Nearly every other week, a new smartwatch is introduced on the market. Depending on their interests, consumers can choose from a plethora of possibilities. However, just a few businesses have been successful in this field. Among them is Amazfit. The business is renowned for offering affordable timepieces. In terms of smartwatches, they have succeeded in both the mid-range and the budget segments. Every fitness enthusiast will like the watch’s abundance of features and variety of sports modes.
The majority of the time, Amazon Fit smartwatches have had long-lasting batteries, making daily charging of wearables a hassle. Finally, the GTS 4 jumps on board and is able to deliver that. It will be fascinating to watch how the Amazfit GTS 4 holds up in the face of competition from the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 classic, which recently saw its price reduced. Discover how the Amazfit GTS 4 functions in real-world situations and whether you should buy one by reading the complete review.
Amazfit GTS 4 review: Design
The Amazfit GTS 4 resembles the Apple Watch in many ways, including having a rounded rectangular face and a spinning digital crown. However, the crown is positioned in the middle of the watch’s right edge and features the company’s lizard emblem, which is a nice touch. There isn’t a secondary button on the watch.
The GTS 4 looks good in either a dressed-up or activewear outfit, notwithstanding how well-worn the current style may be. You can customise the style to your preferences because it comes in a variety of band selections, is available in black or gold, and accepts standard 20mm watch bands.
The watch’s 390 x 450 OLED display is brilliant and bright enough to be seen outside, and the hardware itself feels reasonably high quality. A collection of health sensors for monitoring your heart rate, SpO2, and stress levels are located on the underside of the Amazfit GTS 4. The only extra that comes with the GTS 4 is a magnetic charger, which is USB-A compatible. While disappointing, that is a rather typical annoyance. The charger is USB-A, even for the $300 Fitbit Sense 2.
Amazfit GTS 4 review: Health & Fitness Tracking
The GTS 4 is no different from other Amazfit smartwatches in that it supports a wide variety of exercises. On the watch, you can keep track of more than 150 exercises, including cycling, yoga, jogging, swimming, and walking. Should you truly want to monitor your vital signs while any of these, there is support for additional deviant activities as well, such as chess, disco dancing, and tug of war.
In the corresponding Zepp app, which is accessible on iOS and Android, all exercise and health data are recorded. The software offers analyses of the calories burned during an exercise, the route taken (if GPS was enabled during the workout), a chart of the heart rate fluctuations, and more.
The GTS 4 offers automatic recognition for elliptical training, outdoor cycling, indoor walking, rowing machines, swimming in pools, and outdoor walking. This can have its sensitivity set to low, standard, or high. For me, the normal setting worked best because the high setting would force me to work out when I didn’t want to.
Amazfit demonstrated the weightlifting tracking capabilities on this watch when it initially went on sale, saying that it could identify particular strength-based movements like bicep curls or shoulder presses. I discovered inconsistencies with this feature, same like on the GTR 4. It occasionally struggled to recognise the right movement I was making and occasionally erred in correctly counting the reps. In the Zepp app, moves can be manually added, however you cannot enter in a unique move if it is not included in the list of suggested moves from Amazfit.
Amazfit GTS 4 review: Software and performance
The Amazfit GTS 4 is loaded with features. It will probably take you about a week to become acclimated to everything on the watch because there are so many things to figure out. Depending on the watch face you choose, the home screen itself contains a tonne of information. The notification bar, which resembles what you could find on a smartphone, is accessed by swiping downward.
There are several options available to play around with. You may view all of the app notifications by swiping up. You may access your fitness information, heart rate monitor, and many more things with a left swipe. You can access all the required shortcuts with a right swipe, and there are tabs for calling Amazon Alexa, checking your SpO2, viewing call history, and more.
Over 150 sports modes on the Amazfit GTS 4 will please fitness enthusiasts. The majority of the presets are pre-loaded on the watch, and the Zepp app may be used to customise the rest. In relation to the companion app, we have to say that it is among the most thorough and succinct fitness apps for a smartwatch that we have used.
You can view all the relevant health information, sleep logs, and exercise histories on the homepage. You may check out and keep an eye on other features by clicking a tab in the top right corner. The majority of settings are accessible directly from the watch, but for a few capabilities, such as continuous heart rate monitoring, you must first use the app. Zepp also gives you the option to rearrange all of the tiles however you choose.
Even though Amazon Alexa’s integration has made us more lazy than ever, it’s a terrific addition, especially during Delhi’s chilly winters when you just don’t want to take off your sweatshirt. Alexa can be called up by Amazfit with simply a flick of the wrist, however we occasionally found this to be a touch erratic. Asking it to play music directly from the watch, set the alarm for the following day, and other things is possible. However, Alexa cannot be used to make calls. That would have made a good addition.
Amazfit GTS 4 review: Battery life
With the GTS 4, Amazfit claims an eight-day battery life, but as with every other wristwatch these days, your actual battery life will largely rely on the functions you enable and disable. The always-on display has been on and off during our time with the device over the past few weeks, and as you might guess, this has the most impact on how much you can expect to get.
During our daytime schedule with the display set to always-on and about 30 to 60 minutes of tracked GPS exercise, we would observe a battery depletion of 20 to 25 percent. So long as we were reliable, it would often last 4-5 days. We really think this is fairly good for a tracker with a good display and the added power drain that dual-band GPS poses, even though it may be less than Amazfit’s estimate.
Of course, you may extend this considerably further if the always-on display is disabled. We predict the GTS 4 can handle about four weeks of battery life with the same kind of usage, regularly tracking both sleep and exercise. This is obviously very good, and for those who want to stretch their batteries even further, there is a battery-saving option.
Amazfit GTS 4 review: Price and availability
The GTS 4 Mini smartwatch from Amazfit was unveiled in July 2022. The majority of merchants, including Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, have set the pricing of the GTS 4 Mini at $120. The mid-range smartwatch frequently comes with a $10 discount. Four colour options are available for the Amazfit GTS 4 Mini.
You can pick from Moonlight White, Midnight Black, Flamingo Pink, etc. The aforementioned varieties, in that order, pair a light gold case with beige bands, a silver case with light mint bands, a rose gold case with light pink bands, and a gunmetal grey case with black bands.
Final Words
The Amazfit GTS 4 performs very little to support its $200 MSRP when compared to comparable wearables you can get for roughly the same price. Its menus are confusing and stuffed to the gills with options, and its fitness monitoring capabilities don’t seem to be as accurate as what you’ll find elsewhere.
The top fitness trackers and Wear OS watches now available are all attractive watches with reliable hardware and attractive displays. The GTS 4 isn’t a poor device per se, but it’s outperformed in most respects by devices from more seasoned manufacturers, many of which are offered for around the same price.
