Huawei Watch GT 5
Huawei’s best mid-range offering so far thanks to accurate tracking and measurements
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Huawei’s latest mainstream smartwatch comes in 41mm and 46mm sizes, both of which are cheaper than their counterparts from Apple, Google and Samsung. First impressions are fantastic: the stainless-steel case looks less like a modern smartwatch and more like something a stylish grandparent might have worn. On the right-hand side you’ll find the crown and the secondary function button; these are set well apart from each other to avoid any accidental operation, and the angled positioning of the crown keeps it neatly out of the way.
In practice, I rarely reached for either of the physical controls: the touchscreen works so well, and the interface so intuitively designed, that they’re hardly necessary. The face is a beautiful 1.43in AMOLED colour screen that’s big, bright and impressively fingerprint-resistant.