Two years ago, "smart bracelet" was still a fashionable term. Its high price and lack of functions doomed it to be a plaything of a small number of technology fashion people. With the continuous reduction of research and development costs and the growing demand of consumers for wearable devices, more and more technology companies targeted this emerging market, In particular, the entry of "price butcher" Xiaomi Company has made the market increasingly crowded and competitive. Who can stand out in such an increasingly saturated market and win the favor of consumers? It is obvious that the price war is just drinking poison to quench thirst. Maybe it is the king's way to constantly develop more abundant and novel functions to meet the needs of consumers in many aspects. Of course, in this age where everything depends on face, if we can integrate more practical functions, but also have a sense of fashion and beauty, full of face value, this smart bracelet will naturally more easily capture the "hearts" of consumers with increasingly sophisticated tastes.

Today, the Weile Weloop Now smart bracelet I tried is just such a smart bracelet that combines pragmatism and scientific beauty perfectly.

1、 Packaging and appearance

▼ The outer package of Weile Weloop Now smart bracelet is very small and delicate. The front is in the form of full transparent window, which allows consumers to see the "beauty" of the bracelet at the first time.

▼ The box below the outer package is very hard and black, and there is no waste on all sides. In addition to the brand logo, the four core functions of the bracelet (message view, call reminder, 3ATM waterproof, activity record), the suitable model (full coverage of iosandroid two platforms) and basic product information (product name, model, manufacturer, etc.) are printed respectively.

▼ The back of the packing box is the propaganda effect picture of the bracelet. The looming bracelet and the huge display screen give off a sense of technological mystery against the black background.

▼ Tear off the round transparent tape on both sides of the front transparent window, open the window, and take out the bracelet. Here is a family photo: bracelet, user manual, warranty card and a warm reminder card.

▼ What I got was a bracelet with a green wrist strap, which is very eye-catching and brings a sense of cool in the hot summer. The wrist strap is made of high safety level TPU material, which has excellent flexibility, making daily wear very comfortable; The inner side of the wrist strap is designed with a guide groove, which can play a very good role in ventilation and perspiration; Add the weight of the main body of the bracelet is only 20 grams, so it is light if there is nothing to wear on the wrist.

▼ At the same time, Weile official also launched a variety of wristbands in different colors (black, gray, blue, pink) for consumers to choose from. They are available in the official mall, and the price of 29 yuan is reasonable, but it seems that 10 yuan postage should be added. It would be great if you could give a wristband with different colors along with the product.

▼ The front of the main body of the bracelet is a high-resolution touch screen, which looks very tall. All contents can be displayed at a glance. With the simple and understandable human-computer interaction mode, even small white users can quickly get started, which is also the core feature of the bracelet.

▼ There is no waste on the back of the bracelet, which has brand logo and other related information. Now bracelet adopts a charging integrated design, which can be plugged into the USB port of the computer like a USB flash disk for charging. The two-hour fast charging function can make your bracelet instantly full of blood and revive. According to official data, it can be used continuously for seven days when fully charged, and its life is not too long (my BONG 2 bracelet can be standby for one year), However, considering the existence of touch-screen displays for large consumers of electricity, I am relieved.

▼ Finally, an official parameter diagram of Now bracelet is attached for your reference.

2、 Features and experiences

In terms of function, the Weloop Now bracelet can definitely be called the all-purpose "Swiss Army Knife" in the smart bracelet. In addition to the most common movement counting function of ordinary bracelets, it also has the following functions:

1. Sleep monitoring (sleep quality analysis can be performed and sleep status can be automatically recognized)

2. Schedule management (3 sets of alarm clocks can be set at the same time and schedule reminder function can be added)

3. Mobile phone message reminder (including incoming calls, SMS, WeChat, QQ, microblog, etc., and can directly display the incoming call number, name, information content, etc.)

4. Mobile phone loss prevention function (you can find the mobile phone directly through the bracelet, and if the mobile phone exceeds a certain range, it can automatically alarm)

5.3ATM level waterproof function, no need to take it off when bathing or swimming.

Even though it is the most common exercise step counting function of ordinary bracelets, the Now bracelet is also innovative. It can automatically identify walking, running, cycling and other exercise states, and can generate daily activity tags and record calorie consumption with the mobile app.

