Amazfit GTS 3 Smart Watch for Android iPhone, Alexa Built-In, GPS Fitness Sports Watch with 150 Sports Modes, 1.75” AMOLED Display, 12-Day Battery Life, Blood Oxygen Heart Rate Tracking, Black

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1. Please take note: This review ultimately ends with a positive impression and I would easily recommend this as a purchase. This review covers my experience with the first watch I ordered, and then the subsequent replacement.FIRST TRY: Wow. What a disappointment. Just received mine in the mail yesterday. Opened it, charged it, synced it to the app and tried it on.So far the most basic features are accurate. Time, weather, Bluetooth calls and messages, notifications. Even the compass and barometer work. Connecting through Bluetooth was fairly seamless. I’m not sure the step counter is all that accurate. It seems… sluggish, to say the least.The biggest problem with this watch is the one that will matter to most anyone who buys it. The sensor/s. Either they aren’t strong enough, or they don’t work well enough to be accurate. This watch only has one visible sensor that is presumably supposed to perform all the functions that this watch claims to have.I happen to have an Amazfit GTS 2e, and a Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 3 GPS. Both watches have a total of five sensors, and reliably track heart rate, breathing and other stats. This GTR 3 Pro is still fairly new, and should perform better than it does, but so far… it’s not great.I’ve only been able to get the sensor to work in one of two ways. One is by wearing it with the sensor directly over the underside of my wrist, where you take your pulse. The other is by pressing my finger over the sensor, which clearly is not ideal.The other oddity is that while the watch’s weather app works perfectly, AND accurately detects your location, the GPS refuses to work when starting a workout like a simple walk.There’s a ton of apps on the watch, and even more available through the Zepp App. But so far, the only fitness feature that works smoothly is the pedometer. It shouldn’t be this difficult to get a device to work.I’ve had a mostly good experience with my Amazfit GTS 2e, so I thought this newer watch would be better by leaps and bounds. So far, the only thing that is better is the design, and the gorgeous display. That’s a shame, because right now there are $30 smartwatches on Amazon that perform just as well, or better than this one.Reading through the reviews for Amazfit devices doesn’t inspire much confidence. Although many of the devices have four and a half stars, that’s usually based on a small number of reviews, and it’s usually just over half that give those high marks. A little less than half usually express disappointment for the same issues. Poor performance and accuracy for the one thing these watches are supposed to do. Track health & fitness.I’m going to keep testing this thing for a week. Maybe the watch will perform better once broken in a bit. As of now, I couldn’t recommend this watch to anyone. This watch used to be over $200. Now it’s a little over $100. Maybe the poor functionality is why.First Update: I’ve now used this thing for four days. The GPS finally worked on a six mile walk. Unfortunately, because the sensor was not detecting any heart rate, the only data I got from that walk was steps counted, distance, and the speed at which I was walking. I couldn’ even get a PAI score because of heart rate tracking being absent.I had to shave a small area of baby fine hairs on my wrist, and reboot the watch before it finally began reading heart rate, and I’m not even sure it was accurate. My Ticwatch usually shows my resting heart rate hovering around 96 BPM. The GTR 3 showed a resting rate of roughly 76 BPM.Even so, tracking of my vitals only lasted for about two hours, and then stopped for no reason. It didn’t come back for an entire day, until I restarted the watch once more. I’ve never had these issues with my Ticwatch, but my Amazfit GTS 2e has been tricky like this. This doesn’t speak well for the Amazfit brand.On the positive side, even after four days with all tracking and features turned on, I still have 54% of battery left. Flicking my wrist brings the screen to life with ease. The touch screen can be sluggish or clunky sometimes. I’ll do one last update before deciding whether I’ll return this thing.Final Update : It dawned on me that I may have just gotten a defective unit. I returned it and received a replacement in three days. Now, everything works perfectly, and then some. The battery life alone is quite extraordinary. Six days straight with all features turned on before I needed to recharge. All tracking feels accurate. Syncing was smooth and without any glitches. Alexa works perfectly.Considering that even premium WearOS smartwatches have had Google Assistant pulled from them, Amazfit and Apple watches are the only option outside of WearOS that offer a useful Assistant app. The display, the battery life, and even the app support on Amazfit devices is better than what WearOS is offering. In my mind, Amazfit is the only true alternative to an Apple Watch.

