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it would be great if you also test watches after os updates because of algorithm changes could get better or get worse. in case of sleep tracking I hope it would be improved. anyway thank you for hard work and best reviews of whole internet) ❤
I just have to say what an amazing reviewer you are. You are the ONLY one that has accuracy/propper data to show, rather than just browsing through what the watch has to offer and subjective feeling about them. You deserve way more subs and I hope you keep doing what you do! Keep winning ma dude!
We need to add that almost none of wearables is able to have a useful sleep tracking. It's the greatest surprise when one of those shows an OK sleep tracking. Which why I gave up to consider that feature at all.
Dear Dr. Rob, you are doing exceptionally great in these reviews. The statistical data and the analysis you provide are astonishing. Wish you more success.
Could you do a new review of the watch, now, after one year, to see how it performs after the new updates? (I'm very interested if the sleep tracking has been improved) Thanks. Good stuff you're doing here, keep up the good work! 👍
The brands are finally having the courage to send you their devices. This is milestone that you've achieved, so I guess congrats are in order! :D If this becomes standard, you'll be quite busy reviewing loads of health/fitness tech, eheheh. Another great video, I have a Fenix 6x Pro and I'm a crazy person that's considering getting the GT3 Pro for the other wrist (and maybe a Whoop 4 to use on... my ankle? Eheh). Thanks, Rob!
This is possible if you have self confidence on your device. Huawei proved themselves in heart rate tracking with the previous devices, GT3 and GT Runner. So they are brave enough to lend Rob GT3 Pro. Still it needs improvement in sleep tracking, a feature they neglected a couple of generations. I think similar about Whoop 4. What makes it unique, it can be worn on different parts of the body. They even designed underpants to attached it. I guess I wouldn’t wear on the other wrist, don’t wanna look like a weirdo 😅 But I will wait for Whoop 5 anyway. They are good at sleep tracking but not as good in heart rate tracking in Rob’s reviews.
would be better if we can be sure that the one they send you to test is the same one we can buy in the market. im reallypissed about brands who cheats.
Love your work!! Thank you so much reviewing smart watch and their capabilities! I’m currently using Whoop 4.0 and looking for a watch to replace it due to the costly monthly membership. Your reviews are super helpful.
Gt3 pro is thinner and more comfort to wear than my gt2 pro. When running on treadmill, compare with my Polar H10 heart beat it is within 1 pulse diff (probably time lap). I bought it for measuring ECG, it is ok after first firmware upgrade.
Thank you very much for your work! In the last update of the GT3 Pro they activated the ECG functionality in all the devices. I await your video because I have cardiac irregularities and it is an interesting topic for me. Cheers !
I own a GT3 in the US and feel Huawei makes the best smartwatch products for what I care about. Bought mine off of eBay and had to create my Huawei ID using a VPN to get access to all of the features in the store. I haven't had any issues with the app, app store, or the watch itself. I don't use GPS, only care about total sleep tracked vs the stages, wanted a great HR tracker, and did not want to charge a watch every day or couple of days. While tracking roughly .5 - 1.5 hrs of workouts each day, I still get between 10-12 days of battery life. I came from a Charge 2 and did not like fitbits move to a subscription service. The only downside to my GT3 is the screen glass being scratched so easily. The premium build of the Pro version would be the only thing I would switch over for.
That was informative ... i am on fitbit charge 2 for 5 years without taking it off except charging it while showering. And i am planning to get GT3 pro for battery long life usage. May I ask if the sleeping accuracy is satisfactory as fitbit charge 2? Thanks in advance
@@gheithyan7174 I can only speak as a GT2 Pro user, but for me it is more than enough. As said in the video, it knows when you fall asleep and wake up and usually to the minute. When I wake up it gives me a sleep score and I have to say if I slept well (woke up and didn't feel tired) it gave me a higher sleep score, so for me that's more than enough. And I can only imagine that the GT3 Pro is even better.
Hi, great video as always. I would like to suggest that you review the Huawei watch D because it has a blood pressure reading ability and Im sure many people would love to know how accurate it is. Thanks.
Many thanks for your brilliant reviews! Did I get it right that gt 3, gt runner and gt 3 pro all have the same optical sensor? If it is true, they should all give similar precision in heart rate and ox saturation measurements. Howether, from your tests it is clearly seen that gt pro is more accurate that gt runner, while gt runner is more accurate than gt 3. Do you have any ideas abour why it happens? Can it be due to firmware differences?
Hey Rob! Thank you very much for your AMAZING review and work put on it. I was about to buy a Samsung Watch 5, and after watching your videos I learned a lot about these watches and opted for this Huawei. I feel like I dodged a bullet. Thank you very much! Greetings from Brazil.
Wow Rob, new subscriber here. Hit the subscription button after the first 4-5 minutes of the review. This high standard of yours should be the norm when it comes to reviews, what an awesome and thorough proper job you're doing, keep it up! 😎
You are genius tester for electronic device without too marketing. This testing data will give consumers a great insight before the purchasing. Thank you!
Hi Rob You said at the end that you recommend buying the gt 3 as it is cheaper. And are unsure if a update would change how it works as it has the same senses as the gt 3 pro. Im wondering if you could actually redo a test on the gt 3 to see if it has got better due to an update??
😅 Can't get over your thorough methodology and the comparisons you make to watches in the same range and overall comparison with all watches you tested the same features on...subscribed to you across all platforms you're on!
