Amazfit Active Smart Watch 42mm, AI Fitness Tracker & Sleep Coach, GPS, Amazon Alexa Built-In, Bluetooth, 14-Day Battery, 120+ Sports Modes, Android & iPhone, Petal Pink

The watch has a soft comfortable band, is lightweight, has a responsive clear screen, and has a quality attractive appearance. The watch is big enough for clear reading but not so big as to be cumberson. About half a smart watch function is the app it uses. I have only used android watches that include several Samsung, Fitbit, many off brand and several Amazfit watches. Amazfit watches use the Zepp app that is comparable to Samsung and Fitbit and superior to the others I have experienced. I only use some of the watch functions, time, day, date, month, heart rate, weight workout, stress, oxygen, and walking. It has pleasing watch faces and good graphics for exercising. It doesn't have some high end features like auto brightness, body composition, and auto stop start when walking. I prefer this to my two other watches, a Samsung watch 7 and a Fitbit Charge 6.

Update: 12/2024. Yes I believe it can be a fragile watch and yes I believe you should keep it away from all water and do not tempt fate with a shower or swimming pool, but that being said.... Tech support came through for me and replaced my watch with a new one when it was probably my fault for getting into a swimming pool with the watch on. The Zepp app has significant improvements. I like it! I use my watch a lot with daily treadmill and weightlifting exercises. Is the algorithm scientifically perfect. I doubt it, but it is terrific for me. The Bluetooth reception is phenomenal. I can literally be nearly 40 ft away from my phone in a completely different room with walls in between and answer a phone call/talk with the watch. So many watch faces to choose from! The battery life, even with exercise, easily gives me up to 14 days. Amazfit has hired a few more support members for US customers. Extremely happy! I will replace this with another Amazfit Active if it becomes necessary to do so.Update: "This watch is returned frequently" quote from Amazon. The Amazefit Active is fully equipped with all the bells and whistles. However, it will last about one year. The toll free number for support says they are no longer accepting phone calls and then says there is only one person for all of North America. Purchase with your "eyes wide open". I like the watch as Smart Watches go, but I can tell this is going to be a fragile piece of equipment. Do not shower or swim with it. Also, there's no protection between the charger and the contacts underneath the watch. All the crud that gets on the skin will be transferred to the charging contact points. The battery life of 14 days is an absolute truth. The calling and speaking function of the watch is a bit distorted. It works, but don't buy it for the answering and speaking purpose. It uses the app called Zepp. I do not believe it is scientifically accurate, but I do use it to count my calories, my steps, get my text messages and send text message responses, replace watch faces and a lot more. It also allows you to do voice to text responses to SMS messages. Pretty cool. I suggest you buy a screen protector if scratches on the watch face drive you crazy. In summary, I suggest you will need to purchase a new one each year if you fall in love with the watch.

This review is based on two weeks of use.Pros1. Long battery life. I haven't thoroughly tested this yet with daily workouts, but based on my experience so far, I think the manufacturer's claim of 14 days is not unreasonable.2. Measurements of heart rate, blood oxygen contents, and exercise distances are in sync with info from other devices.3. Bright display. Easy to see in bright sunlight even with the brightness setting at about 75%.4. Built in GPS is accurate, and I like not having to carry my phone with me anymore.5. A fairly good selection of free watch faces, especially if you like analog vs. digital displays.6. I wear the watch nearly 24 hrs./day and find the silicone strap to be comfortable. I am going to replace it with a hook and loop strap, however, because my wrist size falls within two of the notches.7. Ability to store and play music from the watch. The quality of the built-in speaker is poor, but what can you expect from a tiny speaker that sits against your wrist? Sound quality using earbuds is fine.8. There are many other features that I haven't explored yet like an exercise coach, voice activated commands and Alexa. They seem to have good potential.9. Good price. The Active model has many of the features of the more expensive Amazfit models.Cons1. The sleep app is so inaccurate as to be useless. When I wake up in the middle of the night and read to get back to sleep, the app will show me sleeping, sometimes in a deep sleep. The "score" the app assigns to the sleep quality seems to be a number plucked out of thin air.2. While there is a so-so manual for the watch itself, documentation for the Zepp app is totally lacking. The Zepp web site has an FAQ section that answers questions about the company itself and nothing about how to use the Zepp app. The app is loaded with features, but to figure them out requires a trial-and-error meandering through the various screens.Now the two big ones:3. The left-right swipe sensitivity is hit and miss, sometimes taking multiple tries before the watch responds.4. The watch lacks a double tap to wake up the display feature. I can't always raise my wrist to wake up the display and the small side button is difficult to operate. Interestingly, if you tap the display within 1-2 seconds of it going dark it will awaken. It seems like the ability is there but not outside of that small period. I raised the question with Amazfit support, and the AI generated response gave me a path to follow in the watch settings app. When I responded that the final step that would enable the double tap was not there, AI said that not all models have that ability. Thanks a lot!I have been using an Amazfit Band 7 for the past 15 months, and it has both a double tap feature and a sensitive swipe. Why Amazfit can't incorporate both in a watch costing twice as much as the Band 7 is beyond me. Maybe a future software update will resolve both issues.I want to assign 5 stars to an otherwise perfect-for-me watch, but these two flaws cause me to knock it back to just four.