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When mentioning Amazfit (Huami), many friends will think of the sports watches and health bands under this brand. Recently, Amazfit launched the new “Amazfit Smartwatch”, replacing the familiar keyword “sports” with “smart”, which allows us to accurately determine the positioning of the new product.
In simple terms, in addition to common health functions such as step counting and heart rate monitoring found in sports watches, the Amazfit Smartwatch also introduces richer selling points such as NFC, GPS positioning, smart home control, Xiao Ai, making calls, and playing music, solving more problems in life with just a wrist raise.
Don’t believe it? Let’s continue to see.
Fashionable Appearance Design
The Amazfit Smartwatch is available in three colors: Horizon Gray, Moonlight White, and Twilight Blue. The model CFan received is “Moonlight White”, which visually feels between gray and white, making it a color that is both aesthetically pleasing and resistant to dirt, looking great on both men and women.
The Amazfit Smartwatch features a 1.3-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 360×360 pixels, meeting the “retina” standard we often mention, appearing very delicate and without the backlight leakage defects present in traditional LCD screens, while also being more power-efficient.
The advantage of a high-resolution screen is that it can display more information simultaneously, with no jagged edges in the text, making it very pleasant to read WeChat messages and display other content. In addition, Amazfit has collaborated with the renowned design studio Territory Studio to design three custom watch faces, which look very unique. The official also stated that the Amazfit Smartwatch will open the custom watch face function in future updates, which is great news for those who pursue individuality.
The screen glass of the Amazfit Smartwatch is made of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and features an anti-fingerprint coating. It is important to note that this glass is surrounded by a fiberglass reinforced polycarbonate body, with about a 0.5mm recess, making the screen surface lower than the bezel. The benefits of this design are obvious; when the watch screen faces down and rubs against the table, there is no need to worry about the screen glass getting scratched.
This smartwatch features four red decorative stripes embedded at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 o’clock positions on the bezel, and the Home button on the right side is painted the same color, adding a touch of liveliness to its minimalist appearance. Unfortunately, these reds are just ordinary colors; if the Amazfit Smartwatch could replace them with reflective fluorescent coatings, it might look even more interesting under light at night.
The Amazfit Smartwatch is equipped with MIC and speaker holes on both sides, while the back features a new generation of high-precision optical sensors embedded in the middle black mirror decoration, along with four metal contacts for charging, which need to be combined with the charging dock included in the package to recharge.
The Amazfit Smartwatch uses Cleaning strap manufacturing technology, utilizing silicone molecular phase control technology, making it soft, dry, and resistant to dirt, solving the problems of ordinary straps being prone to dirt, fading, and sticky feelings. Of course, this strap is also easily detachable, and those in need can replace it with straps of different lengths and colors at any time.
Concise Operating Logic
The Amazfit Smartwatch supports touch operation on the screen. Pulling down the screen on the main interface accesses the weather and quick function interface, swiping up shows notification messages, swiping left enters the program list, and swiping right returns. In other interfaces, clicking the Home button returns to the main interface, while clicking the Home button on the main interface activates Xiao Ai.
Anyone who has used gesture control on a smartphone will find it easy to get started with the Amazfit Smartwatch without needing to check the manual. The Amazfit Smartwatch is equipped with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and has 512MB of RAM, ensuring smooth operation, with only slight lag when starting and exiting Sogou Maps.
Of course, to fully utilize the Amazfit Smartwatch, you need to install the Amazfit Watch app on your phone and pair it by scanning a QR code. In the app, we can more intuitively understand the current system version and battery information of the watch, and switch watch faces at any time (it can also be operated directly on the watch, just not as intuitively as on the phone).
Additionally, in the app, we can sort the application list and set features such as sports, weather, Himalaya, alarms, and card packages.
Through Himalaya, we can select our favorite programs and download them to the watch locally via the Amazfit Smartwatch’s Wi-Fi connection (about 2.6GB of free space available), allowing us to use Bluetooth headphones (or speakers, although the volume and sound quality are average) to play songs stored on the watch at any time (operable in the watch’s music app).
Of course, we can also connect to a PC via the USB interface of the charging dock and directly copy MP3 files saved on the PC to the Amazfit Smartwatch for playback.
In addition, the Amazfit Smartwatch also has a built-in NFC module, supporting the functions of virtual bus and access cards. Unfortunately, this product currently only supports bus cards from Hefei, Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang, while the bus card function for other cities and regions will be gradually opened through future system updates.
After the app upgrade, the access card simulation function has been added, but the bus card is still limited to the previous regions
Access card simulation successful
By the way, the offline payment function of Alipay, which has been a highlight since the sports watch era, has also been inherited by the Amazfit Smartwatch, so there is no need to worry about forgetting your phone and wallet when going out; with the Amazfit Smartwatch, you can solve payment problems anytime.
The Power of Xiao Ai
At this point, many friends may feel that the Amazfit Smartwatch is “just okay”; aside from the NFC function, other features are not particularly rare among other brands of smartwatches, right?
However, the real killer feature of the Amazfit Smartwatch lies mainly in its long-lasting battery life and the integration of Xiao Ai.
First, let’s look at the battery life. This watch is equipped with a 390mAh large battery (relatively speaking), which is also the main reason for its thickness of 12.6mm. According to official data, under the condition of receiving 150 messages daily, raising the wrist to display the time 30 times, using NFC for card swipes 4 times, and performing other operations for 5 minutes, running once a day for 30 minutes, the Amazfit Smartwatch can last for 5 days.
After using the watch for more than a day, I tested various functions frequently, and the battery only dropped from 90% to about 60%. It can be inferred that under normal use, the Amazfit Smartwatch can easily last 4-5 days. In comparison, smartwatches represented by the Apple Watch need to be charged daily, or they won’t see the next sunrise…..
Another killer feature of the Amazfit Smartwatch is the integrated voice assistant, Xiao Ai. Through it, we can give commands to the Amazfit Smartwatch via voice, such as checking the weather, stock prices, traffic conditions, telling jokes, starting sports modes, setting alarms, and itinerary reminders, without the need to frequently touch the screen or use the mobile app; it’s a matter of just one sentence.
In addition, the Amazfit Smartwatch has established a connection with the Mijia ecosystem, allowing Xiao Ai to directly control smart devices at home via voice, such as turning on the vacuum cleaner, switching lights, and turning on the air purifier. It can also control Mijia smart home devices, such as receiving alerts from the Green Rice sensors, turning the watch into an always-online butler.
Conclusion
The Amazfit Smartwatch is a highly sincere wrist device, featuring a delicate 1.3-inch AMOLED screen and the ability to use NFC for bus and access card functions. The introduction of Xiao Ai allows it to simplify complex operations and settings into a single sentence, while its integration with related smart devices makes the Amazfit Smartwatch an entry point for the Internet of Things.
Most importantly, the Amazfit Smartwatch is priced at only 799 yuan, making it very accessible. If you plan to purchase a watch that can monitor health, track sports data, and also allow you to use public transport, access control, Alipay scanning, and control smart devices at home, this watch is definitely suitable for you.
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