There's no mention of how it performs for swimming in your review. Except I missed it. It would be great to have that. You give great and detailed reviews by the way. My aim of watching this is to hear your thoughts on it for swimming
So smartwatches add newer and newer health features every year. ECG was already introduced by other brands a few years ago. GT3 and GT3 Pro can measure skin temperature, too. This is also a good metric worth comparing with a reference device. I have a request from you Rob. In the coming videos, can you also mention tracking frequency of the device on specific health metrics ? First of all, not all smartwatches offer continuous tracking. And if they do, they offer it with a specific frequency. For example, as a GT3 user, I can say that GT3 tracks heart rate, blood oxygen and skin temperature 7/24. But it tracks heart rate every 1 minute, blood oxygen every 10 minutes as long as your hand is still and skin temperature every 1 hour. I wonder if these frequencies changed with GT3 Pro. Tracking frequency is an valuable information that you usually don’t find in the device specs and you can only find it out after using it.
I have Huawei Gt3 pro and bought Fitbit inspire 3 cause your reviews sugested that it was better for Sleep tracking. I've been slepping with both for a week now and fitbit looks like garbage. The Huawei hits perfectly The time I Sleep and wake. The fitbit miss it by some minutes everytime and even stops to do mesurements of it if i stay wake for a about 20 minutes in the middle of early morning. Huawei NEVER miss it and starts to measure Sleep after I get back to Sleep. About the REM and deep Sleep they agree most of the time. I think you should Sleep with both again to see how better Huawei is.
Wow super impressive you're the first reviewer I've seen compare the watch answers to an actual medical device very important to me to see these real-world tests Bravo,👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽you fine sir have earned a new subscriber and 👍🏼
The oxygen tracking may work for normal people but not for people with conditions like central sleep apnea. Huawei seems to miss apnea events that are measured by fingertip pulse oximeters. Also seems to miss spiking heart rate of CSA.
@Rob, when you tested the stepcounts was the gt3 pro connected to huawei health app ? if so, the smartphone does the counting and it sends the counts to the smartwatch only to dispkay it ? or does the smartphone as well as the watch count independently and average the values??
You're the most favourite RUclips channel for me for scientific tests and I doubt if there are others who do something similar. I loved the review. If I may suggest, the heart rate light flashing was a little harsh for the eyes to see so if you could tone down and make it darker with exposure or something that would be relatively less painful to see and it kept flashing quite a bit during the video. I understand b roll but I just want the lights to be not so bright.
Incredible reviews, I wish more technical products receive this kind of review treatment. There's nothing better than controlled testing and this much data collection is much needed work. First parties (like Huawei here) should have their own internal testing released and third parties like yourself can verify it if needed.
Hi Rob, Thanks for your great review. How the GPS of the Pro compares please to the Runner? I've compared the Runner with AW7 and I don't get the same distance. Best
BRAVO for this detailed test, one of the most detailed I have seen so far. ;-) However, I think it would also have been good to mention among these "defects" the fact that this GT/GT PRO range does not offer airplane mode nor ANY WAY to turn off the Bluetooth while continuing to use it, which is annoying in an air or we are already bathed in too much EMF waves. and for athletes with break time (fitness) I find that 5 minutes is far too much as a minimum suggested between each break! forced to juggle with the timer started separately to have less than 5min (the same is not customizable we go from 1min to 3min) at this level an m430 polar is much better for time management!
Thank you so much for the quality of the review and all of your efforts! I finally decided, after hours of browsing your videos, to get myself one of these. Very happy with my choice and can't wait to receive it in a few days! :)
Looking forward to your review of Garmin Forerunner 255 if you are able to get it! GT3 Pro is still in my consideration but Garmin is pretty attractive.
I m proffessional athlete (national gymnast) , I m playing soccer , running and lifting trainings, except apple watches , whats the best smart watch for me ? Generally ı will use the watch for healt tracking and during the excersice
I think Huawei GT4 would do, it is slimmer and less heavier than the GT3 Pro. I owned GT2 Pro, GT3, Watch 3 Pro and an Apple watch 8. I bought GT3 Pro today, thats why I came back to review this video.
I recently bought the watch. Great watch but with one missing feature. Like all videos on this watch, the reviewer does not mention the watch cannot track calories while resting
Even thought I ordered GT3 Pro last night, but I wanted to go for Watch 3 first, also had option of Galaxy Watch 4 Classic (due to both having WiFi and eSIM, plus Classic 4 has more support). I tried to find out every comparison video and text, found out sensors are much more accurate on GT3 Pro, so went for it. But lets see how it works out once it arrives. If someone has more or better opinion on this please do let me know, will be grateful.
Good decision I returned g watch 4 because of v inaccurate hr readings and ordered gt3 pro today. Also own apple watch 7 which is v good but I don't want iphone so decided gt3 pro
@@ChrisKeyman Hi, so far so good, battery time is the best thing. Sensor readings are pretty accurate. One issue will be app notifications, I don't get messages for Teams or Outlook or calls on IMO etc
Hi Rob! What do you say about the algorithm certified by the Center for Dynamic Biomarkers at Harvard Medical School, TruSleep ™, which is in Huawei watches, trackers?
Hi Nurik! I think I read that paper a while ago, and there were some clear limitations. In the end, at least on me, the TruSleep algorithm does not do well.
Having used Huawei watches is USA, there are work arounds to installing apps. The easiest way is a VPN installed on your phone, and setting your Huawei ID to an address in overseas, matching VPN location to ID address. I tired UK and it allowed all access. Easy enough to try other countries
Once the watch is set up, it works fine shutting VPN off and set to the carriers location. In other words, you only need VPN / ID during set up. Afterwards, it functions just like any other non-sanctioned watch. (Using s21 ultra and s22 ultra here)
I'm not having any luck getting VPN to work. I'm in US and registered as UK resident, but when intry and use VPN, the VPN is using a stateside ip address, so getting ecg to function doesn't work.
