Huawei recently unveiled their Band 8 fitness tracker. This device blurs the line between fitness tracking and smartwatch with 100 workout modes and an OLED display measuring 1.47-inches diagonal.
This device boasts a long battery life, so there’s no need for frequent charging sessions. Available alongside Nova 11 series on April 17, it is both affordable and features premium design features.
Specifications
Huawei’s Smart Band 8 offers many features that make it ideal for fitness enthusiasts, such as its 1.47-inch AMOLED display, Always On function support and 5ATM water resistance rating. Furthermore, its built-in rechargeable battery can last for 14 days on one charge!
Huawei has introduced their lightest and slimmest fitness tracker yet: at just 14 grams and 8.99mm thin design, making it their lightest and slimmest fitness tracker ever. Boasting an attractive appearance that’s sure to catch people’s eyes as they pass by, its black or white frames come equipped with straps made of TPU, silicone or nylon according to user preference.
The Huawei Smart Band 8 offers an array of fitness tracking features, such as Huawei’s TruSleep 3.0 sleep monitoring algorithm and support for over 100 video exercises and automatic blood oxygen detection. Furthermore, it features a Sleep Improvement Plan to analyze sleeping patterns and provide suggestions for improvement while offering built-in microphone support across Android and iOS devices.
Design
Huawei Smart Band 8 is their lightest and slimmest fitness tracker to date, boasting an attractive design and rich functional color display with ample features like sleep monitoring. Plus, there are 100 sports modes that you can track fitness with it!
This device is constructed of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, making it very lightweight. Without its strap it weighs just 17 grams – one gram lighter than its predecessor, the Huawei Band 7. Additionally, its 1.47″ OLED display offers more than 10,000 dials on an always-on display.
This screen features a slightly curved long axis and boasts a resolution of 368×194; it is easily operated using just one button and push-type quick release strap, and can detect ambient light levels to turn itself on automatically when it becomes darker outside. Furthermore, when swiped to the right it displays travel schedules and locations as well as timers, alarms, and other important data – plus its magical Night Black finish, Sakura Pink accents, Emerald Green hue and Vibrant Orange straps completes its capabilities.
Battery
Huawei Band 8 boasts an impressive 390mAh battery capacity – much larger than what most fitness trackers can manage! Huawei estimates this battery should provide three days and nights of life when used with all sensors active, and two weeks with always-on display turned off.
This device is water resistant up to 50 meters, equipped with TruSleep 3.0 sleep tracking and HUAWEI TruSeen 5.0 heart rate monitoring technologies, as well as 96 workout modes such as outdoor running, indoor cycling, pool swim and yoga practice. In addition, automatic blood oxygen detection, women’s health management and all-day stress monitoring features.
As a smartwatch, the Huawei Band 8 displays notifications from paired apps and supports short replies sent from your smartphone, such as emojis or text. You can select which apps can push notifications directly to the watch and adjust their content and order through its companion app. However, please note that due to lack of microphone and speaker on board this device it cannot make phone calls; however it can use GPS tracking from a compatible phone paired with it to record location data during exercise sessions such as running.
Performance
Huawei Band 8 improves upon its predecessor by providing more precise sleep tracking algorithms and enhanced health management features, along with smart access screens and new notification management features. While lacking an ambient light sensor or GPS capabilities may hinder fitness goals, these features shouldn’t necessarily hinder health goals for users looking for fitness tracker devices.
Huawei Band 8 comes equipped with numerous fitness tracking features and can monitor:
It comes equipped with 100 workout modes, such as running, swimming, cycling and rock climbing. It can track heart rate, calories burned and distance traveled for each user; automatic blood oxygen detection; women’s health management and all-day stress monitoring is supported as well as its impressive battery life of 14 days between charges; charging fully takes approximately 45 minutes making this an excellent device to bring anywhere you go!
Shape
Huawei Band 8 fitness tracker is an accessible and premium experience fitness tracker with an incredible 14 day battery life – ideal for busy lifestyles on the move.
Huawei Band 8 is lightweight and features an ergonomic wrist strap. It boasts an AMOLED display with vivid colors and high contrast, with over 10 watch faces available to personalize its appearance to your tastes.
The Smart Band 8 is tailored for fitness enthusiasts and features advanced health features to track heart rate, steps, calories burned and distance traveled as well as sleep and stress monitoring capabilities. In addition to this, it can act as a wallet with its display capability displaying schedules or information directly onto its screen; additionally it comes equipped with an always-on display to quickly access important details.