Best Amazfit smartwatch 2025

Amazfit smartwatches have built a strong reputation for offering a variety of budget-friendly options. Whether you’re looking for a sleek everyday watch or something rugged enough for outdoor workouts, there’s an Amazfit model tailored to your needs.

Our overall top pick, the Amazfit Balance 2, combines a polished design with accurate fitness tracking and a classy look. That said, it's not the best option for everyone! Amazfit makes many more affordable options like the Active 2 with many of the same perks, as well as premium models like the T-Rex 3 Pro that are longer-lived and more durable.

Whether you're shopping for a runner, hiker, or gym-goer, we've put together a list of the best Amazfit watches to check out right now, for every price point.

Namerah Saud Fatmi

Namerah enjoys geeking out over accessories, gadgets, and all sorts of smart knickknacks. After writing about consumer tech for nearly a decade, she has become an expert in the Android accessories space. If it connects to or fits on an Android phone, she's got it covered! She spends her free time guzzling coffee, writing some more, casual gaming, and cuddling with her furry best friends.

At a glance

Best overall

The Amazfit Balance 2 continues the company's expansion beyond the GTS and GTR lines, delivering a premium experience with a rugged and stylish design. It builds on the original Balance with new features, including HYROX training, scuba support, and a brighter sapphire-glass display. Battery life remains a highlight, easily lasting up to two weeks in everyday use. While it's heavier than past models, it still looks sharp enough to wear all day.

The Amazfit Balance 2 pushes even closer to Wear OS territory, offering features such as Bluetooth calling through its built-in speaker and microphone. It also supports smart replies with a full QWERTY keyboard, making it easier to respond on the go. You'll find a solid mix of built-in apps, including NFC for payments via Zepp Pay. The large 1.5-inch AMOLED display is bright enough for Outdoor use, and the upgraded sapphire glass and aluminum frame give the watch a premium, durable feel.

The Balance 2 isn't without its drawbacks. Zepp OS also lacks the flexibility, app ecosystem, and optional LTE support of Wear OS watches. This is true of all Amazfit watches, but that's easier to accept in a $100-or-less model; the Balance 2 is meant to compete more with affordable fitness watches like the Garmin Vivoactive 6, rather than true smartwatches.

Best value

The Amazfit Bip 6 is a solid choice for those seeking a fitness-focused smartwatch with more advanced features. It keeps the familiar rectangular design that many users love, but upgrades the experience with a larger, sharper 1.97-inch AMOLED display. The lightweight aluminum frame strikes a good balance between style and durability, and at 27.9 grams without the strap, it's comfortable enough for all-day use. You can choose from a range of colors, including black, charcoal, stone, and red.

The 14-day battery life is comparable to that of some of the more expensive Amazfit watches on this list, which is impressive. When you compare that to competitors that last for a day or two, this is a great accomplishment. The Amazfit Bip 6 offers over 140 sports modes, including popular options like outdoor running, strength training, and cycling. You'll also find more specialized activities, such as HYROX racing, yoga, and high-intensity interval training, providing fitness enthusiasts with a wide range of options.

Of course, any watch this cheap has to have some compromises. The Bip 6 relies on your phone's GPS for location and elevation tracking, doesn't have a mic & speaker for calling like most of our other picks, and isn't as traditionally stylish or rugged as the other options. But at this price, you can accept those cutbacks.

Best under $100

The Amazfit Active 2 is a great choice for users who want to maintain their fashion sense while purchasing a smartwatch. It features a modern design and a bright 1.32-inch AMOLED display that's easy to navigate.

While some other Amazfit smartwatches offer better battery life, the Active 2 claims up to 10 days of battery life with typical use and five days with heavy use. It boasts a 5ATM water resistance rating and excellent fitness tracking, including over 150 sports modes. Some other features include heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, blood oxygen monitoring, and more.

Simply put, if you want a fitness smartwatch that doesn't compromise on style, the Amazfit Active 2 is a strong contender. Like other recent Amazfit models with Zepp Flow, the Active 2 allows you to reply to Android messages using speech-to-text without needing the on-screen keyboard. The built-in speaker and microphone also enable you to make and receive Bluetooth calls directly from your wrist.

Keep in mind that Amazfit sells a "Premium" version for $30 more with a leather strap, sapphire glass, and a steel bezel instead of aluminum.

Best rugged

Amazfit wants to challenge Garmin by making serious, Pro-level fitness watches, and the Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro fits that description perfectly. It takes the same core software and training tools as the Balance 2, but with military-grade durability: the grade 5 titanium case and buttons can withstand hard falls and water pressure from diving down to 45m depths, while the sapphire glass protects the display from damage.

