If you have a smartwatch, you know you can use it, for example, to listen to music while working out. But you need headphones for this. Huawei's latest flagship — which was just announced and went on sale for the first time on March 1 — means you don't have to worry if you forget your headphones.
Because Huawei Watch Buds, as the new watch is called, has a pair of earbuds inside. Yes, nuts in an hour, yes?
The watch, which is not too deep from the screen to the back compared to other smartwatches, has a flip-up screen. It snaps into place with a magnet and when you open it, the first surprise is a thin screen. The second surprise is the content. There are two docking stations, one on each side of the center section, that house batteries and electronics.
And cymbals have two small headphones. The headphones are shaped like bullets, but with rubber tips instead of gunpowder inside, smaller. They come in three earcup sizes that provide decent noise isolation, although the larger earcups may not fit particularly large ear holes.
The idea of this wonderful invention is that you will never be without headphones, and when you are done listening, you will be able to avoid losing them in your bag (as many of us did, without thinking about returning our AirPods) because they can go directly back to the watch where they can recharge.
Huawei doesn't want to skimp on either the watch or the headphones. The watch has a steel body and an AMOLED display, and the magnetic clasp is designed to look like a pocket watch when opened, adding magic to the experience. The headphones attach to a magnet below the screen, and the charging mechanism is designed so that you can flip the headphones back to the watch at any angle and they will continue to charge. Oh, and while regular in-ear headphones are labeled left and right and have different shapes, the earbuds here are the same shape and reshape each time you put them back on. In other words, even if you put the right earpiece in the left compartment, when you pull it out again, they will automatically switch audio channels.
While the watch does get power, Huawei promises three days of use with the smartwatch on a single charge. Power saving mode, in which the headphones do not charge and turn off, is valid for up to seven days.
The watch has heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, blood oxygen saturation determination and 80 sports modes.
The headphones have active noise cancellation technology and even what Huawei calls adaptive ear channel technology, where the microphone listens to changes in sound in the ear and adjusts output accordingly. You can also use it for phone calls.
I mean, I still think it's a bit crazy, but it's definitely an innovation and Huawei tried to avoid compromises in both devices.
The Huawei Watch Buds are available for pre-order today and cost $544 (£449.99). It goes on sale from March 1.
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