I own the GT1 (Huawei) and Gt2 pro (Huawei too) , last firmware , app Huawei Health updated. In total it's been 4 years I'm using the Huawei ecosystem and smart watches . The Gt2 heart rate on the display is weird at rest. It might because I have an elevated bpm at rest (80-90), but it shows often 10bpm below compared to an omron BP. To be fair if you switch to display in full the heart ♥ panel, it correct it. 75bpm becomes in 1s 85bpm. The gt1 was accurate as a Swiss watch... But no Spo2 Sleep recording is very good. I own the dreem too, never used it more than a few weeks a long time ago. Spo2 on the Gt2 is innacurate idk why but at night, the most important time, a few hours are missing (no data), is it because I drop below dangerous levels ? I have no answers but it's possible because of sleep apnea.But it never recorded a Spo2 levels below -97% at the wrist. And since I did two polysmonography I know that my 0² sat can drop way below 80% for several minutes (the joy of obstructive sleep apnea blocking the airways, I have cpap machine). You're a good reviewer but I see a big issue. You're too healthy! 😅 As you must know there some poor patients who we can't at the hospital mesure the 0² levels at the fingers because their oxygen levels is so low and have fingers blue/black as charcoal ... So we have to mesure it through a catheter directly in an artery. Anyway, it's an extreme exemple, who happend rarely but you get my main complaint : you're too healthy It's good but I would like to see theses watches on subjects with obesity, sleep apnea, auricular fibrillation not treated, in unusual conditions. Just by your face (chin and dentistry ) I can already known that you don't do sleep apnea for exemple, and breathing by the nose. Anyway I don't know if I'm gonna switch to the GT3 pro given theses points. Thanks for the video, it's really a good method
I own a GT2 and last week I bought a GT3 pro and was inspired by your videos so today I used both of them during my 3h mountainbike tour simultaneously on the right and another on my left wrist. Each time I checked my wrists the heart rates were same or very similar. Strangely on the GT3 you reach the stages (aerob, anearob etc.) with the lower hear rate. The GT2 requires around 5-10 heart rates more for the next stage but as I said the heart rates were quite similar. At the end of the training one gave me a average heart rate of 149 and the other 151 and the curves, which I only checked on the watch screen seemed to be identical as well. Maybe GT2 already was a GREAT device for hart rate measurement which needs its own analysis by you :) And before I forgot it there was huge difference between the max and min. height I have reached.i don't remember exactly but one watch was telling something like 300m of maximum height whereas the other added at least 200m more and telling something around 500m. If interested I could send you the data on my huawei health app.
Thank you for the great review. One question I have: can you use this watch with polat h10? And can the watch use the GPS from the mobile phone, like a fitbit would? Because the watch alone can last just 3h with GPS. Thanks
mine worked okay until I tanned my wrist even though I have fairly white skin even now. After that I noticed my HR dropped dramatically during jogging. Now I have to wear it in the the other side of my wrist which is lighter. It gives 15-30% HRM difference compared to the other side which is huge variance..
Hi, I bought a huawei Watch GT3 recently and noticed it had tons of Sports mode. I wonder if it really matters you pick the right sport mode for sport tracking . For instance, the bike mode looks like the same as running or walking.
I don't know which to go for GT3 or Withings Scan Watch. Sleep seems disappointing on both. Scan Watch doesn't detect REM at all but has ECG now. I'm not very sporty any longer but I do have a heartbeat irregularity. My old Garmin band now needs charging daily and doesn't last 24 hours, it used to last 2 weeks (maybe it's all the notifications I get). It also doesn't have many features compared to any new watch. Scan Watch is £197 now so it is cheaper than GT3 but not as exciting.
Hey, the Huawei Watch Series is soon to be releasen, will you test it and if so when can we expect it? Your video certanly will influence with watch I'll pick
I have recently testest Google Pixel 2 vs GT3 PRO and the data looked somehow similar... but... I was surprised to see that GT3 PRO detected 3 wake-up times that I was aware of but Pixel 2 didn't detect. Rob, I am curious about the Huawei GT4 PRO and Google Pixel 2 full review.
hi. for bicycle navigation, this one or a 2nd hand Garmin 6X Pro? now i use Active2, im happy with performance but not with the battery life. 10h with gps on.
What about HR for swimming with any of the devices with real-time display? Polar H-10 chest strap is not very functional for swimming, and the Polar Verity Sense on your swim goggles is an option but without real time output while swimming laps or open water.
Hello Rob! I am your fan and a fan of the number of products. Purchased gt3 pro after reviewing your gt3 pro, It was almost satisfactory in use, but it was still hard to feel the vibration when the vibration was set to maximum, I've missed a lot of calls and messages. Rob, what is the vibration strength of your gt3 pro?
I would like a watch which looks great on my hand but also performs very well on sports activities. What would you choose considering this perspective between Huawei GT3 pro, Huawei GT runner and Garmin Venu 2 plus? Thanks and by the way since I discovered you I watched so many of your videos…absolutely great work 💪💪💪
It makes no sense that GT 3 Pro has better performance than regular GT3. Same sensors, same CPU, minor difference in features therefore almost the same software. The only explanation is that firmware on GT3 was not the same version as in GT3pro at the time of testing....
