WYZE Band Fitness Tracker with Alexa Built-in, Activity Tracker Watch with Heart Rate Monitor, Smart Fitness Band with Step Counter, Calorie Counter, Pedometer Water Resistant, Black

UPDATE: With updates to the Wyze Band software, "Cons/Nitpicky Things" (see below) numbers 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9 have all been resolved! Wish I could give 6 stars.I wanted to give this 4.7 stars, but since I can’t do tenths of stars, and since my critiques are fairly minor, 5 is appropriate enough. This is my first Wyze product. I was not paid or sponsored in any way. Just a normal consumer satisfied with her product. (:From the first time I opened the app, I knew I was going to love this watch. And I do! So much functionality for a tiny watch.Cool Features/Pros:1. You can customize the background pretty extensively (for a watch). Wyze has premade backgrounds and clock styles, and you can choose any combination of them. You can also choose any photo from your phone to put as the background on the home screen, which I think is a pretty cool feature. To top it off, you can change the font color (of the clock, steps, date, etc.). This way, if you have a picture with a white background on your home screen, you can change the color of the font so that you can always see what time it is.2. There are multiple menus that you can not only customize the settings for, but you can reorder the menus so that they are in whatever positions you’d like as you swipe on your watch. Additionally, the menus are in a loop, so once you get to the bottom menu, if you keep swiping up, you’ll come back to the home screen. Furthermore, you can swipe down from the home screen and be back at the bottom menu. I like this because I can have 2 important-to-me menus (weather and notifications) on either side of my home screen, so they’re each just one swipe away.3. There are no side buttons. Just one touch-screen button on the bottom of the watch face. I like how small and sleek the watch is. I prefer this conspicuous look to the large, Apple-watch-looking watch.4. It has a “shortcuts” menu. I don’t use them, so it doesn’t mean anything to me, but I thought it was cool that it was available for users that might rely on them.5. ALEXA!!!!!!! I have a number of smart outlets in my house, and only one Echo dot. The echo is in my bedroom, and I always have windows open and/or fans running. Alexa often can’t hear my commands to turn things on and off. I love that I can control my smart devices directly from my watch. It also will give you answers to simple questions written out on the watch screen, so it’s not just for controlling in-home devices.6. The battery life is pretty darn long. I think it lasts for 7 or 8 days with normal use. In 3 weeks I’ve charged it once (it came almost fully charged).7. I like that the alarms can be named. I have one set to take my medication that specifically says “meds.” But I’m not sure you if you can only name them specific things or with only a few characters. I take diabetes medication to regulate my insulin. I’m not diabetic, but I think it’s funny to say “diabeetus!” When I typed that as the name of the alarm, it wouldn’t save it, and defaulted back to “wake up.” I changed it to “meds” and it was fine. Not sure what that’s about. Maybe it was the special character “!” that it didn’t like.8. You can change the brightness of the screen from the app or the phone.9. There is a setting in the app that allows the watch to turn on do not disturb automatically when it detects that you’re sleeping. You can also turn it on manually, but I sleep at different times throughout the week.Cons/Nitpicky Things:1. There are only 2 sport modes (with the new/recent update; there used to only be “run”): “run” and “freestyle.” Not that it is really THAT important to me to have different modes, but I liked that I did on my old watch. I do a lot of hikes and I feel this is a normal-enough activity that it should be on there.2. You can’t change the watch band, and I’m pretty sure there is only black available. I actually don’t know if I can take the band off at all… kind of gross. I like to change them because they get dirty.3. I like that there’s a “find my phone” option, but it only vibrates. It doesn’t ring. That, to me, is fairly pointless.4. You cannot hang up phone calls from the watch. Only see who's calling.5. There is no “timer” option. HOWEVER, if you have it paired with Alexa, all you do is tell it to set a timer. I’m not sure how/if this would work if you’re a google home person or something…6. Sometimes the phone disconnects from the app and it won’t reconnect unless I restart my phone. This can be frustrating and inconvenient. I’ve had the watch for about 3 weeks and I’ve had to restart my phone to reboot the connection about 5 times. BUT this has always fixed the issue.7. The step counter is just a bit low; I’ve counted myself and compared to the watch.8. Sometimes when I wake the device with the finger motion (not by raising it up to my face), and then try to swipe through the menus, it doesn’t register that I’m swiping, and these 3 arrows appear at the bottom of the screen, indicating that I need to swipe to move through menus. That’s annoying and I really don’t like it. Because then you HAVE to swipe up to go down through your menus, but sometimes I want to swipe up to get to my bottom menu (weather) right away.9. You can’t control Alexa from the home screen if you’ve woken the watch with the finger swipe. You have to either bring your arm up the natural way or go to another menu before you can long press the watch button. I HATE this.Overall, HIGHLY recommend. Excellent watch at such a low price. BUY IT.

This fitness tracker is great for the price! I bought it a couple of years ago and I never ran into any issues. I liked the small, compact design of it and the many customization options it offers. It can also monitor your heart rate and steps and report it to the Wyze app. You can also use Alexa on this fitness tracker, but setting it up can be a challenge.The only downside is that the fitness tracker doesn't support audio control, which is helpful if you have your phone in your pocket when working out.But for the $30 I spent, this is a great fitness tracker with deep customization options and features. It feels like a premium device and is light enough to not interfere with daily tasks.

I read some online reviews on the Wyze brand that all favored the brand for its durability, effectiveness and price. I was already sold on it. I love this fitness tracker and it has lasted me much longer than the fitbits I have had in past. I love that you can personalize it, has built-in Alexa, tracks your sleep, your activities, your heart rate, can set reminders, and check your messages. It does almost as much as the Apple watch without the hefty pricetag. They have many more products that are a fraction of the price of name brands. Check them out.

This is a solid product at a great price. I definitely recommend it for someone who wants to try something like this out and/or does not want to spend their life savings!!! I like it! (I've had it a couple months at this point.)That said, it does have some quirks...- Other than the time it can be hard to view in bright light (e.g., sun). I recommend staying with the solid black background to maximize contrast.- If you sit at a desk it can (and does for me) think I am sleeping! If I move around in the evening sleep tracking seems to be good, but resting my left hand on a keyboard often gets counted as sleep! (YMMV) HEY! I have slept 2 1/2 hours this evening! Really..???- I am getting 2-3 weeks between charges with the pulse sampling set to 5 minute intervals. (YMMV)- Connection to my Samsung Galaxy S7 drops at times, probably because I use the Bluetooth for 2 or 3 other devices that assert a priority. Does not appear to be a Band problem.- Heart rate seems very accurate. I can relate spikes to activity (with surprises). This and sleep tracking were my primary motivation for getting this.- Sleep tracking on the Band shows status over time. In the app you only see the daily totals (bar graph for week.) Wish I could expand those on the app where the time scale would be more readable.- Step counts are ALWAYS less than my S7 shows -- and I know that under counts. It isn't a big difference so I consider this minor. If you have a target you will run a bit over but day-to-day comparisons are still valid.- The alarm and notifications work, but I do not generally feel the vibration if I am at all active.- You can set it up to remind you to get up and move around if you have been inactive for a period -- nice feature! And if I AM inactive a do feel the vibration!- I have not tried the "Find Phone" yet.- Don't forget that some settings are on the band and some are in the Wyze App.- The band has been swimming -- and it still works fine. (Another feature on my list and glad I looked for that!)Speaking of Wyze... THIS is a company to watch. Great products. Great customer-facing attitude. They fix bugs quickly and updates are easy to download/install.