Considered to be a better all-around wearable than the original Halo, the Amazon Halo View is reasonably priced and provides you with the health insights you're looking for.
Not only are these wearables trendy tech at the moment, but they’re also proven to be accurate and effective in monitoring your activity levels and health. If you’re looking for a simple, reliable fitness band, the Amazon Halo View will appeal to you.
One of the biggest problems with the first Halo band from Amazon was that it didn't have a screen, although many buyers thought this was an original idea and made for a fitness tracker that was more restrained. Having put that approach aside, the Halo View has introduced a touchscreen display with color that shows health insights like your heart rate and blood oxygen levels.
How Will Amazon's Halo View Benefit You?
Many of us wish we could buy an Apple Watch or Fitbit; however, we simply cannot afford it. The Halo View is a simple alternative that won’t burn a hole in your pocket, but it offers great health features, especially if you choose to upgrade your membership, which you’ll get for free for the first year.
If you’re willing to pay the small monthly fee of only $3.99 afterward, you'll unlock its many wellness services, including the workout programs, eating plans, mobility scores, body fat percent readings, and sleep insights. The simple sleep tracker will satisfy you by tracking your sleeping stages and sleep temperature, as well as giving you a daily sleep score.
When it comes to working out, members can make use of the extensive range of original exercise videos, including HIIT, strength, low-impact, and even yoga. If you struggle with your diet, the Halo View offers a library of hundreds of healthy recipes, whether you're looking for keto-friendly, classic, vegan meals and so much more. These come through integrations from services like Headspace, BetterSleep, and Weight Watchers.
If you'd like to go more in-depth, the Halo app also includes Body Composition. This allows you to take a picture of yourself and the app will estimate your body fat percentage.
You can also use a feature called Tone of Voice Analysis. This listens to your tone of voice and lets you know how you sound when speaking to others. Many considered this creepy in the original Halo fitness tracker. After a lot of criticism, the Halo View does not have a microphone, so you have to enable the voice analysis feature yourself on your phone. Regardless, it's still a bit unnerving.
The Amazon Halo View's Stylish Design
If you’re not into a fitness tracker that is over the top and would much rather have something comfortable, lightweight, and simple on your wrist then you’ll be happy to wear the Halo View.
The Halo View’s pre-attached band comes in a range of sizes, including small/medium and medium/large. You also have a choice of three colors: Active Black, Sage Green, and Lavender Dream.
You can also buy an interchangeable accessory band made from a range of materials, such as lightweight TPU, a blend of polyester, nylon, and spandex, and the premium accessory bands which are made from leather, NATO fabric, and Milanese.
The Halo View’s main attraction is its affordable price. Even though that's enough to entice people into buying it, what else does it have to offer? Besides the personalized workout programs, sleep scores, and recipes, the wearable is swim-proof, being water-resistant to 50 meters.
It can also provide you with up to seven days of battery life and is capable of fully charging in under two hours. What’s more, you can connect Alexa to your Halo View and bring it along when you exercise.
How Does the Amazon Halo View Compare?
Compared to the first Amazon Halo wearable (our Amazon Halo review) which lacked a screen, the Halo View can now stand up to other more accomplished fitness trackers, like the Fitbit. However, it still falls short because the Amazon Halo View hides all its most important features behind a monthly subscription.
Overall, the Amazon Halo View is limited, but good at what it does. It offers effective health tracking, a color touchscreen display, and useful data for those who are simply looking to track their general wellness. And for those who don’t mind paying an extra monthly fee, you get access to many useful benefits. It's a decent, well-rounded fitness tracker that you can use to help with your fitness goals.