The author once bought a Bong second generation bracelet that was popular at that time last year, and now compares its functions with that of the Now bracelet. Although there is less than a year between them, they are products of different times (of course, there is no doubt that the prices of the two are also different), Recall that when I wanted to see the time through BONG2, I had to count the blinking times of the indicator light while identifying the eye color of the indicator light. It was really a maddening experience. Now, with Now, just gently lift your wrist, the bracelet will sense your action, timely light the screen, and see all kinds of information at a glance. This is the benefit of scientific and technological progress. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach. Now BONG2 has already been shelved by me.

Like many smart devices, to achieve more functions, we also need to connect the Now bracelet with the WeLoop app on the mobile phone through Bluetooth. Through the app, you will find that your bracelet will become more powerful and easy to use.

▼ After downloading and installing the APP, we must first set the personal account information according to the prompts. You can give yourself a nice name and customize your own avatar. Of course, the most important thing is to set personal information and movement goals, which is directly related to the accuracy of background calculation of the bracelet.

▼ After all the above information is set, we click the "+" sign on the upper right corner of the device interface in the APP interface to start connecting through Bluetooth and binding the bracelet.

▼ After the bracelet is successfully bound for the first time, the system will prompt you to upgrade the firmware of the bracelet. Click "Update Now" below to upgrade according to the prompt. The entire upgrade process is very smooth and will be completed soon.

▼ Now let's take a look at the four major functional interfaces of APP, which are: target, ranking, personal, and device. The target interface can intuitively display your various movement information and goal completion, and can also switch to display the sleep monitoring interface; The ranking interface can display the ranking of the amount of exercise of the bracelet users on that day, which can be a good incentive for users. The amount of exercise can also be converted into points. According to the official introduction, the points can be exchanged for corresponding gifts in the future; The personal interface can set various functions such as movement target, alarm clock and schedule reminder; The device interface can enable more functions, which will not be repeated here.

▼ Through the above introduction, we can find that the functional division of the bracelet APP is very reasonable, the interface is very friendly, and the color matching is also quite fresh, eye-catching. In addition, APP can track, display and quantify your various data (exercise, sleep, etc.), so that we can more intuitively understand your exercise amount, sleep time, quality, etc. in a certain period of time (such as a week, a month). So as to make timely adjustments to their living habits.

In a word, with the addition of touch screen and the powerful and easy-to-use mobile phone APP, the Now bracelet can completely kill most of the bracelet products on the market in terms of function, which is worthy of the all-purpose "Swiss Army Knife" in the smart bracelet.

3、 Feelings and suggestions

In nearly a week's wearing experience, I really felt the powerful functions of the Weloop Now bracelet. In particular, compared with my bad bracelet experience (BONG 2, which has been shelved), you have to marvel at the rapid progress of technology that really makes our life more convenient and efficient.

Of course, if I can use one word to describe this bracelet, I can only use "excellent" to describe it, but there is still a certain distance from "perfect". In combination with personal trial experience, the bracelet mainly has the following shortcomings.

1. The battery life needs to be improved. Officially, it is seven days. In actual use, I have charged twice within seven days. Of course, this is also the weakness of all smart devices at present. I hope that the standby time can be improved and strengthened in future firmware upgrades.

2. The automatic recognition of movement and sleep status is not accurate enough. For example, I have to ride an electric bike to work every day. The four kilometer journey back and forth is recognized as a walk by the bracelet and included in my exercise volume;

Sleep recognition can't recognize nap. I have the habit of napping, but these are not included in sleep by the bracelet. Even if I sleep at night, I often have inaccurate recognition. This is really fatal. I hope the official can optimize the background algorithm as soon as possible.

3. When viewing time, steps and other information through the screen, I raise my wrist several times, and the screen cannot light up, sometimes it will light up automatically, which is really a bit embarrassing.

4. Sometimes the bracelet will be disconnected from the mobile phone, and it is difficult to connect it again. I use Meizu MX3 mobile phone, which has been set according to the settings of Meizu mobile phone in the forum.

5. The amount of information stored in the bracelet is too small, and only three pieces of information can be stored. When three pieces of information are reached, the original information will be overwritten by the new information. Personally, the user can choose settings through the APP.

6. It is strongly recommended that a wrist strap be included with the machine. (The black wrist strap can be defaulted, which is the most popular and versatile, and then a wrist strap of other colors can be added)

Some of the shortcomings mentioned above are due to the current technical level constraints, but some can be optimized through later firmware upgrades. It is hoped that the official will strive to optimize the firmware and make the Now bracelet closer and closer to "perfection"!