@@TheTechnologyMan The watches from that website are just white labelled (i.e. rebranded) junk from Alibaba. None of the screens are animated or scrollable and the accompanying app is broken and buggy... Do not believe spruikers of such junk in the comments section of the much better watch you've reviewed here.
I agree. A great video. I am really impressed by all those precises analyses. Sadly not going to buy this Amazfit GTS because heart rate seems not ok, and because we cannot pair external heart rate strap to correct the shot.
Superb review. Was really surprised at how detailed and well explained the whole video was. Didn't have to increase the playback or forward any part of the video. Superb job
Glad the video was useful - sorry you found it a bit quick - you might find it helps playing back at 0.75x - UA-cam does a very good job on this. And enable captions - I have a full transcript for every video I post.
I started running recently and was looking for a smartwatch so that I could leave my phone at home while running. Just ordered the GTS - thanks for the very informative video mate!
Very comprehensive review. Have owned the Bip for about a year now & your review of the GTS has played a major part in me deciding to buy the GTS. It arrives in a few days time...
Good and detailed review, but I won't upgrade my beloved Bip to the GTS, mainly because it's incredible legible always-on display in well lit environments, with no impact on battery life (transfective technology). I've heard the GTS always-on halves the battery life, and is still very poor to read outdoors. The Bip does all the important things that GTS does, and with the Notify and Fitness app you can export data, control music ++. I also like the more discrete size of the Bip. With the Bip and GTS, you can design your own watch faces from the ground with the right tools. TIP: If you own the english version (non-latin firmware) of Bip, you can install a very legible bold font called myamazfit.ru_BOLD_v4q_newsmiles.zip made by a russian guy, which includes basically all western characters, and a number of emoji's as well. You can install it independently from Bip firmware with Notify and Fitness on android or AmazTools on iOS.
Thanks Tyge! Yes it's not a massive step up from the Bip - apart from the display. But as you say that comes at the expense of battery life. And thanks for tip!
Man, you saved me some money here. At least for the moment =) I got Bip long time ago and since then I didn't check new apps and all that stuff. So far Notify and Fitness looks amazing! Yet still screen on Gts is a next level, with all custom skins
I'm hoping to get this watch for Christmas. This is by far the best review video I've found. You fit a lot of information in about setup whicn I can refer back to when I get it. Also the testing of heart rate and gps and the comparison to other smart watches was informative. Many thanks
this video was veryuseful. just received mine today and went for a bike ride but it didnt track my distance after around 30s of cycling so i decided to stop it. you mentioned that it may take a while to lock with the satellite so ill try again tomorrow on my ride. thanks for the review! you've got a new subscriber!
V good review method of review. Covered pretty much everything. Didn't find many reviews which I saw even mention about Strava. Though I couldn't get what you said about strava in the last part before the price.
In korea many users of GTS complained about connecting problem to strava... and still can't :( anyway i am really glad to see this detailed video. thx :)
Really good well detailed video thank you, I’m getting a Xiaomi mi 8 pro, so I was thinking of getting a watch to go with it, seems like a nice option,
Great review, thanks for the good info. It's helping me a lot to narrow down between the inexpensive smart watches that are still very useful. Keep up the good work. Subscribed!!
Hi Gidon - this was a fantastic review and I'm incredibly impressed at how thorough you've been in your investigation of its heart rate and other features. If I may ask, as someone who has owned a few of the Fitbit Charge devices and is looking for more of a blend of fitness tracking and a casual SmartWatch, would you recommend the GTS as a sensible alternative to a product such as the Charge 3 or Versa series?
No problem BinaryRoberto - thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! I've not tested any of the Fitbit watches properly - but I would imagine their heart rate tracking is more accurate. I will be testing more watches hopefully very soon!
As you said heart rate monitoring can vary person to person. In the month I have had mine I have found it to be amazingly accurate, always within 1 of my arm cuff monitor.
I just got the GTS, my first Amazfit watch. Very slick Apple Watch clone but I wish there were more widgets, including hourly weather and water tracking. Sleep tracking, music controls, step counting and battery life are all great plus the watch is very light. The main downside is the app which is too complicated. It needs a Fitbit-like refresh.
The Bip S is out now, but that's does not make this review outdated. I have the impression however that most, if not all, features of the GTS that you discuss have now been ported to the S.
