Huawei continues its fitness push with Watch GT 3

(Pocket-lint) - Along with the Huawei Nova 9 and a alternatively snazzy looking brace of headphones, the shaper has besides announced a caller bid of smartwatch-style fittingness trackers. 

The Huawei Watch GT 3 picks up from wherever it near disconnected with the GT 2 Pro from 2020 and adds immoderate features we saw launched successful the Watch 3 series earlier successful the year. 

There are 2 models of Watch GT 3, with some featuring afloat circular screens, stainless alloy cases and ceramic undersides. They besides some diagnostic the aforesaid two-button setup which includes the rotating crown and a 2nd 'back' button. 

It's successful sizing and benignant wherever the 2 watches differ. The larger of the 2 features a 46mm case, a wholly level surface with an angled scale astir the show and is the much almighty of the two. 

The smaller 42mm exemplary is much elegant successful attack and features a rounded solid lens that curves down to the edges akin to the standard Watch 3. 

Both are designed to beryllium lightweight and sleek, with the larger measuring conscionable 11mm bladed and the smaller astatine 10.2mm, and some watches weighing nether 45g without a strap (42.6g and 35g respectively). 

It's successful fittingness tracking show that these 2 watches question to pb the marketplace though, and that capableness is powered by Huawei's caller TruSeen 5.0+ sensor connected the bottommost of the watch. 

This sensor features treble the fig of airy awesome receivers of the past version, and that means it tin much accurately observe your bosom complaint and spO2. In fact, Huawei says it's close to wrong 5bpm adjacent with precocious strength workouts, sprinting and swimming. 

That's joined by a dual band, 5 strategy GPS to connection the aforesaid precocious precision determination tracking we saw successful the Watch 3 Pro. If it's thing similar that successful existent workout tracking, it'll beryllium precise good. 

Compared to the GT 2 Pro from 2020, Huawei says determination accuracy has been improved 50 per cent, and that besides means the archetypal clip it takes to fastener connected to your presumption astatine the commencement of a workout is overmuch quicker too. 

What's more, if you get mislaid portion you're retired hiking oregon way running, you tin alteration a way backmost navigation diagnostic that takes you backmost to your starting point. 

As with erstwhile models determination are implicit 100 workout modes to select, ranging from the accustomed moving and cycling done to much obscure activites similar skateboarding and assorted forms of dancing. 

That said, Huawei is truly pushing into the moving capabilities for 2021, improving connected an country wherever it is already a beardown performer. 

With the caller watches and Huawei Health it volition commencement tracking your historical, idiosyncratic show and tin past usage that information to physique you a personalised moving plan. 

Whether you privation to get faster 5K oregon 10K times, it'll physique a program that's bespoke to you, and tin adjacent accommodate it successful real-time arsenic you bash the grooming sessions, evaluating your show and information perpetually througout the course. 

Huawei Health volition besides springiness you information updates arsenic good arsenic measurement your VO2 Max, aerobic and anaerobic grooming effect and the betterment clip required betwixt sessions. There's besides thing called a Running Ability Index, which shows you however you're improving astatine running. 

This joins the accustomed all-day fittingness and enactment tracking, and is added to this twelvemonth by a much holistic 'Healthy Living Shamrock'. This takes the spot of rings and focuses not conscionable connected however progressive you are, but however rested and however hydrated you are. 

Of course, you inactive get accent monitoring, slumber tracking, SpO2 detection and adjacent an abnormal HR alert if your bosom bushed is irregular. There's besides menstrual rhythm tracking. 

For outdoor users you get close sunset/sunrise times, tide tracking, satellite signifier and atrocious upwind alerts. 

That's each successful summation to the accustomed smartwatch worldly similar Bluetooth calling, notifications connected your wrist and apps connected the watch, including offline music. 

Battery beingness is ever a large absorption for Huawei successful its modern watches, and the Watch GT 3 is nary different.

The larger 46mm exemplary tin spell up to 14 days successful modular smartwatch mode, oregon up to 8 days with truly dense usage. The smaller 42mm exemplary tin spell 7 days successful modular smartwatch mode oregon 4 days with dense usage. 

The 42mm and 46mm Huawei Watch GT 3 volition beryllium disposable to bargain with aggregate colour and worldly bands to assistance individualise your style. They're released connected 10 November, with prices starting from £209 oregon £229 depending connected which size exemplary you opt for.  

Writing by Cam Bunton. Originally published connected 21 October 2021.