Huawei just got off the stage where it announced its next Watch GT 3 iteration, whose two model sizes get a significant boost in health and fitness features, all the while they keep the signature weeklong battery life with moderate to heavy use.
Huawei Watch GT 3 hands-on preview, specs and features
Available in a masculine 46mm and elegant 42mm versions, the Huawei Watch GT 3 have brighter, more resolute displays compared to their predecessors, and a design that actually looks like a timepiece, not a nerdy gizmo.
Watch GT 3 hands-on shots
A big, easy to rotate crown features prominently on the right side of the watches, used to navigate the new HarmonyOS 2.1 with new interface and service extras like the distinctive Healthy Living Shamrock, while a rectangular action button sits right below it and evokes the more than a 100 exercise modes to choose from for faster access:
Huawei’s new running ability measurement, Running Ability Index (RAI), uses historical running heart rate, pace, and other data to analyse the running performance after each training, which is convenient for users to understand the training progress and witness their improvements.
The new Healthy Living Shamrock has added many small features to better fit user’s daily health needs. Through personalised settings, users can receive regular reminders like Health challenges, daily water intake, daily mindfulness, early sleep reminder, exercise volume, and stay positive are all small things related to your health.
Thanks to these upgrades there is a better continuous saturation monitoring system that would alert you if your blood oxygen falls too low – a very welcome feature in these trying COVID-19 times. To be frank, we did find the heart rate measuring feature to take off a bit faster than on the GT 2 models, yet when it comes to the oxygen saturation measurements, they move at the same snail pace until the GT 3 takes an accurate reading. Oh, well, we’d turn on continuous monitoring system and report on it as soon as we review these puppies.
There is a body temperature measurement system now as well, which showed us going to the freezing point, but it needs way more time for calibration in order to be accurate than what we were able to give it during the frantic hands-on sessions with the GT 3 on the show floor.
Huawei Watch GT 3 price and release date
- Watch GT 3 46mm – Active: £229.99
- Watch GT 3 46mm – Classic: £249.99
- Watch GT 3 46mm – Elite: £299.99
- Watch GT 3 42mm – Active: £209.99
- Watch GT 3 42mm – Elegant: £229.99
- Watch GT 3 42mm – Elegant (Milanese Strap): £279.99
If you are wondering what the model names mean, the differences stem from the fact that the Huawei Watch GT 3 can be had in black and brown but the 46mm one has a stainless steel version, while the 42mm GT 3 is available in light gold for the gold digger in you.
