HUAWEIWATCH GT 2 Pro Smartwatch, 1.39'' AMOLED HD Touchscreen, 2-Week Battery Life, GPS and GLONASS, SpO2, 100+ Workout Modes, Bluetooth Calling, Heartrate Monitoring, Night Black

Did lots of research, reading/watching reviews etc. before finally decided on the Huawei GT2 Pro.It looks fantastic with the titanium body and makes the watch look truly premium and the ceramic back feels great on the wrist. However, I'm disappointed that a watch of this design quality comes with either a grey leather or black silicon strap and not the option for a matching metal bracelet. That said, I sourced a Spigen dark steel bracelet which perfectly compliments the titanium body and that makes the watch look awesome.As this is my first smartwatch I don't have much to compare it against, however, for my fitness / personal requirements it's perfect. There are more than enough functions to track my health & fitness (I'm no Olympic wannabe), and it can let me choose from a huge selection of fitness activities. There are a myriad of other functions as well, some of which I may never need to use in anger, but are very 'comforting' to have on hand (like the compass etc). There is a music app with ~2Gb of storage for songs which is more than adequate for me. There have been complaints about the watch's inability to install 3rd party apps, but as the watch contains all the functions I need it's not an issue.Customisation of the watch is straightforward and there's a good selection of watch faces available to choose from. The display itself is very sharp and vibrant with deep blacks and popping colour. Selection of functions using either buttons or touchscreen are responsive and I haven't noticed any lag in display / operation.And of course there's the battery life... it absolutely smashes Apple and Wear OS. I've been putting mine through its paces for the past 9 days and the charge is still 50%! I haven't ramped everything up to the max, with every bell & whistle enabled, but I've got everything I need on. So for me the battery is excellent.In conclusion, as an Android user, this watch just seemed head and shoulders above the others in terms of pure design, battery life and functionality. It looks amazing, does everything I need of it and lasts for ages. it's not the cheapest smartwatch, but the quality definitely makes it a decent investment.

I love my watch, just for the battery, if nothing else. I often forget that it needs charging because it lasts so long, easily several days...! I love the GPS option as I do a bit of running outdoors. I also do a bit of walking and the GPS is great for keeping track, especially the track back option that enables you to go back the way you came if you lose your bearings. The activity tracking is very useful, and if you forget to set it, the watch asks you if you forgot after a couple or 3 minutes if activity; I've forgotten several times...! Lol. It's great as a watch, who would have thought, but it's a great all rounder. I do like the sleep tracker as it comes in handy as a general guide, but shouldn't be relied upon as an absolute; it's only a general guide. The stress tracker I use too, and quite frankly I find it to be a good indicator as to whether I need to rest my backside down & chill... Lol.There are so many options in this watch, like tracking your run on a treadmill, and dozens of other activities, including walking, running, cycling, workouts, etc. As a fitness watch it's great...! It even reminds you to stretch if you've been inactive for some time, which makes me chuckle, and I do stretch from time to time...!The watch faces are pretty cool, but I'm not too fussed about those, so haven't looked too much in to that.If you want aftermarket apps then don't get this watch as they are limited. However, as I bought this specifically for exercising, it has a huge array of apps already built, so many so, I still have used or tried them all; more than I will ever need. And as for the exercise routines available; there are simply dozens & dozens to chose from.Simply brilliant...!!!

I’ve had a Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 for a while but was increasingly frustrated by the very poor battery life (with just average use). I travel a lot for work and having to charge the watch every day while on the road was not practical often resulting in the watch being dead for a day or two. So, after research, the Huawei GT 2 Pro seemed like a good solution and I went ahead and bought one at a reduced price on Amazon.So these are my thoughts in comparison to the Samsung Watch:GOODBattery life - quite superb. This thing lasts for days. I’m not entirely sure it will last the advertised 14 days on a single charge but with average use across a 24 hour period (including health tracking, exercise etc) it loses only 13% battery which is way beyond what the Samsung is capable of.Build - it’s a really lovely watch with a gorgeous amoled screen and very crisp visuals. The titanium body is very smart and it has much more elegance than the more tech-looking watches around (including the Samsung). I don’t miss the clever rotating bezel of the Samsung at all. Interaction is snappy and scrolling and input is snappy.NOT SO GOODMy only real issue with the GT 2 Pro is notifications. I have no issue not being able to respond to messages etc via the watch. To me that’s always been what my phone is for. But I had issues with the GT 2 Pro being able to differentiate between apps I was getting notifications from. It’s a small thing, and probably if you are using an on brand phone everything works fine, but I found the watch would give me a generic notification icon that was identical across all apps and not the actual app icon which isn’t great when you get a regular stream of notifications but can’t really differentiate what app they are from. It also couldn’t handle a wide variety of app notifications such as my banking app or Todoist as examples. With a bit of tweaking down to a very basic list of apps (Gmail, Telegram etc) it seems to have sorted itself out. But for a premium device that says it works across Android and iOS the handling of notifications feels a bit amateur and not in the same league as the Samsung watch.Huawei Health App - I’ve found this app to be great as a health app. It records passive exercise as well as workouts really well. The GPS access can be a bit too slow though. Other health suite features such as stress and blood oxygen are great. But as an app to tweak watch settings it’s a bit clunky and there aren’t a lot of things you can really do. I also found it to lag a bit on opening the app.Other than that it’s a great watch. Comfortable and good looking. As an overall package, for me (at the reduced price) it just outweighs the Samsung as my watch of choice, but with slightly compromised functionality that may be a result of using it with a Samsung phone (S21 Ultra).