One of the worst "gadget nightmares" I've had was when I bought the Amazfit Stratos. I won't "review" that model here, bur from your excellent review it seems I'm not alone. The problems I have boils down to the fact (Not "In my opinion") that seems common with Amazfit; things either just don't work, they work badly, or they are too often impossible to use with anything that could be called "ease of use." Amazfit "support" is horrid; most of it makes us rely on FAQS or instructions that are clearly wrong, and often are too vague to be useful. Calls/chats/email to Amazfit for assistance is, in itself, a nightmare. Amazfit seems to be one of the companies who try to throw in wonderful features but, more often than not, those features fail almost across the board. Heck, just to change the screen face seems simply; Press the screen and we're told that in a few seconds the watch will shrink it's face and we can select a new face. And it works, EVENTUALLY. But again, more often then not ... nothing happens or it decides to jump into some OTHER feature. It's all random. Another example, one I have NOT been able to fix is GPS. For no known reason it decides I must live somewhere in a small island just northeast of Australia; I don't, I live in the U,S, and the time changes by DAYS and the only "fix" I can find is to take off the watch (which seems to be important), lay it outside for five or so min, and hope it becomes correct. But I stopped doing that because it will, in short time, pick some GPS coordinates that take me back to Australia. Or the moon; I can never tell where it thinks "we" actually live. Aside from the screen (Which, on the Stratos is horridly difficult to read much of the time) the product is stuffed with features that either make little sense, or do what IT feels like doing, and that seems to be "anything;" it in itself seems confused as to what function to run. And as you found, features simply don't work on Amazfit's side, and we just have to wait until they hack their servers and such in the hope it gets fixed. And again, too often, it just doesn't get fixed. Clearly Amazfit lacks in employing good people to develop their SW and HW; it truly seems they are more than happy with "Good enough." And their documentation is amazingly poor, so I find I (and others) have to commit to searching the web for ANYTHING that may help solve "the problem du jour'." So it was with GREAT "relief I decided to switch to Samsung -- as my wife had first suggested -- and you know what? It WORKS. And reliably at that. So personally, until Amazfit "gets their act together" the only way I'd use one is if they started selling them for $20 and throw in a $10 rebate (Which probably would get lost on them as well.) So, to be blunt, Do NOT buy Amazfit products. Ever. They are a company that just doesn't "bother" to do what's needed to produce a viable product. If you have to pay more, well IMHO, it is more than worth it, unless you don't mind spending hours upon hours just to "sort of" get what you bought it for.
Yeh I thought this too. But it is like most things these days. Cheaply built and it doesn't last the distance. So it is just a throw away like most things these days. In short...junk.
Great video, but now there is the Bip S. Almost the same functionality, more battery life and screen always on is nice for running/bicycle rides. Indecision.
Very good detailed video. Please keep up the good work! I've heard conflicting news about the step tracking, saying that it's not very accurate - what was your experience regarding that ?
Great review. Excellent detail. The size of the watch is really important to me. Could you provide a little more detail about its physical thickness and size on wrist
Very good review. For running, a watch is much more comfortable to use than a cellphone, but for biking I would use a cellphone instead, it can be more accurate than your expensive watch.
Thanks LeadfootAerials! If you look at my video on the Amazfit Bip - I discuss notifications a little more IIRC. They work pretty well - it's a well implemented feature of the watch. You can't interact with them, but with the nice screen on the GTS it's one of the nicest features of the watch in my opinion.
@@TheTechnologyMan I just rebought the watch after returning it yesterday. Notifications work but can't be compared with a wear OS watch. It can't draw emojis and if the word is too long it just cuts it instead of starting a new row. BUT, the watch is really beautiful and has a good battery life so I don't care
Even if I use an Apple Watch which has good interaction with notifications, I find most of the time I'm just glancing at the watch to see if it's important, and then usually get my phone out if I need to reply. I found the GTS just as good as an Apple Watch for that in most cases. Let us know how you get on with it!
A great review. Thanks. Perhaps a bit fast, found myself pausing and reviewing things, but certainly cleared up a few issues I had. Still having trouble receiving SMS notifications on my watch, but at least I am getting phone call notifications now. Any ideas on SMS notifications appreciated. Thanks again.
@@donhody1127 hey, can u tell me how was ur experience with the gts watch cause i am thinking of buying one now or if u have any watch options for me under 100 dollar :)
First off, AWESOME review, lots of details which help me to make a decision about changing my current Tick Pro watch. I love the look of the watch and its functionality, but I'm having to charge every other day. Regarding the battery life, if I only use the watch for heart monitoring and counting steps(No gps tracking needed), would you feel I would get close to 2 weeks of battery life? Second quick question, on my Tick Pro I could download many watch faces to the phone, then switch faces right on the phone, does the GTS allow me to have several or many watches that I could load from the app, then be able to switch faces from the watch itself? Thank you and regards.....
thanks for the good review. I just want to know with this one and maybe in general: when using an app on the phone to track running or hiking or whatever, can you use the phones GPS and only the heart rate from your wearable?
Thank you Dominik Gruenthaler! You could have continuous heart rate tracking on the watch. But you can't broadcast your heart rate from the watch to the the app on your phone so it's included in the activity file if that's what you mean ...
@@TheTechnologyMan Hi! i tried but the notifications in Hebrew show life this:"???????.." Is there a way you know to work around it? Also, regarding sleep tracking - i tried to find a way to show it on the watch - and didnt find one. you didnt mention it in the video. Do you know if that is supported? (BTW, i contacted Amazfit support. still waiting for a reply...)
