Garmin makes the best sports watches you can buy, and the Forerunner 265 is one of our favorites. The newly launched mid-range Garmin running watch has a bright, beautiful AMOLED screen, which is easy to see, even in direct sunlight. Compared to the originalFitbit Sense, the Sense 2 features an upgraded design, interface and EDA sensor, making for Fitbit's most holistic smartwatch yet. An update to the stress-detecting EDA (electrodermal activity) sensor plays a large role in the device’s success: now called cEDA ('c' for continuous,) the sensor monitors stress levels or heightened responses throughout the day, prompting the user to take action on mood monitoring with Body Response notifications.

The Amazfit GTR/GTS 4 comes in round and square options. They're not identical, and the square version offers a tad more battery life. We prefer the GTR 4, which is a masculine looking 46mm smartwatch. The GTS 4 has a more feminine design, but pretty much everything that applies to the GTR 4 can be found on the GTS. This is an interesting one. Of the Fitbit wearables that include a heart rate monitor, you can work to heart rate zones and view resting heart rate data to get a better gauge of your fitness level. You’ll also get something called a Cardio Fitness Score, which is related to VO2 Max as another source of insight into your fitness levels. Similarly, Amazfit watches don’t have the app stores found in the watchOS and Wear OS software. You’re limited to Zepp-brand apps for productivity or music-listening. Amazfit watches: Battery life Many of Amazfit’s devices offer both pool and open water swimming giving you similarly rich swim metrics including SWOLF, pace, and stroke analysis. You’ve got nice, bright screens to review your swim data and the accuracy is there too, which gives it the edge in this particular department. Like the Xiaomi Mi Band 5, it's quite refreshing to see modes like indoor rowing and the jump rope mode with the offer of activity specific metrics.The accuracy and sensitivity of the workout recognition feature varies from person to person, and are related to the posture and proficiency of the user during their workout. Short workout duration or frequent changes in posture may not trigger the automatic recognition feature. When you are driving a car or taking a bus, or taking part in other such activities, accidental recognition may be triggered if these activities are particularly similar to the selected workout mode. Make sure that connection with your mobile phone is maintained and GPS permission is obtained. The battery life may vary according to the settings, operation conditions and other factors. So the actual result may differ from the laboratory data.

What we found with the Band 5 is that it's a bit of a mixed bag in terms of what you can expect. When we took it running outside, you need to launch the app on your phone first before it can establish a GPS connection.Zepp adds in context, too, comparing you with others. For example, I have a tendency to fall asleep faster than 67% of people, but I also know that my time spent in a state of deep sleep is on the low side. On the whole, it worked well. It was able to able to recognize queries correctly on the first attempt. It handled queries about the weather, upcoming sports fixtures and recipes, where it will prompt you as to whether you want to follow the recipe on the band. It's perhaps not the biggest screen to read a recipe on, but it works. To get closer to double digit days of battery life, you're going to need to disable things like the sleep assistant, 24/7 heart rate monitoring and not keep the screen at max brightness. Our issue has always been around the software foundations that allow that hardware to shine, and while it’s still a little clunky and buggy in places, things on that front have improved massively. You’re getting well-presented health and fitness data along with useful insights into that data. I think it's pretty cool device, but they should add the improvements and corrections I've suggested to the next iteration.

Heavy usage scenario: Heart rate monitoring is always on and measures at 1-minute intervals, high-precision sleep and all-day stress monitoring are enabled; 200 pushed messages a day; receive 15 call notifications per day, vibrations last for 10 seconds each time; raise wrist to see device time 500 times; sync with the Zepp App once per day; test blood-oxygen 2 times per day; exercise data is recorded for 90 minutes per week. The Mi Band 6 features a 125 mAh capacity battery just like the Mi Band 5 and that should get you up to 14 days in typical usage and 20 days in power saving mode . In our heavy usage testing, it was 7 days. If you turn off more power intensive features like continuous heart rate monitoring, you will get longer.

Why is Amazfit Band 5 better than Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6?

For anything indoors, this tends to be on the basic side: time, estimated calorie burn and heart rate – though it’s good that swimming estimates distance, and jump rope will use the accelerometer to have a stab at how many times you’ve jumped. It’s clear if you value or like the idea of having a smart assistant to talk to like you can on an Apple Watch or a Fitbit smartwatch, the Amazfit Band is the one that’s going to have more appeal. Venu SQ והתוצאות היו מפתיעות לטובה, הנתונים היו כמעט זהים גם בזמן הריצה וגם בזמן הליכה, מה שכן, ברוב המקרים, היה נראה לי שהשעון של גרמין מתעדכן יותר מהר בשינויי הדופק. מה שאין ל-Band 5 הוא התקן GPS, כך שאם תצאו לריצה בלי הסמארטפון שלכם, לא תהנו מניטור מושלם.