We've tested the T-Rex 3 Pro and found that it has "superb heart rate accuracy" for activities like Spartan races or CrossFit, staying firm on your wrist despite its bulk. And it has a full suite of training tools like downloadable maps, training load, daily BioCharge recovery score, and a flashlight, undercutting the pricier Garmin Instinct 3.

You could always pick the T-Rex 3, with its "military-grade" stainless steel body and 10 ATM water resistance for over $100 less. But the lack of sapphire glass and dive-proofing, combined with the significantly heavier weight, makes it a little harder to recommend.

Best for runners

The Cheetah Pro is well worth considering for serious runners as the Amazfit watch that best suits your needs. It uses dual-band GPS, but with a special "MaxTrack" antenna that picks up more signals at once than other Amazfit watches. In practice, it does quite well, on par with other dual-band running smartwatches on the market.

This is one of the older picks on our list, and we'd like to see a newer Cheetah with the latest OS and BioActive sensors. But one upside is that the price has fallen significantly, giving you "Pro" perks like a titanium bezel, mic/ speaker, downloadable maps, and an altimeter for the same price as a Forerunner 165 or Coros Pace 3 with more budget cutbacks.

Choose the Cheetah Pro over the Balance series if you're a frugal but serious runner who will benefit from front-and-center training load data and running recommendations.

Best starter option

The Amazfit Balance used to be our best overall pick, delivering an excellent all-around experience. Now the Balance 2 has replaced it with several major upgrades, but the Balance 1 remains available — and often on sale for half the price of the Balance 2! So it's worth recommending if you want to try your first Amazfit watch but don't want to spend too much money on one.

Battery life is one standout feature, as the Balance easily lasted for two weeks on average during our testing — though the Balance 2 lasts a week longer. It's also lightweight and stylish, a great combination that makes you want to wear it constantly. And you get perks like Bluetooth calling, message responses with the QWERTY keyboard, contactless payments (Europe only), and Alexa voice commands.

It has the same downsides as the Balance 2 in terms of being somewhat limited for apps and smarts, but it's easier to accept at this price! The 1,500-nit display is still excellent for outdoor visibility, and the Balance 1 is slightly lighter, making it more comfortable day-to-day.

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How to choose

Amazfit sells a fitness watch for just about everybody. You have the Bip series for budget-hunters, the T-Rex series for outdoor types who put their watches through tough treatment, the Cheetah and Active watches for runners, and the Balance lineup for a more generalized training experience with extra health and AI smarts.

Generally speaking, Amazfit watches are all packed with value, with hundreds of sports modes, the same Zepp app experience, and similar BioActive health sensor data. So which you choose will come down to specific features and if you want to pay extra for longer battery life, extra ruggedness, niche sport modes, or brighter displays.

The $80 Amazfit Bip 6 gives you the core experience, but it's limited. Upgrading to the $100 Active 2 nets you GPS and an altimeter, better sensors, and (with the "Premium" version) sapphire glass.

From there, paying extra for the Balance 1 or Cheetah Pro nets you better GPS accuracy, a rotating crown for easier navigation, extra music storage, contactless payments (on the Balance), and more battery life. And if you jump from there to the Balance 2 or T-Rex series, you get doubled water resistance, military-grade protection, better maps and smarts, and other premium training perks.

Only you can decide how many of these higher-end perks you really need. Amazfit makes them more affordable than other fitness watches, but you shouldn't upsell yourself if you can make do with a cheaper model!

How we test

Testing smartwatches at Android Central involves much more than strapping them to our arms and taking a few pictures. Android Central Senior Editor Michael Hicks runs a weekly column called Sunday Runday, where he discusses how smartwatches and exercise can help improve your life and promote health. Other smartwatch reviewers on the team, like Managing Editor Derrek Lee and Senior Editor Nicholas Sutrich, take numerous watches to the gym and competitions, putting them to the test exactly as you might.

In addition to comparing various watches during workouts, we wear each one to bed to evaluate sleep tracking and take them on long walks to test step accuracy. These everyday routines help us judge comfort, durability, and battery life over time. Therefore, when we recommend a smartwatch, it's because we've thoroughly tested it in real-world conditions and have the data to back it up.

Then there's the watch's operating system itself. Like Amazfit's smartwatches, many watches use proprietary operating systems that are compatible with Android and iOS devices. However, that can sometimes mean they aren't as full-featured as the OS made by Apple or Google. We take these things into account and ensure that you understand what might be missing from the experience on these watches, because, often, they excel in areas where watches from Google or Apple fall short.

Of course, all this affects how long a smartwatch's battery lasts. More features can sometimes mean worse battery life, but watches from brands like Amazfit or Garmin aim to help you stay healthier without requiring daily battery charging. We wear our watches for weeks or months to ensure accurate data and testing, so you can expect our battery life estimates to be exact.