2. I’ve had this watch about a month and a half. Excellent. I had a fitbit inspire 2, for several years. The watch is hard plastic and in changing out the bands, a piece broke off, rendering it un-usable. I thought it was a good time to upgrade to more of a smartwatch and looked at Galaxy watches, etc., but those price tags were too much, plus their battery last was give or take 1 day. Given the fact that Fitbit was bought by Google and they plan to phase those out, I didn’t want to I also didn’t want a cheap watch that I was going to have to replace every couple of years. I wanted a metal watch (to avoid the issue with a piece breaking off), I wanted it to have the fitness capability, and I preferred it to have the phone connections. I spent a lot of time looking and googling for reviews. This one is great. The battery lasts a long time, not quite 2 weeks, and I have several apps enabled. I have let it get down almost to zero so I could see how long I could get off one charge, and even with low battery (leas than 10%), it still lasts all day while I’m work, etc. It also charges quickly.I have used it answer the phone and reply to texts (I have an android). I enabled notifications as well as several of the fitness apps. I’ve used the Breathe app at night before bed. Sleeps seems to track well. I didn’t realize it had features like a compass and a barometer. It reminds me to get up and walk, etc.I like that it is round vs square. It is a large face, but I have large large wrists and hands and it fits well. I got several compliments at work. I highly recommend this watch.

3. I’ve had my GTR 3 Pro for about two weeks.  This is my first ever smart watch or fitness tracker, I’m not an athlete, and so far I’m very happy with this watch.  I can’t imagine needing more workout options or settings or features… too many to list and review here.  I use the Android Zepp app on my Samsung phone and there’s a lot of information in the app and it’s pretty intuitive to me; you use the phone app do most of the watch settings and see the super-detailed health and workout data, just make sure to keep the app running all the time.  That means now your phone’s bluetooth is always on, something new to me but I suppose not for a lot of people.  If you’re away from your phone, it all syncronizes the next time the watch and phone connect. The battery and price were my main reasons for choosing this watch (and it’s round, like a watch should be).  The battery is no joke: I think the manufacturer promises around 12 days, and after nine days it was at 14%.  I logged a workout each day, made and answered a few phone calls, slept overnight with it on once, replied to texts, kept it connected to the phone, never turned it off, left most if not all of the default settings (screen NOT always on, heart rate every 10 minutes), and played with it a lot.  No doubt results will vary. Just a couple hours to re-charge.  I’ve read about high-brow ($$$) watches being charged once or even twice a day… that’s a non-starter for me.  I keep the big and responsive screen at about 15% brightness but it is on auto-brightness so you can see it out in the sun. GPS seems accurate after looking at the maps of my walks in the app… start an outside workout, tap start and give it 15 seconds or so to catch the GPS signal, the phone vibrates and you’re off.  Works everytime.  I pretty much take the watch’s word for it as far as heart rate, steps, calories and the rest of the fitness and health features.  I have nothing to compare it to so works for me.  The description says includes wifi but it isn’t anything you can use like you might think or turn on or off as you please… might just be for transferring music to the watch.    With just the companion Zepp app on your phone, you can make and answer phone calls with the watch’s built-in microphone and speaker.  And you can reply to text messages either with an emoji or from a selection of pre-set responses that you can edit or add to (you make/edit these using the Zepp app on your phone, they’re syncronized to the watch, and the responses appear on your watch when you tap reply to a text).  Works great.  You can’t create a text with the watch (maybe thru Alexa, not sure).  There’s a little app store in the Zepp phone app (maybe 20 apps), where you can download small apps to the watch (stocks, calculator, etc.).  I am an Alexa newbie but it also works fine.  Set-up is a bit clunky using the manual and Zepp app but after going through the process a couple times it works.  We don’t have anything else Alexa in the house so still figuring out what to do with her besides weather, lists, etc.I’m still using the supplied brown band… not sure if it’s really leather but it is comfy and looks good.  I was worried most about the large size of the watch with my skinny wrists, but it looks ok even with a separate cover that adds a couple mm to the overall size.  I had a cover over the whole watch before I ever turned it on, so I can’t comment on scratch resistance and such.  I immediately cover all my devices and screens and there are several protection options on Amazon.  By the way it can be worn on the right wrist, too, by swapping the band around and settings to flip the screen and buttons.  Easy peezy. I’ve loaded over 200 MP3s to the watch and have over 1G memory left.  It connects perfectly to my cheap bluetooth ear buds and so far stays connected.   The watch comes with about five or six watch faces pre-installed, but through the Zepp app on your phone you can download more.  A lot of them cost a couple bucks but I can’t count the free ones.  Loading a new face onto your watch takes a couple of taps and it’s installed and active on your watch.  I’ve downloaded one of the several separate phone apps just for Amazfit faces and it offers hundreds more for free and works great.  I can’t imagine anyone wanting more free watch faces, they just don’t all come pre-installed on the watch.  Nor should they, taking up memory space.  Delete and download new faces as you feel the need for change.On the negative side I have yet to get the offline voice commands to do anything.  These are built-in voice commands that let you speak to open apps and control some watch features.  They are separate from talking to Alexa, which works fine for me.  I haven’t really sought a solution yet because it’s just too easy to get to everything on the watch by swiping or rotating the crown button.  The Zepp app does use a good chunk of phone memory… whenever I check it is using between 600 and 800MB of internal storage.  Could be alot for some phones and I’ve no idea if the app can be moved to external phone storage.  Hopefully it can. I recommend keeping an open mind when reading some of the negative reviews based on one or two features out of the 50 things the watch does (like 1-star reviews because the customer doesn’t like having to use the rotating crown to navigate the display, or couldn’t get an old watch’s face on this new watch, or too hard to install watch faces (no… it’s super easy), or one feature it doesn’t even advertise it can do but it “should” do… I don’t understand one-star reviews like that).  Overall it’s a great smart watch value with a long list of useful features.UPDATEAfter I had the watch for weeks I learned there are watchfaces with tap-able/shortcut spots on them, that’ll take you directly to different apps in the watch… steps, weather, heart, alarms, etc.And, if you tap on the city name in the weather app you can select other cities that are in the weather section of the Zepp app on your phone. I did that accidentally one day. I had no idea.

