Design

Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition unveiled in China with the same zirconium-based liquid metal casing as its siblings. The smartwatch has a lustrous sapphire glass dial embedded in a dual-color nano-tech ceramic bezel.

Yes, the dual-color bezel is the highlight of this new watch. The upper side shows a rich green shade while the below one flaunts the white color with an aesthetic touch.

Changes are also visible in terms of straps. Users can switch between three straps: Classic titanium, high-elastic HNBR, and interwoven green+white textured strap.

Huawei Watch Ultimate Green variants straps (Image Credits: Huawei)

Now let’s talk about Watch Ultimate Green Edition’s features!

The new Watch Ultimate Green Edition introduces 15000+ golf course maps with 3D views of green lands, fairways, trees, bunkers, and other details. It also supports distance measurement for amazing shot routes while playing golf.

With the Green Edition wearable, users can check the slope of the green land, the scorecard of the game, the halftime score report, and the ball trajectory. Under practice mode, the device can detect up and downs of each swing in real time.

Other features are as follows:

• Offline Contour Mode: Recognizes terrain, planned routes, accurate positioning, navigation, and a real-time compass so that you never miss the track, even in deep forests.
• Expedition Mode: Tap on the left button to turn on the outdoor adventure feature and see details like altitude, heart rate, and mileage at a glance.
• Five-star dual-frequency: Help to accurately record every important location.

The watch supports 20+ professional sports modes and 100+ basic sports modes. It works on Pro-algorithms that can alert you with multiple warnings such as speed, safety, decompression stop, and more.

Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition golf-course features (Image Credits: Huawei)

Emotional Well-being

The tiny app in the wearable helps recognize users’ moods and stress levels. It also manages their emotions and provides advice to work accordingly. Some other useful features present in the Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition are:

• Smart Car Control: Supports UWB (Ultra-WideBand) and can transform into a car key.
• Bluetooth calling: Hands-free calling support
• Two-way satellite SMS feature: Can remain in touch with contacts without a network.
• NFC Support: Scan and pay in buses, subways, and more
• Screenshot on: Take a screenshot of the watch’s screen and it will auto-save in your phone’s gallery.
• 24/7 Protection: The Huawei Health app and Ping and Ping An Health service provide safety all the time.

Specifications

Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition has the same internal parameters as its other siblings. The device has a dimension of 48.5 x 48.5 x 13mm and the wrist size ranges from 140-210mm. It weighs 76 grams and offers a lightweight feel on the wrist.

The smartwatch sports a 1.5-inch LTPO AMOLED screen with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 311 PPI. It appears slim but is 4.5x stronger, 2.5x harder, and 15.2% lighter than any other wrist gadget, giving a feel of comfort every time.

Watch Ultimate Green Edition has three buttons: an assist tab, a rotating crown, and a feature button. The device equips several sensors like gyro, accelerometer, magnetometer, optical heart rate, barometer, temperature, depth, ambient light, and ECG.

Unlike the Watch GT 5 series, the model doesn’t support the new TruSense system. Although it has other interesting features like a new golf-course mode, driving range mode, expedition mode, and various workout functionalities.

The device installs a non-removable cell that provides a two-week battery life. It can run up to 8 days under typical usage and 14 days in normal use. When AOD is enabled, it will survive for 4 days. The good news is that it takes only 60 minutes for a complete charge.

Health-related features in the Watch Ultimate Green Edition are:

• Arterial Stiffness Detection: ECG and PPG sensors precisely detect arterial stiffness and remind you about your cardiovascular health.
• ECG Analysis: ECG signals now appear more accurately and responsively.
• SpO2: Accurate measurements of oxygen in your blood.
• Sleep monitoring: Provides start-to-finish monitoring with sleep quality scores and personalized advice.

Other features in the device are Bluetooth calling service, pairing devices via Huawei Health, and a 10ATM rating. The device can dive deep to 100 meters in the water.

Price:

The Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition in China is priced at 7999 yuan. The wearable is on sale at the official VMall shopping site.

Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition price (Image Credits: Huawei)

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So without any delays, let’s jump into the Honor X60 series features and key specs.

• Super anti-fall, waterproof, and wear-resistant
• High-density large battery
• 108MP rear main camera
• Two-way satellite SMS capability
• Super smart AI assistant

Honor X60 series brings two models: Standard and Pro. Both variants differ from each other to some extent. Although these handsets claim to be better than their predecessors in every aspect. Let’s learn more about these devices.

Design

Honor X60: The phone resembles the Mate 60 Pro design. It features a giant circular camera ring with a void in the middle. The lens and flash arrangement is similar to that of Mate 60 Pro. Whereas, the back panel has a marble-like pattern.

The front side has a single punch-hole design on a flat display. The sides are slightly round. It arrives in three colors: Cyan, Moon Shadow White, and Elegant Black.

Honor X60 Pro: The device adopts a thick circular camera rim housing four lens openings in the inner circle. The front has a pill-shaped cutout and a quad-curved display. It comes in four shades: Sky Blue, Basalt Gray, Burning Orange, and Elegant Black.

Honor X60 series (Image Credits: Honor)

Display and Dimensions

Honor X60: The phone measures 165.98 x 75.8 x 7.88mm and weighs 189 grams. It equips a 6.8-inch TFT LCD panel with a 2412 x 1080 pixels resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, 16.7 million colors, a 20.1:9 screen aspect ratio, and multi-touch 10-point support.

The standard model features 850 nits global peak brightness, DC dimming without any flickers, and natural light eye protection. The screen also supports sleep aid capability to protect your eyes from strain.

X60 Pro: It is slightly thicker than its sibling. The device has a 162.8 x 75.5 x 7.98mm dimensions with 188 grams weight. It has a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen with 2700 x 1224 pixels resolutions, a 120Hz refresh rate, a 19.85:9 screen aspect ratio, 1.07 billion colors, and multi-touch 10-point support.

Pro variant uses a flexible hyperbolic screen and supports 3000 nits peak brightness. Other capabilities are a 3840Hz zero-risk dimming, AI sleep aid display, and natural light eye protection.

Body Structure:

Honor X60 series supports a second-gen Taichi shock-absorbing structure. It is ten-sided anti-fall, waterproof, and wear-resistant. The devices also use ultra-deep tempered glass on the front and an ultra-strong composite material on the back.

The Pro variant supports a 3-layer waterproof structure that can handle wet or oily hands touch efficiently.

Honor X60 series body architecture (Image Credits: Honor)

Processor

Honor X60 uses a Dimensity 7025-Ultra octa-core chipset with a BXM-8-256 graphics processing unit. On the flip side, the Pro version equips the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip processor (octa-core) with Adreno 710 GPU.