I have Huawie Watch GT 2 for 2 years now and it was awesome , now i want to upgrade and i'm confused between Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro and Amazfit GTR 3 Pro, i saw your review about Amazfit GTR 3 and i didn't like it but i saw many reviews about Pro version and they say it's good but i wish you make review for it to see how it's accurate
Great reviews - could you also try different watch positions (in front of wrist bone, just behind and 2 fingers up the arm from the wrist bone) this seems to affect HR detection accuracy quite a bit.
I really want to get this watch for how accurate it is, but the down to the detailed information from the phone app isn't that great, for people who want truly in depth information it just isn't there. Plus it has its own OS, some things may not be available in United States
i love my Watch GT3 Pro, the only problem is, that my display is loose and it doesn´t stick anymore. Therefor i can´t use it at the moment. Can´t find a replacement seal between the case and the display 🙁 Got the Titan with 46mm.
They must have improved sleep tacking a lot. Mine matches very close to my Oura ring 3 and Google nest hub, over 3 nights not a lot between them, so would say it's doing well, certianly miles better than your results.
@@denodan that sound promissing, so what is the firmware version you have on the GT3 pro. Maybe Rob (@The Quantified Scientist) can tell what firmware version he used during his test ?
As some Data Analysts say, around 50% along diagonal of matrix with multiclass classifier with 4 classes is not that bad, you can look at these numbers, with some awareness of confidence intervals
Thanks for the video. I'd be interested to see your follow up video on the GT 2 Pro as it's now several firmware updates later and it was quite poor to begin with...
The gt2 pro was abandoned, the firmware updates didn't do much. Still a nice basic fitness watch with good battery life though. I'd like a gt3 pro if the battery life is as good as the gt2 pro.
@@JohnSmith-ef8nr It's not been abandoned at all. It's had multiple firmware updates focusing on HR, step accuracy etc. Only thing it didn't really get was that update to Harmony OS which was never going to happen due to that hardware not being up to it. So it's probably significantly more accurate than when the review was done, hence being interested in the promised follow up video that never happened...
@@JohnSmith-ef8nr I'm happy with mine too. Tracks reasonably closely to my TickR x chest strap, usually within a beat or two. Was just curious to see whether performance had improved since the previous review as the algorithm develops.
@@MrMockaMock Last firmware update that I can remember was last fall. I like the GT2 Pro, however with Huawei seems they do not care much of older watches. Other brands do that to, but with Huawei seems worse. I think that the GT2 Pro has been pretty much abandoned.
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waiting for Watch FIT 2 video
waiting for Huawei watch D video (That can measure blood pressure)
So no blood pressure data?
it would be great if you also test watches after os updates because of algorithm changes could get better or get worse. in case of sleep tracking I hope it would be improved. anyway thank you for hard work and best reviews of whole internet) ❤
I just have to say what an amazing reviewer you are. You are the ONLY one that has accuracy/propper data to show, rather than just browsing through what the watch has to offer and subjective feeling about them. You deserve way more subs and I hope you keep doing what you do! Keep winning ma dude!
If there was a public choice most valuable RUclipsr award, know that I'd vote for you.
Huawei, if you are watching this. Please step up the sleep tracking. With that too fixed, this watch will become THE Android smartwatch to buy
Totally agreed 👍🏼
Agree
We need to add that almost none of wearables is able to have a useful sleep tracking. It's the greatest surprise when one of those shows an OK sleep tracking. Which why I gave up to consider that feature at all.
My huawei band 4 tracks sleep even if the device is just lying on my table. I wonder who's "sleep" that device is tracking hahaha
I dont see this as android watch as they dont have google appstore
Dear Dr. Rob, you are doing exceptionally great in these reviews. The statistical data and the analysis you provide are astonishing. Wish you more success.
Could you do a new review of the watch, now, after one year, to see how it performs after the new updates? (I'm very interested if the sleep tracking has been improved) Thanks. Good stuff you're doing here, keep up the good work! 👍
The brands are finally having the courage to send you their devices. This is milestone that you've achieved, so I guess congrats are in order! :D If this becomes standard, you'll be quite busy reviewing loads of health/fitness tech, eheheh.
Another great video, I have a Fenix 6x Pro and I'm a crazy person that's considering getting the GT3 Pro for the other wrist (and maybe a Whoop 4 to use on... my ankle? Eheh). Thanks, Rob!
This is possible if you have self confidence on your device. Huawei proved themselves in heart rate tracking with the previous devices, GT3 and GT Runner. So they are brave enough to lend Rob GT3 Pro. Still it needs improvement in sleep tracking, a feature they neglected a couple of generations. I think similar about Whoop 4. What makes it unique, it can be worn on different parts of the body. They even designed underpants to attached it. I guess I wouldn’t wear on the other wrist, don’t wanna look like a weirdo 😅 But I will wait for Whoop 5 anyway. They are good at sleep tracking but not as good in heart rate tracking in Rob’s reviews.
Thanks so much for noticing! This is indeed the first time I received a watch before official release :-D
@@TheQuantifiedScientist PLEASE review the Xiaomi watch S1!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
would be better if we can be sure that the one they send you to test is the same one we can buy in the market. im reallypissed about brands who cheats.
2 years later and this is still the most accurate huawei and one of the most accurate smartwatches together with apple
Love your work!! Thank you so much reviewing smart watch and their capabilities! I’m currently using Whoop 4.0 and looking for a watch to replace it due to the costly monthly membership. Your reviews are super helpful.
Gt3 pro is thinner and more comfort to wear than my gt2 pro.
