Recently presented, the Amazfit GTS 3 is intended to be entry-level, with a price of less than 160 € and full functionality. With the GTS 3, you will have basic monitoring, classic performance, with a pleasant design and good autonomy.
Technical sheet
Design
The new Amazfit GTS 3 smartwatch features a trendy design. With its thin screen, barely 9 mm thick, and its compact dimensions, 35 mm X 41 mm (width x height), it will slip easily on the thinnest wrists. Its rather feminine design directs the watch towards a specific audience. The watch tested here was in Ivory color (Ivory White). Its bracelet is made of soft rubber, pleasant to wear, and comfortable (interchangeable). Its black screen goes very well with the ivory color.
The GTS 3 is equipped with a single, central button, which also serves as a selection wheel for the various menus. On the back, we find the location of the sensors and the charging part. Its charger is magnetic, and allows a relatively fast recharge for a correct autonomy.
Its 341 DPI Ultra HD AMOLED screen brings vivid colors. The brightness is good during the day, but too strong at night, even at minimum. It will be necessary to activate the DND (Do Not Disturb) mode so as not to light up in full sleep. With a size of 1.75 inches, this screen offers correct readability, a pleasant touch and a classic format for comfortable use. You will also be able to display different wallpapers, the pre-installed classics, or those via the application.
Interface
With the GTS 3, Amazfit wanted to keep the interface rather simple. Navigation is intuitive, despite the few modes that are sometimes difficult to find. You can enjoy a clear and large display to choose your activity. Reading elements, such as the timer or health indications, are clear. In use, the display looks simple but effective. Don't expect perfection.
The sensors of the GTS 3 are numerous. The watch calculates your heart rate more precisely with its new sensor. For comparison, the sensor of the Garmin Venu SQ is more precise. In addition to the cardiac sensor, you will have the display of the level of stress, sleep as well as naps, and the quality of night breathing. The GTS 3 can't tell the difference between naps and nighttime sleep. All you have to do is lie down without sleeping for the GTS 3 to consider that the nap has started. This problem is found in the vast majority of connected watches.
The GTS 3 can answer calls, but it doesn't have a speakerphone. The watch only allows you to answer the call on your smartphone. A function that is useful with a hands-free kit or to see who is calling without taking your phone. You will be able to view the SMS received via the watch. However, if the SMS received is too long, it will be cut. You won't be able to answer it via the watch interface.
On the music side, it's the same principle. The GTS 3 does not have internal storage. You can change music directly via the watch interface, but music management happens directly on the smartphone.
sports mode
Amazfit has added a function to simplify data reading. With the press of a single button, you will have access to your health data in one constant shot.
Health tracking can also be done through the Zepp app. All you have to do is synchronize the watch with your smartphone for the data to appear. The GTS 3 also has menstrual cycle tracking with ovulation (not an exact science).
Other features are many and varied. You benefit from the stopwatch, the alarm mode, the countdown, the GPS (sport mode), the weather display, an altimeter, an accelerometer, a barometer and a shortcut to take photos with your smartphone. The sports mode is very complete, with more than 150 sports activities.
With sport mode enabled, your sessions will include your oxygen uptake, VO2 max, recovery times, training loads and overall session impact.
The GTS 3 offers Amazfit software that presents itself as fluid and efficient. When browsing, there are different applications, the choice of which is made via a switch to the right.
Application and autonomy
The application of the GTS 3 watch is called Zepp. This application requires several permissions, such as GPS location (even in the background and closing the application). She will also need access to your camera, your contacts, your (permanent) location, your microphone, your call logs, phone, SMS, storage space and many more.
Available on iOS or Android, the application requires the creation of a Zepp account, using your email address. After creating the account, you will need to enter your physical data, and you will finally have access to synchronization with the watch. The synchronization is sometimes capricious, which taints the pleasure of use.
The Zepp application allows you to synchronize your health data, your daily tracking and your various parameters (alarms, clocks and others).
The home page displays sleep tracking, heart rate, stress level, blood oxygen, daily step count, menstrual cycle, nighttime breathing quality, and calories burned.
In terms of autonomy, the GTS 3 offers magnetic charging via its charger (supplied). Full charge from 0 to 100% takes about 2 hours. Amazfit announces an autonomy of up to 6 days in intensive use. In reality, with 1 sports activity per day and a meditation session, the GTS 3 lasted about 4 days. This autonomy is correct.
GTS 3 or GTR 3?
The advantages of the GTS 3 are many compared to its sister, the GTR 3.
It has the "answer calls" function, the version of Bluetooth is higher, which offers better connectivity. Its screen is about 25% larger, which improves usability. It is equipped with a temperature sensor offering precision for the reading of the phases of effort and makes it possible to analyze hypertension.
On the aesthetic side, it is thinner, 2mm, it has a better screen quality, and it is lighter.
For an identical public price, the GTS 3 is doing better (on paper) than the GTR 3.
Conclusion
The new GTS 3 connected watch follows the worthy lineage of the GTS. Recently released, the GTS 3 appears as an entry-level watch, with a classic design and convincing features. Even if its connectivity has shortcomings, especially in terms of synchronization with the application, which is often capricious, the GTS 3 remains convincing for small budgets.
The GTS 3 is aimed at amateur athletes who want basic monitoring.
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