Hello and welcome this is our full review of Huawei Watch GT2 This is the first time for me that I am doing a review of a smart watch therefore, I am really excited for today's Article. Huawei Watch GT2 will launch in 2 sizes in Pakistan 42mm and our device today which is 46mm. And the takeaway features of this watch are its long battery life, and its features for sports. If you are using Huawei Watch GT2 at this moment, or you have used the previous Huawei GT then do share your experiences with us in the comments section below so that all our Readers can benefit from it. That is all for the intro.
First lets give you the unboxing experience then we will give you the full review of this watch. Keep Reading !
Lets start with the unboxing, Huawei has us today's watch and shoutout to Osama who has written such as beautiful message on the side. I hope you all are keeping yourself safe too, in this lock down. First let's break the seals of the box, and open its lid. Right after you open the lid, you see the watch. And by the way the box is also really beautiful. There are some other things with the watch, a USB Type-C cable, an adapter which can magnetically sticks to the watch and charges the watch. along with, some user manuals. Now, lets check the watch closely. Huawei Watch GT 2 is made from premium materials, the dial is of stainless steel, whereas the back is of ceramic and there is glass on top. At the corner of the dial in this 46mm model there are 24hr hour markers and this is a 3D curved glass which seamlessly converges into the stainless steel body of the watch an give the watch a very sophisticated and clean look. There are also interchangeable options for the straps of the watch which you change yourself as well. Our watch for today have came with a Orange Silicon strap, and it is also available in Black as well as some more premium options, as of Leather. But this Orange Silicon Strap has a soft touch feel, son it feels really comfortable on the wrist, and also the weight of this watch was fine to me neither less nor more. In the 46mm version there is this 1.39 inches of AMOLED display which has a resolution of 454 x 454 and the pixel density becomes 326 ppi which is very sharp. And this display panel becomes very bright maximum brightness is almost 1000 nits. Also there are 2 buttons on the side of the watch, you can launch the applications menu from the upper one and form the below one by default you can launch the health app of this watch but this button can be configured to other things. A microphone is present on the left side of the watch, and speakers are on the right side, and through them with your watch you can do calls answer the incoming calls or listen to music Obviously, with this much small speaker you can not expect an awesome audio quality, but to make calls this speaker is very suitable. Now, we will talk about, the technology present in this watch and some of its specifications, the first thing is that in Huawei Watch GT2 as well Huawei's own Kirin A1 chipset is given and this is their chipset for wearables before this we have the Kirin A1 chipset in Huawei's Freebuds 3, and this chipset is considered a very power efficient and a powerful type of chipset specially in the space of wearables Along with it, in this watch there is 2GB RAM and 4GB built-in storage in which you get 2.25 GB for use, which for a watch according to me is enough. And if you want to store your music in this watch then space for almost 500 songs is created. The AMOLED display inside of Huawei GT2, because of it you get "Always On Display" in this watch I did not use it that often because it will consume more battery and this watch has "Raise-to-wake" function meaning when you will raise your watch the watch does on and off quite accurately, this is a so dependable feature that I did not had any need to use the Always-on Display. There is Bluetooth 5.1 in this watch meaning you can connect multiple devices that is your phone and earbuds all together.
If we talk about the water resistance in this watch there is 5 atmospheres meaning 50m water resistance so, with this watch you can take a bath go for swimming all your other sporty lifestyle stuff it will not get any water damage. Now if we talk about its sensors in Huawei GT2 there is built-in GPS so, even without you phone this watch will track your location. So for example, if you go out for jogging and leave your phone at home even then this watch will track your location, and then, tell you its statics and analytics Along with it, there are other sensors also presnet in GT2 like Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Optical Heart Rate Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Barometer, and Compass. If we talk about setup it is very easy to setup the Huawei Watch GT2, if you have any latest phone from Huawei then this watch will directly sync with your phone through Kirin A1 chip. But if you don't have a Huawei phone then you will have to get the Huawei Health App in your phone it was present in my phone because I had some other Huawei wearables before too, but if you have to download it you will have to download Huawei's App Gallery because, as you all know right now, at moment, Huawei Apps cannot be found on Google Play Store this is a minor inconvenience but once this app is installed in your phone then it is very easy to setup this watch, it setups really fast and your phone directly synchronizes with your phone. which also brings your contacts into your watch you can also get notifications directly from your phone so if you have any WhatsApp messages you will see its small snapshot in your watch and along with it, as I told you before you can also do phone calls with this watch so you can call your contacts directly form your watch or if you get a call on your phone you can receive it through your watch. Along with it, whatever your exercise data will be for example, you are doing heart rate monitoring or if you are doing jogging then all of whose exercise's statistics and analytics you will found in Huawei Health App which you can track from there.
