Overview of sports watches Xiaomi Amazfit Pace - an advanced version of the Mi Band

Characteristics

Appearance and ease of use

Housing Amazfit Pace perfectly polished. The only protruding element - control button on the right side. Accidentally press it is practically impossible.

The strap is made of soft silicone. Despite the claims of the manufacturer of hypoallergenic material, sensitive skin can react to his annoyance. All fault need for maximally close contact with the bottom of the hours wheel.

Here are the contacts for the charging station and an optical pulse sensor. The latter received a modified structure and learned to operate in several modes, including constantly taking readings.

It is curious that for Amazfit Pace is not necessary to purchase an original wrist strap, you can take on other hours.

Display

The main element Amazfit Pace became a large color display with touch screen. The touch layer is only hours after activation with the control button, so that accidentally pressed completely excluded.

Inversion of the absence of color. Viewing angles - exactly 180 degrees. The backlight can be set to active and inactive modes, but even the maximum level does not seem dazzling.

The used technology provides excellent sharpness and readability of images even with low luminance. Up to the fact that the photograph the screen Amazfit Pace becomes problematic: you see everything that happens on the screen, even in bright sunlight, but the camera is unknown.

Operating System and desktops

Amazfit Pace run on proprietary operating system, because of which are incompatible with applications for Android Wear and other smart watches.

Hardware clocks are different from other fellow Chinese, so Amazfit flashing fraught with certain risks. The Chinese version of the good turns in Russian translation with small flaws, but it becomes a long and complicated procedure with illiterate actions change the language.

Official English version is devoid of this shortcoming. Messages from your smartphone are displayed in Russian without problems.

In idle mode, the screen displays updated at intervals of 30-60 seconds of information. Posts smartphone displays without the backlight, touch screen, and the screen itself, the display time can be adjusted.

Functionality

Opportunities hours depend on the style of the dial, you can select when you first connect the device to your phone.

Working with Amazfit carried swipe up-down and right-left. Swipe down to view posts from your smartphone or system notifications of fitness gadget. Swipe up takes user to the system clock settings on the main screen. In the menu you can change the general settings dial to establish a connection with your smartphone and change some of the parameters that are important when offline use Amazfit Pace.

In the background of the device counts steps, distance covered (in accordance with the specified growth), and several times a day measure the pulse. By means of swipe to the right you can get to the menu with sports settings allow you to select the type of activity. From this parameter depends on the algorithm calculation steps, distance and heart rate. Available almost everything: run options (including the path), weight training, biking, and climbing up the hill. For hours of operation in the run mode and outdoor workouts need to include GPS-module.

Amazfit wrote a fairly detailed and accurate track walks and no communication with the satellites refuses to work. The device even specifies a single parameter - Work With GPS (in active mode). The battery it is only enough for 30 hours, while in normal mode - for five days. Recorded track can be viewed when connected to a smartphone in Google Maps.

Swipe left on the start screen Amazfit provides access to several functional dials. There is hidden audio player, the information about the pulse, track (for the regime outdoor training) and distance traveled, alarm clock, reminders of the need to move, sleep statistics and activity whole.

The player works only with internal memory Amazfit Pace and a wireless headset that is connected directly to the clock. The player controls in the phone is missing.

The watch has a smart alarm clock, and, apparently, it really works. But do not forget that this function requires a complex calculation, which may not be a specific user.

For the pulse sensor has two modes of operation can be performed manually stopped in the required time, or use undocumented algorithms for automatic measurement. In this case, the clock producing measurement after a certain period of time, which depends on the selected type of activity.

Applications Companion

Statistics displayed on Amazfit screen can only be used for the current cursory assessment: small screen, the graphics are compressed to the limit. Therefore, the main access to the collected data, and synchronization settings are hidden in the corporate Amazfit application. Without it, the primary connection and synchronization of clocks and smartphone impossible.

After selecting the dial, configuring sync settings, alerts and units of Amazfit application can be forgotten. The more so because it allows you to connect to the StravaUsing popular sports system as a primary method for data processing and visualization statistics.

Instead Strava can be used for measuring and viewing statistics corporate sports apps Xiaomi Mi Fit with built-in synchronization with Google Fit.

Mi Fit important difference is the ability to combine Amazfit statistics with information from other Xiaomi smart gadgets for fitness: balance, sneakers and Mi Band.

You know what to replace Mi Band

Amazfit Pace - a logical continuation of the popular fitness trackers Xiaomi. It sports accessory, a personal trainer and assistant. Functionality Amazfit as a companion for your smartphone does not stand out from many similar devices, while offering the minimum required.

Certainly there are those who will miss the microphone, the NFC-module (which is not needed without Android Wear 2.0) or any additional features. Nevertheless plus Amazfit Pace is much more than the minuses. Among them:

• stylish appearance;
• comfortable design;
• good display;
• extensive sports facilities;
• possibility of autonomous use;
• synchronization with Mi Fit and Strava.

Disadvantages Amazfit Pace:

• own operating system;
• complex Russification.

If we consider Amazfit Pace as a handy gadget sports with support for most types of activity, Strava and GPS - $ 125 should not be a serious reason for not buying. This is the cheapest full-featured fitness accessories available on the market. Smarter than Mi Band 2 with the screen.