Huawei Watch GT 4 Review: Elegant Smartwatches for Demanding Users with Health Monitoring Features

Huawei has a fairly wide portfolio of smart watches, it is not easy to get your bearings. The recently introduced Huawei Watch GT 4 series belongs roughly to the middle class level – there are even more expensive models, but also cheaper ones with fewer functions. This series should satisfy even the most demanding users, and this was confirmed by us when we tested one of the models of this edition.

Elegant all-metal watch made of stainless steel Huawei Watch GT 4

To make it not so simple, the watch comes in two sizes – the 41 mm wide case is intended for women, the larger 46 mm version is more for men. Both sizes also differ from each other in terms of design. There are a total of 7 different styles to choose from with bracelets and straps of different colors, designs and materials.

We tried the 46mm model with a link strap made of stainless steel. The watch looks really nice and premium on the hand. We very much welcomed the fact that Huawei abandoned the experiment with the convex cover glass that it installed on the higher-end Watch 4 series and came with a classic flat circular AMOLED display with a diameter of 1.43 inches. We have no reservations about the brightness levels, the maximum is sufficient even in sunny weather.

The watch is approximately 11 mm thick, the side is dominated by a distinctive crown

There is an Always on display (AoD) function, thanks to which the watch continuously shows the time (the display does not turn off completely), but on the other hand, it significantly reduces the battery life per charge. In our case, we routinely got 10 days without AoD, but only about half that (5 to 6 days) with this feature on. In the finale, it is thus more practical to raise the wrist and let the basic dial light up.

Again, there is an abundance of graphic designs for dials to choose from, you can choose a free or a paid design. For some, you can also set some of their segments (a kind of “mini widgets”) and display your preferred function (e.g. heart rate, steps, burned calories or remaining battery capacity).

Watch profile in the app • extension apps • preset text responses

The watch face is made of glass, so it is not uncomfortable on the wrist, and it contains built-in sensors that can measure many health functions. The basis is heart rate and blood oxygenation, but with the help of sensors and accompanying calculations, you can also measure skin temperature, the progress of sleep, the level of stress, and you can try a roughly minute-long breathing exercise. On the other hand, the EKG function is missing from these watches and they do not even include blood pressure measurements.

Harmony OS has matured, but still has room for improvement

For accurate tracking of sports activities even without the need for a paired mobile phone nearby, the Huawei Watch GT 4 is equipped with GPS. You can go for a run and leave your phone at home – the watch will remember the route and record it in the Huawei Zdraví application when you return it to the phone. It also serves as a service application for all watch settings. For example, it is possible to export collected data in GPX, TCX and KML formats. Watch GT 4 can track over a hundred different sports. They meet the 5 ATM resistance standard and are therefore suitable for swimming, but not for diving.

Monitoring of health indicators • monitoring of sports activities • data export

The watch runs on the Harmony OS 4 system, which significantly improves the graphic environment of the watch, both in terms of design and functionality. It also works well with the space of a circular display, when in vertical scrolling lists the middle item is enlarged to the full width of the watch face. You can now not only read incoming notifications from your smartphone, but also respond to them directly from your watch. If only with a preset text phrase or using emoji, but better than nothing. But the watch does not offer a full keyboard.

The watch is waterproof, you can swim with it

You can also make phone calls with the watch, but only via Bluetooth, i.e. near the phone. They do not contain a built-in eSIM for completely autonomous operation. Although the Wallet app is also available in the menu and the watch supports NFC, we do not yet offer contactless payments in the store. The environment is controlled intuitively using touch and movement gestures. Scrolling through the lists is facilitated by the mechanical crown, which returns to the main dial when pressed. Under the lower flat button you will find quick access to movement activities. In addition, when scrolling in the horizontal direction, several useful widgets are available (for weather, performance of physical activities or basic data from health measured functions).

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There are many different watch faces to choose from

The Huawei Watch GT 4 is an ideal watch for a user who is not particularly sporty, but still goes for a run or swim occasionally, and at the same time wants the watch to fit and look good when worn to the office, even with a suit or dress. At the same time, they also measure health indicators and are very accurate.

We also praise the good endurance on a single charge and the convenient wireless charging cradle in the package. In terms of the system, we would perhaps like a larger selection of installable applications, but otherwise there is nothing to criticize the watch. The tested model with a steel strap is sold for 8500 CZK, the variant with an interesting green “eco” strap is 2 thousand cheaper.

2023-11-03 20:26:54
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