Smart TVs, the new favorite product segment of smart hardware manufacturers, are reshaping our imagination of home entertainment. If you’re satisfied with your old TV in your living room and haven’t noticed the evolution of smart TV over the years, this review probably will ignite your interest in it. 

Today, we are going to look deeper into one of the hottest Smart TV series in the market, the HUAWEI Vision S smart TV. In this review, we’ll show you how the latest Huawei TV can upgrade your home entertainment experience. 

The model we have today is the HUAWEI Vision S65, which comes with an attractive visual presentation and great distributed capabilities for interaction with phones, along with a competitive price. The Vision S series is the first Huawei Smart TV series for the international market, so it is probably the best Huawei Smart TV you can buy at the moment. 

HUAWEI Vision S65 Smart TV Review: Design

Let’s look at its design. At first glance, the top camera immediately grabbed our attention. This 13MP camera is designed with a magnetic link and supports up and down rotation. Users can adjust the camera angle for the best shooting position. And thanks to the convenient magnetic design, the camera is removable at any time when it’s not in use, so there is no fear of privacy leaks. In addition to normal photo taking and video filming, the camera also can make 1080P video calls with other devices. 

The bezel is made of one-piece plastic without break points. And the backside is made of metal, which we guess is for a better thermal design. 

Huawei Smart Screen S65 features a 4K 120Hz LCD screen. This screen achieves a super-high screen-to-body ratio of 94%. The front side is visually stunning. In addition, in order to weaken the presence of other components, so that users can focus on the screen itself, the base is designed into two visually lightweight bars. Of course, you can also choose to wall-mount it and make it a part of your wall decor.

HUAWEI Vision S65 Smart TV Review: Display 

Coming back to the display, it supports a DCI-P3 Gamut of up to 92%, which already covers wider colors than most TV products in its price range. In addition, the Vision S also provides multi-color modes. And then we watched various content including TV Shows, movies and sports. The Auto Mode can adapt to different content pretty well, which is quite convenient if you don’t want to change the color mode from time to time. 

However, the Vision S didn’t support HDR colors, so when displaying HDR contents, the dynamic range could be a bit 

The 120Hz refresh rate really looks stunning. But the viewing experience wouldn’t have been so delightful when watching low-framerate content if not for the supporting Smart MEMC algorithm. Combined with HUAWEI’s MEMC algorithm, it can dynamically insert frames up to 120fps and take full advantage of the 120Hz screen. 

And the fact is that most video content that we can watch right now generally are made with relatively low framerates of 24fps or 30fps. But unlike most TV products featuring 60Hz refresh-rate, the Vision S series’ 120Hz refresh rate is an integer multiple of both 30 and 24, which guarantees insertion of consistent frames between every 2 frames. As a result, the Vision S is able to better solve the problems of lag, ghosting, and trailing that exist on 60Hz screens, thereby making the picture smoother and more stable with the double frame rates. 

During our experience, the MEMC technique of the Vision S worked well with most content. But we have to remind you that the MEMC technology is not perfect for all the TV products so far. The Vision S is no exception. When it meets complicated or rapidly changing clips, the MEMC may not perfectly work. And after we tested, under the Auto Mode or the Customized mode with Middle level of dynamic picture compensation, the MEMC performed much better to adapt to any content with good picture quality, and smooth motion as well. 

HUAWEI Vision S65 Smart TV Review: Connectivity Ports

As for its wired connection, there are 3 HDMI 2.0 ports, one AV-in, a SPDIF Audio out and a USB-3 for file transfer or external storage. Although the screen of the TV supports up to 4K resolution and 120Hz, there is no way to play 4K 120Hz games with the Vision S due to the lack of HDMI 2.1 ports.

So, for wired projection with non-Huawei-devices, such as Gaming consoles and PCs, although the Vision S features a 4k 120Hz screen, so far it can only support up to 4K resolution with 30fps refresh rate or 1080P resolution with 60fps, which is quite a waste of such a great display.

But thanks to the MEMC feature, the gaming experience still got improved with the dynamic compensation. In actual gaming, the huge display made the whole experience much more immersive than just playing games on a PC display, and it didn’t lose much of the smoothness either.  

HUAWEI Vision S65 Smart TV Review: Speakers

Another surprise of the vision S is the decent AI speaker mode powered by the built-in 4 speakers. The Vision S uses a 4 x 10W-speaker solution, including two full-range speakers and another two high-range speakers. Because of the use of three-band playback, the Vision S can deliver an extremely wide frequency response range, enabling perfect reproduction of different frequencies in the audio signal. 

