Hi everyone! welcome to Wesknows tech news and reviews! today we've got the honor band 6 with us,
this is a new release from honor and even though it is a 40 dollar tracker it acts like a smart
watch! so what we're going to do with it today is we're taking it on a very detailed walkthrough!
we're gonna be showing you the screens, the apps, the widgets - how it all works on this
particular band. so let's get into it if you're new to wesknows tech news and reviews we talk
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before we dig down into the walkthrough let's do a quick recap on the honor band 6. the version in
front of us is the chinese version, as the global version is yet to be released. the screen is not
only huge for a budget fitness band, it's 1.47 inch amoled, with resolution of 194 by 360 pixels
that's 40% higher than the competition. such as galaxy fit 2 or amazfit band 5. the dial is
covered with 2.5 d gorilla glass for extra scratch resistance, the tpu strap is using
a similar seamless look tapered to the sides of the tracker just like on band 5. the strap,
thankfully, has a watch-like clasp making it so easy to use. the straps are interchangeable and
we'll show you how to remove the straps later in the review. by the way we have added timestamps in
the description below the video, so if you are interested in only a particular section of the
walkthrough then please do use those timestamps below. a quick recap of the advanced features
on the honor band 6. so it does have an on-demand spo2 monitor, it's got a stress level monitor,
it does advanced sleep tracking as in it does your light, deep and rem sleep monitoring. and it's all
using the huawei truesleep which is actually a medical certified technology. there are also 10
goal based sport modes here, in fact four of them are auto detected. there's also a guided breathing
app on the honor band 6 which does help you relax but we'll get into it later. now that the recap
is out of the way let's get into the detailed walkthrough. swiping down from the home screen
gets you to the shortcut screen similar to what you get on smartphones. there's the dnd mode,
screen-on function, mind you since there's no always on option there is an option to keep your
screen on from anywhere between 5 and 20 minutes, you can find your phone, set the alarms and skip
to settings. if you swipe up from the home screen it gets you to the notification screen.
by swiping to the side from the home screen gets you to the summary screens, like heart rate,
weather, alipay, daily activity summary and back home. but you can actually adjust this,
but we'll talk you through this when we get to the settings menu. by tapping the physical button we
enter the full widget list. first on the list is workouts, there are 10 goal-based workouts here.
goal-based means you can set specific targets such as calories burned, time, distance, etc. also
note that there are four auto-detected activities walking, running, rowing and elliptical workouts.
the next widget is workout records, these are very detailed and due to the large display contain as
much information across tables and charts as you would see on a smartwatch! the heart rate widget
shows your continuous heart rate and the time spent in different heart rate zones. tap on the
information icon and get a detailed explanation on what every zone represents. then we have the
spo2 monitor aka blood oxygen saturation monitor, this is an on-demand tracker hence you measure at
a point in time and that reading will be recorded in the huawei health app so you can track your
trends over time. activity record screen details your steps, activities and hours active over the
past week - a good tool for trend analysis of your progress! the sleep screen shows total time slept,
inclusive of naps, for light, deep and rem sleep breakdown, sleep score and guidance to improve
sleep quality you would need to go to the huawei health app. stress monitor is continuous and this
screen tracks your daily stress levels. below the plot you see a breakdown of your stress levels.
there's also a guided breathing app for those times when you need to relax!
there are three options, for slow, medium and fast-paced breathing. also you can adjust the
time you want for the exercise. the following screens include the basics like notifications,
weather, stopwatch, timer and alarms. i would like to particularly mention the torch function,
it's actually very useful. well for me at least. when fumbling with door locks in the
dark or misplacing an item but avoiding to switch on the lights not to wake anyone up.
the last widget is the settings app and it needs a particular mentioning as is broken
up into the following: display, vibration, DND options, workout settings and the system options.
let's run through these. tap on display and you can go into the watch faces, then there is the
favorites screen - you can add and remove widgets here for the side swipes from the home screen. so
if you recall when swiping from side to side away from the home screen we had heart rate,
weather, alipay and activity records. let's remove alipay and add sleep. then we've got brightness,
it's got five available levels, no auto brightness here. under the advanced menu we can set the
screen-on feature from 5 to 20 minutes. so even though the tracker does not have always on display
it does have a semi-always-on display, as long as you set five to twenty minutes, you swipe down
from the home screen and you click the top right button that will actually get you to a state where
your watch is on for 5 to 20 minutes. now tap on vibration to adjust the strength of the vibration
you'd like on your wrist. tap on Do Not Disturb to set a schedule or switch on the all-day dnd
mode. tap on workout settings to switch on the auto detection of the four workouts we
mentioned earlier: running, walking, elliptical workouts and rowing. i do hope you found this
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as i've mentioned earlier we have in fact done an initial impressions review on the honor band 6
as well as compared it to the honor watch ES, so if you do want to check that out - check out the
end screen! thanks for watching!