Internal Configurations

Both models run on Android 14-based MagicOS 8 and have four RAM + storage options: 8GB + 128GB, 8GB + 256GB, 12GB + 256GB, 12GB + 512GB.

The standard model packs a 5800mAh battery with 35W fast charging and the Pro variant has a 6600mAh flagship level cell with 66W fast charging capability.

Camera

Honor X60 series brings a single 108MP rear main camera (f/1.75) with 10x digital zoom and 3x lossless zoom. It also sports an 8MP front-facing selfie camera (f/2.0) for impressive portraits. The device also supports AI features like one-click cutout removal, automatic wonderful captures, and more.

Other capabilities

Honor X60 Pro two-way Beidou satellite SMS feature. Users can send and receive text messages even without a cellular network. The feature only supports the Pro model. Other features are Link TurboX and GPU TurboX.

Honor X60 Pro features (Image Credits: Honor)

The former can connect up to four networks. It can easily detect freezing as well as can switch to a high-quality network within seconds. Meanwhile, the latter can unleash extreme smoothness and boost in the gaming performance.

Price and Availability

The Honor X60 series is open for pre-sale. The company will open the official sale for these devices on October 25. You can check the price details below.

Standard Honor X60

• 8GB + 128GB – 1199 yuan
• 8GB + 256GB – 1399 yuan
• 12GB + 256GB – 1599 yuan
• 12GB + 512GB – 1799 yuan

X60 Pro

• 8GB + 128GB – 1499 yuan
• 8GB + 256GB – 1699 yuan
• 12GB + 256GB – 1999 yuan
• 12GB + 512GB – 2299 yuan

Honor X60 series price (Image Credits: Honor/Weibo)

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According to the details, the Huawei Watch D2 pre-order is running live in the Philippines while the official sale will open on October 14. Interested users can deposit ₱ 1000 to reserve the device in advance and can get ₱ 2000 in the sale.

Customers will also get freebies worth ₱2198 during this pre-order activity. At the same time, the company is offering a 1-year warranty + 1-year extended warranty service to the smartwatch owners. Thus, it’s a perfect deal for consumers.

The freebies list includes a third-gen Huawei Scale Bluetooth Edition. You may find some more interesting gifts and offers on the official Watch D2 sale day.

Need more? Well, buyers can redeem a ₱500 voucher to save some extra bucks on the blood pressure monitoring watch. This voucher will remain valid till October 20. So hurry up! Tap on the link below and pre-order the wearable now.

• Huawei Watch D2 (Philippines): Pre-Order

Huawei to launch Watch D2 in Philippines on October 14 (Image Credits: Huawei)

Specifications

Huawei has already launched the Watch D2 device in the global market. It debuted in Spain on September 19. Hereafter, the company began expanding its reach in more markets.

Unlike the first-gen model, the Watch D2 has a slim, light, and more squarish body. The company has added major design upgrades to the new wearable. It has a 48 x 38 x 13.3mm dimensions and 40 grams weight. The device sports a 1.82-inch AMOLED panel with 480 x 408 pixels resolution and 1500 nits peak brightness.

Watch D2 supports ambulatory blood pressure monitoring that enables a quick BP analysis at any time. The smartwatch also supports Health Glance 2.0 which quickly gives you a glimpse of health-related reports. Other features include:

• Narrow mechanical airbag: Ensures accurate health measures without any uncomfortable feel.
• Improved and more responsive ECG analysis
• Sleep Monitoring and daily check-ins
• A 3-month free membership of Huawei Health+

Huawei Watch D2 also supports the TruSense system which makes it a perfect health-inspecting device with several other interesting capabilities.

Huawei Watch D2 features (Image Credits: Huawei)

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Watch GT 5 Pro launched in China on September 24. The device comes in two sizes: 46mm and 42mm. Both these models further have two color options. Although these options differ in materials and designs with a wide range of watch faces.

For instance, the 46mm variant is available in Titanium Silver and Obsidian Black. It is made up of titanium alloy and offers a classy feel on the wrist. The 42mm, on the other hand, comes in Glacier White and Ceramic White. It uses ceramic material for the casing and a thin gold titanium bezel around the big sapphire glass dial.

As of now, these Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro variants are available on the first sale at Huawei Mall. The company is offering a limited-time discount of 50 yuan on this wearable. 1000 lucky customers can also win the skipping ropes in this sale.

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Obsidian Black) – 2438 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Titanium Silver) – 3338 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Glacier White) – 2738 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Ceramic White) – 4368 yuan

Visit the Huawei Mall or tap HERE to directly land on the sale page.

Huawei has also opened the giant Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch device for its first sale on the VMall alongside the Watch GT 5 Pro wearable.

Specifications

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro comes with a unique sporty and luxurious design. It has premium crafting materials that not only make it attractive but also durable and tough towards damaging risks. The device contains several eye-catching features.

Dimension and Display:

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm: 46.3 x 46.3 x 10.9mm, 53 grams, 140-210mm. Display: 1.43-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 326 PPI.
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm: 42.49 x 42.49 x 9.6mm, weighs 44 grams, 120-190mm. Display: 1.32-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 352 PPI.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro features a 14-day battery life for the 46mm model whereas, 7-day battery life for the 42mm variant. The battery life depends on the usage and enabled features like AOD. It supports wireless charging with a 5V-9V DC/2A.

The company has launched 13 new watch faces for the Watch GT 5 Pro that has sporty, geometric, and numerical themes. It also contains 15000+ golf-related courses which show 3D views of green areas, fairways, bunkers, and more.

Some other Pro-level sports mode counts Trail Run mode. This tool helps you with off-course alerts, contour lines, and crown-controlled zoomable maps, and more.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro (Source – Huawei)

Let’s not forget about the two main tools of this watch: Sunflower Positioning System and Emotional Wellbeing. The former tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities. The latter detects your mood and stress level – thanks to the advanced TruSense health system.

Other capabilities are as follows:

• Real-time routes: Check real-time navigation, routes, as well as running form data in the map to prevent injury.
• RouteDraw feature: A creative way to shape routes.
• Stay Fit app: Estimates calories and offers health-related assessments.
• ECG Analysis: More precise and responsive ECG signal – thanks to improved electrode tech. It generates the real-time ECG report within 30 seconds.
• Pro-level Sleep Monitor: tracks abnormal breathing during sleep via health indicators.
• Arrhythmia Analysis: Timely reports on A-fib and premature beat risks via PPG sensor.
• Screenshot: Just press the buttons of the wearable to snap the watch’s screen and check it in the phone’s gallery.