HUAWEI Vision S65 Smart TV Review: HarmonyOS

When it comes to the Vision series, it’s inevitable to talk about the Harmony OS. Huawei Vision series is one of the first hardware to be built on Harmony OS, from which we can also get a glimpse of the future that will be built under the HUAWEI Smart home project. As the essential feature of HUAWEI’s multi-hardware collaborative operation, the Harmony OS pursues the integration and unification of multiple devices. For example, the Vision S can be an important extension of your phone, and similarly, your phone can be used as an accessory to the Vision TV. You can turn the phone not just into a remote control for the Vision TV, but it can also be a low-latency projection signal of it, and can even be the gamepad when you play games on the Vision TV. It can call on the phone’s various sensors to perform operations that are not possible with other gamepads, such as the phone’s gyroscope and gravity sensor. And of course, all these features are only available on Huawei’s phones right now. 

Besides, for convenient projection, the Vision S supports the OneHop projection under 60fps high framerate. Using the OneHop, users can have their Huawei phone’s screen instantly mirrored to the TV through a single contact between the phone and the remote control. Under mirrored projection, the status bar, notifications and message or call alerts would be blocked and will not be displayed on the TV screen, which protects users’ privacy.  

And it does not just simply mirror your phone but the TV also can project the phone under desktop mode and turn it into a PC. And then the phone will become a touchpad to control the PC. 

Besides, the excellent interaction with Huawei devices also includes fast file, video and image transfer and share.  

Another important addition we found is that Huawei has customized different content including online video, music and Apps according to different regions. If you officially purchase the TV in your region, the TV system will show the customized popular local content, along with popular international content as well. 

HUAWEI Vision S65 Smart TV Review: Verdict

From the Vision S, it’s quite surprising that Huawei has the real determination to be a global player in the smart connected TV segment, and more importantly, it’s done pretty well: Such as the 4K resolution and 120Hz refresh rate with MEMC dynamic compensation; the removable camera, the multi-device collaboration based on the fluent Harmony OS and the customized contents for various regions. Some of these features are rare even in most competing products in the same price range. And if you’re a Huawei phone user, the Vision series could be the best option for you. 

Currently, Huawei is working on updating its phone operating system to the Harmony OS. And when the update comes, we believe that the experience on the Vision TV will definitely be better than the present.  

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Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei has released several teaser posters that hint at the launch of a new smart TV under a new category. The Huawei Smart Screen SE looks like a trimmed-down version of the high-end models and will come with more affordable pricing while retaining the premium features for which the brand’s smart TVs are known.

The teaser posters which were splashed on Vmall and Jingdong (JD.com) give us a glimpse of the smart TV as well as some hints of the features to expect onboard. For one, the Huawei Smart Screen SE will pack a pop-up camera that will definitely function as a web camera for video calls and other related functions. The smart TV is touted to arrive in two sizes – a 55-inch model that will be priced between 3,099 yuan – 3999 yuan (around $600) and a 65-inch version priced around 4,099 – 4,999 yuan (around $700).

The Smart Screen SE is expected to pack a 4K display resolution and will support multi-touch functions. The poster also shows that the Huawei Smart Screen SE will adopt a full-screen design with ultra-thin bezels on all four sides. It is also coming with Huawei’s self-developed color gamut enhancement technology. In addition, the screen is also expected to bring support for anti-reflective, anti-glare, anti-blue light technology and has zero color cast. The smart TV will run on Huawei’s custom HarmonyOS that will bring along several smart features.

Apart from the Smart Screen SE, Huawei is also expected to announce the FreeBuds 4 true wireless headsets, Mate View high-end monitors, and a router at the May 19th press conference.

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Huawei today held a press conference in China where the Huawei Smart Screen S and Smart Screen S Pro were both unveiled alongside a smart car screen. The new Smart Screen S series is the latest addition to the smart screen family. The two smart TV models are available in three screen sizes of 55 inches, 65 inches, and 75 inches.

The Huawei Smart Screen S series breaks through the limitations of traditional TV hardware and software upgrades and is committed to achieving smart interactions, cross-screen experience, and IoT.

Huawei Smart Screen S series is equipped with a pop-up AI camera which supports 1920×1080 pixel resolution video call. It also supports large display screen call to other large screen TV as well as smart TV to mobile phone calls, mobile phone calls to smart TV calls. The transfer function can quickly transfer the smooth communication on the mobile phone to the smart screen under the same LAN, making it more comfortable to chat and communicate

At the same time, support for smart screen and Huawei children’s watch to communicate smoothly (currently supported model: Huawei smart children’s watch 4X), and support for voice calls, so that the elderly and children can also chat without barriers. And it supports super-resolution processing of the video images returned by the children’s watch, and the SD second becomes HD, and the video call is clearer.

It is worth mentioning that the Huawei Smart Screen S series also supports free 4-party 45-minute video calls. After 45 minutes, you can choose to call again an unlimited number of times. Users can join multi-party video calls through smart screens, mobile phones, PCs, and other series of terminals, which is convenient and fast, and the whole family can chat freely anytime, anywhere.

