Amazfit Balance Smart Watch 46mm with Fitness Tracker, Body Composition & Health Analysis, Sleep Recovery, GPS, Amazon Alexa Built-In, Bluetooth Calling, Fitness Watch for Android iPhone, Sunset Grey

To say I love this watch is an understatement. Two weeks EASY of battery life. You will rarely have to charge this thing. There's a lot of customization and the functionality is great. Tracking, especially during workouts, seems accurate, and the build quality is great. I have had this in rain and it hasn't missed a beat. Being that the watch isn't a stainless steel, it's very light as well and easy to wear around all the time. It's also easy to change out the watch bands if you desire. Very happy with this device.

what I like.- It has a ton of watch faces.- It has a bright big face. That is easy to read.- it tracks as good as my Apple Watch.- it's light.- the battery lasts a long time.- The app gives a ton of information on your health.- there are so many accessories on Amazon.- it's attractive.What sorta bothers me a little bit.- That it's to big for me to sleep with. The size is also something that I love during the day.So it's an exceptional watch.My complaints are small and nothing to do with the way the watch functions.I would definitely buy another Amazfit watch.I kid you not I prefer this watch over my apple watch series 9 that cost hundreds of dollars.Why? The reason is because I have to throttle the Apple watch to get through the day and night.Why do I want an expensive watch that I can't use to it's full potential. I don't, and I won't do it again.

I've been a smartwatch user for over ten years. For most of that time it's been a Pebble, which I love because of the simplicity, but the Pebble lacks biometrics. I've experimented with smartwatches from cheap (Haylou) to expensive (Galaxy Watch Ultra), and they all failed for reasons from inaccurate readings to short battery life to limited watch faces and apps to obnoxious screen brightness levels. I settled on an Oura ring for my biometrics, and continued to wear the Pebble which is still a fantastic watch nine years after the company folded.I decided to try the Amazfit Balance because of the low price and because it looked attractive. As a functional smartwatch, it has delivered on almost all counts. The screen is beautifully readable, and the automatic brightness is always just what it needs to be, down to total darkness when it's about as bright as the luminous paint on a conventional analog watch. While Amazfit doesn't provide user tools for writing watch faces and apps, they do offer a large selection of both, and their free faces show a great deal of variety and innovation. My absolute favorite Pebble app, NavMe, is reproduced on this watch by Navigation Wear which puts Google Maps directions on my wrist.The user interface is a bit quirky, but after a month I've started to get used to the two-button system. They've copied the design of the bubble menu from the Apple Watch, which works decently, but there are enough shortcuts that you don't really need to go to that screen very often. App shortcuts are very customizable and the watch gets easier to use over time as you put the most commonly used functions where you can get to them.Notifications are excellent, very configurable, and very readable. You can choose to read them when they come in by raising your wrist, or slide the screen up at any time to read the ones you missed. There's an on-screen reminder if you have unread messages. I wish the vibration motor was a little stronger, but that's a small point, and you can configure the vibration pattern to be nice and long so you eventually notice it.Biometrics are decent. Although I'm pretty sure the Oura is more accurate (and I still wear it to track sleep), they agree pretty closely on most metrics like heart rate, blood oxygen and steps. I'd be OK with it as my only health tracker if I didn't have the Oura - but the Oura costs more than twice as much as the Balance, carries a more expensive monthly subscription (optional but useful on the Balance), and doesn't tell time.Battery life is very satisfactory. With the always-on display, multiple exercise sessions and navigation, I charge once a week and usually still have around 20 percent left on the battery when the watch goes on the charger. That's just about the same battery life as my Pebble, and about six days longer than the Galaxy Watch.My biggest concern is longevity. Not of the watch itself - it looks great and is holding up well - but of Amazfit's support. I've seen that their earlier watches get a year or two of software updates and then just get sold with obsolete software. I hope the Balance continues to get support, and given the low price and the value I get from it I could buy a new model every couple of years, but I've gotten used to the Pebble which is still both usable and supported after ten years and it seems a shame to toss something this nice after just a couple. The short window of support is my main reason for taking a star awayTwo suggestions - first, buy a screen/bezel protector if you abuse the watch. Both the screen and bezel are made of somewhat soft material and can be scratched. If you want to keep it looking good, cover it! Second, replace the band. The original is a bit odd, both in appearance and in the clasp. I put on a metal mesh band with a magnetic clasp, and it improves the appearance, comfort and security of the watch a great deal.So, take it from a very particular smartwatch consumer - this one is a really good, usable watch at a very fair price.

This is a great health tracking watch. I have a whoop, and I have worn an Apple Watch for years. I love Apple Watches but I was tired of the rectangular shape which most people seem to have. The whoop is also great but it’s another item I have to wear and I took a chance on the Amazfit Balance. I am very pleased with my choice. It is reasonably priced. Great sleep tracking, works flawlessly and receives my text messages and calls. The screen is bright, nice and large and I can read everything like outside temperature, date time and HR. It woks perfect at the gym and looks great at the office. It has lots of free faces to choose from and many to buy for a few dollars. I purchased a leather band and it looks even better with my professional office attire. It has multiple sport features even though I just use weight lifting and spinning. It keeps track of my workouts, how many calories I have burned and different heart rates throughout the day. It is light enough to wear while sleeping, but not too light that it feels cheap. It’s perfect. It has a stand goal and BMI calculation. It measure your OX and can give you a good idea of how much deep sleep and REM you had while sleeping, and how many times you woke up. I love the round watch face look and it is tough as nails since I have already hit several corners and walls with it and not a scratch. For the price, don’t think about it. It’s a nice sports tracking watch. I’m very pleased with my purchase. This has become one of my favorite everyday watches.

The Amazfit Balance is my second watch from Amazfit. I liked the first watch but I *love* the Balance. It's almost perfect. If it's too expensive, the Bip is a good start, but I think the Balance is worth every penny.Generally, a charge lasts 5 days without restricting any features. Recently, I had glitches several days in a row -- failure to connect, quick loss of charge. I appreciate how easy Amazon makes it to contact Amazfit (also to use Asurion, which I didn't need to do). Amazfit responded quickly but a restart of the watch seemed to resolve the issue. I was impressed Amazfit followed up to make sure the issue was resolved. Buy their stuff.Zepp is the app and it has gotten better with every update. Great products.(I look forward to them adding blood pressure and blood sugar someday.)