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The OpenHarmonyOS 5.0 version is released by OpenAtom Foundation. Developers will find major changes in the app development kit, ArkUI, and other segments. These modifications will provide clearer logic and scenario-based views.

Further details in the changelog show refinements for network stability, distributed data management, richer encodings for media, and optimized power supply. Developers can quickly develop apps using enhanced Web capabilities with upgraded tools.

Other sections in the list count communication, security, graphics, camera, event notification, encryption, hardware capabilities, and more. You can check the details below.

OpenHarmony 5.0 Changelog

Highlights:

• The application framework gets more lifecycle management capabilities and provides sub-process-related capabilities.
• ArkUI further opens up the rendering capabilities of custom nodes.
• Application package management improves application packaging efficiency and enriches the operational scenarios for end users to use applications. (For instance, creating application clones, creating desktop shortcuts, and more)
• It enhanced the distributed data management capabilities and security while ensuring reasonable data sharing.
• File management further improves Picker’s capabilities and enables reasonable control of permissions and reasonable data sharing.
• It enhances the media’s audio, video playback, and recording capabilities with the support for multiple audio, video, and image encoding formats. It now has more detailed playback control operations.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application Framework

• Supports creating JS/Native sub-processes. Developers can execute time-consuming operations in sub-processes.
• The lifecycle monitoring ability supports more lifecycles such as onNewWant.
• Supports the ability to return AbilityResult to the caller without actively destroying itself.
• The context supports Sendable object conversion for multi-threaded Context transmission.
• Supports application-level font settings.

ArkUI

• Enhanced the component customization capability with the addition of new components like a modifier, ContentModifier, and DrawModifier, which support adding new properties based on existing components, customizing component content and fully self-drawing.

The Custom nodes and Native rendering nodes are open. Custom nodes are node objects that have some basic capabilities of underlying entity nodes. These nodes can be mixed with native components through custom placeholder nodes.

Custom nodes can have the ability to calculate the layout of a single node, set basic properties, set event monitoring, and customize the drawing and rendering content. It includes three types of objects: FrameNode, RenderNode, and BuilderNode.

• BuilderNode: Provides a custom BuilderNode that can mount native components.
• FrameNode: Provides a custom FrameNode, which represents the entity node of the component tree. NodeController can mount it to NodeContainer through the FrameNode held by BuilderNode, or obtain RenderNode through FrameNode and mount it to other FrameNodes.
• RenderNode: Provides self-drawing rendering node RenderNode to support custom drawing requirements on the Native side.
• NodeController: NodeController implements operations such as creation, display, and update of custom nodes. It is responsible for mounting custom nodes on NodeContainer.

Other enhancements in the ArkUI section include the NDK capability for the third-party framework components. It covers component creation, property setting, event registration, customization capabilities, and component tree construction.

The Navigation component has more enhanced capabilities, including single-column and double-column switching effects, interruption and continuation of transition animations, and the ability to monitor the page life cycle.

The control visuals, animations, and interactions have been refreshed and added support for aging-friendly interfaces, mirrored languages, and screen reading. Menu and pop-up components support developers in defining color, shape, rounded corners, size, position, and shadow.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application package management

• Supports access and management of application clones. Applications can access application clones through simple configuration.
• Supports home screen shortcuts. Users can dynamically add shortcuts to the home screen.
• Supports independent upgrade capabilities of system-level HSP and ArkWeb. It also supports independent updates of preset applications.
• Supports recovery mechanism after abnormal interruption of OTA upgrade. If a power outage or service crash occurs during the OTA upgrade process, the OTA process will be restored upon restart to continue installing and updating applications.
• Provides automatic cache directory cleaning capability and supports storage management to automatically clean up the cache directory when the device space is insufficient.
• Supports Native software packages and provides the capabilities of packaging, installing, and uninstalling native software packages.
• When the packaging tool packages the app, it compresses the entire app package to reduce its size on the shelf.

Distributed soft bus

• IPS provides CAPI basic interface capabilities, including serialization or deserialization, message sending and receiving processing interfaces, etc.

OpenHarmony5.0: Distributed Data Management

• RelationalStore&Preferences support access to common sandbox data.
• RDB supports opening in read-only mode.
• UDMF supports the compatibility query between UTD and MIME types.
• Migration scenario data asset synchronization optimization.
• Supports distributed data management with Class E encryption.
• The inverted index construction scenario supports an application-specified external tokenizer.
• The NDK-based CAPI supports the cross-device drag-and-drop capability of UDMF data.

A Distributed Hardware

• Provides refined ACL management: It performs refined addition, deletion, modification, and query operations on ACLs based on business devices, users, accounts, and package names.
• Quality reinforcement to improve functional stability and reliability.

Distributed DeviceProfile

• Equipment data is reconstructed hierarchically to improve the efficiency of adding, deleting, modifying, and checking data.
• Quality reinforcement, optimization of background link establishment function, and improved stability and reliability.

File Management

• Supports incremental file backup.
• Provides an interface for the backup application to obtain detailed information about the amount of backup data, allows the application to report the number of data records to be backed up (such as the number of text messages), and supports reporting of abnormal events during the backup and recovery process.
• Added support for SA access backup and recovery framework.
• Enhanced Picker capabilities: Provides the ability to select multiple files at a time in the Audio Picker; adds a Download Picker, allowing applications to save files directly to the “Download/package name level” directory, and subsequent access to the directory does not require permission to apply, complementing the download experience of applications such as browsers.
• Apps are supported to obtain access rights to public directories (Download, Desktop, Document) by applying for permissions (supported by some devices and needs to be determined by syscap). Apps cannot directly access public directories without applying for permission.
• Supports applications to select files or directories through FilePicker and obtain temporary access rights to the directory or file, and supports persistent access capabilities. Non-persistent files or directories cannot be accessed after the application exits.
• Added CreateStream, fdopenStream, and other streaming file access interfaces .
• Added new interfaces for setting and getting extended attributes.

Graphics, Images, and Windows

Graphics

• The NativeImage module based on the NDK’s C API now supports NativeWindowBuffer.
• The NDK-based C API now supports NativeVsync and multiple callbacks for a single frame.
• The NDK-based C API now supports variable frame rates.
• ColorSpaceManager supports sendable capabilities.
• The font engine supports text-shadow capabilities and underline alignment.
• The graphics drawing interface improves drawing-related capabilities.

