Amazfit Verge Review - Trumps the Stratos (and the Rest)?

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[@mereview2615]

Great review and video editing.

[@puri-puri-prisoner]

Great review, it's good to see your channel growing, you deserve it.

[@gearupaaron]

Slowly getting there, Jof! Thank you for showing me your support!👍

[@sushilshete7504]

Thanks for details

[@gearupaaron]

Thanks Sushil, happy you enjoyed it! 🍻

[@darrelldarrell1447]

My bip is hands down the best watch over ever had and I have 10 of them. I get a month battery life and the always on screen is nice. Looking for a new one as the bip I got when it came out and it's been my daily driver.

[@gearupaaron]

You have me beat on watches! I think I've owned a little more than 14 watches in my entire life.

[@N-I-N-OS]

Hello! Great review! Could you please tell me if the Verge and the Verge Liite have the Low Light Mode available in the watch face setting? Please confirm because i want to buy the Verge Lite!

[@gearupaaron]

Yes, they do. It's called Lock Screen setting in Amazfit parlance.

[@N-I-N-OS]

@@gearupaaron Thank you for your help! just to be clear you are saying it is within the application not on the watch itself!? Nevertheless, thank you once more!

[@boopang1000]

what about the tracking accuracy? is it bad or still acceptable. thanks!

[@SergeiOzerov]

Hey there. I currently own an Amazfit Stratos and I've had it for about a year. The battery is showing signs of aging and I do have to charge the thing every couple days. So I am looking for a change. I also got the bip and I seem to like the screen on it better. But its lacking the activities I do. And the way it handles notifications is a bit meh. But its battery is great and the screen for what its supposed to do is awesome. The calorie counts are way off on it though. The Verge seems like a good bet, but the screen is a big if, since I am outdoors a lot. And transflective always on shines in those conditions.
So my question is what would you recommend or more precisely what would you do :
1. Just buy a new Stratos.
2. Get the verge
3. Bip all the way.
Thanks.

[@gearupaaron]

How long have you had your Stratos? Based on your usage, I would say get another one.

[@SergeiOzerov]

@@gearupaaron Had it since launch. Nearly a year now

[@gearupaaron]

Crazy that the battery is losing its charge capacity after only a year. Warranty?

[@nathanclark8912]

I would like to get the Stratos only because I do a lot of water work it would be nice but I can't afford one and I would like to do a review on one but the company says they won't help

[@ayeshaperera6631]

Hi , does this watch have remote music player controller option ? I mean controling the smart phone music through the watch like pausing,playing, next etc....

[@gearupaaron]

Yes it does. It can be activated in the app.

[@rchrdrdr]

Good review. You come off as being bright sharp and natural- good traits! But please get rid of the background music in future videos.
Pretty goofy, but funny, at the end!

[@gearupaaron]

Thanks for the kind words, Rick! The background music is mostly to mask the noises my old body makes when I shoot videos.

[@mostaza81]

Hi, How can i set up NFC to make payments?
Thanks.

[@Scarslap]

Don't thumbs down! Great review.

[@gearupaaron]

Thanks Ben! 👍

[@DannyPeck]

One person missed the Like button!

[@lancemayabi3887]

Still prefer the Stratos.

[@shayantanbanik1301]

I'm using Honor band 4 its amazing 👍

[@rockhopper949]

Make a video swimming with the verge plsss

[@evadavid255]

I wonder how this compares to Samsung active...
Will let my pastor know😋..

[@gearupaaron]

I think it's a close fight, but the Active would take the win here, even though it's over $50 more. The Samsung has more refinement and finesse where it counts, such as water resistance, auto activity-type sensing, etc. In a year or two though, I see Huami/Amazfit at or really close to the same level as the big players.

[@adithyanpn2200]

Is it has alexa built in

[@gearupaaron]

Thanks for your question... Yes, but depends on your region. Amazfit had promised Alexa in Asia for the longest time and I don't think that's happened yet.

[@WANNLONGKEO]

Does it has Google Fit?

[@gearupaaron]

I'm still testing this... It's an odd implementation, really. To answer your question, yes and no, but it's down to which app you use to connect to the watch. If you use the Amazfit Watch app, there's no Google Fit, but there is with the Mi Fit app, but it doesn't seem to sync anything from the watch even though it's connected. I may have to disconnect from the Amazfit Watch app completely to get it to sync.

[@cocteaufan]

Jump to 01:00 for actual content

[@wonderwall135]

nah the stratos is superior