Now, let's talk about the interface of Huawei GT2 then there is Huawei's own light OS in it and a lot of Apps for health are present built-in In Huawei GT2 from a lot of watch faces can select a watch face as you wish. By swiping from the top to bottom quick setting menu comes out and by swiping from bottom to top your notifications comes out. Whereas by swiping left and right you can see heart rate, stress, weather, music and you health tracking data. A downside of this watch is that you can not install any additional apps on it. So, whatever apps that are present since day one only that will always remain but the built-in apps present in this watch you a lot of functionality from them. If you click on the top button your app menu comes out in which workouts and heart rate app activity record as well as your contacts can be accessed. Along with it, there is also a music app in the GT2 by which not only you can listen to music in your watch you can connect you Bluetooth earbuds with this watch as well. So, for your workouts you do not have to take your phone with you leave your phone at home and go to workout just like that even then download all your music on your watch, by connecting the wireless earbuds directly with them you can do your workout. Along with that, in this watch compass, weather, stop watch, timer, alarm, flashlight, and find my phone type of features are also present. So, if you are one those people whose phone continuously gets lost and looking for their phone hee and there all the time, So, with a click of a button you can play a ringer in your phone, which is a very convenient feature.
If we talk about the health and workout apps then you have a lot of options in Huawei GT2 From running and cycling, to swimming, climbing, hiking, triathlon, elliptical, and rowing you can track everything with this watch. Even in GT2, there are also some built-in breathing exercises present. Along with it, there is also a heart rate sensor in GT2, now, its accuracy is not of ECG level like the Apple Watch but as far as my result has told me this heart sensor is quite accurate to monitor stress and daily exercise, and this watch also tracks your footsteps and calories if you have to keep your weight in check so, this will also be very useful for you. now, let's get to the battery of Huawei GT2 so, there is a very impressive battery setup here in this watch, 455 mAH battery has been added. And Huawei claims that this battery of it will run for 2 weeks, but my speculations are that this battery, in normal circumstances, will give you 8-10 days and if you use its added functionality, like Always-on Display, and listen to music, the battery will consume even more from these things and then I think you should expect 5-6 days of battery life. In any case, if you make a week of battery life the benchmark so according to me this is very impressive specially considering that it only takes 1-1.5 hours to charge this watch meaning in every week or so you have to charge this watch for only 1 hour which for me is a very convenient thing and as far as battery life is concerned is a very impressive thing.
Now let's talk about some of my final thoughts and conclusions first I would like to tell you I am not some smart watch expert I generally, use and prefer mechanical watches but after using the Huawei GT2 for a few days these are my thoughts I really liked the build quality of this watch its materials, its overall look is very clean and sophisticated so I am completely satisfied with its build quality. If we talk about the battery life I am really impressed with GT2 here as well, This is the best in class battery life you can get right now. At this moment you will find very few smart watches in the market which are offering better battery life than this. Along with it I also liked that you can use this watch as a stand alone product as well if you leave your phone at home then its GPS, and its capabilities for music and its Bluetooth, everything works so that's a very good thing. But if we talk about some criticisms the first criticism of this watch is that you can not install any additional apps in this watch it would have been better if there was this feature in it that you could install some other apps in it to gain some additional functionality. Along with it there are no WiFi and GSM capabilities of this watch and neither there are any options that if you want the WiFi model or GSM model so you cannot buy that. But if we talk overall I really liked the Huawei Watch GT2. Its build quality is also nice specially at this price point this kind of smart watch is very useful for sport users What are your thoughts about Huawei Watch GT2? Do let me know in the comment section Article . That is all for this Article . I hope you liked it. I will meet you in the next one. Goodbye!