How to connect smart watch Xiaomi Amazfit Bip to the smartphone: full instructions with pictures

The Xiaomi Amazfit Bip remains one of the most popular fitness trackers thanks to its combination of affordable price, long-term autonomy and wide functionality. However, many users have difficulties already at the stage of first connecting to a smartphone. This article will help you understand all the nuances of pairing, from choosing the right application to solving typical errors.

We’ll look at two main scenarios: connecting to Android smartphones (including Xiaomi, Samsung, Honor) and iOS devices (iPhone), focusing on setting up notifications, synchronizing health data, and optimizing battery consumption. If you’ve just unpacked your watch or experienced problems after resetting, here’s the latest solution for all 2026 firmware versions.

1. Preparation of watches and smartphone before connection

Before you start pairing, make sure both devices are ready to go.The Amazfit Bip (including the Bip S, Bip U, Bip 3) requires:

• 🔋 Battery charge of the watch at least 20% (at low charge synchronization may be interrupted)
• 📱 Smartphone with Android version 5.0+ or iOS 10.0+
• 📶 Bluetooth enabled (Visible for all mode not required)
• 📥 Free space on the phone at least 100 MB (for installing the application and cache)

Important point: if you have updated your watch firmware through the Firmware Update manually, reset to factory settings (Settings → System → Reset). This will prevent conflicts on your first connection. On iPhone, additionally check that Settings → Privacy → Geolocation Services allow access to the Zepp app (formerly Mi Fit).

The firmware of the watch plays a key role in connection stability. Current versions for 2026:

⚠️ Note: If your firmware version is older than the table, update it via the official Zepp app before connecting.Old firmware can cause trouble syncing notifications on iOS 17+.

2.Selecting the Right App: Zepp vs Mi Fit

Since 2021, Huami (Amazfit’s maker) has switched to the Zepp app entirely, replacing the outdated Mi Fit, but some models are still supported by both apps, creating confusion.

Use this table to select:

• 📱 Zepp (recommended): Bip 3/3 Pro, Bip U Pro, GTR 3, GTS 4 newer
• 📱 Mi Fit (obsolete): Bip (A1608), Bip S (A1916), Bip U (A2003) — but only for Android
• 🚫 Incompatible combinations: Bip 3 + Mi Fit (No synchronization of steps)

The official versions can be downloaded only from verified sources:

• 🤖 Android: Google Play → Zepp by Huami (avoid clones like "Zepp Life")
• 🍎 iOS: App Store → Zepp (requires iOS 10.0)+)

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If you have a first-generation Amazfit Bip, but you can't see it in Zepp, try temporarily installing Mi Fit, performing the initial setup, and then go back to Zepp. Data will be saved.

After you install the app, don't start it right away.

1. Turn on the watch pairing mode: press the button 3 seconds → select Connect.
2. On your smartphone, activate Bluetooth and geolocation (required for iOS!).
3. Open Zepp and follow the customization wizard.

3. Step-by-step instructions for connecting to Android

The process of pairing with Android smartphones takes no more than 5 minutes, if you follow this algorithm:

Let's take each step in detail:

1. On the Amazfit Bip watch, swipe right across the screen → Settings → Connect the device. Search animation will appear on the screen.
2. Device Scan in Zepp In the app, click Add Device → Select Watch → Amazfit Bip (or your model). If the model doesn't show, update the app.
3. On the clock and in the app, a 6-digit code will appear. It should match — confirm pairing on both devices.
4. Set up notifications After connecting, allow Zepp to access: 📩 Notifications (for display) SMS messenger) 📍 Geolocation (for accurate jogging tracking) 📊 Contacts (to identify calls)

Some Xiaomi smartphones (e.g. Redmi Note 12, POCO X5) may require additional permission to auto-run Zepp:

Settings → Applications → Application Management → Zepp → Autorun (include)


Settings → Applications → Special permissions → Display on top of other applications (allow for Zepp)

⚠️ Attention: On Android 13+ After connecting, check that the settings → Connected devices → Amazfit Bip enabled Audio and Contacts. Without it, no call notifications will work.

4. Features of connection to iPhone (iOS)

The iPhone interface has its nuances due to Apple’s limitations, with the main difference being that the Amazfit Bip cannot sync notifications from WhatsApp, Viber and other instant messengers directly, instead showing only standard SMS and incoming calls.

Instructions for iOS:

1. Install Zepp from the App Store and open it.
2. Turn on the watch pairing mode (as in the section for Android).
3. In the app, select Add Device → Amazfit Bip.
4. Confirm the code on the watch and in the app.
5. In the iPhone settings go to Settings → Bluetooth, find it. MI Band (yes, that's how it looks!) and click ⓘ → Forget this device, then reconnect via Zepp.

After successful pairing:

• 🔄 Synchronize data manually by pulling the clock screen down.
• 📵 Turn off power saving mode for Zepp in Settings → Battery.
• 🔒 Allow notifications for Zepp in Settings → Notifications.

5. Notification setting and data synchronization

By default, the Amazfit Bip shows notifications about calls, SMS and calendar. To add instant messengers (Telegram, WhatsApp, etc.), follow:

On Android:

1. Open Zepp → Profile → Amazfit Bip → Notifications
2. Turn on the Application Notification switch.
3. Select the desired applications from the list (maximum 10).
4. In Android settings, allow Zepp to access notifications (Settings → Apps → Zepp → Notifications).

On iOS:

• 📌 Standard notifications (SMS/calls are included in Zepp → Notifications.
• 📌 For messengers, third-party software is required (see spoiler above).

To synchronize health data (steps, pulse, sleep):

• 🩺 At Zepp, go to Health. → Synchronization settings.
• 🔄 Set automatic synchronization every 30 minutes.
• 📊 For exporting data to Google Fit/Apple Health Enable the Option in Settings → Connected services.

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If the steps are not synchronized, check that the watch is on Wear Mode (Settings → Display → Wear Mode). Without this, the watch counts movements only during activity, not around the clock.

6. Solving Connection Problems

If the Amazfit Bip watch does not connect to your phone, use this checklist:

For the 2026 Bip U and Bip 3 models, the error "Can't connect to the server" is relevant. API Huami. Solution:

1. Delete the Zepp app.
2. Clear the cache and data of Google services (Settings → Apps → Google Play Services → Memory → Clear the cache).
3. Install Zepp again and reconnect.

⚠️ Note: If after updating the firmware clock stopped connecting, reset through Settings → System system → Reset, and then repair the pairing, which will delete all the data from the clock, but restore the functionality.

7. Optimization of operation and battery saving

By default, the Amazfit Bip keeps a permanent Bluetooth connection, which reduces the autonomy to 5-7 days instead of the stated 30.

• 🔋 Turn off the permanent connection in Zepp → Settings of the device → Connection.
• 📶 Reduce the synchronization frequency to 1 time per hour.
• 🌙 Activate the sleep mode on the clock (turns off notifications at night).
• 🔍 Turn off automatic sleep tracking if you don’t use this feature.

For GPS models (Bip S, Bip U Pro):

• 📍 Use it. GPS If necessary, it consumes up to 30% of the charge per hour.
• 🔄 After training, GPS sync the data immediately so that you do not lose the connection.

Average indicators of autonomy under optimal settings:

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