had a mostly good experience with my Amazfit GTS 2e, so I thought this newer watch would be better by leaps and bounds. So far, the only thing that is better is the design, and the gorgeous display. That’s a shame, because right now there are $30 smartwatches on Amazon that perform just as well, or better than this one.
Reading through the reviews for Amazfit devices doesn’t inspire much confidence. Although many of the devices have four and a half stars, that’s usually based on a small number of reviews, and it’s usually just over half that give those high marks. A little less than half usually express disappointment for the same issues. Poor performance and accuracy for the one thing these watches are supposed to do. Track health & fitness.
I’m going to keep testing this thing for a week. Maybe the watch will perform better once broken in a bit. As of now, I couldn’t recommend this watch to anyone. This watch used to be over $200. Now it’s a little over $100. Maybe the poor functionality is why.
First Update: I’ve now used this thing for four days. The GPS finally worked on a six mile walk. Unfortunately, because the sensor was not detecting any heart rate, the only data I got from that walk was steps counted, distance, and the speed at which I was walking. I couldn’ even get a PAI score because of heart rate tracking being absent.
I had to shave a small area of baby fine hairs on my wrist, and reboot the watch before it finally began reading heart rate, and I’m not even sure it was accurate. My Ticwatch usually shows my resting heart rate hovering around 96 BPM. The GTR 3 showed a resting rate of roughly 76 BPM.
Even so, tracking of my vitals only lasted for about two hours, and then stopped for no reason. It didn’t come back for an entire day, until I restarted the watch once more. I’ve never had these issues with my Ticwatch, but my Amazfit GTS 2e has been tricky like this. This doesn’t speak well for the Amazfit brand.
On the positive side, even after four days with all tracking and features turned on, I still have 54% of battery left. Flicking my wrist brings the screen to life with ease. The touch screen can be sluggish or clunky sometimes. I’ll do one last update before deciding whether I’ll return this thing.
Final Update : It dawned on me that I may have just gotten a defective unit. I returned it and received a replacement in three days. Now, everything works perfectly, and then some. The battery life alone is quite extraordinary. Six days straight with all features turned on before I needed to recharge. All tracking feels accurate. Syncing was smooth and without any glitches. Alexa works perfectly.
Considering that even premium WearOS smartwatches have had Google Assistant pulled from them, Amazfit and Apple watches are the only option outside of WearOS that offer a useful Assistant app. The display, the battery life, and even the app support on Amazfit devices is better than what WearOS is offering. In my mind, Amazfit is the only true alternative to an Apple Watch.
Rebecca –
Excellent smartwatch
I’ve had this watch about a month and a half. Excellent. I had a fitbit inspire 2, for several years. The watch is hard plastic and in changing out the bands, a piece broke off, rendering it un-usable. I thought it was a good time to upgrade to more of a smartwatch and looked at Galaxy watches, etc., but those price tags were too much, plus their battery last was give or take 1 day. Given the fact that Fitbit was bought by Google and they plan to phase those out, I didn’t want to I also didn’t want a cheap watch that I was going to have to replace every couple of years. I wanted a metal watch (to avoid the issue with a piece breaking off), I wanted it to have the fitness capability, and I preferred it to have the phone connections. I spent a lot of time looking and googling for reviews. This one is great. The battery lasts a long time, not quite 2 weeks, and I have several apps enabled. I have let it get down almost to zero so I could see how long I could get off one charge, and even with low battery (leas than 10%), it still lasts all day while I’m work, etc. It also charges quickly.
I have used it answer the phone and reply to texts (I have an android). I enabled notifications as well as several of the fitness apps. I’ve used the Breathe app at night before bed. Sleeps seems to track well. I didn’t realize it had features like a compass and a barometer. It reminds me to get up and walk, etc.
I like that it is round vs square. It is a large face, but I have large large wrists and hands and it fits well. I got several compliments at work. I highly recommend this watch.
IR –
Very decent smartwatch
After usage during a month:
1. Battery life is very good, 10-11 days with everyday 1 hour workout, sometimes with GPS, without minimal “always on” display, “wrist on” for 10 secs is a reality, 3-4 days with AOD. GPS eats ~3%/hour. Local music takes about 15% per hour through speakers, a bit less through Bluetooth. That’s more than enough.
2. Overall look is nice. The display is perfect. There are thousands of faces available. Though neither one, probably, absolutely fits your needs, easy-to-use software exists to add small improvements.
3. Base bridge application, Zepp, is acceptable.
4. Amazfit OS itself is much weaker than Android or even Wear OS or Apple’s one from flagman producers. You have practically no way to install applications. Proprietary application store contains nothing useful. However, based on powerful OSs watches work for just a day (and a half, maybe) and this negates almost all their advantages.
5. Accuracy of heart rate measurements is very personal and depending on different conditions. I would say the same for other smartwatches. Accuracy of GPS location at outdoor runs is ±10m.
6. If configurated properly, the watch gets notifications and allows answering phone calls when the phone is nearby.
7. Water resistance is quite consistent with the description so far.
8. There is blood pressure sensor, but it looks that BP measurements are available only in China so far.
D. W. –
This is my 5th Amazfit watch, and the best. I love its features. Great battery life. Easy to navigate. Definitely recommend.
Excelente reloj y llego antes de lo pensado –
Por el tiempo y la calidad
Patricia Jimenez –
Me encantó el diseño, la textura de las correas y es funcional para lo que lo necesito, satisfecha con la compra realizada.
Miguel A. –
Lo tengo usando desde hace un par de semanas y es fantastico
Lo compre para dos cosas, notificaciones de whatsapp, teams, outlook, ya que no siempre tengo el telefono a la mano y dos para medicion de actividades y entrenamiento, es totalmente genial en estos sentidos
Ademas con la configuracion de la caratula le da un estilo magnifico
Lo recomiendo totalmente
David –
This watch is awesome. It does everything I need it to do. Comfortable fit, easy to read. I downloaded another watch face. I think it cost me $1.99,… no big deal. It’s a great fit for an Android system. It seems that many of the complaints about one thing or another are from owners of an I phone. The battery lasts a long time between charges. I think if the display was constantly on the time between charges would be reduced.
So far so good. I found the watch strap comfortable, but I must confess I ordered a different strap without a buckle.
I highly recommend this watch!