Zepp Health has begun rolling out a notable update to the companion app for its Amazfit smartwatches, introducing a refreshed interface and a new badges system to help users stay more engaged with their fitness goals.
Version 10.0 of the Zepp app is now available to iOS users via the Apple App Store. While the official changelog notes that the update fixed bugs, users have spotted more substantive changes.
The most immediate one is visual. The app’s home screen has been reorganised, replacing the previous ‘Core Metrics” section with clearer, more distinct areas for activities, training plans, and insights.
The overall layout remains familiar, but the presentation feels more modern—helped along by an updated colour palette that uses a wider range of colours to differentiate sections and data at a glance.
Badge of honor
The headline feature addition, however, is a new Badges tab that now sits front and centre in the app’s bottom navigation bar, alongside Home, Workout, Aura, and Device.
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This new section introduces a new, gamified layer to the Zepp experience. Users can earn badges tied to personal bests, achievements, challenges, and longer-term goals. There’s also a view that shows remaining badges yet to be unlocked, encouraging users to continue pushing toward new milestones.
This move aligns with a broader trend across the wearables space, where brands are leaning into software and ecosystem features—rather than just hardware upgrades—to drive long-term engagement.
By adding achievements and visual rewards directly into its companion app, Amazfit is clearly looking to boost motivation and retention among its smartwatch users—even though it is arriving a little late compared to other platforms.
What about Android users?
For now, Zepp version 10.0 is only available on iOS, and the badges feature should work across Amazfit’s current smartwatch lineup, including models like the Balance 2 and Active Max.
There’s no word yet on when the same update will land on Android. However, given Amazfit’s typical testing and rollout patterns, it’s likely to land sometime in February. Stay tuned.