Surprise! Huawei reveals not one, not two, but six new watches, including the GT5
Huawei drops a huge lineup of new smartwatches
· TechRadarNews By Matt Evans published 19 September 2024
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Not to be outdone by this year’s Apple event, Huawei has revealed an impressive lineup of six new watches.
Huawei’s new generation of its best smartwatches includes the Huawei Watch GT5 in 41mm and 46mm sizes, the Huawei Watch GT5 Pro (again, in both sizes), the Huawei Watch D2, and a new Huawei Watch Ultimate in golfing green. We’ll be reviewing each watch in due course, but let’s dive in and look at each one in detail.
Huawei Watch GT5
The Huawei Watch GT 5 builds on the design of the Huawei Watch GT4, with an octagonal bezel shape said to be inspired by “performance” engineering, such as the locknuts on racing car wheels. The 41mm GT5, like the GT4, is designed to be more fashionable, with a Milanese strap available in addition to the sports-orientated options. Not all pricing is yet known, but we do know the watches will start at £229.99 (approximately AU$445) for the GT5 41mm.
Huawei’s new smartwatch comes with an improved TruSense rear sensor and upgraded algorithms. At a launch briefing, a Huawei representative said the new sensors pack optical light source reorganizations to even out signal distribution, moving the sensors to different positions on the back of the watch and so “addressing the challenge of uneven bloody vessel distribution in skin during data collection”. This apparently enables the watch to collect a wider range of data, and makes for consistently reliable heart rate accuracy.
The ECG app and Huawei’s menstrual cycle tracking are also getting overhauls, with the watch now offering a comprehensive menstrual report in the Huawei Health app. This shows skin temperature trends and how it affects your fertility window.
The new GT5 also has a full keyboard input for the first time, and offers larger fonts and text-to-speech compatibility with WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Signal and Telegram (as long as you use a Huawei phone).
The Huawei Watch GT5 offers up to 14 days of battery life in smartwatch mode for the 46mm version, and 7 days for the 41mm version.
Huawei Watch GT5 Pro
The Pro version of both watches starts at £329.99 for the 42mm (about AU$640) and has a few upgrades over the standard version. The GT5 Pro allows you to import trails and routes to follow while trail-running using GPX files, with colour map views including a real-time route display. The new dual-band Sunflower technology is said to be 40% more accurate, and during our briefing, it was stated that the watch was more accurate than a Garmin Forerunner 965.
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