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The round Zepp E isn’t a re-hash of the Amazfit GTR, and looks like a newly designed device.
It has a 1.28-inch, 326ppi 416x416 screen inside a slim 42mm case. It’s rounded and sleek, with no dominant bezel, and a sleek button on the right-hand side. It’s not something we’ve seen from Amazfit or Xiaomi to date.
Both Zepp E smartwatches boast a heart rate monitor loaded with an SpO2 sensor for the measuring of blood oxygen. There’s also 24/7 stress monitoring too, which is something we’ve seen introduced on the Xiaomi Mi Band 5.
Like the Mi Band 5 and newer Amazfit smartwatches there’s the use of the PAI score, which rates your weekly fitness activity with a single score. It’s simultaneously really easy to understand and a little abstract – but it’s been developed from a validated medical study so you can rest assured it’s doing the job.
Sleep tracking also takes a leaf out of the Mi Band 5's book, with REM sleep tracking, sleep analysis and the ability to record and analyse naps longer than 20 mins.
There are 11 sports modes that will be familiar to any user of Xiaomi and Amazfit devices. It's waterproof and will track swimming, as well as running, trail running, cycling, elliptical and more. We can't see GPS listed on the spec sheet, but would be astonished if this feature was missing.
We feel that Huami’s purchase of Zepp is to get more traction in the US, similar to what it’s done with the license for the Timex Metropolitan smartwatches. Those are pretty similar again, with a simple re-hashing of the GTS and GTR with some more premium materials.
Zepp was hardly was household name in the US, so the decision not to follow on with any of the sports tracking it was known for seems unusual.
But the Zepp E becomes another smartwatch with a strong spec sheet of health and fitness features that’s set to land at the end of 2020. Add that to the mix with Samsung Galaxy Watch 3, Amazfit GTS 2, Oppo Watch and Apple Watch Series 6 and there’s going to be serious choice.