When running on treadmill, compare with my Polar H10 heart beat it is within 1 pulse diff (probably time lap).
I bought it for measuring ECG, it is ok after first firmware upgrade.
Is there any bug issue till today?
Thank you very much for your work! In the last update of the GT3 Pro they activated the ECG functionality in all the devices. I await your video because I have cardiac irregularities and it is an interesting topic for me. Cheers !
Thank you for the superb video! Such a nice surprise to see you got to test the GT3 Pro so early.
I own a GT3 in the US and feel Huawei makes the best smartwatch products for what I care about. Bought mine off of eBay and had to create my Huawei ID using a VPN to get access to all of the features in the store. I haven't had any issues with the app, app store, or the watch itself. I don't use GPS, only care about total sleep tracked vs the stages, wanted a great HR tracker, and did not want to charge a watch every day or couple of days. While tracking roughly .5 - 1.5 hrs of workouts each day, I still get between 10-12 days of battery life. I came from a Charge 2 and did not like fitbits move to a subscription service.
The only downside to my GT3 is the screen glass being scratched so easily. The premium build of the Pro version would be the only thing I would switch over for.
That's true. My friend owns a GT2 and I own the GT2 Pro. After a year of usage the titanium body and sapphire screen really makes a huge difference.
You may want to switch to the pro edition in the future
That was informative ... i am on fitbit charge 2 for 5 years without taking it off except charging it while showering. And i am planning to get GT3 pro for battery long life usage. May I ask if the sleeping accuracy is satisfactory as fitbit charge 2? Thanks in advance
@@gheithyan7174 I can only speak as a GT2 Pro user, but for me it is more than enough. As said in the video, it knows when you fall asleep and wake up and usually to the minute. When I wake up it gives me a sleep score and I have to say if I slept well (woke up and didn't feel tired) it gave me a higher sleep score, so for me that's more than enough. And I can only imagine that the GT3 Pro is even better.
Huawei GT Runner - The Runners Review and Field Test. Australia. ruclips.net/video/y9Z0c2Uthm8/видео.html
Hi, great video as always. I would like to suggest that you review the Huawei watch D because it has a blood pressure reading ability and Im sure many people would love to know how accurate it is. Thanks.
I've never clicked faster in my entire life, almost broke my spine, my arms, my phone, my house. Been waiting for this one for quite some time!
Lmao
Many thanks for your brilliant reviews! Did I get it right that gt 3, gt runner and gt 3 pro all have the same optical sensor? If it is true, they should all give similar precision in heart rate and ox saturation measurements. Howether, from your tests it is clearly seen that gt pro is more accurate that gt runner, while gt runner is more accurate than gt 3. Do you have any ideas abour why it happens? Can it be due to firmware differences?
Amazing review, just as always!
I wonder if GT3 performance improved after a recent update and if it is similar to GT3 Pro now
GT3 and GT3 Pro have exactly the same sensors so performance should be the same when it comes to workout or sleep tracking.
You are doing great job by holding UP your objectiveness on every devices that you have been testing. Thank you so much. Keep on testing.
Update:. Strava and Adidas integration have been added in health app.
Now you can export gps tracks Details too of the hiking
Would love to see you review the capabilities of the Huawei Watch D especially the blood pressure monitor.
Yes, that would be great indeed. Huawei is releasing a lot of interesting devices nowadays.
Hey Rob! Thank you very much for your AMAZING review and work put on it. I was about to buy a Samsung Watch 5, and after watching your videos I learned a lot about these watches and opted for this Huawei. I feel like I dodged a bullet. Thank you very much! Greetings from Brazil.
Wow Rob, new subscriber here. Hit the subscription button after the first 4-5 minutes of the review. This high standard of yours should be the norm when it comes to reviews, what an awesome and thorough proper job you're doing, keep it up! 😎
You are genius tester for electronic device without too marketing. This testing data will give consumers a great insight before the purchasing. Thank you!
Amazing work.
Brands should pay you for doing these reviews.
There's a new firmware update for the standard GT3 it improves the heart rate monitor accuracy
That would be good to see how it stacks up with the pro version
Thanks for sharing!!
@@TheQuantifiedScientist will you be doing an update on the huawei watch gt3 following the firmware update?
Hi Rob
You said at the end that you recommend buying the gt 3 as it is cheaper. And are unsure if a update would change how it works as it has the same senses as the gt 3 pro.
Im wondering if you could actually redo a test on the gt 3 to see if it has got better due to an update??
😅 Can't get over your thorough methodology and the comparisons you make to watches in the same range and overall comparison with all watches you tested the same features on...subscribed to you across all platforms you're on!
Im under budget. Only barely afford to buy huawei gt3 SE. Does it have the same accurate HR like gt3 n gt3 pro?
There's no mention of how it performs for swimming in your review. Except I missed it. It would be great to have that. You give great and detailed reviews by the way. My aim of watching this is to hear your thoughts on it for swimming
Did you tried to swim with it in open water? How does it perform?
Now this is what you call a proper technical review, subscribed!
So smartwatches add newer and newer health features every year. ECG was already introduced by other brands a few years ago. GT3 and GT3 Pro can measure skin temperature, too. This is also a good metric worth comparing with a reference device. I have a request from you Rob. In the coming videos, can you also mention tracking frequency of the device on specific health metrics ? First of all, not all smartwatches offer continuous tracking. And if they do, they offer it with a specific frequency. For example, as a GT3 user, I can say that GT3 tracks heart rate, blood oxygen and skin temperature 7/24. But it tracks heart rate every 1 minute, blood oxygen every 10 minutes as long as your hand is still and skin temperature every 1 hour. I wonder if these frequencies changed with GT3 Pro. Tracking frequency is an valuable information that you usually don’t find in the device specs and you can only find it out after using it.
