Huawei Watch Fit: Ending the "square and round" battle for smart watches, weighing 21 grams and delivering 10 days of battery life

From hunting to farming, from factory assembly lines to office white-collar workers, the way we work is actually increasingly contrary to human nature and is increasingly detrimental to human health. With people paying unprecedented attention to health, smart watches and bracelets continue to sell well.

Among them, Huawei smart watches account for nearly 40% on the JD platform, occupying nearly half of the market.

What I’m going to review today is a Huawei smartwatch - Huawei WATCH FIT.

The first sight of this watch is quite puzzling, because Huawei is a firm "round party" and its smartwatch series has always used round dials, but this WATCH FIT uses a rectangular dial similar to a bracelet. What kind of product strategy does this reflect Huawei? How does this watch perform? Let's take a look together below.

Lightweight, comfortable and good-looking, the counterattack of square watches

Let's take a look at the packaging first. Compared with other smart watches, the packaging box of Huawei WATCH FIT is more square, with a headshot of the watch printed on the front of the white box. The seal is designed with a handle for easy opening, and after tearing it open, you can see Huawei's classic hidden anti-counterfeiting logo.

The packaging box has moderate damping. In addition to the watch itself, it also contains a magnetic charging cable and an instruction manual.

In terms of appearance, as mentioned above, Huawei WATCH FIT uses a unique rectangular dial. This design is verified by Huawei after a lot of wearing test data. The 30mm width will not hurt your hand when you bend your palm during exercise.

In contrast, the square dial of Apple Watch series often causes hindrance when exercising, and will occasionally wake up Siri due to touching the digital crown.

The aspect ratio of Huawei WATCH FIT has achieved a clever balance between wearing comfort and display effect. Compared with the round dial, it reduces the sense of presence while being able to display more content.

Huawei has put a lot of effort into making the watch comfortable to wear. The screen and body of the watch have a certain curvature, which makes it fit the wrist better. The transition between the 2.5D glass screen and the middle frame is smooth and does not cut your hand, reflecting the excellent design and workmanship.

With a watch head of 21g and a total weight of only 34g, Huawei Watch FIT may be the smartwatch with the best wearing experience on the market. From this perspective, the "FIT" in the name of Huawei Watch FIT may not only mean "health", but also "suitable" and "fitting".

To use a smart watch to record exercise status, monitor health and sleep status, the prerequisite is that the user is willing to wear it for a long time.

The middle frame of Huawei Watch FIT is made of reinforced polymer fiber material, and the surface is sprayed with a matte metal texture. The reason why metal is not used is obviously to compromise on weight. However, in terms of appearance and durability, it is actually not worse than metal.

The Huawei WATCH FIT screen uses a 1.64-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 456x286 and a pixel density of 326PPI, reaching the retina level, and the display is very delicate and without graininess.

The strap is made of soft rubber with excellent texture, with a pin buckle and abundant holes. Although only one strap is provided, it can adapt to wrists of almost all sizes.

Of course, the appearance of a smartwatch also depends on its dial. How to meet the aesthetic needs of different people while ensuring the information density of a smartwatch will inevitably require a lot of design work.

Huawei WATCH FIT has put a lot of effort in this regard, designing a wide variety of styles and providing no less than 400 exquisite watch faces, with a variety of styles suitable for various needs such as business and fashion.

It also supports customization of watch face functions. Users can choose which information to display on the watch face. Weather, temperature, steps, heart rate, blood oxygen, calories and other information can be placed directly on the watch face and accessible by raising the wrist.

Overall, as a smartwatch, Huawei WATCH FIT has a lightweight body, outstanding appearance, and is very comfortable to wear. At the same time, it has abandoned the burden of the past that "watches must have round dials". Huawei WATCH FIT is still a versatile fashion item.

Personal trainer + doctor + assistant on your wrist, all in one watch

In terms of functions, as a smart watch that is an essential tool for fitness, Huawei WATCH FIT's sports detection covers 11 professional sports modes and 85 free sports modes. Basically, corresponding monitoring modes can be found for common mainstream sports.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the regular exercise duration, calories burned, and heart rate, Huawei WATCH FIT also supports blood oxygen detection.

As one of the six vital signs of the human body, the addition of blood oxygen data can not only help make fitness data more accurate, but also greatly improve sports safety. For mountaineering and high-altitude sports, real-time monitoring of blood oxygen is very necessary.

