- Huawei’s huge well being push has continued into 2022 with the arrival of recent Watch GT 3 fashions. Just like the common model, these boast some fairly spectacular health and well being monitoring skills, however have all that fancy tech packed into fancy instances.
There are two fashions of Huawei GT 3 Professional: a bigger 47mm mannequin made from titanium and a smaller 43mm mannequin constructed utilizing ceramic that appears not like any smartwatch we’ve examined to date. The tip outcome: excessive finish tech and monitoring in tremendous premium our bodies.
Having spent a few days with them to date, we’re able to share a few of our preliminary impressions.
From a tech perspective, there doesn’t seem like all that a lot distinction between the Watch GT 3 Professional and the Watch GT 3. And - until you're a free diver or golfer - there’s nothing actually new when it comes to how effectively it tracks health, or what you'll be able to monitor with it.
As is usually the case, nonetheless, ‘Professional’ on this occasion primarily means you get extra premium supplies. And since watches are simply as a lot items of jewelry or vogue, that materials change and styling is simply as essential as how effectively it does the techy facet of issues.
It’s secure to say that - at the least relating to the ceramic mannequin - you gained’t discover many different smartwatches that appear to be it. It stands out in a market of comparatively secure, spherical metallic designs.
What these two fashions imply, in essence, is you'll be able to have the wonderful Huawei health monitoring and options, together with all the most recent working capability and coaching, and get it in a watch with extra luxurious supplies. That in fact additionally means it’ll value you extra.
Huawei Watch GT 3 Professional
- Gorgeous design and supplies
- Excessive sturdiness
- Waterproofing to 50 metres
- Superior well being monitoring skills
- Lengthy battery life
- Not quite a bit new over the Watch GT 3
- Up to date Huawei Well being app nonetheless not obtainable in Play Retailer
Titanium version design
- 46.6mm x 46.6mm x 10.9mm
- Wrist dimension: 140-210 mm
- Case weight (minus strap): 54g
- IP68 and 5ATM water/mud resistance
- Titanium and Sapphire glass
As talked about, there are two totally different fashions of Watch GT 3 Professional, and the bigger of the 2 is the titanium mannequin. It’s related in dimension to earlier ‘Professional’ fashions, which signifies that - with its 47mm case - it’s fairly a big watch.
Being titanium means it’s not that shiny, polished mirror end you’ll see on the chrome steel non-Professional mannequin, and the case design is a little more substantial too. It’s angled, chiselled look could be very engaging, minimal and timeless. Like a correct watch must be. It additionally does not look or really feel as thick and chunky as among the older ‘Professional’ fashions, which is a giant plus.
The fully flat, spherical show is roofed with sapphire glass, that usually ends in a extra scratch resistant and sturdy watch. The underside is completed with ceramic, with the domed optical centre rising out of the center.
As for straps, there’s help for 22mm fast launch straps and bands of all kinds. Nonetheless, while you purchase the watch you’ll get the selection of three ‘editions’.
‘Lively’ version comes with a fluoroelastomer strap, ‘Basic’ will ship with leather-based and ‘Elite’ comes with a titanium hyperlink band. And for these worrying about getting the fitting dimension, Huawei has made it as simple as potential to take away hyperlinks or add them, by constructing in a quick-release system for taking them out and placing them in.
On the entire, it’s a extremely good wanting watch and - regardless of its dimension - doesn’t really feel obtrusive or dominating on the wrist, due to its smooth profile. Having IP68 water and dirt resistance, and waterproofing to 5ATM (50 metres), means you can too relaxation simple that forgetting to take it off within the bathe or going swimming with it is not going to hurt it.
Ceramic version design
- 42.9mm x 42.9mm x 10.5mm
- Wrist dimension: 130-190 mm
- Case weight (minus strap): 50g
- IP68 and 5ATM water/mud resistance
- Nanocrystalline ceramic and Sapphire glass
To the second model of the GT 3 Professional, and this can be a very totally different proposition to what Huawei would normally launch. What’s extra, it seems very totally different to the titanium mannequin.