Hi, Thanks for such a great review. I have a question please regarding connecting Amazfit GTS to iPhone if anyone can help. Did anyone experience issues keeping the app running in background? I used to have the Huawei GT2 but whenever I swiped the app up after double clicking home button of my phone, I immediately lose the weather update as the app stop running in the background though the settings are done to continue running. Are you experiencing the same thing with Amazfit app? Thanks for sharing your experience and continue the great work 👍
ThanksMr Threecheers! 10:38 you can see it on my wrist briefly. Also take a look at my video comparing it against the Huawei - lots more of it on my wrist: ua-cam.com/video/4KV84cddfmA/v-deo.html.
Awesome review! I still love my Bip, but hate not being able to control music apps, only 4 types of workout activities, or the terrible accuracy in sleep tracking. This GTS is certainly nicer, but sucks that you can't control music while activity tracking. Don't they know people often listen to music while working out?!
I've not tested enough at this price point to say - but it probably depends what you mainly want the watch for. If it's for fitness I'd try and get a cheap Garmin like the Forerunner 35 or better still a second hand 235 or similar. If it's for smartphone notifications etc watches like this Amazfit are pretty good and battery life is better than many alternatives.
Hello thank you for informative video! U am choosing between two watches. I need it for daily use and for tracking my hikinh so i I need built in and accurate gps. Also i gonna use it for daily life so it would great to get notifications frim meesenger etc. Also battery life is important. What would you choose? Amazfit gts or garmin vivoactive 3?
Thank you Linaa a! That's a tough one. At a very high level, the Vivoactive will be a better fitness tracker and has the whole Garmin ecosystem to support it. But the display is better on the GTS and so is battery life! Both provide notifications. Maybe I'll get in a Vivoactive and do a detailed comparison - thanks for the suggestion!
Thank you Telal Tube! Really depends what you prefer - but this watch has a great screen and very good battery life. It doesn't support any third party apps like Wear OS watches do for example - if that's important to you ...
I have the Amazfit Bip for about 3 years and it is great, not a single scratch on the screen in these years and battery life still last for about 45 days, insane I use my watch mainly for notifications and looking at time soo, idk if i should change it with a GTS ?
Buddy, great review. How is the integration with app and installations? I understand that the amazfit app has been replaced with a new one? any comments
What would be the best smartwatch/fitness watch for someone who only cares about accurate continuous heart rate tracking throughout the day? (my doctor would like me to have one) Something that can be combined with an app to see maybe daily/weekly heart rate averages or something like that. I don't care about GPS functions or notifications from texts or calls or any other functions really. Maybe Garmin Forerunner 45s or something?
The best watch I've tried myself for heart rate measurement is the Apple Watch. My son has the 45s but I've not fully tested it - but that might be a cheaper non Apple (!) alternative.
@@TheTechnologyMan first of all, thanks for the great review. And secondly, i would like to know if you have any news about the waterproof, or have you done any swimming tests...? Also if you could advise me, I was considering change my Amazfit Stratos for the GTS since I'm quite annoyed with the Stratos' battery life. But I'm not sure which has a better tracking GPS system or either the heart monitoring... Once more thanks for this amazing and detailed review. You just got a new subscriber from Brazil =]
Very helpful review👍 hpw does the heart rate sensor and result compare to apple watch? Are there huge differences (especially during workout I am interested)
@@TheTechnologyMan Thank you for the answer. The problem is I have a Samsung phone and cannot use Apple watch. Is there a square watch with apple design that has reliable fitness results?
No problem. I'd probably go for a Garmin watch like the Forerunner 35 - although I've not tested the heart rate on it yet and it's more a fitness watch than smart watch. I'm sure there are others too.
How long of an activty/ wrokout can you record with GPS & heart monitoring? I do 12 hours hikes and was wondering if it could last that long. I would really appreciate your inputs
Great review, clear, well structured and professional! One of the best I have ever seen.
Thank you so much Pawel Janek!
nice review, i got mine watch at watchplaystore, similiar to this but only 45$
Thank you Stefan Mimic!
Me too lol, good watch
@@TheTechnologyMan The watches from that website are just white labelled (i.e. rebranded) junk from Alibaba. None of the screens are animated or scrollable and the accompanying app is broken and buggy... Do not believe spruikers of such junk in the comments section of the much better watch you've reviewed here.
Finally a youtuber that I didn't have to watch on 2x speed. 🥳🍻🍻🍻
🤣 - that is nice to hear!
The Technology Man hahaha... It's actually a thing mate!!!!! 🍻🍻🍻
Or any stupid annoying music that’s overly loud & long.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
HAHAHAHAH
One of the best videos with detailed info
Hugely appreciate the comment Pranav Suvarna - thank you!!
I agree. A great video. I am really impressed by all those precises analyses. Sadly not going to buy this Amazfit GTS because heart rate seems not ok, and because we cannot pair external heart rate strap to
correct the shot.
