It offers location tracking via GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, Galileo and QZSS – an impressive range of satellite constellations that help pinpoint your location even in built-up areas, remote locales, or near steep rock faces that create a reduced line of sight between you and the open sky. In terms of design, the Huawei Watch 3 is a big departure from the chunky Watch 2, instead bearing more than a passing resemblance to the Watch GT with a large, glossy face, minimal bezels, and glass that curves at the edges to meet the case. There's no eSIM, so you can't use this feature without your handset, but it's extremely simple to use and particularly helpful in emergencies.

It’s a very similar tool to the adaptable training plans in Garmin Connect, and both tools analyze your weekly running data and tweak your training plan on the fly accordingly. The recommended operating temperature ranges from 0° C to 35° C, which means that in winter, in severe frost, it is better to hide it under a jacket. Unfortunately, the number of available s for the Watch GT 3 at the time of testing was 26, most of which seemed to me to be of little use, with the exception, perhaps, of the calculator and Petal Maps.

The unit will be supplied in its original retail packaging or will have been professionally plain boxed. Huawei makes every effort at the time of publication to ensure the accuracy of product information it provides. The built-in loudspeaker does not provide loud sound, but for a quiet place, for example, at home, it is enough. The Huawei Watch GT 3 is an attractive smartwatch with a bright AMOLED touchscreen display, set in a lightweight stainless steel and plastic case.

Connecting the watch is a simple matter of creating an account (if you don’t already have one), entering a PIN from the watch face for verification, and granting it the necessary permissions. There’s also a nice social element to the mapping if want to share your latest route with members of your running club – with a couple of taps in the Huawei Health app, you can create a video that plays back your route as a video, ready to send via your messaging app of choice.We always take calorie burn measurements from wearable devices with a grain of salt, but the figures recorded by the Huawei Watch 3 matched a Garmin Instinct Solar. There is a ring around the dial that shows the heart rate zones that allow you to evaluate the effectiveness of your training, as well as a virtual partner for the race. While the previous models up to the Huawei Watch GT 2 still ran with Google Wear OS or Lite OS, the Watch 3 comes with a new, in-house operating system. If you're aiming to run your first race, or want some guidance getting started, the Watch GT 3's training plans and post-workout feedback will give you a good starting point. We can see a lot of potential in the Watch 3; the hardware is very impressive, and its excellent display would lend itself very well to on-screen navigation, as well as guided workouts with animated instructions.

The temperature measurement is the same as in previous models for measuring the surface of the skin.When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. This OS really improves on the GT 3 compared to its predecessor, although the user interface will look familiar. One feature unique to Huawei’s app is the ‘Healthy Living Shamrock’, which is a clover-shaped diagram with leaves representing different goals – step count, mood (breathing exercises) and sleep.