The ceramic mannequin is - because the title suggests - comprised of ceramic. It’s an identical materials to what we’ve seen utilized in some smartphones - just like the Oppo Discover X5 Professional - and like some editions of Apple Watch in earlier years.
It’s a spherical watch, however the shaping - specifically the gold (or silver) scalloped bevel across the fringe of the watch and the metallic accents across the crown and button - make sure that it has a really actual sense of individuality within the Huawei Watch product lineup.
The watch is smaller than the titanium mannequin - that includes a 43mm case - and is designed to suit on smaller wrists. And, whereas the case itself is technically lighter than the titanium mannequin, it’s undoubtedly heavier as soon as you're taking the ceramic strap into consideration as effectively. It’s fairly a weighty watch. It’s value noting, Huawei may also be promoting a mannequin with a white leather-based strap.
Show and software program
- Titanium: 1.43-inch AMOLED show
- Ceramic: 1.32-inch AMOLED show
- 466 x 466 decision
- Dynamic watchfaces
It’s while you transfer past the design that the 2 watch fashions present their similarities. And similar to earlier variations, they each have spherical, vibrant, sharp AMOLED shows. Decision is 466 x 466 on each, however the smaller mannequin - in fact - has a smaller show. It’s 1.32-inches versus the bigger 1.43-inches on the titanium model.
Huawei has additionally loaded them with new dynamic watchfaces that adapt and alter via the day, and shall be launching a brand new themes particularly for the Watch GT 3 Professional. So that you’ll discover some watchfaces completely suited to the white ceramic mannequin, and others for the darker gray titanium.
In any other case it’s a lot the identical software program that was on the Huawei Watch GT 3. It’s HarmonyOS, options the flexibility to obtain apps from the App Gallery, has Petal Maps for navigation in your wrist and is appropriate with iPhone, Android and - in fact - Huawei telephones.
In some international locations you’ll get contactless cost help, though within the UK, no banks help Huawei’s Pockets efforts but.
Hardware and well being monitoring
- Titanium: as much as 14 days battery
- Ceramic: as much as 7 days battery
- TruSeen 5.0+ sensing system
- Twin-band GPS, HR, pores and skin temperature, SpO2, Sleep monitoring
- Magnetic wi-fi charging cradle
Battery life has lengthy been one among Huawei’s key strengths relating to its smartwatch platform, and the GT 3 Professional collection continues that pattern. With the bigger mannequin you’ll stand up to 2 weeks on a full cost, or as much as 7 days on the ceramic mannequin.
Sometimes these figures are achievable when you've gotten the always-on show switched off, even for those who use the watch to trace just a few actions throughout the week and put on them to monitor sleep at evening. Heavy customers would possibly discover they get a few days much less, however we anticipate efficiency to be sturdy given our first couple of days with the titanium mannequin.
On the subject of health and each day well being monitoring Huawei can be sturdy. The watch options the identical TruSeen 5.0+ sensor platform we noticed on the GT 3, and meaning further diodes and lights for sensing coronary heart charge, blood oxygen saturation and even ECG (in some markets). They’re joined by multi-band GPS help for correct location and route monitoring, plus the standard movement sensors and a thermometer for measuring pores and skin temperature.
All in all it has all of the stuff you want, whether or not you wish to monitor exercises, or simply keep watch over your sleeping patterns. All the info is compiled and sorted into easy-to-use graphics and metrics within the Huawei Well being app, which can quickly be up to date to Huawei Well being+ in some areas, with a fair greater concentrate on holistic well being, not simply sports activities monitoring.
Nonetheless, it wouldn’t be a brand new watch with out some new monitoring skills, so Huawei has added a golf mode for measuring your swing and a free diving mode, permitting you to make use of the watch to measure your free dives, right down to depths of 30 metres.
Huawei is constant its push into the well being and health market, and this time it’s used its most superior health monitoring hardware and sensors and caught them in tremendous premium watches. The tip result's an opulent, high tier health tracker that’ll final ages on a full cost and doesn’t value the earth.
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