Huawei is in good stead in the wearable market, recording a YoY growth of over 57% in the first half of 2020. The Chinese tech giant is looking to expand its market share with the launchof a new smartwatch dubbed Huawei Watch Fit. 
The Watch Fit has been in the news for quite a while but the company has finally taken the wraps off the product with the launch in the UAE.
The Huawei Watch Fit features a 1.64-inch AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass on top. The watch has an HD reolution of 280 x 456 pixels, 326PPI and 70% screen to body ratio. The display supports full-screen input. The watch has a dimension of 46 x 30 x 10.7mm.
At the left side, there is a single button which acts as power button and to wake up the device. The watch equally comes with support for six new Always-on Display watch faces that will show information even when your watch is inactive.
Huawei Watch Fit brings along 12 kinds of animated quick-workout such as exercise at work, full-body stretch, ab ripper and includes 44 standard movement demonstrations. Further, it has on board a cool 96 workout modes, including 11 sports modes such as running, swimming, and cycling. The custom workout mode allows you to vary your workout from yoga to other intense training.
The smartwatch also features a built-in GPS sensor, 5ATM water protection, AI heart rate algorithm, and new sensors that help you train better by providing real-time metrics, scientific training effect evaluation, and guidance. The smartwatch also comes with 6-axis IMU sensor (Accelerometer sensor, Gyroscope sensor), Optical heart rate sensor, capacitive sensor and ambient light sensor.
You also get access to Huawei’s health app to keep track of your fitness data. Other features onboard includes 24-hour heart rate monitoring, SpO2 blood oxygen saturation detection, menstruation cycle trackers, Huawei TruSleep 2.0 for better sleep tracking, and TruRelax to keep track of your stress meter. Others are reminders for SMS messages, incoming calls, calendar events, and other social media Apps. Also, it comes with all necessary apps and widgets to take better control over music playback, snap a photo, find your phone, as well as other features such as Weather, Alarm, Timer, Stopwatch, and a flashlight.
As for the battery life, the Huawei Watch Fit boasts of up to 10 days of battery life which comes down to 7 days in heavy usage and 12 hours in GPS mode.
The Huawei Watch Fit will go on sale in the UAE from September 3 and is priced at 399AED ($110). There is no official word yet as to when it will be available in other countries and regions.
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