Long battery life, faster GPS

Review: Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro - Enhanced multitasker

The new smartwatch from Huawei stands out with support for both iPhone and Android phones, long battery life, and improved sensors that actually make a difference.

Published 9 December 2025 - 16:27

Huawei makes watches that often combine smart health and sports functions with a look reminiscent of classic watches. The GT 6 series comes in several different sizes and designs, with various types of straps, from metal in different forms through black rubber to vegan leather or bands with combinations of fabric and rubber. My test sample is the latter, which is also the best both for comfort reasons and to give the watch's sensors the best possible fit against the skin.

When I start the watch for the first time, the watch face has a colour and appearance that matches the strap it comes with. This makes me keep that watch face, but not without first exploring the other options available. You can choose from a range of different watch faces directly on the watch, all with different styles and appearances and varying degrees of integrated information about, for example, my achieved health goals for the day, steps, weather, and so on. Then, if I go to the Huawei Health app on the phone, there are more to choose from, both free and those you have to pay for.

Faster and more accurate positioning without waiting time

Even though the watch does not introduce any completely new sensors compared to before, but “only” improved existing ones and refined the algorithms, I notice a difference in my first workout. I have been told for each new generation of watches that the positioning is a number of percent more accurate, without me noticing any real difference. I think most watches, with few exceptions when I compare, are good enough. Often, there are only a few steps per kilometre when I compare the distance for the run with different watches' GPS. I have now also been explained that the figures about better GPS precision are theoretical and not necessarily noticeable for us users.

This time, however, I notice an improvement compared to previous generations of watches. With the Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro, it is significantly faster at the start of each workout for the GPS to find the position. Instead of being forced to wait, I can now just start the workout, and it takes a few seconds to get the correct position. I can also confirm this when I look at the route on the map afterwards, that it finds the right spot directly without incorrect deviations.

The most common forms of exercise to measure for those using a smartwatch are probably walking, running, cycling, and gym workouts. For cycling, Huawei now has a new feature that improves the information while you cycle. Instead of letting go of the handlebars and looking at the watch's screen, you can have all the information presented in real-time on the phone's screen, and if you have mounted the phone on the handlebars, you have a phone with a built-in bike computer. Additionally, the watch has improved support for connecting external sensors, such as heart rate bands and meters on the bike for even more collected data. For golf, the watch is particularly useful because you can download course maps and get detailed information directly, such as distances hole by hole.

In addition to the ability to measure the most popular sports, the watch has significantly more, 100 in total, and in the list, I see the most unusual ones, for example, jazz dance, tai chi, darts, swinging, and padel. So there is everything from the most common sports to more unusual choices. The risk of not finding your sport is minimal, and if you think outside the box, there is general measurement that keeps track of your heart rate and activity regardless of the sport.

Health, training, notifications, and analysis

On the side of the Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro, there are two physical buttons, and they are used together with the touchscreen to control the functions. You can both press and rotate the upper button. You then rotate to smoothly scroll through lists or among apps. There is an app store, but the selection there is limited, so for functionality, you largely rely on the apps that are already in the watch from the start.

These include a wide range to keep track of your health in many different aspects. Connected to your heart, the watch measures heart rate, arterial stiffness, blood oxygen level, and ECG. At regular intervals, I get a reminder on my mobile to measure just ECG, but thankfully the watch never finds any deviation.

Of course, the watch can show you app notifications from the mobile, and if you have an Android phone, you can also reply to some of them, depending on the app, with a built-in keyboard on the watch's screen, quick replies, or just a simple emoji. Android users also have the option to load music files from the phone to the watch to listen directly via wireless headphones during the workout, without needing to have the mobile with them. The Watch GT 6 series does not support e-sim, and neither replying to app notifications nor loading music is possible if you use an iPhone instead of Android.

Otherwise, the support for different functions is similar, and the app that manages everything from settings to analysis and presentation of conclusions about health and training is available for both Android and iPhone. In the app, but also in the watch's apps, I get an overview of completed workouts as well as reports on trends and what you can do to, for example, sleep better or be more effective in training and recovery.

In addition to training and health, as well as music and notifications, the watch has functions that help you keep track. This includes voice memos, alarms, timers, calendars, and calculators. If you wear the watch at night, it can also measure sleep, and this is an area where battery life is particularly noticeable. You don't need to charge the watch every day, far from it. When I test, an hour of running with GPS uses about four percent battery, and a whole night's sleep measurement takes only one percent of the battery capacity. I get over a week's battery life during my test period, but exactly how long it lasts for you depends, of course, on how much you use the watch and especially how often and long you train. During a day, the battery level usually drops by about 8-10 percent. Significantly better battery life, therefore, than, for example, the Apple Watch and watches with Android's Wear OS, but these Huawei watches also lack a wide range of apps, Spotify, e-sim support, mobile payments, and a number of other things that several competitors can boast about.

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