Huawei’s latest watch is a jab at the Apple Watch Ultra

You don’t should be Sherlock Holmes to determine the place Huawei obtained the inspiration for its newly introduced Watch Final. It’s clearly Huawei’s not-so-subtle reply to the Apple Watch Extremely, and now, we all know that similarity extends to the value tag, too. Beginning tomorrow, the Final will retail within the UK and Europe for €749 / £700 for the “expedition black” colorway and €899 / £800 for the voyage blue model.

When you missed information of the Watch Final, it’s doubtless as a result of the corporate at the moment has no plans to launch the system within the US. (That Huawei ban remains to be kicking in 2023.) Whereas the corporate as soon as had a good foothold within the wearable market, the ban has since restricted its attain to US audiences for all however probably the most devoted of customers. That stated, right here’s a fast rundown of the options.

Each single one in every of these is a function Apple launched on the Extremely, however to be honest, the Final is totally different sufficient which you could’t name it a full knockoff. That’s at the least evident within the design, which hews a lot nearer to conventional mechanical watches. There are variations inside the specs and supplies as nicely. The Watch Final, for example, makes use of a “zirconium-based liquid metallic case” which it claims is 4.5 instances stronger and a pair of.5 tougher than stainless-steel. It’s not titanium, not like the Extremely, however the implication of maximum ruggedness is similar. (It’s additionally, clearly, not liquid.) Each have nanotech ceramic bezels and sapphire glass on the LTPO OLED shows.

Huawei can be eager to one-up Apple in some areas. Just like the Extremely, the Watch Final has been EN13319-certified, which is the usual for diving gear. However whereas Apple doesn’t advocate dives past 40 meters, Huawei says the Watch Final can go all the way down to 110 meters and helps technical and free dives along with leisure dives.

Battery life can be for much longer. Huawei claims the Watch Final can rise up to 2 weeks off a single cost, although it didn’t get into what parameters it used to reach at that estimate. As at all times with smartwatches, your battery mileage will range with utilization. That stated, Huawei famous that customers can go from zero to 100% battery in 60 minutes and 25 % in 10 minutes.

Huawei’s proprietary OS doesn’t have probably the most strong app ecosystem, however there may be some enchancment on that entrance, too. Huawei says that customers will now have the ability to use Strava, Komoot, and Runtastic third-party integrations. It’s not fairly the identical as having the app in your wrist, but it surely makes sharing information between these companies a lot simpler.

No matter how you’re feeling about Huawei, the Watch Final is the closest competitor to the Apple Watch Extremely in a single smartwatch — at the least on paper. Garmin has a number of choices, just like the Epix 2 and Fenix 7 lineup, however these are extra rugged health watches than aspirational luxurious smartwatches. It’d be good if everybody had extra choices on that entrance, however should you’re within the US, there’s no official option to get the watch by US retailers. In any other case, you’ll doubtless have to attend to see what Samsung and different Put on OS watchmakers have up their sleeves.