@@int0therain44 It would be great if you could pair an external HR strap ...
This video covered more details and features than any other video I've seen on the Amazfit GTS. Good job!
Thank you Knapweed - very glad you liked it!
Superb review. Was really surprised at how detailed and well explained the whole video was. Didn't have to increase the playback or forward any part of the video. Superb job
Thank you Ranjit Nair! Really appreciate the comment 👍!
I want every review videos on UA-cam be like this
Wow thank you!
The review of the watch is the most detailed and useful I've seen but the narrative needs to be slowed down for your next videos. Thanks
Glad the video was useful - sorry you found it a bit quick - you might find it helps playing back at 0.75x - UA-cam does a very good job on this. And enable captions - I have a full transcript for every video I post.
I started running recently and was looking for a smartwatch so that I could leave my phone at home while running. Just ordered the GTS - thanks for the very informative video mate!
No problem - thanks Henri Steiniger!
How is it? Is the heart rate and gps accurate?
Lore P the GPS is pretty damn accurate, I’m quite impressed! Can’t tell you anything about the heart rate since I’m not wearing a chest strap though.
Best Smartwatch review I have seen, thanks so much
Thank you Alexanderthegreatandterrible - much appreciated!
fabulous review. very professional. it made me look to discover what other items you have reviewed.
Brilliant - thanks Mark Zanetti! Hope you found some other useful stuff 😃!
Very comprehensive review. Have owned the Bip for about a year now & your review of the GTS has played a major part in me deciding to buy the GTS. It arrives in a few days time...
Thanks allan wilson! Let us know how you find the upgrade!
Good and detailed review, but I won't upgrade my beloved Bip to the GTS, mainly because it's incredible legible always-on display in well lit environments, with no impact on battery life (transfective technology). I've heard the GTS always-on halves the battery life, and is still very poor to read outdoors. The Bip does all the important things that GTS does, and with the Notify and Fitness app you can export data, control music ++. I also like the more discrete size of the Bip.
With the Bip and GTS, you can design your own watch faces from the ground with the right tools.
TIP: If you own the english version (non-latin firmware) of Bip, you can install a very legible bold font called myamazfit.ru_BOLD_v4q_newsmiles.zip made by a russian guy, which includes basically all western characters, and a number of emoji's as well. You can install it independently from Bip firmware with Notify and Fitness on android or AmazTools on iOS.
Thanks Tyge! Yes it's not a massive step up from the Bip - apart from the display. But as you say that comes at the expense of battery life. And thanks for tip!
Man, you saved me some money here. At least for the moment =) I got Bip long time ago and since then I didn't check new apps and all that stuff. So far Notify and Fitness looks amazing! Yet still screen on Gts is a next level, with all custom skins
I'm hoping to get this watch for Christmas. This is by far the best review video I've found. You fit a lot of information in about setup whicn I can refer back to when I get it. Also the testing of heart rate and gps and the comparison to other smart watches was informative. Many thanks
Thank you Gavin Ross - glad you found the video useful!
This is a seriously impressive and thorough review, better than most manufacturer videos!
Thank you Steve Miller - glad you found it useful!
Just what I was after, very detailed review thank you.
Great - thanks Mudsoic!
Finally found your video which has all the stuff I ve searched for...
Thank you
Thank you John Paul - glad you found it useful!
I bought it after listening to your review. Let's see what is waiting for me. Thank you.
Hope you enjoy it!
this video was veryuseful. just received mine today and went for a bike ride but it didnt track my distance after around 30s of cycling so i decided to stop it. you mentioned that it may take a while to lock with the satellite so ill try again tomorrow on my ride. thanks for the review!
you've got a new subscriber!
Thanks anawesomewave! Yes it will take a while the first time - but after that should be quicker.
Amazing and thorough review!
Thank you DANA LEPRE!
Well done with this review. First review I found that really broke down the heart rate monitor which is really important for my needs!
Glad it was helpful - thank you!
Thanks for the review, I just ordered one!
No problem AshTheCookie! Let us know how you find it!
what price ?
Are you happy? Is the heart rate accurate?
Thank you, man! Great review, which helped me to make a decision without hesitation.
The best part is that I already know I'll be happy with my Bip!
Great to hear - thanks Kaapo73!
Ordered this watch earlier today. Kind of excited for it, I hope it's good!
Hope you enjoy it!
V good review method of review. Covered pretty much everything. Didn't find many reviews which I saw even mention about Strava. Though I couldn't get what you said about strava in the last part before the price.
Glad it was helpful! In the conclusion I was just saying I hoped to see Strava support. It may have been added - I haven't checked recently.
Best video, has all the details requires for a customer.
Thank you MONISH HR - glad it helped out!
@@TheTechnologyMan Hey, you know who are the sales partner for Amaz in India, also can you tell us how the service is of Amaz?
What a professional review, no errs or erms
Thank you Francis Carvalho!
