This is the new go-to smartwatch that I'm using every day! In fact, it took me a lot of time to make this video that I need to relax and go for a run! What do you think about the new Amazfit GTR? Buy 47mm model: bit.ly/1AmazfitGTR Coupon: AMAZGTR39 Buy 42mm model: bit.ly/2AmazfitGTR
Amazing review and I am totally gobsmacked by the battery life of 2 weeks with your usage which was quite engaging. This could last me a month with my kinda usage. My fitbit lasts me a week with a monochrome tiny screen and I been waiting for a long time for colored screen smartwatches to catch up hence the interest in this watch. Thanks Linus for a classic review and thumbs given for the effort, hardwork and quality 👍😊
I am a GTR owner do NOT buy this watch, the clock can do everything as described but GPS does not work, takes minutes until a signal is found, on a bike-tour of 13km the GPS signal is missing several km - the Amazfit Pace is older but essential better - GTR has long battery and a great screen but his doesn't matter if you can not use the clock as a sports watch - do not repeat the same mistake as I did
Thanks @Linus for the review. It was pretty good at all. I´m using GTR for a couple of weeks and my only concern until now is with the GPS. It took so long time to connect the GPS and sometimes not connect. You hear some problem about it? or this issue could be related with my region. Thanks again a all the best to you.
You didn't discuss the important parts: 1. Does it allow 3rd party apps? (Facebook, instagram, etc) 2. Does it allow phone calls? 3. Does it let us answer calls from the watch? Why leave out the most important parts?
I watched your video for this as well as for the mi band 4, you seem to like both a lot! In your opinion, which would you say has the better heart rate accuracy? On paper they have similar sensors!
You did it again, Linus. You made a great review for this smartwatch. My friend has one of these and when I saw that you did a review for it, that got me pretty excited. Thanks.
hey I was amazed by the effort u have given to the review, i have one question, can we receive call through wireless earbud when we get a call notification from this watch or can we connect both this amafit gtr watch and wireless earbud together so that we can receive call when we get notified.
Hi, Nice review of the GTR. Could you answer a few questions please. Would an iPhone get all the same features as an Android phone? When 3 faces are installed on the watch, do they remain on the watch when another 3 are installed? Is the alarm any good? Most of the watches I have had were pretty poor, in fact next to useless, and over the years I have had several G Shock, Citizen. and Seiko. I bough a very cheap watch in Turkey which really did have a high volume. Why can't the big boys do the same? Many thanks
All these watches look great but they don't have one of the most important feature I would get a smartwatch in the first place ( and i do have a smartwatch): contactless payments... Big deal for me.
Some phones have dual areas so it might be possible that you could set one area for day to day on watch one and sports for day two. Possibly using the same account which could collect data for both watches.
Very good review. Can you please mention regarding its display quality, Is it good display as compared to the samsung galaxy watch and Huawei watch gt ??
It seems to me that, this smartwatch is very similar to the first Huawei GT... Beautiful, excellent battery life, but few options and no apps outside of the ones included... Am I right? Thank you and great job as always :)
I am choosing between 42mm GTR, GTS and Samsung Active Watch as a gift. What I cannot find anywhere is the info on whether GTR (or GTS) can be used as a remote shutter for phone camera. Any ideas?
@@TechLineHD Great I hope you do get one for review. I am planning to get a smartwatch or fitness band. I want to see which one is best before I place my order.
Yes it has a fantastic battery, but it doesn't come for free. To achieve that, to make it short, they realized a semplified watch if compared to the Stratos2. I own both and the main reason I prefer the GTR is the design (it's really neat) and the battery as said before. But there are also letdowns, as the absence of a translucent screen ("always on") and the possibility to access the file system, wich means no custom watchfaces, no add-on apps and so on.
Well I have this watch for a month. For now it has very inaccurate GPS, bad activities tracking, and don't have possibility to setup customs interval training, which is very bad for me as a runner (pace and stratos hve this possibility). Also when you deactivate watch from amazfit app, it resets all stats you had that day. Maybe developers will resolve all of these cons in future. Watch has beautiful design, solid build and the best battery life I have ever seen in smart watch/tracker world. My GTR also has always on display. Try to go in settings->always on display ( they added it since last update). I won't say it's the best watch, because of issues that it has right now, but it has potential to be one of the best.
