Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro Review: An Outdoor Watch That Doesn’t Work

Offline routing is supposed to be one of the banner features of this watch. You should be able to simply choose a point in the Maps app on the watch, then choose Straight Line Navigation or Route Navigation. Unless you’re in a large field, Straight-Line won’t help you much, but Route Navigation should analyze the watch’s ability to read roads and trails to get you where you’re going.

Then you choose between outdoor running, walking or outdoor cycling. Why is hiking not included? Who knows, but it doesn’t really matter because 90% of the time I tried, the watch would just say, “Creating route failed. Try again.” I’ve only managed to get it to work a few times, and only for extremely short distances, and one of those times it advised me to drive on Interstate 405, which is one of the largest and busiest highways in the country. I wouldn’t count on this feature.

There’s just a general feeling of unfinished business about it all. Dubious translations abound. He missed some waves while I was surfing. It still doesn’t recognize the types of strength training you’re doing, which is a feature promised earlier this year and currently available on all other sports watches.

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Photography: Brent Rose

It’s not all bad news. I like that this watch has an LED flashlight, a feature that I think every sports watch should have as it is very useful. The speaker and microphone aren’t great quality, but they’re also nice to have. The watch displays notifications from your smartphone very well, and if you’re an Android user you can even quickly respond to incoming texts or initiate text messages via Zepp Flow, although it doesn’t distinguish between notification types and will just start ringing incessantly while you’re driving.