Compare Huawei smartwatches

Which Huawei smartwatch is right for you?

Huawei has built up its range in tiers, from a simple strap that tracks your activity to a watch you can take diving with. The shape usually gives away what a model is designed for: rectangular and slim suggests sport and everyday use, whilst round and chunky points to more sensors and sturdier materials. So don’t start with the most expensive model, but ask yourself how much you want to know from your watch.

How do Huawei smartwatches really differ?

• Band: the slimmest and lightest design, intended to be worn and forgotten; relies on your phone for GPS
• Watch Fit: a rectangular screen on a flat watch, focused on sport and daily tracking without a bulky case on your wrist
• Watch GT: the round all-rounder and the centrepiece of the range, with the longest stated battery life, the widest range of sizes and a separate running model
• Watch D: the exception in the range: a watch that measures your blood pressure using an inflatable cuff in the strap
• Watch Ultimate: the top-of-the-range model: a diving watch made from the most robust materials and offering the highest water resistance

The basic features across Huawei’s range are remarkably similar. Virtually every model in this overview measures your heart rate, blood oxygen levels, stress levels and sleep, and everything is managed via a single app: Huawei Health. Long battery life isn’t exclusive to the more expensive models either. What you do need to look out for is which sensors are included as you move up the range, how robust the case is and, above all, which phone you’re using.

Fitness tracker or smartwatch: what’s the difference?

A fitness tracker is narrower, lighter and cheaper, and essentially measures the same things: steps, heart rate, sleep and workouts. What you lose out on is built-in GPS (the Huawei Band uses your phone’s GPS), screen size and the space for extra sensors such as an ECG. If you want to go for a run without your phone, your choice starts with the Watch Fit. You can see all the activity trackers at a glance under fitness trackers.

What does a Pro version offer?

The Huawei Watch GT and Watch Fit ranges each have a Pro version alongside the standard model, and that extra cost generally delivers roughly the same benefits: a sturdier titanium alloy case instead of steel or aluminium, sapphire crystal instead of toughened glass, and an additional sensor or certification. This usually involves ECG monitoring and certification for free diving to a depth of 40 metres in accordance with the EN 13319 standard. Free diving refers to diving on a single breath; this certification is not intended for scuba diving. The metrics you use on a daily basis, such as heart rate, sleep and activity, are also available on the non-Pro version. If you don’t want an ECG and don’t go diving, with the Pro version you’re mainly paying for the materials.

Huawei runs on its own software: what does that mean for your phone?

Huawei watches do not run on Wear OS but on HarmonyOS, the manufacturer’s own operating system. They pair with Android phones of any make and with an iPhone, but the app that manages this, Huawei Health, is not available on the Google Play Store. On Android, you can download it via Huawei’s AppGallery or the manufacturer’s website; on an iPhone, simply download it from the App Store. That’s an extra step, not a barrier. On Android, make sure to download the app from Huawei itself: as Huawei Health isn’t available on the Play Store, any apps appearing there under that name aren’t from Huawei. You’ll also need a Huawei account to use Huawei Health.

The real limitation lies in what still works afterwards. When used with an iPhone, the notification options are more limited; you cannot reply to a message from your wrist; and the navigation features are not available. Installing additional apps is done via the AppGallery and is therefore not possible on an iPhone, and the same applies to contactless payments. Payments via Google Pay or Apple Pay do not work on these watches in any case, regardless of your phone; contactless payments on Huawei are handled via Curve Pay, a separate service with its own account that you link to your payment card and which has also been available in the Netherlands and Belgium since April 2026. Which models support this varies by range, so check the page for the model you’re considering. If you use an iPhone and want a watch that works seamlessly everywhere, Huawei isn’t the obvious choice; if you use Android, that caveat largely doesn’t apply.

Where battery life, materials and water resistance differ

With Huawei, battery life isn’t a simple yes or no, but a spectrum, and it doesn’t necessarily correlate with the price. Depending on your settings, a strap or a slim Watch Fit model will last around a week, whilst the larger, round Huawei Watch GT models last up to 12 days with normal use, according to Huawei. One of the most expensive watches in this round-up actually has a shorter battery life than the cheaper models: Huawei states that the Watch Ultimate 2 lasts for approximately 4.5 days with normal use and 11 days in power-saving mode. How much battery life you actually get depends on your screen settings and how much you train using GPS.

The materials used account for a large part of the price difference. At the lower end of the range, the case and glass are made of aluminium and toughened glass; moving up the range, stainless steel, titanium alloy, ceramic and sapphire crystal come into play. This isn’t just a matter of luxury: sapphire crystal is virtually scratch-resistant and titanium is lightweight for its strength. Water resistance increases as you move up the range. The watches in this overview can withstand swimming and showering; some models are certified for free diving to 40 metres, and according to Huawei, the Watch Ultimate 2 is rated to 150 metres. Furthermore, this top-of-the-range model can send pre-set messages underwater to another watch with the same function, within a radius of 30 metres; an emergency signal has a range of up to 60 metres.

What sets the Huawei Watch D apart

The Huawei Watch D is the only range that measures something the others cannot: blood pressure, using a genuine inflatable cuff integrated into the strap. This is not an estimate based on sensors, but an actual measurement. Huawei reports that the Watch D3 in the European Union is certified under the CE MDR, for single blood pressure readings, ambulatory monitoring and pre- and post-exercise measurements. If you’re considering this model, do so for that reason and not as an upgrade from a standard watch: in all other respects, a Watch GT is every bit as good as the Watch D.

You shouldn’t expect that level of accuracy from the other measurements on Huawei watches. Heart rate, blood oxygen levels, skin temperature and sleep stages are consumer metrics designed to help you spot trends, not to provide diagnoses.

Which model is right for whom?

The ranges side by side

*Relative price indication within this overview: more € symbols mean a higher price. See the overview above for current prices.