In addition, the Huawei Smart Screen S series has also added a remote housekeeping function. When the screen is off or on, the mobile phone can remotely call the smart screen camera to view the situation at home, so that family care is always online.

The upgrade of audio-visual entertainment functions is a highlight of Huawei’s smart screen S series. It is not only equipped with a 120Hz high refresh rate screen that is rarely configured for products in the same price range. It has a 92% DCI-P3 wide color gamut, dual eye protection with TUV Rheinland low blue light, and no flicker certification.

In terms of audio, the Huawei Smart Screen S series breaks through the traditional industry standard. It adopts a 4*10W speaker unit solution, equipped with 1L independent large sound cavity, including two 10W full-range speakers and two 10W tweeters, and two high-frequency speakers. Using a unique patented technology, high frequency, and human voice can be enhanced by 8dB so that when watching a movie, the dialogue between the characters will be heard more clearly.

At the same time, the virtual sound field expansion technology patent can break through the physical limitations of the speakers, virtualize left and right surround channels on the left and right sides, and broaden the sound field, which greatly enhances the immersion of watching movies.

It is worth mentioning that, unlike traditional TVs that always apply a set of standard video and audio output effects, Huawei Smart Screen S series can intelligently judge the content currently being broadcast, and automatically adjust the audio and image quality to the optimal level according to the needs of the scene.

In addition to the optimization and upgrading of audio and image quality, Huawei’s smart screen S series also opened up a new field of smart screen entertainment, equipped with distributed games and smart screen K song functions.

Among them, distributed games support the use of mobile phones to replace gamepads. When playing racing games, users can control by calling the phone’s touch screen and gravity sensor or gyroscope. The game runs on a smart screen and the screen is clearer and smoother. Bring an immersive game experience.

At the same time, Huawei Smart Screen S series cooperated with National K Song to develop new functions of Smart Screen K Song, which supports scanning code, song search, double chorus, intelligent scoring, singing mode, teaching mode, song recording, etc. and also supports Mobile phone sharing, you can exchange K song records and other information with the mobile phone’s Quanmin K song app.

Huawei Smart Screen S series also supports distributed connections with other devices, bringing a new upgrade of the multi-screen experience. For example, after connecting with the camera of Huawei Smart Selection, it can realize the ability of cry detection and automatic window reminder (the first-market version is not supported, and the subsequent OTA upgrade is supported);

After connecting the video doorbell, users can observe the situation outside the door through the smart screen even if they are sitting in the living room, and at the same time carry out voice conversations (the first release version is not supported, and the subsequent OTA upgrade is supported).

Huawei Smart Screen S series can also form a distributed sound system with more stereo surround effect with Huawei Sound, giving full play to the hardware capabilities of both to achieve sound effects comparable to home theater

Huawei Smart Screen S 55″ 60Hz starts at 3,299 yuan ($503), and will be available for pre-sale on December 21, 2020, on Huawei Mall and major e-commerce authorized platforms. It will be officially launched on December 26.

Huawei Smart Screen S 65″ is priced at 4999 yuan (~$763) while the Smart Screen S Pro 65″ is priced at 5699 yuan (~$870). Finally, the Smart Screen S 75″ is priced at 6999 yuan (~$1068) and the Smart Screen S Pro 75″ carries a price tag of 7999 yuan (~$1221). The large-size versions will officially go on sale for the first time on January 8, 2021.

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Huawei has officially announced that it would launch a new smart screen product on December 21. The company released a teaser poster which shows that the smart screen will among other things, usher in the ability to change the channel without the remote control.

Previous rumors had hinted that the Chinese tech giant was planning to announce a smart screen before the end of the month. A tipster also added that the product to be released in an entry-level device dubbed Huawei Smart Screen S series. The product is said to feature a 55-inch display size with a 60Hz refresh rate. The smart TV will also have 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage onboard.

In April this year, Huawei released a new smart screen V55i, equipped with AI smart eyes, support for Huawei Share smart multi-screen, Huawei Sound smart audio, and other functions. After that, in May, Honor released the Honor Smart Screen series, offering three versions of 65-inch, 55-inch, and 50-inch. We believe the new Smart Screen S series will also be available in different sizes.

Huawei also disclosed at the end of September that the Huawei Smart Screen will be the first batch of terminal products to upgrade to the new HarmonyOS 2.0. In October this year, Huawei’s smart screen series started to recruit for the new version of smart screen UX 2.0.

It is reported that the UX 2.0 user interface will bring functions similar to the operating system of smartphones to smart screen products, such as the pull-down notification center, which can more conveniently set some functions and parameters of the TV. UX 2.0 will also add multi-tasking and multi-device control.

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