You’re getting a 47mm polymer case with a pretty showy titanium alloy bezel on top, surrounding a nice-sized and good quality 1.45-inch, 480 x 480 AMOLED touchscreen display. Something we did experience with the Cheetah Pro echoes our experiences with the Cheetah Square where it would regularly display on the watch that the A-GPS file was out of date. The list of 11 sports that are compatible with training templates and interval training include: Outdoor running, Treadmill, Outdoor cycling, Indoor cycling, Pool swimming, Rope skipping, Rowing machine, Indoor fitness, Core training, Strength training and Stair climbing. Training templates need to be created on the Zepp App, and up to 40 templates can be stored at a time; interval training can be set directly on the watch. It'll be interesting to see how Garmin responds to the Cheetah series since two of its rivals have launched wearables with generative AI on board. Perhaps the next Forerunner will have an OpenAI-powered chatbot. The radio waves generated by the equipment may affect the normal operation of implanted medical equipment or personal medical equipment, such as pacemakers and hearing aids. If you use these devices, please consult their manufacturers for restrictions on using this device.

So while the feature list is impressive, and on paper the hardware totally outperforms at this pricepoint, there are a few lingering issues that still make the Cheetah Pro a little more “beta” than a finished product that you might see from the brands in the last paragraph. Starting at the top, the multi-band GPS is somehow pretty inconsistent, when compared with other multi-band GPS smartwatches. On-land distance consistency wasn’t too bad, except in deep canyons, but in the open water we found variances of 10-20% both relative to the Cheetah Pro (same route, multiple laps, below) and in the absolute when compared to traditionally excellent open-water smartwatches like the Garmin Enduro 2/Fenix 7-series, for instance. While these variances might not seem like a lot, if you’re doing 500-meter intervals in the open water, for instance, with your laps set to go off every 500, you could be doing a 400, you could be doing a 600 from lap to lap. That’s quite a bit. Same buoyed open-water course, two laps, one watch on each wrist. Cheetah Pro (L) and Garmin Enduro 2 (R). The Cheetah Pro features a responsive button and a convenient crown on its right side, making it easier for the user to control the watch, even during an intense run. And since the Cheetah Pro is aimed at runners, it comes with an AI-powered Zepp Coach to provide personalized running plans tailored to the user's goals, which will adjust week-to-week based on the user's performance and condition. It can also provide scientific guidance to the users to help them understand their progress. I'm waiting (im)patiently for more smartwatch brands to add data on training load and recovery, along with suggested workouts based on your fitness. Amazfit is one of the few that does, and it now has something called Zepp Coach AI to suggest workouts based on your current fitness level. The watch itself has two buttons — one a digital crown — and comes with a nylon band that's a little narrow when sliding my fist through it. Most runners have strong opinions about crowns and nylon straps, so that could influence your opinion.This product and the Zepp App are not medical devices and cannot be used for medical purposes, or as basis for diagnosis of any medical condition. Detection results are provided for reference only. Please consult professional medical institutions if you feel unwell.

The Amazfit Cheetah Square has a relatively small 285mAh battery, but does a good job at staying the distance for a watch that's so thin. As such, their limited traction in the U.S., coupled with limited interest in endurance sports—especially triathlon, with open-water swim/tri/multisport/etc. features—means it probably isn’t on a lot of triathletes’ radars. But with the release of the mostly capable Cheetah Pro, Amazfit is worth another look (with a few caveats, below). The Cheetah Square takes it further and offers mapping too. You need to sync the map to your watch before you head out, which does take around five minutes. It offers around 1,700 sq. kilometers, so more than most people would run or walk in a day.

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If you want to know what specific metrics mean or get some general advice such as how to build speed or endurance, then it works perfectly well. It doesn’t have the brightest AMOLED by any means, and the 1.75-inch, 390x450 screen can be a little hard to read in direct sunlight, and text on the interface can be pretty small. performance prediction data. Predictions can be provided for the following race types: 3km race, two-mile race, three-mile race, 10km, half marathon, and full marathon. To see the full list of 15 countries/regions and 14 languages supported, as well as how to activate and use Alexa on your Amazfit Cheetah, please visit support.amazfit.com. Battery Saver Mode: Limited functions are available; health monitoring functions such as heart rate, blood-oxygen and stress monitoring are turned off, and only basic sleep monitoring is enabled; Bluetooth connection is limited to BLE, raising the wrist to light up the screen is turned off.

You can easily upload routes created in apps such as Strava or Komoot, and upload them via the Zepp Health app. You can then follow along, which is especially useful for hikes and trail runs, but also useful for city runs too. Finally, smaller things like no running with power (though it does have somewhat advanced running metrics like stride length and cadence), a very limited on-watch post-workout data screen (typically forcing you to use the Zepp app, which is actually very good), and intermittent issues with smartphone connectivity might not be make-or-break for the Cheetah Pro, but it does show that Amazfit isn’t 100% there when it comes to their sport-focused devices. Section divider ConclusionsAlways-on Display: When the screen is illuminated, it displays system content. When the screen is in standby mode, it displays the time. This function requires users to manually set "Always-on Display". The user can switch on or off this feature through the watch or Zepp App. Automatic GPS Mode: Turn on heart rate monitoring and GPS movement. This mode lasts approximately 44 hours, but the actual duration may vary depending on the satellite signal strength in your location.

In terms of 24/7 and resting heart rate, the numbers held up. We saw resting heart rate ranges during sleep in the same ballpark as our established baselines in Whoop 4.0 and other smartwatches. Looking at the data in GPXVisualizer shows a mixed bag. On the one hand, semi-decent accuracy around a tree-lined part of a regular route that I’ve seen cause problems for running watches in the past. Although we might expect better given this is a dual-band offering. See below. Due to the device's storage limit, only a maximum of 20 membership cards can be added to the same account. Supported codes include Code 128, Code 39, UPC A, EAN 13, and EAN 8 and QR codes.We also found both the touchscreen and the buttons (which include a rotating bevel, oddly similar to much of the Coros line) to be slightly inconsistent—functioning most of the time, but not always. And after only a few ocean swims (with the recommended fresh water flushing), we had some rough play in the rotating bevel, though it still worked.