Huawei has achieved good results in the sales performance of the previous two generations of Wear OS products. But HUAWEI Watch GT has moved from Wear OS to Huawei's own LiteOS, and its battery life can last up to 30 days as the first double chipset architecture in the industry which makes me quite interested in getting this new product.

A large dial, A large screen

Huawei Watch GT

Two years ago, the first HUAWEI Watch I contacted was the SWAROVSKI ZIRCONIA special edition launched by Huawei and Swarovski. Yes, it is a female watch with crystal Bling Bling. The reason I mentioned this watch is because I saw her shadow on this new HUAWEI Watch GT, such as the big round dial, leather strap and the exquisite carving process.

HUAWEI Watch GT measuring in at a mere 10.6 mm and featuring a double crown 1.39" 454 x 454 AMOLED screen. This watch is resilient to accidents because of a circle around the dial is ceramic bezel design (5-point scale), stainless steel shell and DLC coating. is a ceramic bezel. Like the previous generation, the bezel is still a fixed and non-rotatable design.

On the right side of the dial, the double crown button providing quick exhalation functions for the "System Menu" and "Exercise Menu". Compared with the previous generation, the HUAWEI Watch GT thickness only 10.6mm and the weight only 46g which means this watch looks like a large body, but in fact it is lighter than the Apple Watch S4(44mm stainless steel version).

Huawei Watch GT

This time, Huawei Watch GT launched two versions: "Sports Version"($1,288) and "Fashion Version" ($1,488). The difference between the two versions is that the sports version is black body with silicone strap; the fashion version is silver body with leather strap.

The one we reviewed is HUAWEI Watch GT fashion version. The strap is made of silicone to prevent sweat from corroding the belt, and the outer layer is yellow-brown genuine leather with good texture. However, because the inner silicone only can prevent sweat from splashing, so I recommend users who often touch the water every day to choose sports version or add a silicone strap as replacement.

Huawei Watch GT

Powerful Battery Life is its biggest advantage

At present, most smart wearable devices on the market are upgraded in health and motion detection to provide users more intimate experience.

HUAWEI Watch GT provides several functions: heartrate monitoring, sports/activity monitoring, sleep recording, message notification, mobile payment, and bus card etc. Of course, we have seen these functions in similar products, so we mainly experience the features.

HUAWEI TruSeen™ 3.0 heartrate monitoring

HUAWEI Watch GT includes an optical heart rate sensor, which can continuously monitor and record your heart rate throughout the day to help you keep track of your health and fitness. To use this feature, enable Automatically measure heart rate in the Huawei Health app. In the settings, we can set the heart rate increase reminder, providing 100 times / minute to 150 times / minute, the watch will trigger a reminder if the heartrate rises for more than 10 minutes. Of course, this feature will shorten the battery life of the device.

Huawei Watch GT

24-hour heartrate monitoring uses a "non-visible" monitoring method so users won’t be "awakened" by the green light when sleeping.

HUAWEI Watch GT can help you sleep better

According to joint-study with Harvard Medical School CDB Centre produced a brilliant sleep monitor program for every cycle of sleep. HUAWEI TruSleep™ 2.0 identifies common sleep related issues and provides more than 200 potential suggestions to help you sleep better.

Sports guidance

The “Exercise” feature in the watch provides event reminders and suggestions for lots of programs: outdoor running, walking, hiking, trail running, indoor cycling, swimming and more. For example, the watch will automatically record the number of strokes and trajectories, calorie consumption when swimming. Also you can find training guides related running in the "running course", the grade is divided into L1 to L3, which seems to be a good function for me who wants to lose weight but don’t know how to start.

Huawei Watch GT

In addition, the watch also provides sedentary, breathing reminder and sleep detection functions. At the same time, we can view the weather, incoming call reminders and new messages in the watch. It is measured that we can use the watch with iOS and Android platforms normally.

3 Satellites and 1 Precise Location

HUAWEI Watch GT also has built-in 3 Satellites positioning systems: GPS (USA), GLONASS (USSR), Beidou (China), with the long time battery life of the watch which can provide accurate positioning services for easy observation or help to users.

 

We can view the motion track via the Huawei Sports Health app after connecting the phone. The app offers three sports options: running, walking, and cycling. With the map (iOS) in the system, we can observe the trajectory, speed, and heartrate.

Regarding the duration of the battery life, the official Huawei said:

2 WEEKS: Heartrate monitoring on. Exercise for 90 minutes per week.

30 DAYS: Receive messages & calls. Heartrate monitoring off.

22 HOURS: Continuous exercise tracking. Heartrate monitoring & GPS on.

Huawei named the suffix of the new watch as "GT" which means the product has a long-lasting, high-performance experience like the high-performance sports car -Grand Tourer. However, I did not test the battery life from 100% to the 0% since it is not too long to get the watch.

But here I can share the using experience of these days for your reference.

The standby power consumption for one night is about 3% when the watch is connected to the mobile phone for 24 hours. The average daily consumption is about 10% if the day is used to receive notifications and record sports. At now, the battery is 58% since I last charged and it's almost 6 days.

I am using the default setting which is the longest battery life of 2 weeks. Therefore, I estimate that the one-week guarantee is not a big problem. About the 2 weeks of the official announcement, I think that we can retain the evaluation and need to continue to observe. However, I think it can satisfy my short-term demand as long as it can support one week.

In the past few days, I have invited a male colleague and a female colleague to be my "Chief Experience Officer". They have the same high-pressure task and fitness habits although they have different work is in nature.

The male colleague said after trying this watch two days:

The size of HUAWEI Watch GT feels very good as I like smart watches with large dials personally. I tried real-time heartrate and sleep monitoring these days, and I think sleep detection suitable for most young people which can help us adjust sleep.

The female colleague just finished yoga last night. According to the records I saw that she burned a lot of calories last night. This morning, she told me:

This watch feels a bit big for girls' wrists, it is best to use a small body if there is a female model in the future, However, the sports assistant function is really useful. I can record the movement track and heartrate changes through the watch.

FAQ

Q: Huawei Watch GT support payment or not?

A: Huawei Pay only supports Alipay and bus card mobile payment methods. WeChat payment is not supported.

 

Q: Huawei Watch GT support call or not?

A: HUAWEI Watch GT canceled the eSIM, so don’t support calling. you can check HUAWEI Watch 2 Pro or Watch 2 2018 If you have this kind of needs.

 

Q: Is Huawei Watch GT waterproof?

A: The official website announced the water resistance up to 50 meters. I think avoiding the watch soaking in the water for a long time for safety reasons (The leather rubber strap is not suitable for swimming).

 

Q: Huawei Watch GT support WIFI or not?

A: Wi-Fi: Not supported but support Bluetooth BT4.2, BLE.