Technical Specifications and Architecture

The 116plus is an entry-level sport fitness smartwatch built around a 1.3-inch square full-touch display, connecting to an Android or iOS phone over Bluetooth 5.0. It runs from a compact rechargeable battery and covers the core essentials: heart-rate and activity tracking, step and calorie counting, call and message alerts, and a choice of watch faces. It is a light, very affordable everyday tracker rather than a feature-rich smartwatch.

Knowing the class sets expectations. This is a companion fitness watch: it has no SIM, no Wi-Fi, no onboard GPS and no camera, it does not place Bluetooth calls or run a voice assistant, and it relies on a paired phone for notification content and any location data. The simple hardware keeps it light and inexpensive, which is its whole appeal for someone who wants basic step and heart-rate tracking with phone alerts at minimal cost. The band is detachable so the strap can be changed, and several watch faces are available to vary the look.

Health and Fitness Tracking: What It Measures and How Accurately

The watch offers heart-rate and activity tracking and counts steps and calories, with data viewable in its companion app. These features help encourage movement and spot patterns, but they are consumer wellness estimates, not medical measurements. Heart-rate readings are best used as relative day-to-day indicators, and step and calorie figures are motion-based estimates. With no onboard GPS, distance relies on the step counter or on the phone location when the watch is carried with a connected phone. None of the readings should be used to diagnose or manage a medical condition; proper equipment and professional advice are the right tools for that.

Notifications and Battery

The watch relays incoming call and message alerts and app notifications so the phone can stay in a pocket, and it can reject calls, though it is an alert device rather than a calling watch, with no speaker or microphone for conversations. The Bluetooth 5.0 link is efficient and low-power, and the compact battery gives several days of light use per charge depending on screen and monitoring use, recharging with the supplied charger. Reducing screen wake time and continuous monitoring extends the runtime.

Water Resistance and Durability

The listing markets an IP67 waterproof label, but for a budget device it is safest to read this conservatively. Treat the watch as resistant to light splashes and sweat at most, and keep it away from swimming, diving, hot showers, saunas and any submersion, where pressure, heat and steam can defeat the seals. Handled that way, it copes with everyday contact, and the light build is comfortable for all-day and overnight wear.

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Getting started takes only a few minutes.

• Charge the watch fully with the supplied charger before first use.
• Install the companion fitness app from the manual and allow its Bluetooth and notification permissions.
• Turn on Bluetooth and pair the watch from within the app rather than only from the phone menu.
• Enable notifications for the apps you want relayed and choose a watch face.
• Wear the watch snugly above the wrist bone so the heart-rate sensor reads reliably.

Carry the connected phone on outdoor walks if you want distance based on its location.

Troubleshooting and Maintenance

The few issues that arise usually involve pairing, notifications or battery settings.

Alerts do not arrive. Confirm the watch is paired in the app, that the app has notification access, and that battery-saver settings are not closing it in the background.

The watch will not pair or keeps dropping. Keep it charged and in range, remove any stale pairing from the phone Bluetooth menu, and re-pair from the app.

Heart rate looks off. Wear the watch snugly with the sensor flat against clean, dry skin above the wrist bone, and remember the figures are wellness estimates.

Battery drains quickly. Shorten screen wake time, limit continuous heart-rate monitoring and reduce notifying apps. For care, wipe the watch and charging contacts with a soft dry cloth and dry after sweat or contact with water.

Ecosystem and Integration

The watch works as a simple extension of an Android or iOS phone, relaying alerts and giving activity trends in its app. Its strengths are a light build, easy step and heart-rate tracking and phone alerts at a very low price; its boundaries are the absence of calling, a voice assistant, GPS, SIM, Wi-Fi and a camera, the basic display, the water resistance that is best treated conservatively, and the wellness-grade rather than medical nature of its data. For a first tracker or a gift for someone who wants the essentials without cost or complexity, it is a sensible, no-fuss choice.