Two affordable Amazfit smartwatches set to receive new feature following confusion and complaints

Zepp Health offers various wearables under the Amazfit brand and provides them with updates several times a year, even if infrequent and not according to a strict schedule. These updates occasionally add powerful new features to older devices. A new software update was recently rolled out, which appeared to add the BioCharge feature to the Amazfit Active 2 and the Amazfit Bip 6. However, there have been significant questions among users about the update, as the new BioCharge function is not functioning properly for all users.

Now, Amazfit has officially commented on the BioCharge function for the Amazfit Active 2 and Bip 6 via Reddit. Specifically, a new software update is expected in mid-February, which will bring BioCharge to all Active 2 and Bip 6 devices. When asked about further features, a company employee made it very clear that the update will focus on the rollout of the BioCharge function and that no other new features are included. BioCharge replaces the Readiness Score and is designed to provide information about physical metrics based on various sensor data, which can be relevant for training and recovery.

In the aforementioned Reddit thread, a rather lively discussion is unfolding about the company not integrating features that could likely, at least theoretically, run on the wearables. This can be seen as a kind of artificial limitation of functionality. On the other hand, the new features that Zepp Health is delivering, or has already delivered, can also be viewed as free additions. After all, the wearable wasn't sold with an unlimited promise of feature updates.