Huawei watch GT2 (or Honor Magic Watch 2, both are basically same). I bought this one yesterday, and I'm already regretting it, after using it, and reading reviews. The sensors in this watch are inaccurate, sometimes it counts steps while in a car. The always-on display has only two watch face options, and more cannot be added. This watch doesn't have a speaker or mic, so you can't take calls on it. Alarms have vibration only, which is not enough to wake a deep-sleeper like me. Huawei GT2/Honor MagicWatch 2 may be more expensive, but it's worth saving up money and buying that one instead of this.
Confused a bit on the size.. What is your wrist size ? Prefer the 47mm model, but would it be too bulky for a small wrist size like 6.75 inches ? Please share your thoughts
Hey! My wrist is actually really small like girl's. However, the 47mm looks surprisingly good on my wrist and it's comfortable to wear. I wouldn't say this about all watches, e.g. Galaxy Watch 46mm is simply too big for me, so I would take a 42mm model (see my Galaxy Watch review).
Hi, got a question related to this watch. I bought it and there is one thing I cannot understand. In the status menu we have a diagram shoving the steps done during the present week. In my case it does not show it for all the past days even though I reached the goal every single day. I only see it for the present day. What is going on? I looked for an explanation everywhere and nothing. Thanks in advance
Nice Review, but I hear many complaints about inaccurate GPS and heart sensor compared to other device. And as you already try Huawei GT 2, which one is better?I'm considering one of them to buy. hehe. Thank you in advance
I confirm GPS is really bad. Slow locking to satellites, frequent loss of signal where any other device has it, very inacurrate positioning. In my opinion GPS is not just bad, its a failure and serious design flaw. If it was any producer from the western world you could simply return it as flawed and falsly advertised. GPS is on the level of children watches and no mora than that.
hello, i like the design of the watch but i have some question first i want to use mainly for basketball do you recomend for that (i know it dont have basketball mode), second question the notification system is working well? (you can amke different whitch app send the message ex facebook, whatsup or others) thx for the reply
notfications? I have the Stratos and the ony issue i have is with the notifications, only shows previews even after you click on them. Does the GTR shows the complete notification? Lengthily emails?
Is it possible to answer calls ? The watch does not have a mic so we cannot talk through the watch. But this one point is not clear for me. Can we answer through watch and talk through bluetooth headsets?? I just have this doubt ?? ALso can you also tell me what is the ROM and RAM of the watch ??
One feature separating different budget watches like this is messaging. Can you do preset replies, delete individual messages and so on? In short, I would love to see a 5 minute or so video on messaging and phone call functionality (not talking but if you are able to decline/take calls without picking up you phone and such)
@@theattorney6072 thanks for the info regarding messages. I got to admit tho, that I chuckled on your "... use what is called...". I thought my wording suggested that I'm not a complete novis in tech. I do know what Bluetooth is and how it works😊. It doesn't have anything to do with the watch though, since it has no SIM it can't be used for phone services by itself. BT headsets needs a phone. Thanks again for your effort, I'm not trying to be sarcastic👍
Mainly love this for the design asthetics, speaks Classic. It's a little expensive for me rn to grab😢. I'll grab the Mi band 4, I already have mi band 3, then grab a few classic non-smart watches before thinking of the GTR I guess
Plz help I bought this watch and when I recived any notifications from whatapp its show ?? Before any name as there is no any special character...... its very annoying Please help Thanks in advance
No always on display kills it for me. Seriously what are they thinking, they have a super battery, put an always on function! Of course battery will be a lot less durable, but give us the choice to use it or not when we want.
No AOD and dual County time zone which are most important MI should update software for this and VO2 Max. These all applications are there on Huawei GT. But good battery than the huawei GT
I have gtr three days one bothers me and it slows down the reaction .. I go on a bike I want to know how many hours it is immediately not I have to wait a bit ... it can be dangerous moment aaaa ....
