The Amazfit Band 5 has a light and functional design. It feels really comfortable, almost unnoticeable due to only weighing 12 grams. Say goodbye to daily recharge. With a fully charged Amazfit Band 5, you don’t need to bring a charger for two-week trip The vertical, rectangular polycarbonate body is home to a 1.1in AMOLED display with a button placed underneath. This is the only control available other than the touchscreen itself, so the chassis is smooth and unencumbered by switches or ports. 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. The most obvious one is the touch button below the display. The Amazfit wearable has a circular one, the Xiaomi an oval one. Another difference is that the whole thing is a tiny bit larger than Mi Band. Its actual dimensions are47.2 x 18.5 x 12.4 mm.

Amazfit Band 5 Activity Fitness Tracker with Alexa Built-in Amazfit Band 5 Activity Fitness Tracker with Alexa Built-in

Just like Mi Band, Amazfit Band 5 has a 1.1 inch full colour AMOLED, with 2.5D curved glass protection. That’s actually a nice size for a fitness band. The colours are really vibrant and the text is quite sharp thanks to the126 x 294 pixel resolution and brightness up to 450 nits.Additionally, therean automatic activity detection option that can be enabled in the settings. This tries to figure out if you are doing exercise and automatically increases heart rate sampling if it sees that you are active. 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. The Amazfit Band 5 launches on 25 October and may appear from other retailers once it goes on general release. There’s no built-in GPS so you will need to really on your smartphone’s satellite signal. It will suffice for the occasional run, but it’s no sports watch. Make sure you don’t forget to switch on Connected GPS if you’re running. Without it I found the band is pretty bad at figuring out your distance.

Amazfit Band 5 user manual (English - 27 pages) Amazfit Band 5 user manual (English - 27 pages)

There was talk Xiaomi’s device might come in a pro variant with these very same features. However that iteration never surfaced. It seems the functionality was reserved for the Amazfit band. The companies have a working relationship as Huami, which owns Amazfit, manufactures the Mi Band. This partnership was recently extendedto least at least until 2023. Refuelling of the125 mAh lithium ion battery is done via a proprietary charger which has magnetic pins at the end. You are meant to align the pins on the device to the pins on the charger. I wrote this review after wearing it non-stop for 10 days and the battery is still going strong despite extensive use.Sleep monitoring is included, with a breakdown of the hours you were in bed, plus an analysis of light and deep sleep. Again, this is a rough idea of your sleeping patterns, as my reports stated that I hardly ever reached deep sleep throughout the couple of weeks of wearing the band. 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. Its looks arepretty much exactly the same as Mi Band 5. You really have to struggle to spot the differences. But there are a few. Now, we think this might be a combination of things. It may be that the Band didn't sit tight enough, despite using it on the tightest fit option available. There must be some software issues here too.