Xiaomi’s Huami has pretty much made its
name thanks to the Amazfit range of smart wearable accessories. After
consolidating its name with popular products like the Amazfit GTS, GTR and Bip
the company opted for a unconventional mode. Amazfit is now rebranded to Zepp,
and everything started with the app name. Apart from a new name and logo,
nothing is changed for existing owners of Amazfit wearables. However, in the
future, any products coming from the company will launch under the Zepp brand.
The first wearables to come under the new branding are the Zepp E Sqaure and
Zepp E Circle. These new smartwartches come with a huge focus on wellbeing.
They offer heart rate monitoring, bloody-oxygen saturation monitoring and sleep
tracking monitor.
As aforementioned, the Zepp E is available
in two distcint flavors that will perfectly adapt to your preferences. We have
the Zepp E Circle and the Zepp E Square. They’re essentially the same devices
but each one features a distinct size and shapes. The Circle model comes with a
1.28-inch AMOLED display with 416 x 416 resolution. The Square model comes with
a larger 1.65-inch AMOLED display with 348 x 442 pixels of resolution. Both
flavors come with a stainless steel build but with different band colors and
materials. Both the Circle and Square offer a leather band in “Polar Night
Black” or “Moon Grey” and a fluoroelastomer band in “Onyx Black”. The Square,
however, has a unique “Deep Sea Blue” leather band, “Pebble Grey” fluoroelastomer
band, and “Metallic Black Special Edition”. The Circle model comes with a
unique “Ice Blue” fluoroelastomer band and “Champagne Gold Special Edition.”
Among the smart features, the Zepp E
brings a set of advanced sleep tracking modes. For starters, it can read
distinct sleep stages such as deep sleep, light sleep and even Rapid Eye
Movement. It also reads you awake time and monitor your naps. Zepp then will
collect the data and provides a sleep score. Users can use this data to take
some steps in wonder to improve their overall sleep quality.
Just like other modern smartwatches, the
Zepp E family brings a heart-rate sensor. Zepp, however, gives a step to
differentiate its product by using the sensor to provide information about
stress. According to the company, this stress-monitoring feature will come in a
future OTA update.
Talking about sports, the Zepp E series
brings support for 11 sport modes. It includes the most common ones like
cycling, swimming, outdoor running and more. Worth noting that both
smartwatches come with up to 5ATM of water resistance. Unfortunately, they
don’t come with a built-in GPS for location tracking. So you will still need
your smartphone for tasks involving GPS.
The company promises up to seven days of
battery life in common use scenarios. The Zepp E packs a 188mAh battery that
can last up to 15 days in the basic watch mode. The smartwatches take about 2
hours to fully charge and are connected to a magnetic charging based via 2 Pogo
Pin connectors. Last but not least, the wearables are running Zepp’s
proprietary smartwatch OS. This operating system has five watch faces built-in.
However, you can download more from the Zepp App. The Zepp E series is selling
now for US$ 249 right now in the U.S. If you’re in the UK, the wearables will
retail for £ 209 starting September 1.