- I was a big fan of the first Huawei Watch.
It had Android wear. It was sleek looking.
It actually looked like a normal watch, everything I wanted.
So when Huawei reached out recently and said,
"Would you like to check out the Huawei Watch 2,"
I said, "Absolutely."
Now after spending a little bit of time with this watch,
I figured I would do a complete walkthrough,
which if you're familiar with my channel,
you'll know what that means.
But basically, I'm gonna show you all of the things that
this watch can do, in case you were
interested in getting one yourself.
First up, the watch itself is larger
than the original Huawei Watch.
In fact, it's a decent amount larger.
But along with that, it also feels pretty solid,
and I've always kind of been a fan of Huaweis
because their materials always feel premium,
the devices feel solid.
And this watch is no exception.
This is the Huawei Watch Classic, and that means that
it has a case made out of stainless steel,
and the bands, which can be replaced by any 22 millimeter
bands you find online, by the way, are leather outside
with a rubber inside, so they're sort of like a hybrid band.
There are only two buttons on the watch.
One is the home button, basically, that brings you back
to the main screen, as well as opens the app drawer.
And if you long press it, it'll bring up Google Assistant,
which is great for replying to texts while riding your bike,
asking where the closest tacos are,
'cause you know I worked out, and I totally deserve them.
Now the other button is a dedicated workout button.
Pushing it brings up quick options for starting a workout.
There's a ton of options and they are being pulled
from the Huawei Health app, that you can use to
customize these options as well as create a training plan.
This allows you to set a race type
that you want to train for, like a 5K or a marathon.
And then it will use your VO2 max, the maximum amount
of oxygen you can use during intense exercise.
And it's basically what you see athletes doing
when they're running on treadmills
with those masks on in like sportswear ads.
And your exercises to customize a plan
to help you get there.
The watch has built-in GPS, accelerometer,
a continuous heart rate monitor, and a barometer as well
to help the fitness conscious.
It's also IP68 certified, which means rain and sweat
aren't an issue, but don't try to swim with it.
Now it has a 1.2 inch AMOLED screen that can be seen
easily in daylight, and has a resolution of 390 x 390.
Internally, it has a Quad Core Snapdragon Wear 2100 chipset
with 768 mb of RAM and 4 gigs of internal storage.
And that internal storage is useful, because it actually
has the ability to put music directly on the watch.
So if you wanted to say leave your phone at home,
and take the watch with you, and pair a set
of Bluetooth headphones to it, you can listen
to the music that's on the watch.
The only caveat here is that right now at least,
it only works with Google Play music.
But if that's what you use, or you don't mind using that,
then there you go, you're all set.
Some versions, although not any in the U.S. yet,
unfortunately, also have SIM card slots for LTE connectivity
which would allow you to then place calls and texts,
get data, et cetera from the device
without your phone nearby.
It can also use NFC and Android Pay to make payments
at store terminals that support contactless payments.
And we have a 420 milliamp battery, which for me,
lasts about 2 days without a charge, which is plenty,
since I usually just plug it in when I go to bed.
Now on the software side, we're running Android Wear 2.0,
so it'll run all the same apps like Uber, Foursquare,
Messages, et cetera, that any Android Wear 2.0 device
will run, and has a few additions from Huawei.
First up, we have the battery app that includes
optimizations and a power saver mode,
and lets you turn the watch into an actual watch
and nothing else, giving you almost a month of battery life
if you put it into that mode.
Then there's daily activity, which lets you track
your VO2 max that we talked about earlier,
along with all the other usual stats that you care about,
calories, steps, elevation, setting daily goals, et cetera.
And it's actually this nice little UI
that I kind of appreciate.
And then there's that workout app
that I mentioned before with the different workouts.
There's also a built-in fitness coach
that can give you audio feedback as to how you're doing
during any of these workouts.
And there you go, complete walkthrough
of everything that this watch basically can do.
I have to say I do kinda like this watch.
I wish, my one thing about it honestly, my one thing,
is that it was the size and looked like the old watch.
'Cause I just, I liked the Huawei Watch originally.
It was small. It was slim.
I have dainty wrists.
You see these? They're dainty.
But regardless, it's still a really nice watch, the Watch 2.
It has basically all the features you would need,
and actually there's a couple of deals that I found online
that make it really affordable.
I'll link some of those below in case
any of you guys are interested.
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Otherwise, regardless, thanks for watching.
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