“The owner of the new product will be able to monitor blood pressure and stress levels” – Kommersant FM

Kommersant FM columnist Alexander Levi talks about what health indicators smart watches can track and how long they can work on one charge.

The etymology of the abbreviation GT – Gran Turismo – implies a long journey. The Huawei GT series of smartwatches is already in its fifth generation. I found out what adventures you can go on with this new product while testing the green GT4 model. In total, the new line includes four versions with a 46 mm octagonal base and three round versions with a diameter of 41 mm. I am sure that few people will argue with the fact that these standard sizes can be called male and female. Especially if you evaluate the entire design as a whole.

Despite the pronounced classic watch motifs of the test version, Huawei GT 4 felt like sports or even camp. First of all, thanks to the olive-colored strap. Its base, which is very similar in tactile qualities to silicone, is covered on top with small woven fibers. They are made from recycled plastic waste, two-thirds of which comes from the ocean. That is, they are green not only in color.

Returning to the idea of ​​borrowing GT in naming, I can assure you that long-distance travel with the new Huawei product is possible. In the most economical mode, the watch can last up to two weeks on one charge. I consider this case to be extreme or laboratory. The pleasant Amoled display encourages the use of watch faces with screensavers and detailed interface settings. And this is no more than eight days. If you regularly monitor sports activity, the period will decrease even more. But even in the hottest mode, GT 4 will last more than two days.

In the sports package, the user receives satellite tracking, protection from dust and moisture according to the IP68 standard, dozens of types of training, tracking of activity rings, pulse, altitude, pace, heart rate. Huawei developers developed the theme of health not only in the sports aspect. The owner of the new product will be able to monitor body temperature, blood pressure, stress levels, and oxygen levels in the blood.

I would also like to note the feature for tracking sleep and breathing. The first allows you to rethink the quality of rest, the second can identify life-threatening deviations. In other words, if you want to understand in detail and in detail exactly how wrong you are living as an organism, then Huawei GT 4 is one of the successful companions in this matter. In addition, the watch is not tied to a platform – it works with both Android and iOS. In the first case, the connection is more elaborate, but functionally these are equivalent options.