The Huawei Watch is an

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developed by

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. It was announced at the 2015

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on March 1, 2015, and was released at

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on September 2, 2015. It is the first smartwatch produced by Huawei.

Hardware

The Huawei Watch's form factor is based on the circular design of traditional watches, supporting a 42 mm (1.4 inch)

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screen. The screen's resolution is 400 x 400 pixels and 285.7 ppi. The case is 316L stainless steel, covered with sapphire crystal glass in front and available in six finishes: Black Leather, Steel Link Bracelet, Stainless Steel Mesh, Black-plated Link Bracelet, Alligator-pressed Brown Leather, and Rose Gold-plated Link Bracelet. The watch uses a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor. All versions of the Huawei Watch have 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage, along with a gyroscope, accelerometer, vibration motor, and heart rate sensor. It supports WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1 LE, and support for GPS locating. The watch uses a magnetic charging cradle, with a day and a half battery life.

Software

The watch pre-installed

operating system and it works with

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(8.2 and later) and Android (4.3 and later) devices. It currently supports

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voice commands and is compatible with Wear OS. The watch can process calls and receive messages and emails. Huawei_Watch_Version_2

Reception

In ''TechAdvisor''s review, Chris Martin wrote, "this is a great looking smartwatch, although it is quite large. Specs match other Android Wear smartwatches but we're worried about the small battery." The President of Huawei U.S., Xu Zhiqiang, said, "It embodies Huawei's technology innovation heritage, pursuit of premium design, and integration of useful functionality that we strive to develop in each product." The ''Phandroid'' said, "it is the classiest Android Wear smartwatch available right now".

Huawei Watch GT 2e

In March of 2020, Huawei announced a new smartwatch — the Huawei Watch GT 2e which was launched in India in May, 2020. The smartwatch features the same 1.39-inch AMOLED touch display with a 454x454p resolution. It is powered by Huawei’s in-house Kirin A1 chipset along with GPS and Bluetooth audio that has 4GB of onboard storage. The onboard software can track over 100 different sports and exercises. The watch also features oxygen saturation monitoring with an

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sensor that will help you calculate your maximum rate of oxygen consumption,

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Huawei Watch 3

In June of 2021, Huawei announced a new smartwatch — the Huawei Watch 3.

Huawei Watch GT 3 SE

Huawei launched the Huawei Watch GT 3 SE on 29 October 2022, which is basically a more affordable version of the Watch GT3 Pro. It will initially be available in the markets of Vietnam and Poland. Although it will debut in the global market after a few days. Only 2 colors are available, Black and Green, and the same will be available for sale first in Poland for the price equivalent to about 170€.

Network

----Technology: HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH

----Announced: 2021, June 02 Status: Available. Released 2021, June 11

BODY

----Dimensions: 46.2 x 46.2 x 12.2 mm (1.82 x 1.82 x 0.48 in) Weight: 54 g (1.90 oz) Build: Glass front, ceramic back, stainless steel frame SIM: eSIM

DISPLAY

----Type: AMOLED Size: 1.43 inches Resolution: 466 x 466 pixels (~326 ppi density)

PLATFORM

----OS: HarmonyOS 2.0

MEMORY

----Card slot: NO Internal: 16GB 2GB RAM

SOUND

----Loudspeaker: YES 3.5mm jack: NO

COMMS

----WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth: 5.2, A2DP, LE GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS NFC: Yes Radio: NO USB: NO

FEATURES

----Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate, barometer, compass, SpO2, thermometer (body temperature)

BATTERY

----Type: Li-Ion, non-removable Charging: Wireless charging 10W

References

External links

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Huawei Watch 3 Official website
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