Amazfit's HomeStudio combines Peloton and Mirror for the ultimate home gym

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This connected treadmill/workout mirror will be cheaper than Peloton, but will it be better?

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Peloton's connected treadmill costs $4,000. If you want to stream cardio classes through Mirror, a rival to Peloton, that's another $1,495. Huami-owned Amazfit, which is known for its solid lineup of cheap smartwatches, plans to combine both concepts in its new connected HomeStudio. 

We don't know how much Amazfit's Home Studio costs yet, but given the company's reputation for undercutting the major tech companies on price, we'll bet it'll be far, far less than $5,495 you'd pay for both Peloton's treadmill and Mirror's workout assistant.

HomeStudio pairs a treadmill with a 56-inch standing mirror called Glass, which has a 43-inch HD LCD screen baked inside for streaming workouts. The treadmill itself doesn't have a display, which separates it from Peloton's Tread, where there's a screen mounted in front.

You can buy Amazfit's treadmill as a stand-alone piece of equipment separately from Glass. Because the treadmill itself lacks a screen, you mount your phone or tablet to the treadmill sidebar and stream your workouts from the Studio app. It's not quite as elegant as Peloton's solution, and Glass isn't as gorgeous with a streamlined user interface like Mirror. But Amazfit's options — a premium treadmill, the lower-end Amazfit AirRun, Glass and a combination of Glass and a treadmill — will be less expensive than Peloton or Mirror and offer a wider variety of options.

Caitlin McGarry

Caitlin is a Senior editor for Gizmodo. She has also worked on Tom's Guide, Macworld, PCWorld and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. When she's not testing out the latest devices, you can find her running around the streets of Los Angeles, putting in morning miles or searching for the best tacos.