Amazfit
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| Industry | Consumer electronics Smart wearable |
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| Founded | September 2015 |
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| Products | Smartwatches, Fitness trackers |
| Owner | Zepp Health |
| Website | www |
Amazfit is a Chinese smart wearable brand[2] established in September 2015[3] and headquartered in Hefei. Its products are manufactured[4] and owned by Zepp Health.[5] The brand offers wearable devices including smartwatches,[6] fitness bands,[7] and equipment related to health and sports.[8]
In January 2020, it attended the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 in Las Vegas.[9] At the middle of October 2021, Amazfit updated its brand identity with the slogan "Up Your Game".[10]
History
In 2016, the first smartwatch of Amazfit was introduced.[11] In April 2017, it launched the Amazfit Health Band.[12]
A self-developed chipset called the "Huangshan-1" [13] was exhibited at Mobile World Congress and applied to Amazfit devices in 2019.[14]
In July 2019, the lens of the photoelectric module of an Amazfit smartwatch dislodged, causing a user's skin to be burned.[15]
After the launch of Amazfit GTR series smartwatches, some problems were revealed, such as the screen was easy to be scratched and the positioning was severely shifted, which affected the usage.[16]
In April 2020, its parent company partnered with a laboratory led by Zhong Nanshan[17] to use wearable devices to track respiratory diseases.[18]
Zepp Pay
Zepp Pay is the NFC cashless payment service supported by Amazfit wearable products is listed below with the applicable banks. The availability of NFC may vary by country and region. Please see below for a list of countries or regions and banks that support cashless payments for each Amazfit wearable product. Supported devices: Amazfit Balance.
Supported countries
Zepp Pay can be used with cards issued in 33 countries and territories worldwide.[19]
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| September 1, 2023 | Austria |
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See also
References
- ^ "ZEPP Stock Forecast, Price & News (Zepp Health)". MarketBeat. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ "Amazfit launches three new smartwatches". Khaleej Times. October 26, 2021.
- ^ Sharma, Karan (December 3, 2021). "Amazfit focused on making smart products that empower people says Jacob Jin, Director of South Asia". Pinkvilla. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ Singh, Kuwar (September 10, 2018). "Apple's early-generation smartwatch rules a market where the iPhone is struggling". Quartz.
- ^ "Amazfit ranks third in global smartwatch shipments in Q3". The Peninsula. December 1, 2021.
- ^ Hedges, Lucy (11 Dec 2020). "The Lust List: new tech we want this week". Metro (British newspaper).
- ^ Rubin, Ross (July 28, 2020). "Noise-canceling headphones that help you sleep through any snore". ZDNet.
- ^ "Amazfit is first staged at MWC in Barcelona". PCQuest. 2019-03-01.
- ^ Chan, Tim (January 13, 2020). "From 8K TVs to Stylish Smartglasses: The 11 Best Things We Saw at CES 2020". Robb Report.
- ^ Waller, Thomas (November 8, 2021). "Amazfit Refreshes Image, Launches GTR 3 And GTS 3 Smartwatch Lines". Twice.
- ^ "Xiaomi unveils Amazfit smartwatch". Firstpost. August 30, 2016.
- ^ "WeLoop Hey S3, an Apple Watch-clone, launched on Xiaomi's MIJIA platform, priced at $78". BGR. April 28, 2017.
- ^ Dahad, Nitin (March 1, 2019). "Wearables Firm Invests $8 Million in RISC-V Startup". EE Times.
- ^ "Xiaomi's Huami launches the Amazfit Verge, Health Band 1S and a new SoC in China". Firstpost. September 19, 2018.
- ^ Wang Ziyan, ed. (July 3, 2019). "An Amazfit smartwatch's photoelectric module lens falls off and burns the user's skin". Myzaker.com.
- ^ Jian, Yu (August 30, 2021). "The "boom" and bubble of Huami's second quarter earnings report". iResearch.
- ^ Chiu, Karen (10 Apr 2020). "China wants to use fitness trackers to monitor coronavirus survivors". South China Morning Post.
- ^ John Artman (May 18, 2020). "Fitbit's Chinese rival Amazfit mulls a transparent, self-disinfecting mask". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Zepp Pay Supporting Banks and Locations". February 27, 2024.