Amazfit is a Chinese smart wearable brand established in September 2015 and headquartered in

Hefei Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...

. Its products are manufactured and owned by Zepp Health. The brand offers wearable devices including

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, fitness bands, and

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related to health and sports. In January 2020, it attended the

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2020 in

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. At the middle of October 2021, Amazfit updated its brand identity with the slogan "Up Your Game".

History

In 2016, the first smartwatch of Amazfit was introduced. In April 2017, it launched the Amazfit Health Band. A self-developed

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called the "Huangshan-1" was exhibited at

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and applied to Amazfit devices in 2019. In July 2019, the lens of the photoelectric module of an Amazfit smartwatch dislodged, causing a

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to be burned. 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. In April 2020, its

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partnered with a

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led by

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to use wearable devices to track

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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.

References

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History

Zepp Pay

Supported countries

See also

References