Window

• Provides the display.getDisplayByIdSync interface for use with the multi-screen feature, allowing applications to synchronously obtain information about the screen where the Ability is located through IDs.
• Supports obtaining screen available area information.
• Support setting status bar text color according to page color in ArkUI.

Media: Audio

• Audio focus enhancement: Supports focus sessions, allowing apps to set concurrent playback policies with other apps, and allowing apps to play silently without interrupting audio playing in the background.
• Added support for more audio devices such as DP and USB headsets, and support for switching the default sound device function (earpiece and speaker).
• Added a new audio stream type for video calls to optimize the audio stream playback experience in this scenario.
• Added a unified volume component to facilitate use and reduce development complexity.
• Supports customization of the style of in-app casting components.
• Supports ringtone list query and customized ringtone settings.

Play

• The player start and seek performance are optimized to reduce latency.
• Added multiple playback protocols or formats: support DASH streaming protocol playback; support AMR, APE, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio playback.
• Added a variety of playback control capabilities: support for multi-track video playback, changing the output Surface during video playback, silent playback, precise seek, setting playback range, and subtitles.
• Supports configuration of streaming media buffer size; supports audio offload mode.
• Enhanced streaming media playback capabilities: Optimized streaming media cache strategy to reduce lag.

Recording

• Enhanced audio recording capability. It now supports MP3, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio recording.

Screen Recording

• Supports exempting the application’s own privacy window from screen recording protection, and provides a privacy confirmation window and screen recording status prompt.
• Supports excluding the specified window when recording.
• Supports configuring screen rotation and dynamically adjusting rotation parameters.
• Supports simultaneous recording of microphone and system sound.

Audio and video codec

• Added AVTranscoder transcoding interface. It supports bit rate reduction, outputs video files in video encoding AVC, audio encoding AAC, and encapsulation format MP4, and reduces the amount of data transmitted/stored.

DRM

• AVPlayer / AVCodec supports DRM information parsing of DASH protocol programs, decryption of TS-encapsulated H265 video format, and audio decryption.
• AVCodec DRM adaptation adds decryption parameter settings.

Camera

• New model capabilities have been added, including time-lapse photography, panorama, streamer shutter, large aperture video recording, and fluorescent photography.
• Added a new camera PerConfig one-click configuration mechanism to ensure consistent camera effects and reduce development complexity.
• Optimize the segmented process to improve the performance and quality of photo/video recording.
• Benchmark ArkTS API capabilities and complete related C APIs.
• Enhanced camera experience, including mirroring, zoom, anti-shake, continuous shooting, camera status notification, etc.

Picture

• EXIF reading and writing capabilities are enhanced, supporting EXIF ​​batch reading and writing, and GIF supports obtaining playback count information.
• Support HDR capabilities: HDR dual-layer encoding and decoding, and conversion between HDR and SDR.
• The codec format is enhanced to support HEIF codec and DNG decoding.
• The editing framework is based on the NDK’s C API, including the effector base class, filter base class, and custom algorithms.

Event Notification

• CEM tools now support publishing custom public events.
• Emitter adds a new generic interface that can be used to directly pass Sendable objects.
• Supports synchronous query notification enablement status.

Basic Communications

• Support third-party applications to connect to hotspots through network management.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Network Management

Network management capabilities

• Supports specifying a Wi-Fi hotspot by creating a NetConnection object to connect to it.
• An NDK-based C API that provides network management status monitoring, application-level proxy monitoring, and other capabilities.

The Network protocol stack capabilities

• Supports upgrading TCP Socket to TLS Socket to improve communication security.
• TLS Socket supports skipping certificate verification to avoid scenarios where the certificate cannot be verified under special circumstances.
• All sockets support obtaining local IP and port.
• HTTP supports configuring certificate pinning information.
• HTTP supports the brotli compression algorithm.

Power Supply

• Supports obtaining the current charging current. Third-party applications can obtain the current device current through nowCurrent.
• Supports temperature control actions in flight mode. Developers can customize temperature control strategies to control the device to enter flight mode.
• Supports power consumption control based on the WorkSource agent running a lock-assisted resource scheduling module.
• It supports automatically entering S4 sleep mode after waking up from S3 sleep mode when the battery is low, achieving ultra-long standby characteristics.
• After the system starts, it supports reading and broadcasting the presence information of the device shell/case, the battery information kernel node, whether to send a broadcast, etc., which supports developer configuration.

USB

• USB DEVICE configuration management security access control enhancement.
• The USB standard data transfer mode (interrupt transfer, bulk transfer) function is enhanced.
• Supports standard USB peripheral security management and control.

Start Recovery

• It supports Native software package packaging, installation, running, and uninstallation, and builds a Native software package development and release system, which helps to quickly build productivity software ecosystem capabilities and also helps system developers improve development efficiency.
• Provides a resettable developer anonymous device identifier ODID to replace UDID and other hardware identifiers.
• Supports running bftpd commands and debugging application sandbox data access in user mode.

Globalization

• Provides C API to support internationalization capabilities of the ICU4C standard.
• International formatting processing capabilities support screen size adaptation.
• Full support for pseudo-localization testing.
• Provides C API to support resource file management capabilities.
• String resources support translatability markers.
• Provides minority language font capabilities.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Safety

Encryption and decryption algorithm library framework

• ArkTS API provides corresponding C APIs for some commonly used encryption and decryption algorithm capabilities.
• Support SM4-GCM algorithm interface.

Certificate Management

• Provides an API for launching the certificate management interface.
• Provides an API for obtaining an application’s private certificate list.

Program access control

• Geolocation permissions support a one-time authorization option.
• Supports opening the permission management application interface of the settings page.

User IAM

• Supports password validity period checking.
• Supports recovery keys.

Account

• Supports logging out of local accounts.
• Supports specifying a short account name (used as the name of the personal folder) when creating a local account.
• Support querying local account names.
• Added new privacy account type.
• Added unlock authentication intent.
• Added new credential types: Graphic and Four-digit PIN.

OpenHarmony 5.0: ArkCompiler

The ArkTS front-end compiler

• Syntax enhancement: the compilation target is switched from es2017 to es2021, and the compilation of source code files with es2018~es2021 syntax features is supported.
• The obfuscation capability is enhanced to support exception stack restoration, file granularity non-obfuscation, HAP and HSP module file name obfuscation, and whitelist wildcard function.

ArkTS Runtime

• Supports lazy loading of modules, and synchronously loads executable files when variables are used, improving application startup performance.
• The concurrency capability is enhanced, providing a Sendable object-sharing mechanism to optimize the object cross-thread communication performance; TaskPool provides functions such as task queues, long-term tasks, and periodic tasks.
• The debugging function is enhanced to support reverse debugging, Smart Step into, and other functions.
• The tuning function is enhanced to support hiperf/profiler mixed back stack and multi-instance HeapDump functions.

