The Honor Watch GS Pro is a “rugged” smartwatch.\u00a0It has the military standard certification IL-STD-810G, is protected from the elements, operates in extreme conditions and withstands pressure at depths up to 50 meters.\u00a0Aiming at the energetic friends of gymnastics, sports and the “outside”, it is a massive -although not heavy- smartwatch that does not go unnoticed – if combined with a business \/ business casual look, then the contrast “stands out”.<\/p>\n
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With a diameter of 48 mm, the front is dominated by a screen of 1.39 inches.\u00a0Its rim is reminiscent of a diving watch, although it does not rotate here.\u00a0On the right we have two keys: the top works as home while the bottom is programmable freely.\u00a0At the back we find four sensors, two pogo pins for charging and the speaker.\u00a0It is worth mentioning that despite the position of the latter, the sound sounded quite clear and in no case muted, while we were wearing it.<\/p>\n
The quality of construction, however, is absolutely satisfactory.\u00a0Its body is made of reinforced polycarbonate material with the rim and keys being stainless steel.\u00a0The strap that consists of two parts offers a good fit without disturbing the wrist and is made of rubber except for the blue version which is made of knitted nylon thread.\u00a0Speaking of colors, let’s say that the watch comes in three: black, white and blue.<\/p>\n
Screen<\/strong><\/p>\n As mentioned above, the front of the Honor Watch GS Pro is dominated by the 1.39 inch touch screen.\u00a0It is an AMOLED type, with a resolution of 454×454 pixels at 326 ppi, has a highly satisfactory brightness and such contrast levels, which make its use outdoors extremely comfortable, even during a sunny day.\u00a0In fact, its performance – as well as its dimensions and features – were similar to that of the Huawei Watch GT 2e.<\/p>\n In terms of response, of course, we can not say that we were excited – although both the processor and the operating system of the watch played a role in this.\u00a0In any case, the result was that in many cases we had to double-tap the screen to select something, while in some others that involved a series of steps, the clock was typically slow to move forward, making our lives unnecessarily difficult.<\/p>\n Functions – Performance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Honor Watch GS Pro comes with the Kirin A1, 32 MB RAM and 4 GB ROM of which 2 GB are available to the user.\u00a0It is equipped with a series of sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, barometer, ambient light, optical heart rate sensor), GPS, Bluetooth 5.1, microphone and speaker.\u00a0NFC is not supported and is compatible with Android and iOS (versions 5.0 and 9.0 or later), although you will need a Honor or Huawei smartphone to enjoy its full range of features.\u00a0In this case you will be able to use it to take photos from your smartphone.<\/p>\n Its operating system is Huawei LiteOS, something that as we mention in every presentation of the company’s smartwatch, is a disadvantage.\u00a0On the one hand, it limits the possibilities of the watch, as it offers zero interaction with its notifications and does not accept applications such as e.g.\u00a0a smartwatch that runs watchOS or Wear OS, while on the other hand, its delayed response when navigating menus, running its built-in apps and switching between them, makes its user experience significantly more difficult.<\/p>\n Where the Honor Watch GS Pro does well, however, is in outdoor activities, as it is able to monitor and record data for 100 different types.\u00a0From the usual such as running, rowing, walking and cycling, to the most extreme types of skiing, boxing, yoga and paragliding.\u00a0In fact, for each of them, the clock measures different elements, depending on the type of activity. The built-in speaker performs unexpectedly well.\u00a0Of course, do not imagine anything shocking, just given that we are talking about a speaker on a clock, we were pleasantly surprised.\u00a0In practice, however, it was completely useless to us since it was not able -obviously- to replace the wireless headphones. [thescore]<\/p>\n A suggestion for those who exercise a lot and often, the Honor Watch GS Pro ultimately has too many similarities with Huawei Watch GT 2 and GT 2e. The measurements were quite accurate (although we noticed small deviations in the steps), the data he was able to record matched the activity while autonomy may not have approached the levels announced by Honor, but it was extremely satisfactory, of the best in the category. The icing on the cake is its virtually autonomous operation with the built-in memory and the smart use of GPS.<\/p>\n The problem lies in the price \/ performance ratio which is below average. Priced at around \u20ac 250, the Honor Watch GS Pro is significantly more expensive than both the Huawei Watch GT 2 \/ 2e and the Honor MagicWatch 2, and considering its features and capabilities, we find it difficult to understand why. The fitness enthusiast has other options and given the similarities between the Huawei and Honor proposals, it is perfectly expected to come up with the ones that will offer the most at the lowest possible cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Honor Watch GS Pro is a combination of the Huawei Watch GT 2 and Honor MagicWatch 2. Given the relationship between the two companies\u00a0 of course the above is not particularly surprising. 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\nYou will be able to send your data to Google Fit and Apple Health through Huawei Health, however it is not possible to communicate with other apps (Strava, Runtastic, Runkeeper etc.).\u00a0One feature we found quite interesting was the Route Back, thanks to which our watch showed the shortest way back to where we started our exercise, without the need for a smartphone.\u00a0In fact, in combination with the memory and the songs that you can store in it, you can easily go for your walk without even taking your smartphone with you.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to Honor, the watch battery has a capacity of 790 mAh, offering a range of 25 days.\u00a0As impressive as this sounds, it does not correspond to reality, since to achieve this performance, you have to use the clock just to control the time – an unrealistic scenario.\u00a0By activating one by one the functions of the Honor Watch GS Pro (GPS, TruSleep, pulse measurement, music playback, notification control, SpO2 measurements, etc.) the autonomy is expectedly reduced, reaching in our case about two weeks – a very satisfactory performance.\u00a0Charging the Honor smartwatch is completed in about two hours.<\/p>\nConclusion<\/h3>\n