The perfect fusion of cutting-edge technology and fashion brands - HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear Review

There are already many excellent products in the field of smart wearable devices, but the product types are mainly smart watches and bracelets. Although some manufacturers have tried to develop smart glasses, there are not many satisfactory products in the current market due to the lack of breakthroughs in technology.

As a leader of domestic manufacturers, HUAWEI not only has a leading advantage in the mobile phone field, but also began to deploy the smart glasses market with strong technical support. HUAWEI X GENTLE MONSTER Eyewear is HUAWEI's first smart glasses product launched in cooperation with GENTLE MONSTER. With the integration of fashion and technology, HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear has created a new starting stage for smart wear.

Fashion appearance design
GENTLE MONSTER is an eyewear brand from South Korea. It has a fashionable and avant-garde style, as well as a distinctive and innovative design. HUAWEI Eyewear adheres to this series of characteristics. Based on the five classic styles of GENTLE MONSTER, HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear has launched two sunglasses (SMART EASTMOON-01, SMART JACKBYE-01) and three Optical glasses (SMART ALIO-01, SMART ALIO-C1, SMART SOUTHSIDE-01).
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In terms of overall appearance, there is not much difference between Eyewear and normal sunglasses, and it still maintains a slender and soft curve design. The frames, lenses and temples are all black. Only the parts where the frames and temples are connected are made of bright silver metal, so the overall design is very simple but tasteful, while also the sturdy of the connection part is guaranteed.

As the world's second-ranked eyewear lens manufacturer, Zeiss lenses are widely used in Sony, Canon and other camera lenses. This time HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear also uses Zeiss lenses, which shows HUAWEI's pursuit of high quality in product details.

At the same time, HUAWEI Eyewear also uses GENTLE MONSTER's unique lens design technology, which not only covers the nearly flat lenses on the frame completely, but also adds exquisite decorative nails on the mirror surface. This design perfectly shows the attitude of GENTLE MONSTER's innovative style. In the frame part, HUAWEI Eyewear chose the acetate fiber material with more than 80 processes and most commonly used by high-end eyewear brands , making HUAWEI Eyewear look more high-end and durable.

High-end technology
As smart glasses, where is the intelligence of Eyewear? In order to ensure the harmony of the overall appearance, HUAWEI has adopted the extreme stacking technology of the device, which integrates many functions into the temples, ensuring that there are no buttons and interfaces on the surface.

Thanks to the accumulation of many years of technical experience, HUAWEI Eyewear has integrated multiple modules in the temples, including chips, batteries, antennas, speakers, microphones, and voice assistants, which can provide users with powerful functions. It is worth to mention that so many devices are put in such a small space, and the thinnest part of Eyewear's temple is only 4mm.

The overall weight of HUAWEI Eyewear is less than 50g, and there is no significant weight increase compared to ordinary GENTLE MONSTER sunglasses, so it is still light and comfortable to wear. In addition, HUAWEI Eyewear also supports IP67 level dustproof and waterproof, so you don't have to worry about daily sweating will damage the glasses.

Simple interaction operations
HUAWEI Eyewear does not have any physical buttons, but it provides a simpler double-tap control method for interactive operations. For example, users can answer / hang up the phone or play / pause music by double-tap the temple. When users are driving, they can also answer calls through HUAWEI Eyewear, allowing users to to make driving safer.

HUAWEI Eyewear also implemented dual microphone linear beam noise reduction on the temples. One microphone collects environmental noise and the other microphone collects call sound. Through process the collected noise and call sound to reduce the conversation noise. Then enhanced with AI voice noise reduction technology, it can effectively reduce environmental noise interference, and the call is clear even in a noisy environment.

HUAWEI Eyewear also uses a diaphragm speaker design. Semi-open speakers are installed on each side of the temple to ensure that the sound field is wide and the sound is clearly. And the unique design of the sound cavity makes the sound form a directional beam to reduce sound leakage and more accurately pass to the wearer's ear. Especially when listening to music, it can present a high-definition stereo effect. Just need to pay attention to adjusting the volume moderately during use.

Intelligent use experience
In order to further enhance the intelligent experience of glasses, HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear also provides users with rich interactive functions. For example, double-tap the temple to wake up the voice assistant of the HUAWEI mobile phone to query the weather and navigate. HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear also supports smart greetings, which means that users can hear the voiced greetings by wearing glasses for the first time in each customized time period, just like your personal butler, and with continuous optimization, HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear will support more content.

In addition, due to a variety of built-in precision sensors, HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear can always detect the user's wearing status, take off the glasses to automatically pause the music, and re-wear within 15S to resume playback. Therefore, we thought that the positioning of HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear is more inclined to a light smart glasses device, which makes it easier and more convenient for users to obtain information, but it does not disturb daily life too much. When you don't use it, HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear is a simple sunglasses. It can be said that there is no more comfortable living state.

Wireless charging
HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear with built-in 85mAh battery, and charging via the special glasses case. The glasses case is made of pure white leather, which looks very noble and has a battery capacity of 2200mAh. And the glasses will automatically charge when they are placed in the case. In addition, there is a Type-C interface and a physical button on the bottom of the glasses case for the first connection and pairing.

It is worth to mention that the glasses case of HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear adopts the new NFC non-contact wireless charging technology, which can effectively widen the charging area, and also makes it possible to charge two temples in a charging case.

In terms of battery life, a single charge can support HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear continuously talk / play music for more than 2.5 hours, and with a full-charged glasses case, HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear can fully meet the daily use of users. In addition, users can clearly see the remaining power of Eyewear glasses and charging cases from the APP, which is very convenient.

HUAWEI X Gentle Monster Eyewear adheres to the simple and stylish design from the appearance, but has built in a lot of technological wisdom. In addition, it not only pays attention to the product's fashion and ease of wear, but also adds smart attributes to bring consumers a newer and interactive experience. It can be said that HUAWEI X GENTLE MONSTER Eyewear has truly opened the future of smart glasses era through innovation and leadership.