Experience Full Upgrade, Honor Magic Watch2 Review

Appearance: Redesigned classic
Compared with the previous generation, the round dial of the Honor Magic Watch 2 has been redesigned to have a narrower bezel, and the overall design looks more stylish and refined. The dial weighs only 41g and has a thickness of only 10.7mm. The surface design of a whole curved glass makes the Honor Magic Watch 2 full of modernity, but also looks lighter and thinner. The scales and numbers made by the engraving process inside the glass keep it a bit mechanized, and the unique custom dial can maximize demonstrate the personality and fashion of young people.


The Honor Magic Watch 2 has 46mm and 42mm dials. This test version is 46mm carbon black version. There are two physical buttons at the right side of the watch, and the lower button supports custom functions.


The display of the Honor Magic Watch 2 is 1.39 inches, the resolution is 454 * 454 pixels, and the PPI reaches 326. With the AMOLED screen and peak brightness of up to 800 nits, the display effect of the Honor Magic Watch 2 is exquisite and excellent throughout the day.


The carbon black version comes with a skin-friendly rubber strap for comfortable wearing, and the strap can be easily removed by flipping the metal buckle.


The bottom of the Honor Magic Watch 2 is a heart rate sensor and two magnetically-adsorbed charging contacts, and the position of the heart rate sensor is designed very well , so it will not feel uncomfortable even if worn for a long time.


In terms of details, whether the dial scale, the red circle on the right button, or the HONOR logo of the strap buckle, these all show superb workmanship of Honor Magic Watch 2.


Function: richer and more professional
Honor Magic Watch 2 with built-in rich dial styles, and more dial styles can be downloaded and installed through the dial market in the App, which is very convenient to choose for users .Of course, the official will continue to update watch dial styles. What is even more surprising is that the Honor Magic Watch 2 also supports the dial DIY. The addition of the "One Touch" function also makes the operation more convenient. After activating the one-touch function at the watch side, turn on the NFC function of the phone (requires EMUI10, NFC-enabled models), select no more than 5 photos in the phone album, and touch the watch with the NFC area at the back of the phone, then the watch will automatically generate a series of personalized photo dials, which is really cool and fun.


The Honor Magic Watch 2 is equipped with the Kirin A1 chip. As the world's first BT / BLE dual-mode 5.1 wearable chip, the Kirin A1 brings super Bluetooth that can greatly increase the connection transmission rate and connection distance. In the absence of obstacles, the theoretically stable connection distance is within 150 meters, and Bluetooth communication can be performed normally.

The Honor Magic Watch 2 also supports independent music playback, which can store about 500 songs. When used with Bluetooth headsets, users can completely abandon their phones and feel the purest fitness experience.


With the built-in NFC function, users can add a transportation card to the Honor Magic Watch 2 to directly pay with the watch. In addition, Huawei and Alipay launched the Alipay scan code payment at the watch side, improving the convenience of watch payment.


The Honor Magic Watch 2 has 15 different sports tracking functions, such as rowing machines, elliptical machines, free training, swimming, hiking and triathlon etc. In terms of health monitoring, in addition to sleep and heart rate monitoring, Honor Magic Watch 2 has added functions such as pressure monitoring and blood oxygen detection. Through sports health applications, users can receive sports data and health data in real time. In addition, the Honor Magic Watch 2 supports 5ATM waterproof rating (50 meters waterproof), and also can monitor the heart rate during swimming in real time, allowing users to understand the heart rate index clearly.


By deeply optimizing the hardware optical path and algorithm, and taking advantage of the different reflectance and absorption rates of oxygenated hemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin to specific light, the Honor Magic Watch 2 can perform signal extraction, signal enhancement, algorithm training, and abnormal suppression to measure pulse oximetry, and quickly and accurately use oximetry as the basis for judging whether the user is tired and guide users to work and rest reasonably.


Honor Magic Watch 2 also introduces a heart health research program. After installing the "Heart Health Research App", Honor Magic Watch 2 and mobile phones can work together to achieve 24-hour premature beat monitoringand provide premature beat screening function. It also can provide closed-loop management services for users at risk of premature beats. For users at high risk, you can also make appointments with nearby cardiologists for treatment in the app.


In addition, Honor Magic Watch 2 also adds YOYO intelligent voice support, users can use it to implement functions such as making calls, querying life information, and controlling smart home. It also supports wrist voice coaches, which can give us corresponding reminders and guidance during sports.


Battery Life: 14 days without charging

The battery life of the Honor Magic Watch 2 can reach 14 days after charging. After all the functions are turned on, the power consumption of the Honor Magic Watch 2 is less than 50% after one week. The contact magnetic charging base uses a more compatible Type-C interface, which means that it can share a charger with a mobile phone.

With stylish design, rich sports and health functions, long-lasting battery life, and reasonable prices, people interested in healthy sports can pay attention to the Honor Magic Watch 2.