In addition, aerobic fitness, or cardiorespiratory fitness, is usually measured by VO2max, which refers to the body's ability to inhale, circulate and use oxygen, and is an excellent indicator of physical health. Low levels of aerobic fitness can be a predictor of long-term diseases such as type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, cardiovascular and coronary artery disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

Blood oxygen monitoring is also necessary for office workers who often use their brains and sit for long periods of time. If the blood oxygen saturation is lower than 90% for a long time, it will cause symptoms such as inattention and intellectual decline. People who are obese or snore during sleep are particularly prone to symptoms of low blood oxygen.

I personally have always had poor sleep quality and feel very tired every day after waking up. I have always suspected that it may be related to poor breathing and hypoxia caused by snoring. After wearing Huawei WATCH FIT, the sleep analysis in TruSleep2.0 told me that there is actually no problem with my breathing quality. Poor sleep quality is related to poor continuity of deep sleep, and it also provides corresponding solutions, which is very practical.

In addition, in terms of heart health, like the GT series watches, Huawei WATCH FIT also cooperates with a professional team of doctors from China's 301 Hospital to carry out a heart health research program to monitor users' heart rate around the clock and identify health risks in a timely manner.

Another practical function is for users who need to sit for a long time at work. Huawei WATCH FIT supports sedentary reminders, which remind users to get up and move around every hour. At the same time, the watch also has 12 built-in animated fitness courses, including 44 fitness movements, so that users can use their spare time to follow the personal trainer on their wrist for efficient fitness anytime and anywhere during work breaks, helping us avoid occupational diseases caused by long-term sitting, and also allowing us to maintain a better working state.

Specifically in terms of fitness records, relying on more sensors, Huawei WATCH FIT's fitness data is more comprehensive and accurate.

For example, when swimming, Huawei WATCH FIT can more accurately identify your swimming method and display the number of laps, strokes, pace changes, etc. The same is true for running. Huawei WATCH FIT can accurately identify your step frequency and stride, and can automatically generate a motion trajectory video for easy sharing.

Of course, as a Huawei smartwatch, Huawei WATCH FIT also supports the intelligent scenario push function, which can push reminders of high-speed rail, flights, hotels, weather and other matters according to the user's upcoming travel scenarios. Combined with the notification push function of the watch, it can minimize the frequency of users using mobile phones.

In addition, Huawei WATCH FIT also supports a series of functions such as voice assistant (requires Huawei mobile phone and EMUI 10.1 or above system), music playback control, remote photography, mobile phone search, Alipay payment code, NFC wallet door card (requires Huawei mobile phone), etc. In many scenarios, users do not need to take out their mobile phones frequently, which is extremely convenient.

In terms of battery life, Huawei WATCH FIT also inherits the long battery life gene of the family. The official claimed battery life is 10 days. According to the test, with automatic monitoring of heart rate, blood oxygen and sleep turned on, the power consumption per day is about 10%, which is in line with the official usage time.

However, in exercise mode, because the heart rate and blood oxygen sensors need to run continuously, about an hour of exercise can consume 5% of the battery.

It had 66% battery out of the box. After wearing it for five days and testing it frequently, the battery was finally exhausted. It performed very well.

It should also be noted that Huawei WATCH FIT also supports screen-off display, so users can check information without raising their wrists, but turning on this feature will almost halve the battery life.

Summarize

In general, Huawei WATCH FIT is a slightly different product in Huawei's smartwatch series. The square dial is different from the norm, but it shows Huawei's more thinking about the form of smartwatches.

For a smartwatch with comprehensive health monitoring functions, Huawei has clearly prioritized wearing comfort and information display capabilities to an unprecedented level. The curved body, large aspect ratio, retina-level resolution, and weight of ten A4 papers make the Huawei WATCH FIT an almost imperceptible wearing experience.

The "1+8+N" full-scenario smart strategy is being deployed at an accelerated pace. The future picture of the Internet of Everything that Huawei has drawn for us is slowly unfolding. HUAWEI WATCH FIT is also a product within the ecosystem. It can be linked with Huawei's smartphones, smart screens, and even Works with HUAWEI HiLink accessories. Such ecological advantages are still unparalleled in the industry.

In terms of price, for less than 1,000 yuan, you can get a fitness coach, personal doctor, notification assistant, and smart home entrance on your wrist, which is very cost-effective. For those who want to exercise but don't know how to start, or those who sit for a long time and want to stay healthy, or even those who just want to buy a watch with high appearance, long battery life, and comfortable wearing within 1,000 yuan, Huawei WATCH FIT is definitely worth buying.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.