ArkTS basic library

• It supports high-precision floating-point operations, provides StringDecoder character stream decoding capabilities, stream data stream processing capabilities, and supports bit vectors.

JSVM

• Provides a system JS engine that supports the high-performance running of JS and WASM.

Integrated sensor processing platform

Drag frame

• Supports rotating and dragging the window as the window rotates.
• Supports dragging between three devices.
• Supports application-defined configuration to not display quantity badges during dragging.
• Supports data receiver to customize cut and copy behaviors.

Keyboard and mouse crossing

• Control both ends to initiate activate interface calls at the same time.
• Optimize the timing issues of keyboard and mouse crossing, reduce system dependence, and eliminate timing issues between multiple processes.
• Improve traversal management performance, increase success rate, and reduce traversal delay.

Multimode input

• Provides C API to support device information query and other related capabilities.

Pan Sensor

Vibrator

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• The system can better use motor devices to trigger vibration according to different device capability levels.

Sensor

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• Provides C API to support linear acceleration and game rotation vector sensors.

Accessibility

• Magnification gesture: supports magnifying the screen content through gestures.
• Active broadcast capability: When the application is adapted for screen reading, it can support active broadcast of changing information through accessibility in some dynamically changing scenarios.
• Active focus capability: When an application is adapted to screen reading, it can request active focus on components in certain scenarios.

Resource Scheduling

Background Tasks

• Apply for long-duration task types and support applying for multiple types of long-duration tasks at the same time.
• The application applies for DATA_TRANSFER download-related long-term tasks, and supports returning download notifications to the application for progress updates.

Performance, power consumption, thermal integration control

• The system load fusion gear is determined based on information such as the current temperature, load, and whether it is in a high-load scenario. After the application registers the system load callback, it can adaptively downgrade its own business load according to the different levels of the system load fusion gear, thereby reducing the load of the entire machine.

Agent reminder

• When an application applies for a recurring calendar reminder, it supports specifying an exclusion day, on which no reminder will be given.
• When the application applies for a reminder, wantAgent supports passing parameters. When jumping to the target UIAbility after clicking the reminder, the parameters are carried.
• When the application queries for published reminders, the corresponding reminderId is returned in the query results.

Testing Framework

• Supports compatibility testing of cross-platform interfaces.

DFX

• Provides an API to determine whether the HDC debugger is connected.
• Support turning on the trace function in developer mode.
• Enable awareness of main thread timeout events.
• errorManager supports TaskPool and Worker to listen for unhandled Reject events.

Kernel

• Provide thread QoS level marking and scheduling based on user interaction relationships.

Upload and download

• request.agent.Fault refines the error types to help developers quickly locate API usage problems.
• request.agent.Config adds a new proxy member to support setting the network proxy address of the task.
• request.agent.Task.start supports restarting failed\stopped tasks, making it easier for developers to quickly recover failed tasks.
• request.agent.Task supports configuring TLS certificate pinning fingerprints using the network.json configuration file.
• request.agent.FileSpec supports specifying all file paths under the base directory of the application sandbox, making it easier for developers to manage sandbox files. It also supports uploading public files on the front end, such as gallery files and album files, to reduce the overhead caused by additional copies.

Input Method Framework

• The NDK-based C API now supports self-drawn UI components using input methods, including launching and exiting input methods, and processing text on-screen requests.
• Optimize the callback timing when pulling up the keyboard, so that the input method application can adjust the keyboard display content in time according to the input box properties.

Time Zone

• Provides system APIs for forcing NTP time to refresh and obtaining the current NTP time.
• The NDK-based C API provides the ability to obtain the time zone.

Clipboard

• The NDK-based C API supports clipboard capabilities.
• Provides a cross-device clipboard switch.
• When the app is upgraded to API 12 or later, add a read permission check to the clipboard reading interface.

Web

• The network takeover feature is enhanced to support obtaining the FrameUrl of the request and the ResourceType of the intercepted request.
• Supports the pre-screening capability of the Web scene input method.
• Supports Web Components keyboard hosting capabilities.
• Supports synchronous drawing capabilities of Web components and ArkUI native components.
• Supports setting whitelist directories that can be accessed across domains using the File protocol.
• Support applications to specify rendering subprocesses.
• Web components support an accelerometer and gyroscope.
• Web components support intelligent filling of H5 pages.
• Web components support BFCache capabilities.
• Improve the soft keyboard avoidance mechanism of Web components and support Resize and Offset modes.

Theme Framework

• Supports enabling themes through folder directories, which improves the performance of enabling themes compared to enabling through compressed packages.
• Supports the management of card resources, and the ability to add, delete, modify and query added subject cards.
• Provides characterization functions for external screen devices and supports enabling external screen themes.
• Theme enablement support does not switch the current “active” directory.

Compile and build

• The CMake version required for compiling and building dependencies has been upgraded from 3.16.5 to 3.28.2.

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The Watch GT 5 series made its debut on September 19 in Spain. After a few days, the company launched it in the home ground with new features, watch faces, and dynamic workout modes. Now this new experience is coming to Malaysian users.

Huawei has now kept the Watch GT 5 series (standard, Pro) and the Watch Ultimate Green Edition on the shelves of the Malaysia site. These devices are in the pre-order stage till October 4 and are available with a bunch of freebies and offers.

Let’s check these details one by one!

Standard Watch GT 5:

Huawei Watch GT 5 is available for pre-order starting at RM1099. Users can purchase the device at once or choose the installment method and pay RM99.92 for 12 months. Note that you need to pay an RM60 deposit to book the wearable.

Don’t worry as you will get it back in the form of a rebate. Paying a deposit will also list you in the priority delivery that will begin on October 5. Now let’s look at freebies.

Buying a Watch GT 5 will bring a FreeBuds 5i and APAC region warranty to customers. One can also stand a chance to win a MatePad Pro 12.2 tablet and many other hidden surprises. Tap HERE to learn more about the Watch GT 5 pre-order.

Huawei Watch GT 5 pre-order details in Malaysia (Image Credits: Huawei)

Specifications: Watch GT 5 brings a classic sharp-edged design. The dial is more attractive than the previous model. It has a more recognizable crown and a feature button on the right side. The company has also introduced new color variants and 11 new watch faces with customization options.

• Watch GT 5 46mm: Brown, Blue, and Black
• Watch GT 5 41mm: Gold (metal strap), White, Brown, Blue, and Black.

