Amazfit GTS 4 review

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The Amazfit GTS 4 is the sister watch of the GTR 4 and comes with a classy design that’s harking back to the Apple Watch.  

This wearable doesn’t fairly have the identical size battery life because the GTR 4, however it’s nonetheless way more sturdy than some rivals. Nevertheless, does its customized OS and monitoring software program maintain up below testing? I’ve hung out with the GTS 4 monitoring my train, sleep schedules and vitals to seek out out.

Design & Construct 

• Apple Watch impressed design
• 5 ATM water resistance
• Audio system and microphone included

The Amazfit GTS 4 is available in a alternative of 4 colors; Infinity Black, Rosebud Pink, Misty White and Autumn Brown. The primary three embody a 20mm silicone strap, while the latter is a nylon possibility. All straps have a fast launch characteristic, so might be swapped out for one more of your selecting.

My overview unit was the Misty White model, and it’s a surprising end total. The strap pairs nicely with the gold aluminium physique, making a premium appear and feel.  

The watch is feather-light at 27g and cozy to put on, even for lengthy durations of time. The strap can get sweaty after gruelling exercise classes, so ensure to wipe it down after use. Regardless of the fragile look, the watch nonetheless feels sturdy, and has a 5 ATM water-resistant score. 

The Amazfit GTS 4 has a 1.73in AMOLED display screen that’s shiny and clear and doesn’t decide up fingerprints. I can simply use it below daylight with out encountering glare, and the show even exhibits up nicely in clear water, so you may view the display screen while swimming in a pool (with goggles on, after all). 

There may be the choice to allow elevate to wake, which means that the show lights up if you elevate the watch in the direction of your face. As well as, an always-on show possibility is accessible however this does drain the battery life faster.  

The GTS 4 comes geared up with a microphone and a speaker, which suggests you may take calls on it – although you’ll must allow this characteristic within the accompanying app. By default, the watch reads out your stats after you’ve accomplished a exercise. Once more, this may be turned off within the settings.  

You can even load music onto the watch out of your cellphone, nevertheless it doesn’t embody help for Bluetooth earphones, so any calls or music should be performed by the watch speaker.  

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Software program & Options 

• Zepp OS 2.0
• Alexa intergration
• No third-part app help

Like its sister smartwatch, the Amazfit GTS 4 is primarily a tool for well being and health monitoring. Nevertheless, there are options included which might be helpful exterior of train.

The watch runs on its Amazfit’s personal software program (Zepp OS) and doesn’t help third-party apps resembling Spotify, which can be a dealbreaker for some. That mentioned, you continue to get quite a lot of the staples together with climate, a calendar and voice memos, in addition to navigation apps resembling a compass.  

You’ll be able to allow notifications for sure apps in your cellphone, and even ship fundamental replies to family and friends on pings from WhatsApp and Messenger. Alexa integration can also be included, which might be accessed by lengthy urgent the button on the watch. For this to work, the watch will have to be linked to your cellphone and the web.  

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In case you are out and about, you may nonetheless use the offline voice assistant for fundamental capabilities resembling beginning a exercise or adjusting the brightness.

Swiping to the precise on the house display screen additionally brings up the variety of steps you’ve taken that day, the variety of minutes you’ve labored out and what number of occasions you’ve stood up throughout the day. I discovered the latter to be inaccurate, simply as I did on the GTR 4.  

Well being & Health Monitoring 

• Over 150 exercise monitoring modes
• Some inconsistences
• Zepp OS wants refinement

Amazfit smartwatches have all the time had help for an enormous vary of exercises, and the GTS 4 is not any completely different. You’ll be able to monitor over 150 exercises on the watch, together with strolling, working, swimming, biking and yoga.  

There may be additionally help for extra rogue actions, together with disco dancing, tug-of-war, and chess, must you desperately need to measure your vitals throughout any of those. All train and well being information is logged within the accompanying Zepp app, which is accessible on iOS and Android. 

The app supplies breakdowns of the energy burnt throughout a exercise, the route taken (if GPS was enabled throughout the exercise), a chart of how the guts price fluctuates and extra.  

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The GTS 4 has auto-detection for treadmill working, out of doors working, elliptical coaching, out of doors biking, indoor strolling, rowing machine, pool swimming and out of doors strolling.  

The sensitivity for this may be set to low, normal or excessive. I personally discovered normal to be the most suitable choice, as having it on excessive would set off exercises after I didn’t need it to.

Amazfit showcased the weightlifting monitoring options on this watch when it first launched, claiming that it might recognise particular strength-based strikes resembling bicep curls or shoulder presses.  