In korea many users of GTS complained about connecting problem to strava... and still can't :( anyway i am really glad to see this detailed video. thx :)
This didn't work when I did this review - but now does :). Thanks Kim쿠키!
Really good well detailed video thank you, I’m getting a Xiaomi mi 8 pro, so I was thinking of getting a watch to go with it, seems like a nice option,
Thank you Darren Darmanin! Let us know how the combination works out if you go for it!
Has the strava bug been fixed yet? Only reason I am buying a smart watch
Yes! Now works for me at least on iOS ...
Excellent review, very comprehensive, thx 👍
Great thank you Frank Daeran!
Yes i do care about heart rate monitor. Which one is better comparing to amazfit gts and verge lite?
I've not tried the Verge yet - sorry!
Great review, thanks for the good info. It's helping me a lot to narrow down between the inexpensive smart watches that are still very useful. Keep up the good work. Subscribed!!
Thank you Saul Garay - and for the support!
Thanks a lot for the review just ordered this one
Hope you enjoy it!
Very clear and straight to the point😍. You are good!
Thank you Ifeoma Nnonyelu!
very professional and informative review. thanks!
Many thanks psychedeliicious!
Hi Gidon - this was a fantastic review and I'm incredibly impressed at how thorough you've been in your investigation of its heart rate and other features.
If I may ask, as someone who has owned a few of the Fitbit Charge devices and is looking for more of a blend of fitness tracking and a casual SmartWatch, would you recommend the GTS as a sensible alternative to a product such as the Charge 3 or Versa series?
No problem BinaryRoberto - thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! I've not tested any of the Fitbit watches properly - but I would imagine their heart rate tracking is more accurate. I will be testing more watches hopefully very soon!
@@TheTechnologyMan that's understandable. Have to say that I'm impressed with it overall, though. You've got another subscriber!
Thank you!
As you said heart rate monitoring can vary person to person. In the month I have had mine I have found it to be amazingly accurate, always within 1 of my arm cuff monitor.
That's good to hear. Yes wrist based heart rate monitoring accuracy can be dependant on many factors.
one of the best review videos out there.
Thank you Zhen. Andrew. Li!
BIP all day for me, it has much longer battery life with a reflective display which is the only one of its kind in the market
👍 The Bip is still a very popular watch - price and battery life are very much in its favour.
I just got the GTS, my first Amazfit watch. Very slick Apple Watch clone but I wish there were more widgets, including hourly weather and water tracking. Sleep tracking, music controls, step counting and battery life are all great plus the watch is very light. The main downside is the app which is too complicated. It needs a Fitbit-like refresh.
I hope they do keep improving the app ...
Very good review thanks. The lovely amoled screen is very good buying factor I think.
Thanks Barry Webber! The screen is by far the best feature!
The Bip S is out now, but that's does not make this review outdated. I have the impression however that most, if not all, features of the GTS that you discuss have now been ported to the S.
I did look at the original Bip - the Bip S is closer to that than the GTS I believe - but I will be taking a look at it when I get a chance.
Great review!
Thank you Andrė Solli!
Amazing review!!! Great job!
Many thanks Andrés Abarca!
One of the worst "gadget nightmares" I've had was when I bought the Amazfit Stratos. I won't "review" that model here, bur from your excellent review it seems I'm not alone.
The problems I have boils down to the fact (Not "In my opinion") that seems common with Amazfit; things either just don't work, they work badly, or they are too often impossible to use with anything that could be called "ease of use." Amazfit "support" is horrid; most of it makes us rely on FAQS or instructions that are clearly wrong, and often are too vague to be useful. Calls/chats/email to Amazfit for assistance is, in itself, a nightmare.
Amazfit seems to be one of the companies who try to throw in wonderful features but, more often than not, those features fail almost across the board. Heck, just to change the screen face seems simply; Press the screen and we're told that in a few seconds the watch will shrink it's face and we can select a new face. And it works, EVENTUALLY. But again, more often then not ... nothing happens or it decides to jump into some OTHER feature. It's all random.
Another example, one I have NOT been able to fix is GPS. For no known reason it decides I must live somewhere in a small island just northeast of Australia; I don't, I live in the U,S, and the time changes by DAYS and the only "fix" I can find is to take off the watch (which seems to be important), lay it outside for five or so min, and hope it becomes correct. But I stopped doing that because it will, in short time, pick some GPS coordinates that take me back to Australia. Or the moon; I can never tell where it thinks "we" actually live.
Aside from the screen (Which, on the Stratos is horridly difficult to read much of the time) the product is stuffed with features that either make little sense, or do what IT feels like doing, and that seems to be "anything;" it in itself seems confused as to what function to run. And as you found, features simply don't work on Amazfit's side, and we just have to wait until they hack their servers and such in the hope it gets fixed. And again, too often, it just doesn't get fixed.
