Just before the end of a long lunch, the Amazfit PACE smartwatch buzzes with a reminder. The wearer has been seated for an extended period of time with no steps recorded.
Maybe it’s about time to go for a run?
Wearables manufacturer Amazfit’s GPS-enabled running smartwatch has plenty of features for just that — whether it is done indoors on a treadmill or outdoors on a trail with routing services.
The PACE can track runs with distance, time, pace, heart rate, calories, speed, cadence and altitude.
There are also modes on the smartwatch for tracking walking with a steps counter, sleeping, playing music and checking the weather.
The data can be synced with the Amazfit PACE companion app, which when connected via Bluetooth enables watch face customization that can change the display based upon activity level.
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Amazfit, which is owned by Huami and is the exclusive provider of wearable technology for Xiaomi, sells the PACE for $159.99.
“The wearables market as a whole is at an inflection point — wearables hold great promise for helping people establish healthy habits, but they are cost-prohibitive for many people,” Frederik Hermann, Head of U.S. Marketing and Sales for Amazfit, said in a statement. “As an industry, we must come together to focus on providing more utility that encourages habit-forming behaviors, and making the technology accessible to a wider audience. We saw incredible demand for PACE when it launched as Huami’s Amazfit Smartwatch in China and we are thrilled to bring it to a U.S. audience.”