The 46mm and 41mm models have a 1.43-inch and 1.32-inch AMOLED color screen respectively. Both have a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels. The former supports a 14-day battery life while the latter can run 7 days under typical usage.

TruSense system is the most significant addition to this watch. It ensures that the device offers faster and more precise health reports to users. The system holds advanced health sensors to monitor sleep, heart rate, and other body functions.

Some new features in the list include real-time route details, shaping routes, a Stay Fit app to estimate calories and manage health assessments, running analysis, Emotional Well-being, and more.

The Sunflower positioning system is another new add-on that tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities. Read More…

Huawei Watch GT 5 (Source – Huawei)

Watch GT 5 Pro

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro pre-order begins at RM1399 or RM116.58 for 12 months. Users have to pay an RM60 deposit to book the device. They will get the rebate during the official sale. The freebie section counts FreeBuds 5i and APAC Region Warranty.

Users can also get a free MatePad Pro 12.2 tablet by booking the wearable before October 4. Note that the Watch GT 5 series can also get a Huawei Care 1-year extended warranty service worth RM103. Tap HERE to pre-order the device.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro pre-order details in Malaysia (Image Credits: Huawei)

Specifications: Watch GT 5 Pro comes in two size variants: 46mm and 42mm. The first one has a more muscular and sporty design while the second one gives an elegant feel. Both adopt an AMOLED screen with the same sizes as the standard variants.

• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm: White, Ceramic White
• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm: Black, Titanium

The battery life is also the same as the Watch GT 5. But unlike the standard version, the Pro model gets 13 new watch faces with sporty, geometric, and numerical themes. It also gets 15000+ golf course databases and allows users to check 3D views of green areas, fairways, bunkers, and more.

It also has an ECG analysis that provides a real-time ECG report within 30 seconds – thanks to the TruSense system. You can check more features HERE.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro (Source – Huawei)

Watch Ultimate Green Edition

Huawei has introduced the Watch Ultimate Green Edition in Malaysia. It is priced at RM3799 and brings freebies worth RM1258. Users can also buy the wearable in installments for RM316.58 x 12 months. One can also get 5x member points.

In terms of freebies and offers, the Watch Ultimate Green Edition brings a free Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3. Customers can also claim an RM 150 voucher till November 04. There’s also a “Review and Win” contest where sharing an image of a new Watch Ultimate will stand you a chance to win a 50W Car charger. Tap HERE.

Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition pre-order details in Malaysia (Image Credits: Huawei)

Specifications: The wearable shines in a dual-color bezel and two crowns on the right side. It is covered with a zirconium-based liquid metal casing. Meanwhile, the sapphire glass dial offers a clear view – thanks to anti-glare properties.

The Green Edition implies a full golf-related wearable. Yes, users can access golf course modes, offline contour maps, golf match-based themes and watch faces. Other main features include a driving range mode and an expedition mode.

The rest of the specifications are the same as the standard Watch Ultimate. You can check the complete details HERE.

Note that the official Huawei Malaysia site doesn’t show any details of the Watch D2 for now. Although we’ll keep you posted with the latest revelations on this matter.

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So without any delays, let’s jump into the Watch GT 5 series features!

Huawei has launched two Watch GT 5 series models in China: Standard and Pro. Unlike the predecessor, the new wearable series has a Pro variant in two sizes: 46mm and 42mm. It also holds several exclusive features over the classic edition.

Design: Watch GT 5 comes with a sharp-edge design and elegant colorways. It comes with a geometric touch and is made up of a nano-film stainless steel body. It is waterproof, scratch-resistant, and corrosion-resistant.

Watch GT 5 Pro has two material-based variants. The 46mm variant has the titanium model which has an aerospace-grade titanium alloy body with a sapphire glass. Whereas, the 42mm version has a nano-microcrystalline ceramic alloy body.

Dimensions: Watch GT 5 and 5 Pro differ in dimensions due to their size variants. The former brings 46mm and 41mm versions while the latter has 46mm and 42mm models. You can check the detailed measurements of all variants below.

• Watch GT 5 (46mm): 45.8 x 45.8 x 10.7mm, 48 grams weight, 140-210mm wrist size
• Watch GT 5 (41mm): 41.3 x 41.3 x 9.5mm, 35 grams weight, 120-190mm wrist size
• Watch GT 5 Pro (46mm): 46.3 x 46.3 x 10.9mm, 53 grams weight, 140-210mm wrist size
• Watch GT 5 Pro (42mm): 42.49 x 42.49 x 9.6mm, 44 grams weight, 120-190mm wrist size

Display:

Huawei Watch GT 5 46mm and 41mm models have a 1.43-inch and 1.32-inch AMOLED display panel respectively. The panels have a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels. The PPI varies for both variants (46mm: 326 PPI; 41mm: 352 PPI)

Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm and 42mm models have a 1.43-inch and 1.32-inch AMOLED display panel respectively. The panels have a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels. The PPI varies for both variants (46mm: 326 PPI; 41mm: 352 PPI)

Huawei Watch GT 5 series (Source – Huawei)

Battery and Charging

Huawei Watch GT 5 series 46mm has a 14-day battery with maximum usage. It runs for 9 days on normal usage, and 5 days with AOD enabled. On the other hand, the 41/42 mm models have a 7-day battery life. These variants can remain live for 5 and 3 days with regular and AOD use respectively.

Top Features: Watch Faces

Huawei has introduced 11 new watch faces for the standard model and 13 impressive watch faces for the Pro wearable. Users can easily switch between these watch faces or create a personalized one at their convenience.

Emotional Well-being

For the first time, Huawei launched a dedicated stress detection app called Emotional Wellbeing. It smartly recognizes mental as well as emotional states. A cute panda appears on the screen enacting the detected mood to cheer you up. The app works on TruSense data and suggests breathing exercises for relaxation.

Huawei Watch GT 5 series watch face (Image Credits: Huawei/Weibo)

TruSense System

The advanced health sensing system ensures that the wearable offers the best health experience to users. It offers faster and more precise report. It has upgraded sensors, reliable health monitoring features, mood detecting capabilities, and more.

Health-based Features:

• ECG Analysis: Offers precise and responsive ECG reports within 30 seconds with the help of improved electrode tech.
• Women’s Health: Estimated times of period, ovulation, and fertility. Users can check these points at a simple glance on the watch.
• Pro-level Sleep Monitor: Keeps track of abnormal breathing during sleep through advanced health indicators.
• Arrhythmia Analysis: Timely reports on A-fib and premature beat risks via PPG sensor.

