Amazfit Active Max Leak Points to a Big-Battery Smartwatch Upgrade

Amazfit Active Max leak hints at a new battery beast

Amazfit has built its reputation on practical, affordable wearables that overdeliver on battery life, and the next entry in its lineup looks ready to double down on that formula. According to newly leaked specs, the upcoming Amazfit Active Max is shaping up to be a smartwatch for people who care more about endurance, fitness tracking and everyday reliability than yet another app store on their wrist.

The headline figure is impossible to ignore: a 576mAh battery inside a relatively sleek watch body. For a smartwatch in this price segment, that is huge. For context, the Amazfit Active 2 manages with a 270mAh cell, and even many premium rivals sit well below the 500mAh line. The Active Max seems designed from the ground up to go days between charges, even with constant health tracking and GPS workouts enabled.

Bigger 1.5-inch OLED display with sharper visuals

The Active Max does not just grow the battery; it scales up the entire front of the watch. Leaks point to a 1.5-inch OLED panel with a 480 x 480 pixel resolution. That should translate into crisp text, clear watch faces and easy-to-read workout metrics, even at a glance during a run. Compared with the Amazfit Active 2 and its 1.32-inch 466 x 466 display, the Max offers both a noticeably larger canvas and a tiny bump in resolution, giving Amazfit more room for data-rich complications and fitness stats.

Design-wise, the watch reportedly keeps the clean, modern language of the Active series, including a graduated bezel that frames the larger display without making the watch look bulky. It is clearly aimed at users who want something that can sit comfortably in the gym, at the office and on a night out without screaming sports watch.

Battery life ambitions and place in the Amazfit lineup

The 576mAh cell places the Active Max between Amazfit’s midrange and its true endurance monsters. The Amazfit Balance 2, for instance, has an even larger 658mAh battery but lives in a higher price bracket and targets users willing to pay extra for more advanced features. On the other end, the Active 2 trades battery size for a slimmer profile and a lower cost. The Max seems positioned as the sweet spot: more stamina than the Active 2, more accessible than the Balance 2 or the rugged T-Rex line.

While real-world endurance will depend on software optimizations, always-on display use and GPS activity, a battery this large combined with Amazfit’s efficient platforms typically translates to multi-day usage rather than the nightly charging routine many Wear OS and Apple Watch users have accepted as normal.

Zepp OS, storage and offline music

Like other recent Amazfit wearables, the Active Max does not run Wear OS. Instead, it uses Zepp OS, the company’s proprietary operating system that focuses on fitness tracking, health metrics and streamlined smart features rather than full-blown app ecosystems. The advantage is efficiency: Zepp OS is lightweight, which helps squeeze more life out of the big battery while still offering notifications, watch faces, health dashboards and core apps.

The watch reportedly comes with 4GB of onboard storage. A portion of that will be occupied by the system and built-in apps, but there should still be enough room to side-load MP3 tracks and playlists. That means you can go for a run with just the watch and Bluetooth earbuds, leaving your phone at home yet still having music on your wrist.

Connectivity, fitness features and durability

On the connectivity front, the Amazfit Active Max is expected to support Bluetooth 5.3 for pairing with phones and headphones, GPS for route tracking and distance accuracy, and NFC for contactless payments where supported. These are now essential features in any serious fitness-oriented smartwatch, and the Max appears to cover them all.

Water resistance is reportedly rated at 50 meters, making it suitable for swimming and shower use, as well as sweaty gym sessions or runs in the rain. One of the leaked images suggests the watch will support official Hyrox workout modes, hinting at specialized training profiles for that increasingly popular functional fitness race format. That is on top of the usual mix of running, cycling, gym, walking and general sports tracking that Amazfit watches typically include, along with heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking and stress metrics.

Pricing and comparison with other Amazfit models

Early information suggests the Amazfit Active Max will land around the €170 mark when it is officially unveiled. That pricing makes it more expensive than the Amazfit Active 2, which launched at about €130, but far more affordable than Amazfit’s more premium offerings. The Balance 2, with its 47mm case, 1.5-inch display and 658mAh battery, sits at roughly €300, while the ruggedized T-Rex 3 Pro with its 48mm case, 1.5-inch display and 700mAh battery climbs to around €400.

In other words, the Active Max appears to undercut the heavy hitters while still delivering a serious battery upgrade, a large OLED screen and plenty of fitness and smartwatch features. For many users, that mix may be more compelling than paying significantly more for a few extra bells and whistles.

What we still do not know

Despite the wealth of leaked details, some important pieces are still missing. Amazfit has not yet confirmed the official launch date, regional availability or final software features. It is also not clear whether there will be multiple case sizes or only a single Max variant. Until the watch is formally announced, there is room for the spec sheet to shift slightly.

What is clear, though, is the direction Amazfit is taking. With the Active Max, the company seems intent on pushing battery endurance and practical fitness features into a price range where many competitors still compromise. If the leaked specs hold up, the Amazfit Active Max could become one of the most interesting battery-focused smartwatches for users who want a capable training companion that does not demand a charger every night.