The best tricks for Amazfit watches

But just because it’s easy, doesn’t mean that everyone knows how to make the most of the capabilities of these watches. In fact, even if you consider yourself a waiter, surely in this list of tips and tricks for the brand’s smartwatches you will discover something that you did not know what you could do with any of the watches.

The more you work with the devices, and specifically with their application, the more things you discover that you can do. So, after a long time using one of the brand’s models, we recommend you try these tricks that take usability to another level.

Zepp, the essential app from Amazfit

First of all, something that you will surely already know, you need to synchronize the watch with the mobile to be able to configure its settings. This is done through the Zepp brand’s own application, which you can download by capturing the QR code that appears on the watch screen as soon as you start it or, even easier, by accessing this link.

Once you install it on your device, whatever type it is, you must grant the application the necessary permissions to run without problems on the terminal, an essential condition to start diving into its configurations and tricks.

Is it compatible with all watches?

Of course. In fact, it’s not that it’s compatible, it’s that if you don’t install it on your phone you won’t be able to do anything with the clock other than check the time and little else. Without it, you will not be able to store data, manage music or replicate mobile notifications on your wrist.

The only requirement you must meet is that your smartphone runs Android 5.0 or higher. If you have a mobile that works with an older version of the Google operating system, something quite rare, you will not be able to install the app.

Amazfit Tools, the alternative

Throughout our list of tricks we are going to talk about how to configure Zepp correctly, but we will also use an app like Amazfit Tools . This application works perfectly with the original application of the brand, that is, it does not replace it, but rather complements it with powerful and advanced functions.

With it you can add features to your brand watch such as independent and individual notifications, configure your own custom content filters, explore new modes and much more.

The best Amazfit tricks

Depending on the app you use to configure the clock, you can do one thing or another. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you step by step so you can learn to use your watch in ways you’ve never seen before.

change the sphere

One of the first features Amazfit users look for is custom watch faces. The ability to choose a different watch face to suit your mood and outfit can be quite interesting, and changing it is much easier than you think.

Zepp comes with a plethora of watch faces available to change the look of your wearable, but you can download many more. All you have to do is sync them to your watch and in a few minutes you’ll have a new look. To apply a new watch face…

1. Open the Zepp app
2. Click on your watch in the My devices tab
3. Select Watch Face Store
4. Download the one you like the most
5. Click on synchronization

To consult all the faces downloaded for your watch, in the same face store, at the top right, you have to click on the option Watch face management. There you can apply the ones you have previously downloaded.

If you want to do it from the clock, just keep your finger pressed on the face of the smartwatch and move from left to right to establish the one you like the most.

Set the button function

Amazfit watches usually have one or two physical buttons on one of their edges with different functions. By default, it is usually the option to see the main screen of the smartwatch, but, if we want, we can change what happens when we interact with these buttons . To be able to modify these options, you just have to follow these steps:

1. Open the clock menu
2. Scroll down to configuration options or more
3. Go to User Preferences
4. Select ‘Press side button 2 times’
5. Select the function you want to assign to the button

Turn on weather notifications

A very useful feature of the Zepp app is that we can receive push notifications with weather alerts . This will help us to know the climatic changes in our area, even if we do not have weather applications on our mobile for this purpose.

Your watch will alert you if there is going to be a storm, if the wind is going to be very unpleasant or if a new heat wave is stalking your area.

1. Open the Zepp app on mobile
2. Go to the Profile menu
3. Click on the name of your smart watch
4. Scroll down to the Time option
5. Select City, Temperature Unit and most importantly Push Alerts

Look for your mobile… or watch

If you don’t know where the smartphone is, from our Amazfit watch we can find a function that allows us to make our mobile phone ring to locate it in the surroundings.

1. We have to open the clock menu
2. Click Find Phone

Depending on the watch model you have, you can also swipe down to enter the quick settings menu and click the phone icon. Then the mobile will start ringing automatically.

Best of all, we can also carry out the same process, but in reverse, to find our connected device from the control application.

1. Open the Zepp app on mobile
2. Enter your profile
3. Click on the name of your watch
4. Select search watch
5. Pay attention to the sound of the watch vibrating

Save battery by changing detection mode

To try to save battery power, Amazfit watches and bracelets allow you to activate the tool to measure sleep at night. However, in many cases we have the measurement of sleep and heart rate activated simultaneously, in order to have more precise data on the quality of sleep. If we want to remove it to spend less energy, we have to follow these steps.

• Open the Zepp app
• Enter the profile
• Click on your device
• Click Health Check
• Click on detection method
• Select the option you prefer

Unlock the mobile with the smartwatch

If you are wearing the watch, you can use it to unlock your phone without entering a pattern or using a fingerprint. We can do this thanks to Google’s Smart Lock system, which allows you to configure the watch as a trusted device. It is done this way:

1. Open Zepp on mobile
2. Scroll to your profile
3. Tap the name of your watch
4. Click Lock screen
5. Select the Go to settings option
6. Enable the option to Set the watch as a trusted device

Activate the ‘Always On’ mode

Checking the information on the screen at all times is an essential feature in most smart watches. Within the brand, Amazfit’s Stratos and Verge models already allow you to do this and, despite the fact that the display turns dark, you can check the time and other details without much complication or without spending too much battery.

Since it’s not enabled by default, you have to do it manually:

1. Go to the smartwatch Settings
2. Press Always on screen or Always On display
3. Choose between the digital dial or a more classic format

Listen to music from the clock

As long as your watch has a speaker, you can store the songs you’ve downloaded to your smartphone in the wearable’s memory and listen to them at any time. This is done through Zepp quite easily.

1. Open the Zepp app on mobile
2. Go to the Profile menu
3. Click on the name of your Amazfit
4. Hit the music button
5. Select Upload Music
6. choose your favorite songs from smartphone storage
7. Leave the mobile next to the clock and wait for the songs to be transferred

Now you just have to take your brand smartwatch and scroll to the right until you find the music player . You will be able to pause its execution, skip the song, raise or lower the volume or configure the repetition of the song that is playing.

Control the mobile camera

Thanks to the fact that Amazfit continues to be one of the brands that is committed to keeping the physical buttons in the profile of its watches, we can use the smartwatch as a remote trigger for our smartphone’s camera .

However, you won’t find this option in the Zepp app, so you’ll have to turn to a third-party app called Mi Band Selfie. This allows us to assign a single button to be used as the camera’s remote shutter.

But not everything is as good as they paint it. The app won’t work with the majority of camera apps that appear on our phones, so if you want to take advantage of it, you’ll have to download apps like Circle Camera or Free Camera.

Customize the notifications of each app

The Zepp app allows you to set notifications for each third party app. However, it does not delve into or allow you to filter these notifications or customize them like we can with Amazfit Tools , the app we mentioned earlier.

It allows you to filter notifications that contain some type of text. Just in case, you don’t want to be bothered by someone in particular, from the app’s Alerts menu you can enable Content Filters by notification. In this way, without having to change anything on the smartphone, you can filter who you can and cannot receive notifications from.

Similarly, you can set the app to ignore WhatsApp groups or set different icons, vibration patterns or number of vibrations for alerts from different contacts.