Xiaomi Amazfit Neo Smart Watch

The Amazfit Neo sports a retro design reminiscent of the wildly popular Casio watches of yesteryear, which will likely trigger nostalgic notes in many. It is made of plastic and is actually rugged. But it is still very lightweight at just 32 grams, making it ideal to wear at night for sleep tracking and during a workout. I wore it for more than 15 hours per day for over a week and found it to be very comfortable.

The straps of the Neo are made of Polyurethane (PUR) and have a width of 20mm. These aren’t detachable but are of good quality, and I didn’t have any issues with the straps during the testing period.

The Amazfit Neo comes with real-time heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, step counter, sports modes, sedentary reminder, alarm, stopwatch, and incoming call and notification alerts.

For heart rate monitoring, the Neo uses a PPG Bio-Tracking Optical Sensor, which can measure your pulse automatically at an interval of 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes. But you can also measure it manually whenever you want by navigating to the Heart rate page on the smartwatch using the Up or Down key.