Huawei a lansat în acest an noul său sistem de operare – Harmony OS 2.0. Odată cu acesta, evident, au sosit și primele dispozitive care îl rulează. Astfel, a ajuns la mine smartwatch-ul Huawei Watch 3 Pro și timp de mai bine de două săptămâni s-a aflat la încheietura mea. Mai jos veți găsi impresiile mele legate de noul smartwatch formate după această perioadă de testare.
Unboxing
Unboxing experience is quite simple.The clock comes in a box of parallelepiped of black color.In this we find the user manual, the guarantee, a magnetic charger with USB-A connector, but also a strap made of leather already mounted on the clock..
Design and Display
Huawei Watch 3 Pro is made of titanium and is very well finished.As expected, it feels premium.At the right side we find a physical pill -shaped button, and a little above this is the crown button that can be pressed or rotated.Its screen is AMOLED, measures 1.43 inches diagonally, is tactile, has a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels and 326 PPI.The dial is made of sapphire crystal, the passage between it and the body of the clock being very fine.
The clock measures 48 x 49.6 x 14 mm, being quite thick and large.Has part of 5atm certification, resisting up to 50 meters immersed in water.Without the belt he measures 63 grams.In the back we find an area of sensors made of ceramic material that does not irritate the wearer's skin.The belt is made of very good quality leather in the version tested by me, but there are also metal or fluoroelastomer variants.
1 of 20Pot spune că display-ul este excelent, fiind lizibil inclusiv la exterior. Butoanele oferă un feedback prin vibrații care se simte natural la navigarea prin OS. Este un ceas care necesită adaptabilitate, fiind destul de mare și greu. Cureaua din piele este ușoară și comodă, totuși.
Sensors and hardware
Huawei Watch 3 Pro has 2 GB of RAM, a dual-core CPU, 16 GB of storage and a 790 mAh battery inside.We also have a speaker with 4 holes and microphone, and as sensors I remember: accelerometer, gyroscope, geomagnetic sensor, optical pulse sensor and blood oxygenation, ambient light sensor, barometric pressure and temperature sensor..
Autonomy
Huawei's promised autonomy is 5 days in Smart mode and up to 21 days in Ultra Long Battery.We also have wireless charging both through the magnetic feeder in the package and through Reverse Charge, using a compatible smartphone.By the way, I loaded it at one of the USB ports at the notebook.Used intensely in Smart mode he will have a 3 -day autonomy.
However, I preferred Ultra Long Battery mode as many functions remain active.The clock can continuously measure the pulse, the level of oxygen in the blood, monitor sleep and activity and in this way.A minus when it comes to Long Battery mode is that we can't access the Third-Party applications and change the Watch Face.It is still a unique way if you go on a longer journey or leave and you don't want to load it all over your stay.
Connectivity
On the connectivity side we find 4G support through ESIM.Currently the only operators who offer ESIM support are Orange and Vodafone in Romania.However, it requires a separate subscription, and I could not test 4G functionality.We can still make calls and send SMS if the clock is connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth 5.2.
We also have a part of Wi-Fi in the band of 2.4 GHz and Dual-Band GPS.It is worth mentioning that there is currently no contactless payments in Romania.Huawei, however, managed to bring the virtualcards app on its new smartwatch.This allows us to save loyalty cards and access them much easier.
Software and experience of use
This is the first device tested by me with Harmonyos 2.0 on board the new operating system developed by Huawei.When it comes to connecting to your smartphone things do not change much to other bearers.We just need to download the Huawei Health app and follow the steps displayed on the smartwatch screen.We did not encounter problems in connection with.
I love Huawei Health app..Besides the fact that we can add the bears here, it also allows the addition of a smart scales, for example.All devices are interconnected and synchronized to display the most accurate health.Also, if we do not wear the clock for a period the app will be used by the smartphone sensors to count the number of steps.Once we reconnect smartwatch, the results will synchronize.
1 of 9Având în vedere această funcționalitate, numărul de pași înregistrați este destul de precis de fiecare dată. Aplicația permite și setarea de obiective, accesarea magazinului de aplicații și de fețe pentru ceas. Apropo, avem suficient Watch Face-uri, însă aplicațiile third-party disponibile spre instalare sunt momentan destul de puține.
Smartwatch is easy to use.We have an interface based on cards and lists.The lists can be carried through the Crown or Swype button, we have lateral swype for "back" and the lower button can be set as you like.When pressing the Crown button we access an Apple Watch style menu.From here we will access both pre-installed and Third-Party applications.
We also have a few shortcuts if we put Swype down from anywhere as the flashlight, waterput function, alarm or "find device" button.Also from the main screen we can give Swype to the right to access the virtual assistant Celia.I used it a little but didn't give me back, being quite a few orders available.
Tracking and health
An important chapter for those who want to purchase a smartwatch is also represented by the tracking and health functions.Huawei Watch 3 Pro can monitor the continuous pulse, the level of oxygen in the blood and record the level of stress, energy and respiratory rate.We also receive a barometric pressure sensor that detects if we climb or descend stairs or on a hill / mountain, using including the accelerometer and GPS for increased precision.
I also monitored my sleep and I liked the way in which it presents in detail the experience.It is worth mentioning that it is a pretty big and hard watch, it took a little until I used to sleep with it.We are also presented with the calories based on the activity, in real time, and the smartwatch will let us know if we have been at the office for too long.We also have an integrated thermometer that will display the temperature from the surface of the skin to the need.By the way, the clock is very bright, including on the outside, and the ambient light sensor does its job well.
Huawei Watch 3 Pro will automatically recognize the activity by the user.We will thus be able to open a sports session at a simple push of the button.There are 85 modes for sports grouped in the following categories: ball games, winter sports, extreme, pleasure, fitness and water.We have here and Dynamic Tracking, a way to create a map of the route by the user.
conclusions
It is clear that Huawei has placed great emphasis on elegance and wanted to build this smartwatch of premium materials.Is the first device with Harmony OS 2.0, a stable bone that moves very well and is future-proof, there is room for new updates.I like the ease with which the belt can change as needed and the screen is responsive.Sensors are well calibrated, they offer many fitness functions, and the autonomy is enough if you do not use smartwatch intensively.
But it is a pretty large, heavy and thick smartwatch, not being suitable for anyone.Would also need more applications, including a dedicated one for payments as the hardware allows that.Would not spoil any musical streaming app like Spotify or Tidal because we have ESIM and we can connect wireless headphones directly to Smartwatch.The price is slightly higher than we expected but the experience of use is a good one.It is clearly a worthy rival for the other carriers on the market, bringing a balance in terms of autonomy and performance.
Price and availability
Huawei Watch 3
Huawei Watch 3 Pro