The Honor Magic Watch 2 launched today alongside other Honor products. The successor to last year’s Magic Watch comes with a bigger screen, a new processor, and a much bigger battery.
With respect to design, the major change is a bigger display. It is a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a 454 x 454 resolution, an upgrade from its predecessor’s 1.2-inch 390 x 390 screen. There are still two buttons on the right side of the bezel and the dial has a tachymeter. Also, the bezel around the display appears to be slimmer. The Magic Watch 2 is available in two color variants – Carbon Black and Flax Brown. There are several watch faces to chose from.
The Magic Watch 2 gets a boost in performance too with the new Kirin A1 processor inside. This is the same chip inside the Huawei Watch GT 2 and the Freebuds 3. The chip also brings Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity.
The watch comes with a bunch of fitness features. There is 24-hour heart-rate monitoring with TruSeen 3.5, SP02 measurement, sleep monitoring with TruSleep 2.0 and up to 200 suggestions to help the user sleep better. There is also 24-hour stress monitoring paired with TruRelax which offers suggestions to help you keep calm.
The Honor Watch GT 2 can track up to 15 different sport modes including hiking, indoor and outdoor running, swimming, walking, and triathlons.
Another major upgrade is the battery capacity which is now 455mAh, more than double the first-gen Magic Watch’s 178mAh. Honor says users will get up o 2 weeks of battery life in normal mode, 30 hours with GPS turned on, 24 hours of music playback, and 10 hours of Bluetooth call. The Magic Watch 2 has NFC and supports bus card payments.
The Magic Watch 2 is priced at ¥1399 (~$199) and is available for pre-order on Vmall. It will go on sale on December 12 and the first 100 orders will get a free Honor Smart Scale.
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