Clearly Amazfit lacks in employing good people to develop their SW and HW; it truly seems they are more than happy with "Good enough." And their documentation is amazingly poor, so I find I (and others) have to commit to searching the web for ANYTHING that may help solve "the problem du jour'." So it was with GREAT "relief I decided to switch to Samsung -- as my wife had first suggested -- and you know what? It WORKS. And reliably at that.
So personally, until Amazfit "gets their act together" the only way I'd use one is if they started selling them for $20 and throw in a $10 rebate (Which probably would get lost on them as well.) So, to be blunt, Do NOT buy Amazfit products. Ever. They are a company that just doesn't "bother" to do what's needed to produce a viable product. If you have to pay more, well IMHO, it is more than worth it, unless you don't mind spending hours upon hours just to "sort of" get what you bought it for.
Sounds like you've had a bad experience - that's disappointing. I've not tried the Stratos yet .... Hope you find something that works for you.
Never comment on videos. Except to say - great thorough review. Keep going. Liked.
Thank you Ben Evans - really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment!
Great review- especially liked the West Devon weather forecast 🌧🌧🌧🌧😁
Thanks Ben Jameson! I don't usually need to even look at the West Devon forecast!
Best review I've seen on this watch 👍
Great - thank you Nelson!
thanks for the review. does it have this capability to connect to a bluetooth headset ? and in the same price what is other options???
Thanks Dariush Rnzdh! No unfortunately not. Consider Huawei, TicWatch, Garmin ... Depends what's most important to you.
I ordered amazfit bip. It's best value for money.
Great let us know you thoughts when you get it!
Yeh I thought this too. But it is like most things these days. Cheaply built and it doesn't last the distance. So it is just a throw away like most things these days. In short...junk.
Oh no - hope your got your money back!
yes iv been considering this watch thank you for a good review iv subbed to you!
Thank you Jazzshampoo - and for the sub!
Great review buddy! Subscribed
Thank you 1978arty Ttot - and for the support!
Nice review, I've got one coming.
Thanks nate willis - enjoy the watch!
Great video, but now there is the Bip S. Almost the same functionality, more battery life and screen always on is nice for running/bicycle rides. Indecision.
Thanks stefano giovannini! Thanks for reminding me - that model is now finally available in the UK so I need to a take a look!
Man you seem to be a great reveiwer.....
Nice Job👍
Thank you Abass Amjad! 👍
Very good detailed video. Please keep up the good work!
I've heard conflicting news about the step tracking, saying that it's not very accurate - what was your experience regarding that ?
Thank you Rirslash! I found step tracking pretty reliable - compared to an Apple Watch and iPhone.
Such a good review. You go to the point. Subscribed
Thank you so much Gabriel Coll Trulls! For your comment and support 👍.
Great review. Excellent detail.
The size of the watch is really important to me. Could you provide a little more detail about its physical thickness and size on wrist
Thank you Phill Johnston! I discuss it's dimensions 1:00 in. And you can see it on the wrist 10:30 in.
@@TheTechnologyMan fab. I'm now a subscriber. :-)
Hi, thank you for your informative video. Just wondering if you will be reviewing the Amazfit T-rex please?
Thank you Oliver Ho! That's a great suggestion - looks like I can get this now in the UK so might take a look!
Very good review. For running, a watch is much more comfortable to use than a cellphone, but for biking I would use a cellphone instead, it can be more accurate than your expensive watch.
Thanks Héctor! Yes good point - a phone works fine for tracking bike rides.
WoW, I didnt know Paul King is now a yt reviiewer! Love And Pride had a great baseline, thanks for that, Paul!
Someone once said I looked like Damon Hill - not sure which is worse!
Also thanks fr being a good sport, LOL!
A very detailed video 👍🏾👍🏾
Thank you Ajit!
Really good review. I wish you could've focused a little bit more on the notifications since no one else ever does.
Thanks LeadfootAerials! If you look at my video on the Amazfit Bip - I discuss notifications a little more IIRC. They work pretty well - it's a well implemented feature of the watch. You can't interact with them, but with the nice screen on the GTS it's one of the nicest features of the watch in my opinion.
@@TheTechnologyMan I just rebought the watch after returning it yesterday. Notifications work but can't be compared with a wear OS watch. It can't draw emojis and if the word is too long it just cuts it instead of starting a new row. BUT, the watch is really beautiful and has a good battery life so I don't care
Even if I use an Apple Watch which has good interaction with notifications, I find most of the time I'm just glancing at the watch to see if it's important, and then usually get my phone out if I need to reply. I found the GTS just as good as an Apple Watch for that in most cases. Let us know how you get on with it!
A great review. Thanks. Perhaps a bit fast, found myself pausing and reviewing things, but certainly cleared up a few issues I had. Still having trouble receiving SMS notifications on my watch, but at least I am getting phone call notifications now. Any ideas on SMS notifications appreciated. Thanks again.
Thanks. Have you enabled SMS notifications specifically in the Amazfit app? It's in its own section: Amazfit GTS | More | Incoming SMS ...
