Amazfit maker considers a screenless band for emotion sensing

Zepp Health is looking into a screenless wearable that picks up on your body signals to figure out how you’re feeling. The idea is that it learns over time, using occasional mood check-ins to get better at reading you.

It pulls in data like heart rate, skin temperature and other stress-related signals to estimate your emotional state. You’d log how you feel every now and then. If what you report doesn’t match what the system picked up, it tweaks how it interprets the signals going forward.

A learning model driven by your biometric signals

The device looks built specifically for continuous emotional tracking. It doesn’t have a screen or resemble a smartwatch. Instead, it’s a low-profile module designed for constant skin contact, packed with sensors that capture both physiological and environmental data.

Here’s a concept image we’ve put together from an illustration we have seen. As you can see, it looks nothing like any current Amazfit watch.

The band wraps tightly around the wrist. On the underside, it houses a compact sensor module with red and green LEDs arranged around a central photodetector, along with a thermistor for skin temperature. The metallic disc on the top surface functions as an electrode for electrodermal activity sensing, working alongside other contact points to measure changes in skin conductance.

There is also the possibility of environmental sensors being built in, measuring things like ambient temperature, humidity and air pressure. These external readings could help the system separate emotional shifts from environmental ones, improving accuracy over time.

The device starts by analysing biometric signals to estimate emotional states like fear, sadness, enjoyment or calm. Then, when the user occasionally logs their mood, the system compares that input to the sensor-based estimate. If there’s a mismatch, it updates its model. The more data it collects, the more it learns what different emotional states actually look like for that specific person.

Once that emotional profile is built, the system looks for symptom patterns tied to mental wellbeing. Things like fatigue, poor sleep, disengagement or low motivation are tracked over time. If enough signals stack up, the system shifts its focus from momentary mood tracking to longer-term mental health analysis.

Turning mood patterns into personalised wellbeing plans

Based on what it sees in your data over time, the wearable can suggest ways to manage your mental state. That could mean prompting a check-in, flagging changes in behaviour or nudging you toward a reset. The more you interact with it, the more tailored the feedback becomes.

So who would be interested in such a thing? This type of tool isn’t really aimed at casual users counting steps. It’s more for people looking to better understand how their emotional state shifts across the day or week. That might include individuals managing chronic stress or anyone who wants deeper insight into how their body and mood are connected.

While the form shown here looks like a band, the system isn’t limited to the arm. Other versions could be worn on the chest, head or elsewhere. If Zepp Health brings this to market, it could land as part of a new product category alongside its existing watches and rings, with a sharper focus on emotional health rather than general fitness tracking.

Some wearables already try to track stress or mood, but nothing really goes this deep. A few bands pick up on heart rate or skin changes and turn that into a basic mood score. But something that actually learns how you feel and builds a plan around it? That’s not out there yet.

This article originally appeared on Gadgets & Wearables, the first media outlet to report the story.

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