Note: The ECG feature is currently only present with the Watch GT 5 Pro model.

Some other interesting features are:

• Real-time routes: Check real-time navigation, routes, as well as running form data in the map to prevent injury.
• RouteDraw feature: A creative way to shape routes.
• Cycling is more fun with the Watch GT 5 as it auto-connects with Huawei Health to display real-time data.
• Stay Fit app: Estimates calories and offers health-related assessments.
• Sunflower Positioning System: Tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities.
• Running Analysis: Checks ground contact, and time, and provides tips for injury prevention.
• 100+ workout modes and Activity Rings 2.0 ensure better health at all times.
• Screenshot: Press both buttons on the watch to take the screenshot and save it phone’s gallery app.
• Crescent Window: This small window in the wearable shows flight status, and takeaway progress in real-time. Just raise your wrist and check the info.

Other Specifications:

Both wearables support an accelerometer, gyro, magneto, optical heart rate, barometer, temperature, and ambient light sensors. They have a feature button and a rotating crown. These models are compatible with Android 9+ and iOS 13+ OS(s).

In terms of water resistance, the new smartwatches have qualified for 5ATM. They have an IP69K rating that makes them waterproof and dust-resistant. Other capabilities include NFC, 2.4GHz, WLAN, Bluetooth 5.2, GNSS, speaker, and a mini mic.

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It’s time to dive into the specifications and features of the Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro!

Highlights: Top Features

• Unique Sporty and Classic design
• Premium crafting materials
• Pro-level Sports
• Golf course mode
• Emotional Well-being
• Ultra-long battery life

Specifications – Design

Watch GT 5 Pro comes in two sizes 46mm and 42mm. The former adopts a titanium architecture with a new shine. It shows an octagonal face secured with an alloy bezel and a red crown ring. The latter uses a nanocrystal ceramic body for white variant.

The 46mm and 42mm models are further divided into sport and classic editions. 46mm has a black sporty and a titanium variant. Whereas, the 42mm exhibits sport and classic editions with slight differences in the bezel and edge design.

It is 0.9mm thinner and 14.5% lighter than its predecessors. These models also have waterproof, dust-resistant, as well as corrosion-resistant properties.

Colors:

• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm: White, Ceramic White
• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm: Black, Titanium

Dimensions and Display

To begin with, the 46mm model has 46.3 x 46.3 x 10.9mm dimensions, 53 grams weight, and 140-210mm wrist size with a black fluoroelastomer and titanium strap. It brings a 1.43-inch AMOLED color screen with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 326 PPI.

On the other hand, the 42mm measures 42.49 x 42.49 x 9.6mm, weighs 44 grams and has a wrist size of 120-190mm. It brings a white fluoroelastomer and a white ceramic strap. The display specs count a 1.32-inch AMOLED color screen, a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels, and 352 PPI.

Battery and Charging

Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm variant supports a 14-day battery life for maximum usage. It runs 9 days on regular use and 5 days when AOD is enabled. The 42mm models bear a 7-day battery life for maximum use whereas, 5 and 3 days with regular and AOD use respectively. It supports wireless charging with around 5V-9V DC/2A.

Features: Watch Faces

Huawei brings 13 new watch face themes for the Watch GT 5 Pro wearable. One can choose from sporty, geometric, or numerical face themes for the watch’s screen.

Watch GT 5 Pro contains 15000+ golf-related course databases. Users can check detailed 3D views of green areas, fairways, bunkers, and more. Also, they will receive tips regarding the best golf course club.

Trail Run Mode: This feature supports off-course alerts, contour lines, and crown-controlled zoomable maps. Users can also request real-time fitness data.

Are you a swimmer? Then dive with the Watch GT 5 Pro at 40 meters of sea level. Users can enable a hover timer, water type identification, safety reminders, and apnea training that can help them boost their stamina underwater. Other features are:

• Real-time routes: Check real-time navigation, routes, as well as running form data in the map to prevent injury.
• RouteDraw feature: A creative way to shape routes.
• Cycling is more fun with the Watch GT 5 as it auto-connects with Huawei Health to display real-time data.
• Stay Fit app: Estimates calories and offers health-related assessments.
• Sunflower Positioning System: Tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities.
• Running Analysis: Checks ground contact, and time, and provides tips for injury prevention.
• 100+ workout modes and Activity Rings 2.0 ensure better health at all times.

Emotional Well-being: A perfect app that recognizes you mental as well as emotional state. After identifying, a cute panda enacts the same mood to cheer you up. The app works on TruSense data and suggests breathing exercises for relaxation.

More health-based features in Watch GT 5 Pro are:

• ECG Analysis: More precise and responsive ECG signal – thanks to improved electrode tech. It generates the real-time ECG report within 30 seconds.
• Women’s Health: Estimated times of period, ovulation, and fertility at a glance
• Pro-level Sleep Monitor: tracks abnormal breathing during sleep via health indicators.
• Arrhythmia Analysis: Timely reports on A-fib and premature beat risks via PPG sensor.

Apart from these features, users will get a Health+ free membership for 3 months. One can try the new screenshot feature by pressing up and down tabs together, or check the new Celia keyboard, Bluetooth calling, and app installation from AppGallery.

Other Specifications

The device has various sensors like accelerometer, gyro, magneto, optical heart rate, barometer, temperature, and ambient light. It features a side button and a rotating crown. The wearable is compatible with Android 9+ and iOS 13+ OS(s).

Watch GT 5 Pro has qualified for 5ATM. It has an IP69K rating that makes it waterproof and dust-resistant. It supports NFC, 2.4GHz, WLAN, Bluetooth 5.2, GNSS, speaker, and a mini mic.

Price:

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro has a price tag of 448 euros. Currently, the device is open for pre-sale in the global market. We’ll keep you posted on this matter with the latest deals and offerings.

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Are you ready? Then let’s begin the tour of Huawei Watch GT 5 features and specifications.

Highlights: Top Features

• Sharp-edge design
• New workouts
• Emotional Wellbeing assistant
• TruSense system
• Reliable battery life

Specifications – Design

Unlike the predecessors, the new Watch GT 5 adopts a sharp-edge design. The 46mm variant has an angular bezel around the dial, giving a geometric feel to the wrist. It brings fluoroelastomer and woven nylon straps in various new colors.

41mm variant shows an intricated leaves pattern on the bezel and crown. It appears more elegant to the eyes. The new color in this variant is the brown shade which uses a finely-grained leather texture, exhibiting a classic saddle feel. The crown on the sides in silver and gold shades also gives a stunning look.