This is the new go-to smartwatch that I'm using every day! In fact, it took me a lot of time to make this video that I need to relax and go for a run! What do you think about the new Amazfit GTR? Buy 47mm model: bit.ly/1AmazfitGTR Coupon: AMAZGTR39 Buy 42mm model: bit.ly/2AmazfitGTR
Very nice review... 🥰 I like GTR but for now not available in my country to buy it. For now I'm using Verge lite..
I'm hearing the GPS is really poor, how true is that?
@@tolulopeadetula4777 yes GTR Gps is Not accurate.. and it's not even smooth though.. you can consider Huawei watch GT or GT2... 😋
@@tolulopeadetula4777 totally true
Amazing review and I am totally gobsmacked by the battery life of 2 weeks with your usage which was quite engaging. This could last me a month with my kinda usage. My fitbit lasts me a week with a monochrome tiny screen and I been waiting for a long time for colored screen smartwatches to catch up hence the interest in this watch. Thanks Linus for a classic review and thumbs given for the effort, hardwork and quality 👍😊
Thank you very much! Really appreciate your support!
I am a GTR owner do NOT buy this watch, the clock can do everything as described but GPS does not work, takes minutes until a signal is found, on a bike-tour of 13km the GPS signal is missing several km - the Amazfit Pace is older but essential better - GTR has long battery and a great screen but his doesn't matter if you can not use the clock as a sports watch - do not repeat the same mistake as I did
Can we use it for navigation???
@@sriharshabapatla3852 withou a reliable GPS not possible
Confirmed! GPS not reliable :(
Does keep tracking yourself make you healthier? Maybe you want to have a look what the software/app is doing in the background
Thanks @Linus for the review. It was pretty good at all. I´m using GTR for a couple of weeks and my only concern until now is with the GPS. It took so long time to connect the GPS and sometimes not connect. You hear some problem about it? or this issue could be related with my region. Thanks again a all the best to you.
Hi, I also have this problem.
Why did you not cover messages and calling?
I notice a lack of review on these two features especially messages (text).
that's because it does neither.. you can get a text but you can not reply... you can see a call but you cant answer on the phone
@@GuitarLover48 breaks my heart. Such a nice watch
@@GuitarLover48 Darn, I was hoping this would let you reply to text messages.
You didn't discuss the important parts:
1. Does it allow 3rd party apps? (Facebook, instagram, etc)
2. Does it allow phone calls?
3. Does it let us answer calls from the watch?
Why leave out the most important parts?
1. It does not support third party apps.
2. You can decline and mute calls when in Bluetooth range, but you cannot answer calls.
Hello.
Just bought one. Great watch, but what about e mail notifications. I see only sender and headline. No content.
One of the best smart watch reviews I've ever seen and I've seen hundreds. 👍
I saw an article that Amazfit GTR had an update a few days ago that enables always on display!
I just updated the watch this morning! Can't wait to see what's new. I will update the video description if there are any major updates
It indeed does, but this mode burns battery as hell. Like 1% in an hour, give or take. Before they optimize this - it's not really useful.
I watched your video for this as well as for the mi band 4, you seem to like both a lot! In your opinion, which would you say has the better heart rate accuracy? On paper they have similar sensors!
One of the best reviews I have watched for GTR. Excellent!
You did it again, Linus. You made a great review for this smartwatch. My friend has one of these and when I saw that you did a review for it, that got me pretty excited. Thanks.
Thank you so much!
Great review. I haven't charge it yet. Bought it 10 days ago. Can I plug it in 5V 1A adapter and charge it? Or I must buy some other adapter for it?
hey I was amazed by the effort u have given to the review,
i have one question, can we receive call through wireless earbud when we get a call notification from this watch or can we connect both this amafit gtr watch and wireless earbud together so that we can receive call when we get notified.
Fossil Gen 5 and the Active Watch 2 look far more beautiful IMO.
