The Amazfit Pace Smartwatch combines award-winning style with accurate fitness tracking and excellent battery life
While the Amazfit Pace smartwatch isn't without its shortcomings, the recent price drop has just made it a smartwatch purchase you won't regret.
Why?
Because the Amazfit Pace is a feature rich minimally styled smartwatch that even looks good on my dweeby wrists. It's a standalone fitness solution that does it all right from the watch itself. No longer do you need to keep referring to the app to see your fitness data, to set up a running schedule or any of the other tasks the Amazfit Pace performs.
You most likely won't have heard of Amazfit or their parent company Huami bef0re. So it might come as a shocked to hear that Huami are the second biggest manufacturer of wearables in the world. They're partners with Xiaomi (a super successful Chinese brand who created the Mi Band 1 and Mi Band 2) and have their own fitness product range under the brand Amazfit.
As a newcomer to the Amazfit brand myself (but an avid Mi Band fan), I'm excited to get my hands on the latest GPS enabled fitness to hit the market. I've been using the Pace smartwatch exclusively for the last two weeks, 24 hours a day, every day with an open mind.
Update: I've now had the Amazfit Pace strapped to my wrist for over three months. So I've updated this review with a new section below to let you know more about my long term opinion on the Pace smartwatch.
So let's see out how the Pace watch performs when it comes to Display Quality, Tracking Accuracy, Features, Comfort and battery life.
Also, since no smartwatch or fitness band can succeed without a well thought out companion app (even though the Pace is trying it's damn hardest), I'll also be judging the Amazfit Watch App as well.
The latest Amazfit has been released, the Amazfit Bip - Check out our full review.
The best part about the Amazfit Pace Smartwatch is the price!
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The Amazfit Pace is staying on my dweeby wrists for the foreseeable future... so... if you've got any questions or queries... ask away!? : )
Got an Amazfit Pace yourself? Let know how you're getting along with it in a comment.
Hey Jan,
You can pause your workouts easily on screen once you've activated the GPS tracking. Once you're in GPS mode you cant reach the stopwatch functionality. You're locked into 4 screens - Pause, Stop, Start / Data / Live GPS Map / Music Player.
Hi James! I'm here again! =)
Awesome review for the amazfit pace!
I'm not so familiar about GPS functionality and I am curious if the pace can track the distance and pace while the GPS is mode off.
May I ask if I turned off the GPS and use the outdoor run function, is it possible to see the distance and pace while I'm running? Thank you!
Hey Ron :D
Tbh, I've always used the GPS mode when tracking outdoor runs. It will tell you an approximate distance based on your steps but this won't account for your longer running stride. The GPS will track distance accurately.
It's kinda like how the indoor running mode, won't account for any incline. Although it does ask you to calibrate at the end of your run for distance, to work out the stride / speed. You can match the machines distance to the Pace watch.
The GPS module is built in, accurate once locked on and is completely free to use. So you might as well have it on at the sacrifice of a little battery life : )
Thank you for the explanation James!
I'm so excited to have pace or bip since I love both versions!
God Bless! =)