Key Takeaways
1. Lightweight Design: The Amazfit Active Max weighs only 39.5 grams and features a 1.5-inch AMOLED screen with automatic brightness adjustment, reaching up to 3,000 nits.
2. Extensive Sports Tracking: The watch can monitor over 160 sports and activities, offering automatic detection, pausing features, and basic route planning for walking and running.
3. Advanced Health Monitoring: It includes continuous heart rate tracking, alerts for high heart rates, and post-workout summaries covering training load, recovery, sleep quality, and heart rate variability.
4. Long Battery Life and Navigation: The battery lasts up to 25 days with regular use, 14 days with intense use, and provides 64 hours of continuous GPS tracking. It also features offline maps for navigation.
5. Payment and Pricing: The Amazfit Active Max supports contactless payments via Zepp Pay, is priced at €169.90, and became available in Europe on December 30, 2025.
Amazfit has recently revealed the Active Max, the latest addition to its Active smartwatch lineup. This watch has a weight of 39.5 grams without the strap and features a 1.5-inch AMOLED screen that adjusts its brightness automatically. Amazfit states that the maximum brightness can go up to 3,000 nits.
Sports Tracking Features
The Active Max is capable of monitoring over 160 different sports and activities. These range from running and gym exercises to various outdoor pursuits. Certain sports modes come with automatic detection, pausing features, and basic route planning for both walking and running.
Health Monitoring
Continuous heart rate tracking is a key feature, with the ability to automatically detect the maximum heart rate and different heart rate zones. Users will receive alerts if their heart rate exceeds pre-set thresholds. Post-workout summaries are displayed on the watch itself as well as in the Zepp app, covering aspects like training load, recovery status, quality of sleep, heart rate variability, and Amazfit’s BioCharge energy metric.
Battery and Navigation
The battery life is estimated to last up to 25 days with regular usage. For more intense use, Amazfit claims it can last nearly two weeks, while continuous GPS tracking is said to provide up to 64 hours of use. The watch also supports navigation features and offers offline maps, which include topographic, ski, and contour maps.
The Active Max comes equipped with a built-in microphone and speaker, allowing connection to Bluetooth headphones and other Amazfit devices. It has 4 GB of internal storage for offline music and podcast playback via mini-apps that can be downloaded using the Zepp app. Users can share activity data with platforms like Strava, adidas Running, Google Fit, Komoot, and Relive.
Payment Options and Pricing
For European models, contactless payments are facilitated through Zepp Pay, depending on the support from the bank and card. The Amazfit Active Max is officially available for purchase in Europe since December 30, 2025, with a retail price of €169.90.
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