Watch Fit 3, Watch 4 Pro, MateBook X Pro and MatePad 11.5″ S: Huawei is full of announcements between tech and “lifestyle”

Huawei recently distinguished itself with the launch in Europe of a wave of smartphones, the Pura 70 inherited from its old P series, but does not stick to mobiles, which account for a small part of its sales in the Old Continent. These are therefore products less affected by the absence of Google services, namely watches (the Watch Fit 3 and Watch 4 Pro Space Edition), a tablet (MatePad 11.5″ S) and a PC, the MateBook Pro, its ultralight laptop PC announced in China a few weeks ago, which the brand presented during its keynote on May 7, 2024 in Dubai.

Two Watches with radically different positions

The Huawei Watch Fit 3, which retains the codes of the range in square format, benefits from a 1.82-inch Amoled screen and an aluminum case that is thinner and lighter than the previous generation (9.9 mm d thickness for 26 g without bracelet). Under HarmonyOS, Huawei’s in-house interface, it also offers a variety of features focused on health and well-being, such as tracking physical activity, sleep and heart rate, but also nutritional analysis. The standard version (plastic strap) will be offered at €159, compared to €179 for the leather or nylon version. We refer you to his test, to read on The Digitals.

As its name suggests, the Huawei Watch 4 Pro Space Edition is a variation of the Watch 4 Pro launched – and tested – in 2023, and which is inspired by the aerospace world. Huawei touts more premium design and materials, including the addition of a ceramic bezel and Laval dial, influenced by “the Laval nozzle used in rockets”, just that. This watch offers features that we already know, like the health sensors brought together under the TruSeen 5.5+ banner (measurement of heart rate, oxygen saturation, stress, body temperature, evaluation of the arterial stiffness) and updated for the occasion. The tocante will be sold for €649, or €100 more than the standard Watch 4 Pro at launch.

In addition to wearables, Huawei announces the release in our region of its MateBook X Pro. A laptop PC equipped with a 14.2-inch Oled panel (3120 x 2080 pixels, 120 Hz) with an announced brightness of 1000 cd/m² in HDR. The manufacturer has also equipped its computer with Intel Core Ultra 7 or 9, as well as an NPU dedicated to artificial intelligence and up to 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage. Huawei also claims a battery life of 10 hours and 90 W charging, all for a featherweight of only 980 g on the scale.

If the Chinese brand achieves notable performances on its domestic market, it intends to maintain its presence on the Old Continent. In addition to its high-end Pura 70 smartphone series, Huawei has just presented its new touchscreen tablet, the MatePad 11.5″ S. This benefits from a screen with a refresh rate of 144 Hz and PaperMatte technology, giving a paper appearance to the display for better eye comfort and almost zero reflectance, less than 2% according to the manufacturer. This is not the only brand to offer such a technical improvement: we remember the. Gorilla Armor coating of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra that we tested in the lab and which displayed a reflectance of barely 19.66% under our probes. Note that this is not the first Huawei tablet using PaperMatte technology. since it was used more discreetly in 2023 on a MatePad 11.5, but it intends to highlight it more this year.

Finally, to all these announcements are added the Huawei FreeBuds 6i and FreeClip, wireless headphones sold for €99 and €199 respectively.