The Amazfit Verge is a fitness smartwatch made by Huami, the brand behind Xiaomi‘s Mi Band series. The smartwatch which was first released last year in China is also sold in the US.
The watch has support for voice AI assistant – Xiaomi XiaoAI on the Chinese version. However, the US version has now gained support for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.
Owners of the Verge will be able to call up Alexa to ask it questions, get news briefings and weather updates, and set reminders just from their wrist. You can also link it with your calendar (Google, Apple. Microsoft) and ask it for your schedule. It also supports translation to several languages.
The feature was announced back in December when the phone launched in North America but has just been made available.
Huami also says the Amazfit Verge now supports calls on iOS (the US only). So if you have an iPhone and have been waiting for the feature, you should go right ahead and update the watch using the Amazfit Watch app. There is also a Find Watch feature for iOS and new watch faces.
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The Amazfit Verge has a 1.3-inch AMOLED display. It can track 11 different activities including skiing, cycling, and soccer. It has GPS built-in and an optical heart rate sensor. The watch is priced at $159.99 and comes in three color variants. You can read our review of the watch (Chinese version) here.
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