{"id":256523,"date":"2025-11-02T00:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256523\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T00:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:57:12","slug":"amazfit-update-adds-high-end-garmin-style-features-to-budget-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256523\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazfit Update Adds High-End Garmin-Style Features To Budget Watches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Amazfit<\/p>\n

Amazfit has released an update to its budget Bip Fit 6 tracker, adding a couple of features more closely associated with watches like Garmin\u2019s<\/a> high-end Forerunner and Fenix models. <\/p>\n

You may not need to spend a fortune to get an enthusiast-grade fitness watch anymore, with users reporting a new update for the Bip 6 that brings flat-out unlikely features, as reported by Notebookcheck<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The update, named version 3.3.12.4, adds \u201crunning form metrics\u201d that offer insight into how efficient your running form is. <\/p>\n

These include vertical oscillation and ground contact time. A more efficient runner will have minimal vertical oscillation and a shorter ground contact time. <\/p>\n

While these metrics do not require advanced, additional hardware, they do go beyond the basics, and are generally of interest to at least reasonably serious runners. <\/p>\n

The Amazfit Bip 6 costs just $79.99, though, a low-cost candidate for such enthusiast geared metrics. It was announced earlier this year at the very end of March. <\/p>\n

Other changes made in the recent firmware upgrade are fairly minor, like a screenshot-capturing gesture, tweaks to mid-workout controls and new workout types \u2014 of which the Amazfit Bip 6 already had more than 140. <\/p>\n

What can of course separate feature-packed budget watches from world-class high-end ones are the accuracy of its readings and how well it relays information in through its software platform. <\/p>\n

It is demonstrative of how aggressive Amazfit is in its efforts to squeeze features and higher-end characteristics into budget models, though. It\u2019s seen throughout the Amazfit Bip 6, which has a part-metal design, AMOLED screen, Bluetooth calling and even downloadable route maps. <\/p>\n

The Bip 6 is not the only watch to get these updates either. Amazfit\u2019s Active 2 series has received its own update, which also brings the neat running efficiency stats, as well as extra workout modes, including HIIT, ultra-marathon and HYROX. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazfit has released an update to its budget Bip Fit 6 tracker, adding a couple of features more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5051,7454,64,63,213,216,105,8246,4207],"class_list":{"0":"post-256523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-amazfit","9":"tag-amazfit-bip-6","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-gadgets","13":"tag-garmin","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-update","16":"tag-upgrade"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}