Can this review be updated, now that the watch has receive several updates?
I have Huawei Gt3 pro and bought Fitbit inspire 3 cause your reviews sugested that it was better for Sleep tracking. I've been slepping with both for a week now and fitbit looks like garbage. The Huawei hits perfectly The time I Sleep and wake. The fitbit miss it by some minutes everytime and even stops to do mesurements of it if i stay wake for a about 20 minutes in the middle of early morning. Huawei NEVER miss it and starts to measure Sleep after I get back to Sleep. About the REM and deep Sleep they agree most of the time. I think you should Sleep with both again to see how better Huawei is.
Can you please do an updated video with the current software and firmware version to see if sleep tracking is better?
If they are able to come up with world class products despite the crippling sanctions, they are nothing short of awesome!
I watched a lot of videos but after watching yours I am sold, I will buy the GT 3 Pro.
Wow super impressive you're the first reviewer I've seen compare the watch answers to an actual medical device very important to me to see these real-world tests Bravo,👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽you fine sir have earned a new subscriber and 👍🏼
Do you know about the huawei watch D? Can you compare it with the samsung watch 5? You know the imc or bmi or ecg function... Thanks for your videos.
Díky!
Thanks so much Jan!
The oxygen tracking may work for normal people but not for people with conditions like central sleep apnea. Huawei seems to miss apnea events that are measured by fingertip pulse oximeters. Also seems to miss spiking heart rate of CSA.
No watches seem to be able to detect these properly, for that its better to just use proper equipment, its not like pulse oximeters are expensive.
@Rob, when you tested the stepcounts was the gt3 pro connected to huawei health app ? if so, the smartphone does the counting and it sends the counts to the smartwatch only to dispkay it ? or does the smartphone as well as the watch count independently and average the values??
I hope you reach 1million subscriber before the year ends. You truly deserve so much!
Great review as always! thank you.
Thanks George!
You're the most favourite RUclips channel for me for scientific tests and I doubt if there are others who do something similar. I loved the review.
If I may suggest, the heart rate light flashing was a little harsh for the eyes to see so if you could tone down and make it darker with exposure or something that would be relatively less painful to see and it kept flashing quite a bit during the video. I understand b roll but I just want the lights to be not so bright.
Incredible reviews, I wish more technical products receive this kind of review treatment. There's nothing better than controlled testing and this much data collection is much needed work. First parties (like Huawei here) should have their own internal testing released and third parties like yourself can verify it if needed.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for your great review.
How the GPS of the Pro compares please to the Runner?
I've compared the Runner with AW7 and I don't get the same distance.
Best
Is it worth swapping the GT runner for this one? Maybe the sensor is not
it's the same?
should be the same, but probably with newer firmware.
If you want ECG + skin temperature tracking, you can update to GT3 Pro. Otherwise stick with GT Runner.
@@yildiraykomurcu but gt 3 also has temperature measure
@@cesarisraelcastillo6062 Yes but he is asking between GT Runner and GT3 Pro. GT3 Pro has the most sensors.
BRAVO for this detailed test, one of the most detailed I have seen so far. ;-)
However, I think it would also have been good to mention among these "defects" the fact that this GT/GT PRO range does not offer airplane mode nor ANY WAY to turn off the Bluetooth while continuing to use it, which is annoying in an air or we are already bathed in too much EMF waves.
and for athletes with break time (fitness) I find that 5 minutes is far too much as a minimum suggested between each break! forced to juggle with the timer started separately to have less than 5min (the same is not customizable we go from 1min to 3min) at this level an m430 polar is much better for time management!
Thank you so much for the quality of the review and all of your efforts! I finally decided, after hours of browsing your videos, to get myself one of these. Very happy with my choice and can't wait to receive it in a few days! :)
Looking forward to your review of Garmin Forerunner 255 if you are able to get it! GT3 Pro is still in my consideration but Garmin is pretty attractive.
Hi man, I'm not see any Suunto sports watches in correlation table , why? You have to add in your table as the watches are top
Hi Rob, can you do a new video of the Huawei watch 3 pro and gt 3 pro since they received new updates please.
I m proffessional athlete (national gymnast) , I m playing soccer , running and lifting trainings, except apple watches , whats the best smart watch for me ? Generally ı will use the watch for healt tracking and during the excersice
I think Huawei GT4 would do, it is slimmer and less heavier than the GT3 Pro. I owned GT2 Pro, GT3, Watch 3 Pro and an Apple watch 8. I bought GT3 Pro today, thats why I came back to review this video.
@@keletsoleshika what do u think about for now ?
I recently bought the watch. Great watch but with one missing feature. Like all videos on this watch, the reviewer does not mention the watch cannot track calories while resting
Amazing in-depth review. Keep up the good work!
GT3-GT3 PRO and FIT 2 ,have the same heart sencor.How do they have different results?
Even thought I ordered GT3 Pro last night, but I wanted to go for Watch 3 first, also had option of Galaxy Watch 4 Classic (due to both having WiFi and eSIM, plus Classic 4 has more support). I tried to find out every comparison video and text, found out sensors are much more accurate on GT3 Pro, so went for it. But lets see how it works out once it arrives. If someone has more or better opinion on this please do let me know, will be grateful.
Hello!
Can you share Some impressions about the GT3 ?
