Amazfit Active 3 Premium officially becomes the first runner
Amazfit Active 3 Premium is officially launched. It comes with a 1.32 inch sapphire glass AMOLED display, four visible buttons and built in GPS with offline maps.
This is not made as a performance beast or a racing-oriented device. Zepp Health positions Active 3 Premium to train people who learn to run well and stick to it over time.
A watch built around learning to train
Aimed at new and entry-level runners, Active 3 Premium emphasizes targeted training features. Most of the active experiences are about preloaded workouts and programs that you start directly on the watch, instead of building everything from scratch.
There is a simple basis for endurance sessions and fast efforts such as Fartlek. The point here is simplicity. You don’t need to plan anything in advance or second guess what you should be doing that day.
The Zepp Coach brings it all together. It offers flexible programs for distances such as 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon. Programs change based on how you train and recover. That makes sense for runners who are still learning how their bodies respond to different workloads.
The watch also features advanced performance metrics such as power lactate threshold ground contact time and posture tracking. You usually see these on high-end running watches, so seeing them here is notable.
Zepp Health frames these metrics as tools to help you understand effort efficiency and form, not as numbers to chase. For new runners that method works best. If you use them correctly, they can point out dysfunctional movements or movement problems without drawing you into further analysis.
Track Run mode for smart trajectory correction and virtual pacer adds extra structure if you want it. Gear management also comes built in, so you can keep an eye on shoe mileage and rotate equipment evenly over time.
Navigation and map focus
Offline maps and turn-by-turn navigation are created allowing for free phone operation. Six satellite positioning systems support route tracking and there is automatic route change if you go off course.
Point-to-point routing and round-trip routing are designed to reduce planning effort. You can set the distance and direction and let the watch handle the rest. Searching points of interest works directly on the watch which is useful during long sessions.
Battery life and hardware support
The watch delivers up to 12 days of battery life with regular use. GPS goes down to 24 hours continuously or up to 76 hours in power saving mode. Using GPS with music cuts about 10 hours.
The case measures 45 by 45 by 11 millimeters without the bezel and uses a 20 millimeter silicone strap. What’s new here is the four button layout. You also get a 1.32 inch AMOLED Sapphire display with a maximum brightness of 3000 nits.
Everything carries a water resistance rating of 5 ATM and includes a speaker microphone and rotor motor, which supports calls and alerts and voice features.
As for the senses, you get the usual. This includes a BioTracker PPG sensor using a 5 photodiode and 2 LED array – the same version featured in recent Amazfit watches.
Our takeaway
No doubt, this is a beautiful watch. Having said that, the Amazfit system gets a bit confusing.
In a sense, the Active 3 Premium looks like a smaller redesigned version of the recently launched Amazfit Max. The overlap is there, with similar training tools, maps and health tracking packaged in a slightly different size and finish. That’s not really a problem, but it does make it unclear who each watch is intended for at first glance.
Admittedly, the price tag sounds very reasonable. Under $170 for a watch with these features sounds like a bargain. For the price alone, it seems hard to argue with what you get for the money.
Technical details
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Details
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Design and build
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45 x 45 x 11 mm case, 38 g without strap, stainless steel frame, 20 mm silicone strap, 5 ATM water resistance
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Show
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1.32 inch AMOLED, sapphire glass, 466 x 466 resolution, 353 PPI, up to 3000 nits
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Battery
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365 mAh, up to 12 days normal use, up to 7 days heavy use, up to 4 days AoD, up to 24 h GPS, up to 10 h GPS with music, up to 76 h power saving GPS
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The senses
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BioTracker PPG (5PD + 2LED), accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light, geomagnetic, temperature, barometric altimeter
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Positioning and communication
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6 satellite positioning systems, Bluetooth, BLE 5.3
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Sports and training
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170+ sports modes, intelligent recognition of energy and selected sports, built-in workouts, Zepp Coach programs, PeakBeats workout mode, running power, lactate threshold, time to touch the ground, track running, virtual pacer, gear tracking
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Wandering around
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Offline maps, turn-by-turn navigation, auto-redirection, point-to-point route and turn-by-turn route, POI search
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Health tracking
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Continuous heart rate, SpO2, pressure, skin temperature, sleep stages, sleep HRV, nap, breathing quality, sleep score, PAI, heart rate recovery, menstrual cycle tracking, Wild.AI
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Smart features
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Speaker and microphone, call and app notifications, music control, camera control on iOS, quick replies on Android, alarms, stopwatch, world clock, Pomodoro, weather
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Ecosystem
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Support for external sensors (heart rate belt, running and cycling power, cadence, speed), sync with Strava, TrainingPeaks, Intervals.icu, Google Fit, Apple Health
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