Like on the GTR 4, I discovered inconsistences with this characteristic. It typically couldn’t determine the right transfer I used to be performing and didn’t all the time depend the reps correctly. Strikes might be manually added within the Zepp app, however you can’t sort in a customized one if it doesn’t exist within the listing of steered ones from Amazfit.  

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On the GTR 4, I discovered points with pool swimming monitoring, notably when counting laps. Fortuitously, I didn’t encounter the identical points with the GTS 4 – there have been software program updates because the watch first launched, so accuracy could have improved. Nevertheless, it does have bother accurately figuring out my stroke, typically complicated entrance crawl or freestyle with butterfly.  

Monitoring on different exercises resembling climbing and Pilates largely appeared correct and in keeping with what I’ve seen on different wearables.

Train apart, you additionally get a complete host of well being monitoring options, resembling coronary heart price monitoring, SpO2 (blood oxygen) measuring, stress and breath measuring. These can all be used individually, or they are often mixed utilizing the ‘one-tap measuring’ characteristic. Once more, all the outcomes I bought have been just like that on different units.

The watch may monitor sleep patterns if worn in a single day. The information mirrored the size of my sleep and precisely confirmed if I used to be disturbed throughout the evening. Different patterns resembling REM and deep sleep are displayed within the app, and you may add extra information on any actions you probably did earlier than bedtime (resembling consuming alcohol, studying and many others) to determine any developments.  

The GTS 4 has a nap characteristic, which ought to detect for those who’ve briefly slept exterior of your night-time schedule. Nevertheless, my information confirmed me as napping both for for much longer than what I did, or after I was simply enjoyable, so it isn’t essentially the most dependable. 

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The general structure of the app is straightforward and straightforward to navigate. Nevertheless, there aren’t any official accredited pages to back-up recommendation – rival Withings hyperlinks to well being organisations for its data. As well as, there are spelling and grammar points in some elements of the app.  

Battery Life 

• As much as eight days typical utilization
• Round two hours to cost

Amazfit claims as much as eight days battery life below ‘typical utilization’, and round 4 days battery life with ‘heavy utilization’. I discovered these figures to be largely correct, with the watch lasting as much as every week relying on how a lot I used the monitoring modes.  

Must you be out and about and must preserve the juice, you may allow fundamental clock mode, which is able to then offer you as much as a whopping 28 days’ price of use.  

The battery life isn’t fairly so long as on the GTR 4. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless spectacular in comparison with another rivals which solely final a number of days.  

To cost it from flat to full takes below two hours, and the magnetic charger is included within the field.  

Worth & Availability 

The Amazfit GTS 4 prices $199.99/£199.00 and is accessible each from Amazfit and Amazon within the US, and Amazfit and Amazon within the UK.   

This worth is cheaper than another smartwatches in the marketplace such because the Pixel Watch. Nevertheless, the monitoring software program nonetheless has some points in comparison with rivals, and the shortage of third-party apps makes it much less versatile for on a regular basis use.  

If you happen to might stetch your price range a bit of additional, you can go for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and even the Apple Watch SE, which each have extra correct monitoring total. Yow will discover different choices in our chart of the perfect smartwatches.  

Verdict 

There is no such thing as a denying that the Amazfit GTS 4 is a good wanting smartwatch, with a glossy, slim and cozy design that’s extra becoming for on a regular basis than the GTR 4. It additionally has a wonderful week-long battery life.  

While the monitoring points aren’t fairly as disruptive as what I discovered on the GTR 4 when it first launched, there are nonetheless some inaccuracies. Plus, the shortage of third-party apps signifies that it’s much less versatile than rivals. Total, it’s adequate for fundamental monitoring, however for a bit of bit extra money you may get extra dependable units with a wider vary of capabilities.  

Specs 

• 42.7 x 36.5 x 9.9mm 
• 27g 
• 5 ATM water resistant 
• 1.73in AMOLED display screen, 341 ppi 
• Tempered Glass with anti-fingerprint coating 
• 20mm silicone strap 
• BioTracker 4.0 PPG organic monitoring optical sensor 
• Gyroscope sensor 
• Geomagnetic sensor 
• Acceleration sensor 
• Ambient gentle sensor 
• Barometric altimeter 
• Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 
• Bluetooth 5.0 BLE 
• Microphone and speaker 
• Magnetic charger 
• Approx 2-hour charging time 
• 300mAh battery 
• Typical utilization: As much as 8 days 
• Fundamental clock mode: As much as 30 days 
• Heavy utilization: As much as 4 days 
• Helps Android 7.0 and above, iOS 12.0 and above 
• 1 yr guarantee