Colors:

• Watch GT 5 46mm: Brown, Blue, and Black
• Watch GT 5 41mm: Gold (metal strap), White, Brown, Blue, and Black.

Materials: 

Watch GT 5 has a nano-film finish on stainless steel body with waterproof, scratch-resistant, and corrosion-resistant properties. It is quite slim and light. One can swap between straps at any time (as per their dresses) by pressing down the connector.

Display

Starting with dimensions, the Watch GT 5 46mm measures 45.8 x 45.8 x 10.7mm, weighs 48 grams and has a wrist size of 140-210mm. It has a 1.43-inch AMOLED color screen with a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels and 326 PPI.

The Watch GT 5 41mm has a dimension of 41.3 x 41.3 x 9.5mm, 35 grams weight, and 120-190mm wrist size. The variant features a 1.32-inch color AMOLED screen with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 352 PPI.

Battery and Charging

46mm variant supports a 14-day battery life for maximum usage. It runs 9 days on regular use and 5 days when AOD is enabled. 41mm has a 7-day battery life for maximum use whereas, 5 and 3 days with regular and AOD use respectively. It supports wireless charging with around 5V-9V DC/2A.

Huawei has introduced 11 new watch face themes with the Watch GT 5 series. Users can pic abstract scenes, flowery effects, or other patterns for the wearable home screen. Let’s check on other smart tools available with the wrist gadget.

• Real-time routes: Users can check real-time navigation, routes, as well as running form data in the map to prevent injury.
• RouteDraw feature: A creative way to shape routes.
• Cycling is more fun with the Watch GT 5 as it auto-connects with Huawei Health to display real-time data.
• Stay Fit app: Estimates calories and offers health-related assessments.
• Sunflower Positioning System: Tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities.
• Running Analysis: Checks ground contact, and time, and provides tips for injury prevention.
• 100+ workout modes and Activity Rings 2.0 ensure better health at all time

These features are efficient and perform accurately – thanks to TruSense health system. Another significant addition to Watch GT 5 is Emotional Well-being.

Emotional Wellbeing: The new app uses TruSense analysis and health records to recognize your mental and emotional state. It shows a cute panda that matches your mood every time you raise your wrist. This lightens up your mood and offers a stress-free environment. It suggests breathing exercises to cool your mindset.

Some other health features are:

• Women’s Health: Estimated times of period, ovulation, and fertility at a glance
• Pro-level Sleep Monitor: tracks abnormal breathing during sleep via health indicators.
• Arrhythmia Analysis: Timely reports on A-fib and premature beat risks via PPG sensor.

A few interesting features are the screenshot mode that snaps the screen by pressing the up and down buttons. Users can optimize the watch interface with color-coded apps, new widgets, and transitions. Celia keyboard is also more efficient than before.

One can use the Bluetooth calling feature or download their favorite apps from the AppGallery as per their requirement.

Other Specifications:

The device has various sensors like accelerometer, gyro, magneto, optical heart rate, barometer, temperature, and ambient light. It features a side button and a rotating crown. The wearable is compatible with Android 9+ and iOS 13+ OS(s).

Watch GT 5 has qualified for 5ATM. It has an IP69K rating that makes it waterproof and dust-resistant. It supports NFC, 2.4GHz, WLAN, Bluetooth 5.2, GNSS, speaker, and a mini mic.

Price:

Huawei Watch GT 5 costs 249 euros. We will keep you posted with the latest deals, offers, and availability of the watch in different markets with the coming updates. Stay tuned.

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Design

Compared to the first-gen model, the Huawei Watch D2 launches with a slim and light design. It has more of a squarish body than a thick rectangular brick shape. It has a 2-in-1 aluminum body design that fits on the wrist, is sweat-wicking, and skin-friendly.

This time, Huawei has swapped the normal press button with a stylish rotating crown. This crown is situated on the right side and has tiny grill lines all around. There is a feature button below the crown to perform certain operations quickly. Watch D2 wearable comes in two classic shades: Gold and Black.

Huawei Watch D2 colors and design (Image Credits: Huawei)

Dimensions and Display

Watch D2 adopts a measurement of 48 x 38 x 13.3mm and weighs 40 grams. The device features a 1.82-inch AMOLED screen with 480 x 408 pixels resolution, 347 PPI, and 1500 nits peak brightness.

AOD and Watch Faces

Huawei Watch D2 has upgraded AOD (Always-on Display) and interesting watch faces. AOD keeps you attentive to received texts, few alerts, and calls.

It also gives you details about certain health-related features like walking steps and other sports goals. Users can personalize the watch faces from various themes. One can choose from new classic to funny and flowery effects.

Huawei Watch D2 watch faces (Image Credits: Huawei)

Health Glance

Watch D2 supports an upgraded Health Glance capability that reports about 9 key health indicators. It provides clear graphs and charts to tell every detail related to a user’s body and its overall health.

The Glance feature also tells you the daily step count, exercise, sleep score, and SpO2. health assessment, and other details related to the human body.

Smart Health Features

Huawei Watch D2 brings various health features alongside its signature BP monitoring and ECG analysis in a new avatar. Let’s check them one by one.

• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Users can turn on the auto-BP monitoring feature that keeps track of your blood pressure every time even when you’re sleeping. The feature runs 24 hours and shows average SBP, DBP, and accurate pulse rates for both day and night.

• TruSense System

Watch D2 equips the advanced TruSense health system. This tech consists of a highly-precised pressure sensor, mini pump, and inflatable airbag.

This technology helps the watch to keep an accurate track of all health assessments. It lets the device take precise BP measurements without missing any beat. It is quicker and faster and also lets you check your BP and particular intervals.

• Narrow mechanical airbag

This tiny element inside the watch ensures an accurate fit on your wrist without any uncomfortable feel. It helps to take accurate health measures.

Huawei Watch D2 features (Image Credits: Huawei)

Other health features in the smartwatch count: an improved and more responsive ECG analysis, pulse wave Arrhythmia analysis, special sleep mode with relaxing music and monitoring sensors for SpO2, heart rate, breathing, stress level, and skin temperature.

Users can even set auto reminders for BP readings or sleep monitoring, use daily check-ins, weekly BP reports, and 80+ workout modes.

Huawei Watch D2 brings a 3-month membership to Huawei Health+ with exclusive benefits. You can read more about Health+ benefits HERE.

The device has a non-removable battery with a wireless charging point and can run for 6 days under typical use. It requires 5V/1A power to charge up. The device features an IP68 rating and is compatible with Android 8 and iOS 13 or above OS(s).

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