4. Using with OnePlus 10 Pro.Very nice watch with nice build quality, easy functionality.Fast and smooth OS.Comfortable to wear.Very light, especially for it’s size and aluminum body. I don’t even notice it.Aside from the ZEPP app, you can download the AmazFaces app for a mind boggling number of FREE watch faces.The sensors work well. It doesn’t have to be strapped on so it strangles your wrist. I can back off one strap notch from my previous Moto. At the buckle, I can slide my little finger under it and the sensors work fine.It was a bit confusing to set up with a Oneplus 10 Pro, but that’s mostly because I jumped from Android 9 to 13 with the new phone. Android is where the problem was, not the watch.I had to complete setting it up by going into “Special Permissions” under app management in the phone after already setting permissions. The main problem was getting the phone feature to work.I guess Android just wants to make life more difficult.Thanks Android! At least I got to test the stress test function of the watch.It works just fine!Knock it off Android!!!Anyway, after setup I couldn’t be more pleased. The watch gives me little nudges to get me off my butt more often. That’s really nice when your 60+.I should mention that the YouTubers are a little misleading as there is no ECG/EKG feature for the U.S..It has been released in China.Why not here? More than likely the FDA is the culprit. They’ll approve all kinds of meds we see on tv that may kill you, but no ECG/EKG on a watch.I did originally buy the watch for that feature, but I’m very pleased with all the other features.Another thing is Samsung watches can be fussy about what phone you use. They want you to stay in their stupid Samsung Family.This goes for Apple and their family of products too.If you have a Samsung or Apple phone, this watch will probably work fine, but you won’t have access to certain Samsung or Apple features.You may not even care about those features. Do your research before buying.On the other hand, with my OnePlus 10 Pro, everything works great!There are very affordable cases with built in screen protectors for these watches that work quite well. You can get a pack of 5 or 6 different colors for under $15. They easily snap on and off so you can change the look whenever you want. Bands are 22mm and are easily changed too. The leather band that came with my watch was okay but I wanted silicone for more comfort and water resistance.I’m definitely going to buy another Amazfit when’s the time comes.