@@TheTechnologyMan Thank you. Just after putting my post up and further watching your review I worked that out. Cheers mate and thanks again.
@@donhody1127 hey, can u tell me how was ur experience with the gts watch cause i am thinking of buying one now or if u have any watch options for me under 100 dollar :)
Thanks for great review! Does the watch measure heart rate while swimming?
Thanks borec4ever! I haven't tested that yet sorry.
First off, AWESOME review, lots of details which help me to make a decision about changing my current Tick Pro watch. I love the look of the watch and its functionality, but I'm having to charge every other day. Regarding the battery life, if I only use the watch for heart monitoring and counting steps(No gps tracking needed), would you feel I would get close to 2 weeks of battery life? Second quick question, on my Tick Pro I could download many watch faces to the phone, then switch faces right on the phone, does the GTS allow me to have several or many watches that I could load from the app, then be able to switch faces from the watch itself? Thank you and regards.....
Thanks Emerys Muzic! I can get a couple of weeks from the GTS which is a big plus. Yes you can change watch faces via the app.
Amazfit verge is now iOS compatible and you can answer calls! With one week battery.
Or XiaoMi band 4 two week battery for $50
Thanks not taken a look at the Verge yet ...
Verge has been out for a while but for both iOS and Android voice calling and week battery for around $130. Not bad!
GTS looks more classy to verge and I don’t know if you can download apps to gts.
Verge stock apps but you can make calls
One of the best videos with detailed info (1)
Thanks so much Khaleel Org!
thanks for the good review. I just want to know with this one and maybe in general: when using an app on the phone to track running or hiking or whatever, can you use the phones GPS and only the heart rate from your wearable?
Thank you Dominik Gruenthaler! You could have continuous heart rate tracking on the watch. But you can't broadcast your heart rate from the watch to the the app on your phone so it's included in the activity file if that's what you mean ...
Awesome and detailed review! As always... Thanks! 😎 Just got my GTS... What about supporting Hebrew?
Thank you ohad Ivry! I'd have to double check - when you reset - you should get your language choices?
@@TheTechnologyMan I didn't open it yet... 😎 Just got it and didn't have time yet... 😉
I will check and let you know
@@TheTechnologyMan Hi! i tried but the notifications in Hebrew show life this:"???????.." Is there a way you know to work around it? Also, regarding sleep tracking - i tried to find a way to show it on the watch - and didnt find one. you didnt mention it in the video. Do you know if that is supported? (BTW, i contacted Amazfit support. still waiting for a reply...)
nice video helped in making a decision on buying it
That's great - thanks Rpe Kneefel!
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Hello 😊
Great review with tons of info. Can you turn off the Bluetooth on the watch or is it always on?
Thank you J Milner! Good question - I can't check right now but I will double check as soon as I get a chance.
Great review, thanks very much!!
No problem Darren Wood! Thanks for leaving a comment 👍.
Hi,
Thanks for such a great review.
I have a question please regarding connecting Amazfit GTS to iPhone if anyone can help.
Did anyone experience issues keeping the app running in background? I used to have the Huawei GT2 but whenever I swiped the app up after double clicking home button of my phone, I immediately lose the weather update as the app stop running in the background though the settings are done to continue running.
Are you experiencing the same thing with Amazfit app?
Thanks for sharing your experience and continue the great work 👍
Thanks Ahmed Kalei! I've not noticed that with the Amazfit app - seems to hold the connection fine.
The Technology Man thanks for your feedback and for your great reviews.
Cheers good job. Just a minor tweak, please
show the watch on a wrist.
ThanksMr Threecheers! 10:38 you can see it on my wrist briefly. Also take a look at my video comparing it against the Huawei - lots more of it on my wrist: ua-cam.com/video/4KV84cddfmA/v-deo.html.
Great video mate!
Thanks Stevie Vidal!
Awesome review! I still love my Bip, but hate not being able to control music apps, only 4 types of workout activities, or the terrible accuracy in sleep tracking. This GTS is certainly nicer, but sucks that you can't control music while activity tracking. Don't they know people often listen to music while working out?!
Thank you Phrancis5! Yes I guess it's a limit of their basic OS. It is a shame though.
Get the amaztools app and connect it to spotify
Does it track swimming accurately?
Did you connect it with strava yet?
Doesn't work with Strava on iOS with me using the Amazfit app - no response from support. I haven't tried it for swimming yet ...
Great review, thanks!
Thank you John van Gurp!
In your opinion whats the best smart watch for £50. I've been looking but there is so many to choose and confusing 😃 big up from Scotland 👍
I've not tested enough at this price point to say - but it probably depends what you mainly want the watch for. If it's for fitness I'd try and get a cheap Garmin like the Forerunner 35 or better still a second hand 235 or similar. If it's for smartphone notifications etc watches like this Amazfit are pretty good and battery life is better than many alternatives.
