Huawei Watch GT5 Pro White 42mm

After first a long time with Garmin (Venu, Venu2, Venu2s) then with Samsung (Watch 5 Pro, Watch 6 classic) still looking for a sports watch that could last longer than 1.5 days Watch 6 beautiful watch and google wear works ideally in your google and samsung environment, but the battery life started to bother me too much After looking around I saw the Huawei Watch GT5 Pro Silver, because I had already seen some positive reviews of it. At first I hesitated for a long time to go for Garmin, because it is known and proven, social apps such as Strava, but they remain the same in menu and so on so not much changed I made the decision and ordered Watch GT5 Pro and could pick it up the next day in the store and I also got the Huawei scale with it.

Once I got home and unpacked. Then you see that Huawei is a big loss in the smartphone landscape.

Premium box, not like Samsung just a flat long rectangular box Watch was nicely inserted in it, beautiful build quality Fantastic screen, handy nice sturdy crown wheel and a manual to adjust your strap. Removing the links is very easy because of the links they have provided. Once the watch has started and the Huawei Health app has been downloaded Very easy to connect (Samsung S24 Ultra) and the App is self-explanatory

What can this do, let me put it this way, everything. Battery lasts 5 days for me. This contains: Screen always on Continuous skin temperature measurement, heart rate, stress, blood oxygen Smartphone notifications, you can choose which apps Whatsapp you can send messages back via watch keyboard But you can only see regular SMS and not send them back Calling with watch, very clearly audible and understandable Sleep measurement that is very correct and where you can also tell the app on your phone that you are going to sleep. The amount of ambient noise in your sleeping area is also measured. Recording of snoring or talking during your sleep (like Samsung, but with Samsung you could have this automatically synced if you put your Watch to sleep) In your sleep report you can find a lot of information about how your sleep was Automatic recognition of sports (walking, running) is also on

When running, very good and fast GPS reception While running you can see and hear a lot of details (very good speaker) and you can set your tiles yourself what you want to see Also handy that you can use the crown wheel to scroll and stop (With Samsung you had to use the screen) After running an extensive report as you can find everywhere, speed, rhythm, how you land, balance L and R, how long your body needs for recovery etc. Map of how you ran and nice clear correct lines After 30 minutes the watch also asks if you want to do a heart rate measurement, to check your health The only thing you can't do if you want to be fast, is share your data via Strava or something. It is possible via a detour, but for me this is not necessary

What could the Samsung do: Google home control, messages with photos (Whatsapp, sms, Instagram) you got to see the photo on your watch, camera control. Do I miss this, no. What the Huawei is just really much better And certainly with the scales, you can really monitor your entire health well. Will I recommend this watch, definitely

I was able to test the Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro for a few weeks. The design of the watch is very nice, but it is a nice unit, but for most people that will not be a downside. The battery life is very good, in 3.5 weeks I only had to charge the watch twice. The interface and touchscreen work very well and smoothly. You can read notifications from your phone very easily, even in bright sunlight. There are a lot of modes to track your workouts, from snowboarding to running. I definitely recommend this watch.

Think carefully about what you want to buy a smartwatch for, I have been able to test this model for a few weeks now and it turns out that it is not suitable for everything.

Do you want this smartwatch for normal, daily use to receive notifications. To call or for business use. Perfect! I don't think I know of another smartwatch with such a long battery life. After 1 week of intensive use including a few active moments, the battery is still half full. I think you can last almost 2 weeks with this device.

If you track an activity, I did this next to Strava to see how this relates to each other. There is still some difference that I cannot yet directly trace. 1 in the registration time and the distance, it is not much. But I am still investigating this.

If you want to buy a smartwatch for daily use with all apps including payments, such as NFC. Then I can recommend you to choose a different device, because this watch does not support that in the Netherlands. I think that is a shame, then it would have been great.

But all in all a really great device.