It’s clear and clean, Huawei doesn’t seem to be calming down on the sports connected watches
. Just a few weeks after the Watch GT 3
, the Watch GT Runner has just been made official. And the least we can say is that it has enough to make the most demanding athletes salivate.
Dual-band GPS, adaptive training with AI, fast induction charging: the Asian smartwatch is hitting hard at the start of the year.
A more powerful watch than the Watch GT 3
While Huawei’s in-house operating system should soon be available on the brand’s smartphones, it has already been available on its connected watches for almost a year. Succeeding the Watch 3 and the Watch GT 3, the new Huawei Watch GT Runner will be the third smartwatch on the market to benefit from the benefits of this OS.
Equipped with a 1.43″ AMOLED screen with a resolution of 326 ppi, the beauty is above all aimed at athletes. It also strongly resembles the Watch GT 3, at least for the visual aspect. case is however made of more premium materials with a ceramic ring and titanium rotating crown.
Like its predecessor, the Watch GT Runner is equipped with a dual-band GPS system. However, the antenna is offset on the outside of the case to ensure better precision. It won’t be luxury, the GT 3 having proved quite disappointing during our tests. We therefore hope that the newcomer will make up for it properly!
AI at the center of the Watch GT Runner’s sports tracking
In addition to its top-of-the-range design and its L1+L5 GPS, the Watch GT Runner is strong enough to follow the most intense sports activities. Huawei has therefore equipped its connected watch with a new heart rate sensor with more diodes, placed in circles. The manufacturer thus ensures that it obtains greater precision than the competition with its TruSeen 5.0+ system.
The GT Runner will also inherit adaptive running training programs, recently launched on the GT 3. A function that usually exists on the most expensive connected watches. It will also be possible to obtain data such as training load, lactate threshold, recovery time or VO2Max score. For information, most of these statistics were already available on the Watch GT 3.
On the other hand, the Runner is the brand’s first sports watch to use Komoot cards. Just like on the Suunto 9 Peak and Polar Grit X Pro, you can import your routes from the Komoot application to obtain tracks with step-by-step navigation, without a base map. It is also part of our selection of the best apps for connected watches.
Finally, the Watch GT Runner is announced to hold the charge for 8 to 14 days depending on use. It will use wireless charging like its predecessors.
The official price is set at €299, which makes Huawei’s new smartwatch an ideal choice for those who do not want to invest too much in a watch dedicated to sports.
What do we think of it at Clubic?
The announcement of the GT Runner makes us navigate between two feelings. On the one hand, we can’t help but salivate in front of this new watch which is very attractive on paper. On the other hand, the GT Runner looks very – too much? – close to the GT 3.
It is therefore difficult to see where Huawei is going with this new model. Perhaps this is a way to make people forget the Watch GT 3, not living up to its ambitions? Or, does the Asian brand feel up to titillate giants like Garmin or Polar on their own ground?
In any case, we can’t wait to have it on our wrist, hoping that all the promises will be kept by this Watch GT Runner. It is not impossible that we are witnessing the birth of a new essential reference in the field of connected sport!
Source: Huawei
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