Fossil Gen 5 costs more than double of the GTR in Brazil, so I take the GTR
Great review! Thanks for the video! Ordered mine GTR and hopefully I will get it tomorrow :)
Hi, Nice review of the GTR. Could you answer a few questions please. Would an iPhone get all the same features as an Android phone? When 3 faces are installed on the watch, do they remain on the watch when another 3 are installed? Is the alarm any good? Most of the watches I have had were pretty poor, in fact next to useless, and over the years I have had several G Shock, Citizen. and Seiko. I bough a very cheap watch in Turkey which really did have a high volume. Why can't the big boys do the same? Many thanks
All these watches look great but they don't have one of the most important feature I would get a smartwatch in the first place ( and i do have a smartwatch): contactless payments... Big deal for me.
Good video and nice watch, is there an airplane or other mode to cut any connection including Bluetooth?
Does tihs automatically recognize your exercise?i mean if i walk, running, bicycle riding
No
No other video on CZcams can match the depth of description as much as your video is providing about Amazefit GTR
Thanks Linus. I see the videos are as great as ever. Well done you.
Some phones have dual areas so it might be possible that you could set one area for day to day on watch one and sports for day two. Possibly using the same account which could collect data for both watches.
are you able to sync data from GTR to strava/apple health?
Does it connect to a Bluetooth heart rate chest strap during running activity?
how big is your wrist in inches or mm, im trying to decide if i should get 47mm or 42mm model. thank you
Very good review. Can you please mention regarding its display quality, Is it good display as compared to the samsung galaxy watch and Huawei watch gt ??
It seems to me that, this smartwatch is very similar to the first Huawei GT... Beautiful, excellent battery life, but few options and no apps outside of the ones included... Am I right? Thank you and great job as always :)
Amazfit GTR is right to my budget and uses that I need other than checking what time of the day is.
I am choosing between 42mm GTR, GTS and Samsung Active Watch as a gift. What I cannot find anywhere is the info on whether GTR (or GTS) can be used as a remote shutter for phone camera. Any ideas?
hello..what do you think about huawei gt 2 vs amazfit gtr. which one is better overall..?
Amazing great timely video for a new product.
Is this one the same as Amazfit Smart Sportswatch 3, and how does it compare with Amazfit GTS?
Thanks, Daniel! No, the Amazfit Stratos was just announced today! Also, the GTS was announced today, so didnt check it yet!
@@TechLineHD Great I hope you do get one for review. I am planning to get a smartwatch or fitness band. I want to see which one is best before I place my order.
How good is the phone app required to use that watch ? does it work well ?, does it crashes a lot ?
i travel a lot, can this watch display dual time zone?
no
most likely the app Notify & Fitness can enable it to though
Wich is better amazfit GTR or GTS
Finally, a useable Smart watch with good battery life! Peace
Thanks, Scot!! Agree!
Yes it has a fantastic battery, but it doesn't come for free. To achieve that, to make it short, they realized a semplified watch if compared to the Stratos2. I own both and the main reason I prefer the GTR is the design (it's really neat) and the battery as said before. But there are also letdowns, as the absence of a translucent screen ("always on") and the possibility to access the file system, wich means no custom watchfaces, no add-on apps and so on.
Well I have this watch for a month. For now it has very inaccurate GPS, bad activities tracking, and don't have possibility to setup customs interval training, which is very bad for me as a runner (pace and stratos hve this possibility). Also when you deactivate watch from amazfit app, it resets all stats you had that day. Maybe developers will resolve all of these cons in future.
Watch has beautiful design, solid build and the best battery life I have ever seen in smart watch/tracker world. My GTR also has always on display. Try to go in settings->always on display ( they added it since last update).
I won't say it's the best watch, because of issues that it has right now, but it has potential to be one of the best.
Is the display so sharp and shine like in the video or you did something for it? :)
Would you recommend this or the Huawei Watch GT2?
Huawei watch GT2 (or Honor Magic Watch 2, both are basically same). I bought this one yesterday, and I'm already regretting it, after using it, and reading reviews. The sensors in this watch are inaccurate, sometimes it counts steps while in a car. The always-on display has only two watch face options, and more cannot be added.
