During testing it has been comfortable to wear in the day, during exercise and at night. It's never fallen off and the band hasn't cause any skin irritations or issues.

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. For sleep, you're getting some pretty comprehensive data and insights. You can't view sleep data on the Band, so it's over to the app to see how well or badly you've slept. Morning updates need to be set in the Zepp App or in the watch settings, and the currently supported content is: weather, battery, sleep, schedule, PAI, yesterday's activity.

Indoor positioning services are not supported. Positioning speed and accuracy may be affected by the surrounding environment. The number of satellites connected to simultaneously, and specific satellite connections, may depend on your location. hour monitoring of heart rate and blood-oxygen saturation (SpO₂) need to be enabled in the Zepp App. For heart rate monitoring, the user must enable Auto Heart Rate Monitor in the Zepp App, and the minimum value can be set to 1 minute. Abnormal heart rate alerts and the preset value need to be set in the Zepp App. To measure blood-oxygen saturation (SpO₂), please wear the watch tightly at one finger-width from the wrist, and keep your arm still for best results. SpO₂ alerts are sent if the detected rate is too low compared to the preset value, which needs to be set in the Zepp App, at a minimum of 80%. Movement, and environmental and physical characteristics can affect speed and accuracy of monitoring and measurement. The 24-hour stress level monitoring needs to be enabled on the watch or in the Zepp App. Alerts for high stress levels are based on the preset value, and prompts for the breathing exercise need to be enabled on the watch. To process the one-tap measurement and other manual metric measurements, please wear the watch tightly at one finger-width from the wrist, and keep your arm still for best results. Movement, and environmental and physical characteristics can affect speed and accuracy of monitoring and measurement. When we did manage to get some data, it was kind of what expected. Average heart rate data and maximum heart rate data was largely off in comparison to a chest strap monitor. You will of course get a bigger display on the Mi Band 6 to fit in more information on single screens and to make the watch faces at your disposal look a little nicer. Mostly because sweat contains a series of highly corrosive chemicals that will eventually damage the leather strap. And this can translate into a break at the worst time and that you end up losing your smartband. For this reason, we have wanted to focus on three very particular finishes: silicone, nylon and stainless steel.

For activities like running, pool swimming, indoor rowing, core metrics are on the whole reliable. Both devices are better suited to 20-30 minute workout time as opposed to running or cycling for hours if you crave optimum accuracy. This feature is only supported by Android devices with Zepp App version 6.10.0 or higher version installed. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi ut blandit risus. Donec mollis nec tellus et rutrum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Ut consequat quam a purus faucibus scelerisque. Mauris ac dui ante. Pellentesque congue porttitor tempus. Donec sodales dapibus urna sed dictum. Duis congue posuere libero, a aliquam est porta quis.To see the full list of 15 countries/regions and 14 languages supported, as well as how to activate and use Alexa on your Amazfit Balance, please visit support.amazfit.com. You're also getting those SpO2 readings carried out by the same sensor that delivers the heart rate data. We tested it against a dedicated pulse oximeter and found that readings were identical. From the band, you'll need to head to the Status screen to see step counts, distance covered, calorie burn and how many idle alerts you've raised during the day. Most watch faces will serve up daily stats as well. You can also connect it to Strava and Relive to soak up the Kudos and create videos of your outdoor adventures.

Smartwatch features are level pegged too with both using the Zepp companion phone app on either Android and iOS devices. After an initial trial period, Readiness insights requires subscription to Zepp Aura, and is therefore only available in select countries and regions.

What should a sports strap have

It's got a 5ATM waterproof rating, which means it's safe for showering and a swim up to 50 meters' depth. 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. 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. Given Huami manufactures the Mi Band for Xiaomi, there's a lot of crossover in terms of design. And there's not been a huge effort to make the Mi Band 6 and the Amazfit Band 5 look all that different. The Knowledge Base was developed by a team of experts, including Dr. Lisa Meltzer - a clinical psychologist who has more than 22 years of clinical teaching and research experience in the field of sleep health, providing sleep health solutions for individuals, enterprises and hospitals.