Huami recently renamed the Amazfit app on
Google Play Store as Zepp, fuelling speculations that the Xiaomi-backed company
was about restructuring the brand. Indeed, Huami has unveiled the Zepp E
smartwatches which comes in two iterations Zepp E Circle and Zepp E Square.Zepp
E The new products announce the birth of a new product lineup instead of a
total replacement of the Amazfit brand. Huami did clarify that the AMazfit and
Zepp brands will exist side by side.
The Zepp E Circle and Zepp E Square both
come with all the bells and whistles of a decent smartwatch. Apart from the
usual heart rate monitoring, it also features sleep tracking and there is a
SpO2 sensor onboard for monitoring the blood-oxygen saturation.
The Zepp ECircle features a round screen
shape, adorning a 1.28-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 416×416 pixels.
On the other hand, the Zepp E Square packs a larger 1.65-inch AMOLED display
with 348×442 pixels resolution. The two models adopt a stainless steel body and
are available with different strap colours, the bands all having different
textures since they are made from different materials.
The colour options include a leather band
in “Polar Night Black” or “Moon Grey” and a fluoroelastomer band for both
models, the “Onyx Black”, the Square gets a unique “Deep Sea Blue” leather
band, “Pebble Grey” fluoroelastomer band, and “Metallic Black Special Edition”
while the Circle gets its own unique “Ice Blue” fluoroelastomer band and
“Champagne Gold Special Edition.”
The Amazfit Zepp E series arrives with 11
sports modes, including cycling, climbing. swimming, walking, indoor and
outdoor running and more. They also feature the he ability to track a wearer’s
sleep stages, including light sleep, deep sleep, Rapid Eye Movement (REM), and
awake time. The data is provided on the app which users can use to take
actionable steps to improve their sleep quality.
Furthermore, the smartwatches are rated as
5ATM water resistant butthere is no GPS onboard for location tracking. The
heart rate sensor inside will also provide wearers with information about
stress, a feature which Huami says will come in a future OTA upgrade. In terms
of the battery life, the Huami Zepp E packs a 188mAh battery which boasts of up
to 7 days of batter life.In he basic watch mode, the battery life can be
extended to up to 15 days. It charges via a 2-pin pogo pin connector on a
magnetic charging base.
The watches don’trun on Wear OS instead,
they pack the Huami’s latest Zepp’s proprietary smartwatch OS. The OS offers
five watch faces built-in, though more can be downloaded from the Zepp
app.Amazfit Zepp E As for the pricing and availability, the Zepp E smartwatches
are priced at US$ 249 in the US. In the UK, it is priced at £ 209 and will start
shipping on September 1.