This watch doesn't have a speaker or mic, so you can't take calls on it. Alarms have vibration only, which is not enough to wake a deep-sleeper like me.
Huawei GT2/Honor MagicWatch 2 may be more expensive, but it's worth saving up money and buying that one instead of this.
I’m wondering if 47mm is too large for my wrists and the 42mm battery too weak.
What is the circumference of your wrist ?
Confused a bit on the size.. What is your wrist size ?
Prefer the 47mm model, but would it be too bulky for a small wrist size like 6.75 inches ? Please share your thoughts
Hey! My wrist is actually really small like girl's. However, the 47mm looks surprisingly good on my wrist and it's comfortable to wear. I wouldn't say this about all watches, e.g. Galaxy Watch 46mm is simply too big for me, so I would take a 42mm model (see my Galaxy Watch review).
@@TechLineHD thank you
You cannot fixed GPS on this watch and the phone system hanged frequently, not recommended.
was there any further updates on the device? How was the Device as of the date?
Hi linos
Please which better amazfit pace or amazfit gtr
Thanks
Hello, could you please tell me if there is a possibility to export heart rate data (or any other data like GPS) from app to csv files?
can you compare it with galaxy s gear watch? which one do you prefer?
I will compare with Active 2 which I pre-ordered. The Samsung watch is better overall but it has significantly worse battery life.
@@TechLineHD thank you for the reply
Is the amazefit gtr stainless steel edition scratch resistant? or can we see the scratches easily?
Hi, got a question related to this watch. I bought it and there is one thing I cannot understand. In the status menu we have a diagram shoving the steps done during the present week. In my case it does not show it for all the past days even though I reached the goal every single day. I only see it for the present day. What is going on? I looked for an explanation everywhere and nothing. Thanks in advance
The always on watch face, can we chnage it? Or it is default with the 2 ( red hand and digital) that come with watch?
Excellent and Very Informative review once again...Love u Sir
Thank you very much! Really appreciate that!
Great video keep it up as always Linus
work with current iphones well?
Hi... This GTR, are there any features for THERMOMETER, BAROMETER, COMPASS, and ALTIMETER? Tks
Nice video! Isit possible to kontroll music whit bluetooth If you set training mode for exp running. It was not working in mi band 4.
Hi Linus,
What is your wrist size.
Am trying to decide between 42mm and 47mm
Hey! I have tiny wrists. This watch (47mm) looks a bit too bulky on my wrist. I suggest going with the 42mm model but it's got worse battery life
Nice Review, but I hear many complaints about inaccurate GPS and heart sensor compared to other device. And as you already try Huawei GT 2, which one is better?I'm considering one of them to buy. hehe. Thank you in advance
GPS really sucks, can confirm that. Basically no GPS fix when watch on hand... So if you want watch for sport, not recommended.
@@bradkaj thank you.. I will buy the gt 2 I guess.
I confirm GPS is really bad. Slow locking to satellites, frequent loss of signal where any other device has it, very inacurrate positioning. In my opinion GPS is not just bad, its a failure and serious design flaw. If it was any producer from the western world you could simply return it as flawed and falsly advertised. GPS is on the level of children watches and no mora than that.
@@MirkoVukusic lol... Savage
I have xiaomi amazfit verge. It is very cool smartwatch.
Can it connect with optical hr scosche rhythm +?
So is the Amazfit GTR a high performance and track focused Amazfit?
hello, i like the design of the watch but i have some question first i want to use mainly for basketball do you recomend for that (i know it dont have basketball mode), second question the notification system is working well? (you can amke different whitch app send the message ex facebook, whatsup or others) thx for the reply
Have you ever compare it to Huawei watch gt?
I have stratos 2 And i am very happy with it. But I will probably Switch to stratos 3. The transreflective display is a must-have for me
notfications? I have the Stratos and the ony issue i have is with the notifications, only shows previews even after you click on them. Does the GTR shows the complete notification? Lengthily emails?
