Amazon - Halo View Fitness Tracker (Small/Medium 5.1"-7.7")

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• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  A step up from the original Halo device

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  I feel like amazon did an amazing job with this fitness tracker. I own the original Halo device and each of them have their place. People who only want tracking without any distractions, the original Halo is a great option. For those wanting a smart watch style device at a great price point, compared to other brands, the Halo View is perfect. Physically, I feel it is a great size. It feels good on the wrist although the main display sits on the wrist instead of wrapping around the wrist. I feel like that would have been a great design feature allowing the watch to sit more comfortably on the wrist. It is pretty comfortable overall though. I still can’t sleep with it though and that is just a personal issue. I don’t like having anything on my wrists when I sleep. I actually purchased the original Halo device to try to track my sleep but ended up still not being able to wear it while I sleep. The screen is nice and bright and I feel like it is pretty fluid as far as the touch screen goes. The app does a great job of running through how to use the device during the initial setup. All in all, it’s a nice sized, comfortable fitness tracker. I will say the charger for the device is a bit unique with a clip-on style connector. You have to make sure you line up the clip properly or it will not charge. I also wish manufacturers would include a power plug for the USB charger. I find myself always wondering if some random power brick I have is the proper wattage/voltage and also, I’m running out of charging plugs! HA! The app is great. I found it very intuitive and easy to use. Setting up the watch was simple. It literally said, download the app to setup, on the device screen, and after downloading the app it walks you through the process step by step. Following connecting it to my device was an immediate firmware update which was pretty quick. Once all that was done, I watched the tutorial on how to use the device which I was thankful was included because it showed you exactly what you needed to know to interact with the device. People question the accuracy of the sensors and data on all fitness trackers regardless of brand. I honestly don’t have a good answer as to which is the best and which is most accurate. What I can say is that this seems pretty accurate when comparing to other fitness trackers I have. I will also say that unless you have some scientifically proven device that is 100% tested accurate, you don’t really have anything to compare to. But its nice having something to give you a general idea of how you are doing regardless if its 100% accurate. My one complaint with this device, and it’s not just this device, other brands do this as well, is the dreaded subscription fees. To use the app to its full potential you have to pay a monthly fee after the free year you are given. My opinion on this is that we purchased the device, why make us continue to pay to use it? It is very irritating and it’s becoming a new standard unfortunately. For this, I deducted a star.

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  This review is from Amazon - Halo View Fitness Tracker (Small/Medium 5.1"-7.7")

  Posted 3 years ago by krush

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Small Size with Excellent Battery Life

