The Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro is a classier version of the Watch GT 2 with a few other improvements. With over a higher build quality, great battery life, 100 assisted workouts, GPS, and onboard music storage, it’s definitely a watch fitness enthusiasts will want to consider.
The size, thickness, and weight of the Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro are quite nice, and it’s definitely comfortable to wear all the time. Slightly bigger than the GT 2, it does look a bit classier and less sporty. An inverted triangle indicator is at the top of the dial with silver lines printed on it at the hour positions. On the side are two buttons: power and function. Between the buttons, just below the casing, is where the speaker resides with the microphone on the opposite side. On the back of the watch, you’ll see an array of four sensors. The sensors allow the watch to take your heart rate and oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels.
The main differences between the Watch GT 2 Pro and the Watch GT 2 are in the lugs, the material used, the printing on the face, and the size. The lugs on the GT 2 are pronged, while on the GT 2 Pro are a solid piece. The Pro version is also constructed from Titanium instead of Stainless Steel. The face printing is right on the Sapphire Glass surface on the GT 2 Pro but on an exterior, non-movable bezel surrounding the GT 2 display. Finally, the GT 2 Pro is 0.8mm wider, 0.7mm thicker, and 11g heavier than the GT 2.
There are two different watch straps available for the Watch GT 2 Pro: fluoroelastomer strap or leather strap.
When it comes to display and hardware, a lot is the same as it was before. Well, mostly. The Pro has a similar round and bright OLED panel on the front which - compared to many other smartwatches - has a high-resolution and therefore pixel density. That means finer details visible in watch faces, but also that colours are vibrant and easy to see when you're outside.
It activates automatically when you raise your wrist, or you can enable one of the handful of 'standby' screens - which are essentially always-on watch faces that update every minute, rather than showing second-by-second animations. When activated it does cut into the epic battery life on offer though, so that's worth considering.
Being quite a large display it's great for reading data when you're out running or working out too. That's one element we've always liked about Huawei's smartwatch platform: you get lots of data that's easy to read and doesn't ever feel like the display is getting too cluttered.
As far as battery life goes, the GT 2 Pro is as good as you'll get from a watch with a proper colour screen on it. Huawei claims you can get up to two weeks - and we weren't far off that in our daily use. Depending on how many activities we tracked and how long those sessions were, the watch could go between 10-14 days between charges.
Huawei's operating system on its watches is lacking a little in interactivity. The low refresh-rate display means animations aren't the smoothest, while the basic level of notification support means you can't reply and react to messages from your phone like you can with the Galaxy Watch 3 or Wear OS watches. But that's a compromise made to lengthen the battery life.
Where Huawei excels is in fitness tracking data. The latest version of Huawei's health offering, as found in the GT 2 Pro, has more than 100 different activity tracking modes and - while some of those offer more basic data than others, it's still an impressive list.
Huawei now has an offline navigator built into the various outdoor/trail walking and running activity modes. That means it can help you find your way back if you've lost your way a bit and just need to return to your starting point.
Add to that an outdoor assistant which shows you sunrise/sunset times as well as tide times, moon phases and weather warnings. All in all, that means you have an accomplished tool for staying safe and aware when you're out in the wild.
With all of this combined with a new heart-rate sensor - dubbed TruSeen 4.0+ - it means that your physical activity and exertion is going to be more accurately tracked than before too. The LED lights that shine to enable the feature are brighter than before, while the power efficiency has been improved at the same time. Huawei has also brought in some machine learning capabilities to make computing that data more accurate too.
Overall, for those who want a smart sports watch that tracks all the sessions they could wish for, with good levels of data and a battery life that's unrivalled in a colour-screen device, the Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro an ideal option.