5. The Amazfit GTR3 Pro smart watch deserves 5+ stars! I’m loving it. It is the best smart watch for the money in my opinion. I am a protectionist so I normally buy name brand things because they are normally better, for the most pay at least. But one of the main reasons I chose this is the battery life. A Google or Samsung watch has to be recharged every day. I along with most people charge their devices at night. But if you charge at night you can not make use of the sleep analysis which is one of the most important features for me. It says the GTR 3 Pro last for 12 days, what a huge difference! I got mine 04/22/2024, it’s now 05/01/2024 and the battery level is at 13%. I also have all the high battery use features (minus always on display) turned on so that is impressive. The display is high quality-very clear, vibrant, and bright. Another reason why I choose this is because it has Alexa built in. It’s very handy to have especially if you have a lot of smart devices. I really like how the top side button is a scroll wheel to easily navigate thru text messages, notifications, menus etc.. The Zepp app is awesome. The Aura feature inside Zepp app is amazing! It’s very advanced, it plays brain frequencies, heart beat, melodies, and nature sounds to help you sleep, meditate, it just relax. What makes it so advanced and special is it monitors you as it plays different sounds and finds what sounds effect you the most and uses those to help you fall asleep faster. It works way better than I imagined it would. It works so well I end up sleeping with my ear buds in all night. I normally listen to sleep hypnosis videos on YouTube and remove my ear buds whenever I wake up for the first time during the night. With Aura I don’t wake up any to be able to take the ear buds off. That speaks volumes. I could go on and on but if you want a good smart watch this is 100% the one to get!!

6. I don’t normally write long reviews like this. but i am SO thrilled about this watch. i did NOT expect to like it as much as i do, and i didn’t see anywhere about all the extra stuff it includes. (idk, maybe i’m blind)first off, you can literally add GAMES to ur watch. like tik tac toe, black jack, whack-a-mole, etc. they’re actually really fun to play. there’s other apps that you can download like tarot readings, gps, birthday reminders, like a lot of stuff.there’s also a bunchhhhhh of different wallpapers you can choose from, and some of them are free!!!i love this thing, i originally got it just for tracking my steps and to answer calls when i’m not near my phone. this is so awesome. i don’t understand how this could possibly have bad reviews. it works great with my iphone too.my only minimal issue i have is that i can’t figure out how to get texts to show up on my watch. that’s really it. everything else is PERFECT.

7. I’ve tried 5 smart watches all operating on a different app and at various price points from $30 to $300. This one is $150 and is in my opinion the only real competitor to an apple or galaxy watch. My son owns an apple watch and I managed to impress him with some features. Particularly the battery life. He laughed at the advertised 12 day battery life. When I finally HAD to charge my watch after 6 days of heavy use, he couldn’t believe it. The other feature his more expensive apple watch doesn’t have is the ability to quickly display multiple digital business cards by means of a qr code generated by the watch app. One click and anybody can scan my code to visit my website. Totally genius! Thankfully, I found a watch I can keep and be absolutely happy with. The zepp app is by far the best I have used and makes the watch super customizable. I’m picky when it comes to tech and I don’t leave many reviews. The fact I’m taking the time for this product means something. Hope this helps someone.

8. The thing my husband enjoys most about this Amazfit watch is the tracking activity features. It has over 150 activities, so you can track just about anything you want. He doesn’t really track his sleep, but uses it daily for his activities, like bike riding, jogging, walking, kayaking, playing golf, etc. The battery life is superior to other smart watches by other companies. I can’t wait for my Amazfit watch to break so I can get one like his. He purchased mine about three years ago. I use the mobile app daily. Mine has a 45-day battery life but doesn’t have as many features as his. They are a great value. I’ll be purchasing another one when this one dies.

9. I LOVE this GTS 3! I had the original Bip for several years and thought it was great. Once it died, I tried a couple other cheap watches but wasn’t happy. So I came back to Amazfit. This GTS 3 had so many great features and is very accurate. With heavy usage and always on display, I’m only getting about 4 – 5 days out off a charge. I do wish it was closer to the 12 days advertised, especially since my was getting close to 30 days. Other than that I have zero complaints. It’s really a great watch.

10. I love this watch I have been wearing for seven days and still have fifty percent of original charge the GPS is awesome keeps good sleep tracking and heart rate, good step count, am very happy with it.