Good decision I returned g watch 4 because of v inaccurate hr readings and ordered gt3 pro today. Also own apple watch 7 which is v good but I don't want iphone so decided gt3 pro
@@ChrisKeyman Hi, so far so good, battery time is the best thing. Sensor readings are pretty accurate. One issue will be app notifications, I don't get messages for Teams or Outlook or calls on IMO etc
Hi Rob! What do you say about the algorithm certified by the Center for Dynamic Biomarkers at Harvard Medical School, TruSleep ™, which is in Huawei watches, trackers?
Hi Nurik! I think I read that paper a while ago, and there were some clear limitations. In the end, at least on me, the TruSleep algorithm does not do well.
Having used Huawei watches is USA, there are work arounds to installing apps. The easiest way is a VPN installed on your phone, and setting your Huawei ID to an address in overseas, matching VPN location to ID address. I tired UK and it allowed all access. Easy enough to try other countries
Once the watch is set up, it works fine shutting VPN off and set to the carriers location. In other words, you only need VPN / ID during set up. Afterwards, it functions just like any other non-sanctioned watch. (Using s21 ultra and s22 ultra here)
I'm not having any luck getting VPN to work. I'm in US and registered as UK resident, but when intry and use VPN, the VPN is using a stateside ip address, so getting ecg to function doesn't work.
I own the GT1 (Huawei) and Gt2 pro (Huawei too) , last firmware , app Huawei Health updated. In total it's been 4 years I'm using the Huawei ecosystem and smart watches .
The Gt2 heart rate on the display is weird at rest. It might because I have an elevated bpm at rest (80-90), but it shows often 10bpm below compared to an omron BP. To be fair if you switch to display in full the heart ♥ panel, it correct it. 75bpm becomes in 1s 85bpm. The gt1 was accurate as a Swiss watch... But no Spo2
Sleep recording is very good. I own the dreem too, never used it more than a few weeks a long time ago.
Spo2 on the Gt2 is innacurate idk why but at night, the most important time, a few hours are missing (no data), is it because I drop below dangerous levels ? I have no answers but it's possible because of sleep apnea.But it never recorded a Spo2 levels below -97% at the wrist. And since I did two polysmonography I know that my 0² sat can drop way below 80% for several minutes (the joy of obstructive sleep apnea blocking the airways, I have cpap machine).
You're a good reviewer but I see a big issue. You're too healthy! 😅
As you must know there some poor patients who we can't at the hospital mesure the 0² levels at the fingers because their oxygen levels is so low and have fingers blue/black as charcoal ... So we have to mesure it through a catheter directly in an artery. Anyway, it's an extreme exemple, who happend rarely but you get my main complaint : you're too healthy
It's good but I would like to see theses watches on subjects with obesity, sleep apnea, auricular fibrillation not treated, in unusual conditions.
Just by your face (chin and dentistry ) I can already known that you don't do sleep apnea for exemple, and breathing by the nose.
Anyway I don't know if I'm gonna switch to the GT3 pro given theses points.
Thanks for the video, it's really a good method
I own a GT2 and last week I bought a GT3 pro and was inspired by your videos so today I used both of them during my 3h mountainbike tour simultaneously on the right and another on my left wrist. Each time I checked my wrists the heart rates were same or very similar. Strangely on the GT3 you reach the stages (aerob, anearob etc.) with the lower hear rate. The GT2 requires around 5-10 heart rates more for the next stage but as I said the heart rates were quite similar. At the end of the training one gave me a average heart rate of 149 and the other 151 and the curves, which I only checked on the watch screen seemed to be identical as well. Maybe GT2 already was a GREAT device for hart rate measurement which needs its own analysis by you :) And before I forgot it there was huge difference between the max and min. height I have reached.i don't remember exactly but one watch was telling something like 300m of maximum height whereas the other added at least 200m more and telling something around 500m. If interested I could send you the data on my huawei health app.
Did you ever try the blood pressure feature? I dont mean the ECG
he is not really interested in opinions, suggestions,questions is my experience
Any bug issue till now?
Very good rewiew! How can I sync with Strava. I use Iphone and live in Europe.
Thank you for the great review. One question I have: can you use this watch with polat h10? And can the watch use the GPS from the mobile phone, like a fitbit would? Because the watch alone can last just 3h with GPS. Thanks
mine worked okay until I tanned my wrist even though I have fairly white skin even now. After that I noticed my HR dropped dramatically during jogging.
Now I have to wear it in the the other side of my wrist which is lighter. It gives 15-30% HRM difference compared to the other side which is huge variance..
Hi, I bought a huawei Watch GT3 recently and noticed it had tons of Sports mode. I wonder if it really matters you pick the right sport mode for sport tracking . For instance, the bike mode looks like the same as running or walking.
What about Standard GT 3? It could have the firmware updated and a better HR accuracy?
Another great and informative video. Many thanks for all your effort.
I don't know which to go for GT3 or Withings Scan Watch. Sleep seems disappointing on both. Scan Watch doesn't detect REM at all but has ECG now. I'm not very sporty any longer but I do have a heartbeat irregularity. My old Garmin band now needs charging daily and doesn't last 24 hours, it used to last 2 weeks (maybe it's all the notifications I get). It also doesn't have many features compared to any new watch. Scan Watch is £197 now so it is cheaper than GT3 but not as exciting.
Thank you for the very in-depth review
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Does the watch give the recovery time and is it possible to connect a cardio belt to the watch, thank you.
Wow. Amazing effort
Hey, the Huawei Watch Series is soon to be releasen, will you test it and if so when can we expect it? Your video certanly will influence with watch I'll pick
Rob, nice as always! Thanks for the nice content!
