The Huawei Band 7 is for those who want a smartwatch that’s small enough to wear every day, that can charge for a long time and cover all the essential functions. And the fact that it won’t break the bank makes it all the more interesting.
What makes the Huawei Band 7 so impressive?
It’s the long list of features that it manages to fit into this price tag. Water resistant to 50 meters, weighs only 16 grams, supports 96 workout modes, tracks heart rate, blood oxygen and sleep, displays notifications, and has up to 14 days of battery life. But most importantly, it’s a wearable that’s so comfortable you’ll forget to wear it on your wrist for hours on end. The Huawei Band 7 comes in a simple box with a proprietary magnetic charger.
hardware
The Huawei Band 7 is very light, but also very strong. The light weight is achieved by not using any metal on the case, which Huawei claims is made of a polymer material. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the case itself is metal, though, as it makes a very reasonable impression.
There’s a 1.47-inch AMOLED display with 194×368 pixels on the front. The rectangular shape makes the display appear larger than it is, and the viewing experience is great. Vibrant colors and great contrast. Even on the most intense sunny day, the display is very bright. However, there is no automatic maximum brightness option. There’s a setting to dim the display at night, which is a great feature for those planning to wear the Band 7 to sleep and use its sleep tracking features.
There’s also the all-important always-on display, with your choice of five dials, four digital and one analog. The glass at the top of the display curves slightly from top to bottom, and the screen ends on a bevel that meets the bezel for a comfortable, edgeless touch experience.
Software, Fitness and Sleep Tracking, Battery Life
The Huawei Band 7 runs a real-time operating system that provides functionality on the home screen and doesn’t have any installable apps. It’s not very smart in the sense that you can’t easily extend its functionality.
Instead, the watch screen acts as your app. By default, you’ll see screens for heart rate, SpO2 readings, weather, music controls, and activity widgets. You can choose which screens are displayed and reorder them, but oddly it’s not done through the screens themselves. You’ll need to go into the settings menu to complete. Another annoying thing is that you can’t change the function of the side buttons, nor can you add a long-press action.
The Huawei Health app is available through the Play Store, but once you’re set up, Huawei will prompt you to download the latest version from its website. There is also an iOS app.
10 watch faces and over 4000 are pre-installed via the Health app. Most are of good quality. But the lack of functionality also translates into simplicity. Once you set up the Huawei Band 7 or get used to its default state, it does a great job of showing you what you want to see.
You can have the Band 7 show notifications from every app, but you can only return answers in some apps.
Fitness tracking is very powerful.
There are 96 workout modes at your disposal, covering everything this reviewer does. You can get detailed analysis during your workout. There’s a nifty graph that tells you how engaged you are based on your heart rate.
Let’s talk battery life.
Huawei claims a typical usage time of up to 14 days. We had 8 days of heavy usage, about 5 days with notifications on, always-on display enabled, and 4 workouts. The other 3 days, the Band 7 is set to wake the screen and notifications are off. There is no doubt that if you only use it as a watch, the Huawei Band 7 will last almost 14 days, or even a full 14 days.
>>>>>>>>>>>Huawei battery