I’ll be the first to admit that when smart watches first came onto the scene I wasn’t all that bothered about them. I wear watches because I like them, not because they’re absolutely necessary to know what time it is. Obviously, quite a few years have gone by and the technology has kept on improving. So when Huawei sent me their new “Watch GT 4” I decided to try it on for size. Especially because GT series is a kind of tribute to Gran Turismo cars, so these watches are about speed, about aesthetics and about engineering miracles. Everything I do love!
I suppose what bothered me most about things like the Apple Watch is that it looked like a miniature tablet on a strap, but thankfully due to advances in the way they can make AMOLED screens these days and thanks to classical advanced design this Huawei watch manages to look like an actual… watch. Not only that, it feels like one too when you’re wearing it. In fact the strap (made of recycled composite materials, which shows their eco-friendly approach) is soft and supple which with the overall low weight of the device makes this watch the comfiest thing I’ve worn on my left wrist, like, ever. I do still like my mechanical watches of course, the pieces of jewellery that they are, but I can’t pretend like I didn’t like the sheer comfort of the GT 4 watch.
The next step of course was to pair it with my Android phone (it’s also compatible with iOS devices) which was a simple enough exercise once I got the latest version of the Huawei Health app. I never found the need to be any more connected to my phone than I already was, but truth be told on those moments that I didn’t have my phone on my person it was awfully convenient to get notifications, messages and incoming calls. In fact, this watch could do pretty much whatever mobile phones used to do before turned into cameras that you could type on and make calls with. But now in a way, way smaller package.
