Review on 🌟 Amazfit GTR GPS+Glonass Smartwatch with Heart Rate Monitor, Activity Tracker, 10-Day Battery Life, 12 Sport Modes - 42mm, Coral Red by Eric Nelson

How do I get my watch's GPS working without having to constantly 'update' it from my iPhone? Is this constant "refreshing" just a ploy to get my personal information off the watch? It shouldn't be necessary to "update" the clock unless I'm moving it across time zones. If this watch works reliably, I would give it 5 stars. But GPS and the constant requests for "updates" are a hindrance for me. What's great about the watch is that it's light, looks great, has different faces and has a GREAT battery life. Unfortunately, the disadvantages far outweigh these obvious advantages: I got the watch primarily for its GPS capabilities, so I could use it to measure bike or run speed, pace, heart rate, etc., every time I had exactly the same experience as The other commenter here: The GPS connects FOREVER and that's when I stand in front of my house and wait 5 MIN for it to connect and nothing but blue skies and no obstacles over 10 degrees in any direction. I have an almost 10 year old Garmin clunker that picks up satellites within 2 minutes every time and it's from my back alley where there are obstacles in all directions. Then the watch NEEDS an update about every week, or even the outdoor running or cycling timer refuses to start. This is just a trick to siphon off my personal information from the hours that have accumulated over the past week. That this is the case is evident from the email I received from Amazfit when I hadn't updated the watch for about 4 weeks. The company knows EXACTLY when data isn't coming in and reminds the user to keep "sharing" their personal information. THAT was the BIGGEST turnoff. Then the heart rate monitor: normally I'd say this is a minor issue, I understand the difficulty in getting a reliable optical heart rate reading while trembling with the watch on my wrist. I don't like tightening the bracelet as it's uncomfortable so I leave it loose. I agree that the heart rate is inaccurate under these conditions and I don't blame the watch for that. Under these conditions, the watch can read 160 beats per minute, while I only measure 130 beats per minute through physical heart rate measurement. The peak was 208 bpm, which at my age is hardly compatible with survival, although the actual heart rate was only 160 bpm and I've never felt better (definitely not dead!). What worries me a lot about this erroneous data is that when the watch updates, it downloads it and the company can then sell it to anyone, including insurance companies, with fairly accurate data based on my location and other parameters, which will quickly charge me as classify a health risk based on deeply flawed data and increase my premiums. This is the main reason why I will no longer update the watch and also cannot recommend it. No, until the need to update the firmware has been eliminated and it has been established that no personal data will be transmitted.