I have recently testest Google Pixel 2 vs GT3 PRO and the data looked somehow similar... but... I was surprised to see that GT3 PRO detected 3 wake-up times that I was aware of but Pixel 2 didn't detect. Rob, I am curious about the Huawei GT4 PRO and Google Pixel 2 full review.
As always, a great in-depth review
Hi! Please.. can I ask if it measure HRV (heart rate variability)? Thanks 🙏🏻
hi where is charge 4 in sleep stage test overview ? , which one is the best for sleep tracking Charge 4 or Charge 5 ? Help me asap please
hi. for bicycle navigation, this one or a 2nd hand Garmin 6X Pro?
now i use Active2, im happy with performance but not with the battery life. 10h with gps on.
Is too bad that this watch can do google asistant and voice command , if not i would really want to buy it
Gt3 pro has Harmonyos 4. It Got an update. Would you mind if you test gt3 pro again? Thank you in advance.
11:18 how can I make gps tracking like this on a map?
What about HR for swimming with any of the devices with real-time display?
Polar H-10 chest strap is not very functional for swimming, and the Polar Verity Sense on your swim goggles is an option but without real time output while swimming laps or open water.
Bro, thnk you very much for share. How can I get the data from my gt3 pro to my pc?
Hello Rob! I am your fan and a fan of the number of products.
Purchased gt3 pro after reviewing your gt3 pro,
It was almost satisfactory in use, but it was still hard to feel the vibration when the vibration was set to maximum,
I've missed a lot of calls and messages.
Rob, what is the vibration strength of your gt3 pro?
I would like a watch which looks great on my hand but also performs very well on sports activities. What would you choose considering this perspective between Huawei GT3 pro, Huawei GT runner and Garmin Venu 2 plus? Thanks and by the way since I discovered you I watched so many of your videos…absolutely great work 💪💪💪
Rob ,you should be reviewing Cell phone, you are the only one who makes sense in reviewing every item in RUclips.
It makes no sense that GT 3 Pro has better performance than regular GT3. Same sensors, same CPU, minor difference in features therefore almost the same software. The only explanation is that firmware on GT3 was not the same version as in GT3pro at the time of testing....
I have Huawie Watch GT 2 for 2 years now and it was awesome , now i want to upgrade and i'm confused between Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro and Amazfit GTR 3 Pro, i saw your review about Amazfit GTR 3 and i didn't like it but i saw many reviews about Pro version and they say it's good but i wish you make review for it to see how it's accurate
Great reviews - could you also try different watch positions (in front of wrist bone, just behind and 2 fingers up the arm from the wrist bone) this seems to affect HR detection accuracy quite a bit.
If it depends on the sport you do, how much does it depend on the strap? Would a tighter or more flexible strap increase the accuracy?
Yes
I really want to get this watch for how accurate it is, but the down to the detailed information from the phone app isn't that great, for people who want truly in depth information it just isn't there. Plus it has its own OS, some things may not be available in United States
i love my Watch GT3 Pro, the only problem is, that my display is loose and it doesn´t stick anymore. Therefor i can´t use it at the moment. Can´t find a replacement seal between the case and the display 🙁 Got the Titan with 46mm.
Hello, how did you get the ECG function to work? I have the health beta version and still nothing..... Thank you and great review
They must have improved sleep tacking a lot. Mine matches very close to my Oura ring 3 and Google nest hub, over 3 nights not a lot between them, so would say it's doing well, certianly miles better than your results.
why is that ? Which firmwire version do you have ? Maybe the reference you use is as bad as the GT3 pro ??
@@gertverbeek1454 the latest firmware. I said close, not exact, but similar to the oura ring 3, some collation
@@denodan that sound promissing, so what is the firmware version you have on the GT3 pro. Maybe Rob (@The Quantified Scientist) can tell what firmware version he used during his test ?
So nice review ! GOD bless you !
It measure blood preasure ?
Thank you
As some Data Analysts say, around 50% along diagonal of matrix with multiclass classifier with 4 classes is not that bad, you can look at these numbers, with some awareness of confidence intervals
Thanks for the video. I'd be interested to see your follow up video on the GT 2 Pro as it's now several firmware updates later and it was quite poor to begin with...
The gt2 pro was abandoned, the firmware updates didn't do much.
Still a nice basic fitness watch with good battery life though.
I'd like a gt3 pro if the battery life is as good as the gt2 pro.
@@JohnSmith-ef8nr It's not been abandoned at all. It's had multiple firmware updates focusing on HR, step accuracy etc. Only thing it didn't really get was that update to Harmony OS which was never going to happen due to that hardware not being up to it. So it's probably significantly more accurate than when the review was done, hence being interested in the promised follow up video that never happened...
@@MrMockaMock
I only use mine as a watch so I've never noticed any issues with it.
@@JohnSmith-ef8nr I'm happy with mine too. Tracks reasonably closely to my TickR x chest strap, usually within a beat or two. Was just curious to see whether performance had improved since the previous review as the algorithm develops.
@@MrMockaMock Last firmware update that I can remember was last fall. I like the GT2 Pro, however with Huawei seems they do not care much of older watches. Other brands do that to, but with Huawei seems worse. I think that the GT2 Pro has been pretty much abandoned.
DO the AMAZIFIT GTR4 PLEASE
happy to know company start send u product to test not like other just do polish review wish to see u grow bigger with ur channel
Thanks for videos....Waiting review for Garmin Venu 2 plus.