Amazfit’s five-star fitness tracker just got a new way to take on Garmin’s best smartwatches, and it just got even better value
Health & Fitness Smartwatches Amazfit’s five-star fitness tracker just got a new way to take on Garmin’s best smartwatches, and it just got even better value News By Alex Blake Published 11 August 2026 Welcome updates for your workouts When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Combined, the new features could help close the gap with some of the best Garmin watches.One of the headline changes comes to pool workouts. There, you’ll be able to add manual rests so you can see how your session was divided between activity and recovery.
- ▪Health & Fitness Smartwatches Amazfit’s five-star fitness tracker just got a new way to take on Garmin’s best smartwatches, and it just got even better value News By Alex Blake Published 11 August 2026 Welcome updates for your workouts When
- ▪Combined, the new features could help close the gap with some of the best Garmin watches.One of the headline changes comes to pool workouts.
- ▪There, you’ll be able to add manual rests so you can see how your session was divided between activity and recovery.
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Health & Fitness Smartwatches Amazfit’s five-star fitness tracker just got a new way to take on Garmin’s best smartwatches, and it just got even better value News By Alex Blake Published 11 August 2026 Welcome updates for your workouts When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Amazfit / Future) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Amazfit has brought a slate of new features to its fitness watchesThat includes improvements to swimming and indoor rowing workoutsThe update is coming to almost the entire Amazfit watch rangeAmazfit currently makes some of…
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