Hello thank you for informative video! U am choosing between two watches. I need it for daily use and for tracking my hikinh so i
I need built in and accurate gps. Also i gonna use it for daily life so it would great to get notifications frim meesenger etc. Also battery life is important. What would you choose? Amazfit gts or garmin vivoactive 3?
Thank you Linaa a! That's a tough one. At a very high level, the Vivoactive will be a better fitness tracker and has the whole Garmin ecosystem to support it. But the display is better on the GTS and so is battery life! Both provide notifications. Maybe I'll get in a Vivoactive and do a detailed comparison - thanks for the suggestion!
@@TheTechnologyMan I would be interested in this comparison too. Does the Amazfit have emergency assistance or fall detection?
@@walkisleofman121 nope...thats a apple watch exclusive
Great, informative video...thanks!!
Thank you Ignacio Hawthorne!
Well detailed review. Thanks. I just subscribed!
Many thanks Godfrey Ekele - for your comment and support!
Very good review, easy to make buying decision.
Great Ari Saikkonen - glad you found the video useful!
Amazing video, you presented the watch really well but how is it performing on the long run,? I mean, is it still worth it after a year?
Thank you super hero! It's still a good watch for the price - I don't wear it all the time since always testing different kit - but still works fine.
@@TheTechnologyMan Thank you very much for answering that quickly. You just earned a new subscriber
Amazing review!!
Thank you SicPic Nic!
Great video pal ☺️
Thank you amir Beg!
Great review! Is it the best not-applewatch for an iphone user?
Thank you Telal Tube! Really depends what you prefer - but this watch has a great screen and very good battery life. It doesn't support any third party apps like Wear OS watches do for example - if that's important to you ...
I have the Amazfit Bip for about 3 years and it is great, not a single scratch on the screen in these years and battery life still last for about 45 days, insane
I use my watch mainly for notifications and looking at time soo, idk if i should change it with a GTS ?
If you're happy with the Bip I'd probably stick with it until it dies!
Buddy, great review. How is the integration with app and installations? I understand that the amazfit app has been replaced with a new one? any comments
Thank you Swagat Vaidyanathan! I thought it was more just a name change but I need to take a closer look at the new app ...
Currently on sale for £89.99 on Amazon - just ordered.
Nice spot!
What would be the best smartwatch/fitness watch for someone who only cares about accurate continuous heart rate tracking throughout the day? (my doctor would like me to have one) Something that can be combined with an app to see maybe daily/weekly heart rate averages or something like that. I don't care about GPS functions or notifications from texts or calls or any other functions really. Maybe Garmin Forerunner 45s or something?
The best watch I've tried myself for heart rate measurement is the Apple Watch. My son has the 45s but I've not fully tested it - but that might be a cheaper non Apple (!) alternative.
Great video! I have a question, is it really waterproof?
Thanks SeiyaBK! Yes it is waterproof to 50m. Whether they will honour that feature if it gets water damage I don't know!
@@TheTechnologyMan first of all, thanks for the great review.
And secondly, i would like to know if you have any news about the waterproof, or have you done any swimming tests...?
Also if you could advise me, I was considering change my Amazfit Stratos for the GTS since I'm quite annoyed with the Stratos' battery life.
But I'm not sure which has a better tracking GPS system or either the heart monitoring...
Once more thanks for this amazing and detailed review. You just got a new subscriber from Brazil =]
Great review.
In your opinion, Which watch has the best heart rate monitoring?
Thanks Krunal jain. At the moment unfortunately the Apple Watch is the clear winner from the watches I've tested so far - but I will be testing more!
The Technology Man have you tested the xaiomi mi band 4? Especially with the heart rate rating
Very helpful review👍 hpw does the heart rate sensor and result compare to apple watch? Are there huge differences (especially during workout I am interested)
Thanks Lore P! It's not close to the accuracy of the Apple Watch - for me at least.
@@TheTechnologyMan Thank you for the answer. The problem is I have a Samsung phone and cannot use Apple watch. Is there a square watch with apple design that has reliable fitness results?
No problem. I'd probably go for a Garmin watch like the Forerunner 35 - although I've not tested the heart rate on it yet and it's more a fitness watch than smart watch. I'm sure there are others too.
Hey there, great review! Which one would you prefer, the BIP or the GTS considering the prices?
Thank you Egemen Aksu! I probably prefer the GTS for the screen. But if the Bip does everything you need - it's cheaper and the battery lasts longer!
@@TheTechnologyMan Thank you for your response!
I really want to buy this watch. Hopefully its worth it
I have a question does it have lags?
It's pretty responsive - hopefully you can see in the video. I haven't had any noticeable lag so far ...
@@TheTechnologyMan thanks for the response
How long of an activty/ wrokout can you record with GPS & heart monitoring? I do 12 hours hikes and was wondering if it could last that long. I would really appreciate your inputs
Sorry I haven't tested the maximum length of workout with GPS on - but that might be pushing it.