How well does that leather strap last if it gets wet often?
Most Beautiful & Stylish Smartwatch in the market right now! I love, #Amazfit 💕
Is it possible to answer calls ? The watch does not have a mic so we cannot talk through the watch. But this one point is not clear for me. Can we answer through watch and talk through bluetooth headsets?? I just have this doubt ??
ALso can you also tell me what is the ROM and RAM of the watch ??
Possible to add the amazfit sports functionalities on this watch? Also : this vs the Kospet Prime? (the new one that they just released this week)
Im not sure aluminium or stainless steel. The stainless is more durable but thd aluminum is such a sexy beast.
Hi. What about syncing with Google fit, My fitness pall or other services?
One feature separating different budget watches like this is messaging. Can you do preset replies, delete individual messages and so on? In short, I would love to see a 5 minute or so video on messaging and phone call functionality (not talking but if you are able to decline/take calls without picking up you phone and such)
For phone calls, use what is called bluetooth headsets. As regards replying to messages, you cannot do it on the gtr...
@@theattorney6072 thanks for the info regarding messages. I got to admit tho, that I chuckled on your "... use what is called...". I thought my wording suggested that I'm not a complete novis in tech. I do know what Bluetooth is and how it works😊. It doesn't have anything to do with the watch though, since it has no SIM it can't be used for phone services by itself. BT headsets needs a phone.
Thanks again for your effort, I'm not trying to be sarcastic👍
@@bennylloyd-willner9667 no worries. As regards phone calls, i confirm you can either silent or decline a phone call.
Hi does the watch charges upto 99 percent only plz help
Mainly love this for the design asthetics, speaks Classic. It's a little expensive for me rn to grab😢. I'll grab the Mi band 4, I already have mi band 3, then grab a few classic non-smart watches before thinking of the GTR I guess
How do you export data so that one can apply data analysis techinques?
There is always on display available. may be it wasn't in earlier version.
i heard that tomorrow 9 september will be released Amazfit GTS. Im subscribing and waiting for review :)
Hey, thanks! I hope to be able to buy that watch for a review soon! Already pre-ordered Galaxy Watch Active 2
Does amazefit pace or gts bands work on gtr as well
Great review! That looks like a great watch.
Thanks, Tim!
Is there an aluminum version in 42 MM?
do you recommend switching from the amazfit bip to the GTR ? i love the battery life of the bit but if this lasts longer then i will switch
If you like bip, maybe you should consider GTS instead.
Is it really normal that when driving or riding a car, the Step Count Meter would count my steps even if I am not walking?
Can you or someone provide more detail on "no always on display"?
Plz help I bought this watch and when I recived any notifications from whatapp its show ?? Before any name as there is no any special character...... its very annoying
Please help
Thanks in advance
Hello I've been looking for any smartwatch than can pick up calls while connected to my bluetooth earbud. Any suggestions??
No always on display kills it for me. Seriously what are they thinking, they have a super battery, put an always on function! Of course battery will be a lot less durable, but give us the choice to use it or not when we want.
No AOD and dual County time zone which are most important MI should update software for this and VO2 Max. These all applications are there on Huawei GT. But good battery than the huawei GT
amazfit verge or gtr which one should I buy. I want the better smart watch features.
GTR
@@TechLineHD why?
does amazfit gtr have jump rope / skipping mode sir ?
Does the steel scratch easily?
Does anyone know if you can leave your phone at home & still receive your messages & calls?
Nice and clear video!
Why don't you speak about the software? Wear os?
Tell me about notification and call alert features please
Is it possible for Xiaomi watches to install internet browser or transfer files?:)
What is the operating system?
wait werent you running next to the šeškiuko ezerelis in vilnius?
Does it have the function of VO2 max?
I have gtr three days one bothers me and it slows down the reaction .. I go on a bike I want to know how many hours it is immediately not I have to wait a bit ... it can be dangerous moment aaaa ....
Just ordered mine today!
What is its weight in 47mm stainless steel?
Does it measure blood pressure