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  INITIAL SET-UP Amazon did a fantastic job with making set-up of their new Halo watch simple. I had no issues or hiccups during initial configuration and set-up. Initial set-up is configured by the Amazon Halo app available via the Play Store or Apple Store. While the Halo app has worked flawlessly, I do find it a little surprising that another app is required when all my other Amazon Alexa-enabled devices are installed and configured via the Alexa app. Every single other Amazon Alexa device I own and use all use the Alexa app, including the Echo Buds. However, Amazon has done a great job on the Halo app. USE After a mandatory firmware update, the Halo View has proven to be completely reliable and issue free. After several days of use, the battery life appears to be about 3.5 – 4 days. That is a good improvement over my primary smart watch and fitness tracker, the Samsung Watch 4. That device struggles to get 2 days of use between charges, even with the latest and greatest firmware. The Halo View is roughly the size of an AA battery, so that means there isn’t a lot of real estate available for the screen. But, Amazon made the most of what was available. The screen is bright and legible, even in the bright sun. Text messages can be displayed on the watch and while the print is very small, it is clear and bright. All Halo View device purchases include a year of access to the Amazon Insights portion of the Halo app. This includes such things as recipes, suggested workouts, sleep tracking, etc. I give Amazon credit for establishing a fairly robust and thoughtful fitness app for such a new device. The fitness app and tracking on the Halo includes a lot of features all geared towards whole body health and wellness, not just physical fitness. I think the app is great and gives the user a bunch of ideas and feedback on how to improve their overall health and well-being. NEGATIVES While I am impressed with the comprehensiveness of the Halo app. The buyer needs to realize that your purchase only allows access to all the Halo app has to offer for 1 year. After the year, it costs $3.99/month to continue receiving and using the benefits of the Halo app. You are automatically renewed after the first year and the end user must manually go into their Amazon account and manually turn off auto renewal. This fee is not waived for Prime Members either. I could see charging for the app if the person wasn’t a Prime Member, but charging yet another monthly fee for an Amazon service sits poorly with me. The screen is small. I will fully admit that Amazon did a great job making such a small display crisp and easy to read, but there isn’t a lot of screen to use. After having lived with my Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 for a while, I find the transition to the Halo View difficult. My Watch 4 has a much larger display that makes text messages larger, but will also display images in text messages, screen shots from my security cameras, and notifications from nearly any app I have installed on my Galaxy Smartphone, not to mention allow me to take calls on the watch itself, along with the ability to send text replies either by speaking into the watch or via canned responses. The Halo View only allows the user to view text messages on the device itself. Maybe there is a way to send a canned reply, but I haven’t been able to find it, or get it to work if there is. My last negative, that isn’t necessarily directed specifically against the Halo, are the algorithms and tracking programs as a whole. I’m just not sure how accurate any one vendors’ devices really are. While each device has the basic set of sensors to measure heart rate, oxygen saturation, sleep, movement, etc. It is up to each manufacturer to develop a program to analyze the data a present it in a format to the user. The Halo tracks heart rate constantly, my Watch 4, only every 10 minutes, unless manually triggered, or during exercise. My Watch 4 and my Halo have large disagreements about my heart rate throughout the day, as well as my sleep quality and calories burned. My Halo reports I sleep like a champ, my Watch 4 says I don’t get enough quality sleep. My Halo shows I burn more calories throughout the day with a higher resting hear rate than my Watch 4. Which do you believe? CONCLUSIONS There is a lot to like about the Halo. It is small, comfortable, and lightweight. After having used a Watch 4 for some time, I am constantly looking to see if the Halo is still on my wrist and has not fallen off it is so light and comfortable. The Halo tracks a user’s heart-rate constantly throughout the day and night. Lift the Halo up a little off your wrist at any time through the day and you will see the green LED always illuminated that tracks heart-rate. This should provide a much better picture and potential for better accuracy about the wearer’s activity and fitness level. The Halo app is top notch and much more focused on user’s health and wellness than any of my Samsung Watch’s have been. I really like the one stop shop in the Halo app for workout ideas, recipes, and everything else health related. The Halo app is thoughtfully designed and makes a great companion to the Halo View. Would I buy a Halo for myself? If I wanted a device solely to track workouts and use as a watch, I could see buying a Halo. However, after having used a Watch 2 and now a Samsung Watch 4, I wouldn’t trade it for a Halo. I’ve grown accustomed to all the conveniences that that Watch 4 offers. While the Halo is in no way a bad device, it just gives up too many features that I have grown to like and want in a smart watch.

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  This review is from Amazon - Halo View Fitness Tracker (Small/Medium 5.1"-7.7")

  Posted 3 years ago by NAMO

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Small watch with lots of function!

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  The Amazon Halo View Fitness watch is a great watch for all of your fitness and health tracking needs! Starting off the watch is very light and small, so it is comfortable on your wrist. The silicone band has lots of adjustment holes and even fits larger people easily with the large band. It straps a different way than most watches but is comfortable. It's important to clean the watch and put it on clean skin as there are multiple sensors on the bottom side that read and track information. The watch has no buttons and is soley touch screen. There is no on or off button. It initially turns on once you put it on the charger and will stay on. There is a little touch bar at the bottom of the screen that you tap to wake up the screen. Then swipe up and down to go to the different screens. You can adjust the watch face with a handful of different options, but the rest of the watch is mostly centered around fitness tracking, which is fine because thats what the watch is for. The watch is heavily focused on the use of the Halo app and is needed to set up and connect to the watch. It syncs and updates the stats on your watch so you can easily view everything. The watch monitors your steps, heart rate, calories burned and gets an estimate on your BMR for more accurate calorie burning. It also tracks a lot of different excersizes like going on walks, running, weight lifting , yoga, hiit, rowing, swimming, cycling, fitness training, etc. You can start, stop, or pause the the excersizes on the watch and view all of the data during the workout on the watch or after on the app. It also has tools like a stopwatch, timer and alarm. Viewing everything on the app is detailed and organized. The watch even tracks your sleep and breaks down how long you slept, rem sleep, deep sleep, disturbances in sleep, etc. Its been a great tool! The Halo View app is subscription based and comes with a year included with the watch. The subscription price may change but appeared to cost only a few dollars a month. With out the subscription you can only track a handul of things. Overall it has been an awesome, simple watch to have to track fitness, sleep, steps, and heart rate. Would definitely recommend!

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  This review is from Amazon - Halo View Fitness Tracker (Small/Medium 5.1"-7.7")

  Posted 3 years ago by Viabledata