Huawei's innovation ability is really strong! The brain hole of Huawei's R&D team is really too big! Why do you say that? If you have seen the Huawei WATCH Buds, the industry's first TWS earphone watch unveiled at the winter full-scene new product launch conference on December 9, 2022, you will also be so impressed. Its two-in-one innovative design, under the compact body, can still combine the currently highly used TWS true wireless earphones and smartwatches into one. The difficulty of research and development and technological content can be imagined. The breakthrough it brings innovation can also be called a milestone in the field of smart wearables.
So, as a two-in-one product of TWS earphones and smart watches, how does Huawei WATCH Buds do it? Is it just pure-form innovation? While the innovative form brings convenience, in what aspects will the experience of TWS earphones and smart watches be upgraded? In this article, the Yanshan School will combine actual experience and some of their own feelings, focus on individuals and issues that everyone cares about, and talk to you in detail in the form of questions and answers. It is quite long, so you can choose to read it according to the issues you care about.
1 Q: How does Huawei WATCH Buds put TWS earphones into the watch?
Answer: Huawei WATCH Buds adopts the magnetic design of the cover for the first time. The main body of the watch is the earphone charging + storage compartment. The screen part is the hatch cover of the earphone compartment. The screen cable, the earphone, and the watch cover adopt an innovative magnetic concentration array solution. After opening the upper cover, the earphone can be adsorbed on the upper side of the watch cover with the help of magnetism.
There is a buckle designed on the lower end of the upper cover, which is fastened with the earphone compartment through the buckle. In the middle of the lower ear of Huawei WATCH Buds, there is a cover opening button with a diamond-cut texture on the surface.
Push the cover button up, and the screen part of the watch will rotate upwards by 10°. When the cover is opened, there will be a headset animation on the screen, which is very technological.
Moreover, the upper cover can hover freely at 10°-75°, which is convenient for taking out and putting back the earphones, bringing users a new experience of smooth opening and closing, convenience and freedom.
From this picture, we can see that there are charging contacts in each earphone compartment of the earphone storage compartment, which echoes the two silver metal rings on the earphone's body. The metal rings are both decoration and charging electrodes of the earphones, so The earphones can be charged when the upper cover is closed and the earphones are returned to the warehouse.
In addition, the two earphones also adopt a consistent shape design and cooperate with the 360° ring magnet of the body. When the earphones are put back, any side of the earphones can be attached to the watch cover, which is very convenient.
2Q: Will the HUAWEI WATCH Buds with built-in earphones be heavy? Uncomfortable to wear?
A: After all, there are a pair of built-in earphones. Huawei WATCH Buds will be a little thicker than regular Huawei WATCH series watches, but because they maintain the consistently high level of Huawei smartwatch design technology, the thickness is within the acceptable range. Huawei WATCH Buds are only 14.99mm.
After wearing it on the wrist, you can see the actual effect, which is not much different from the regular Huawei WATCH series watches, and there is no obvious perception.
Huawei can control the thickness to such a degree, in fact, because Huawei WATCH Buds adopts a highly integrated overall architecture design to achieve a three-dimensional stacking of 21 layers of structure. Includes an eight-channel photoelectric sensor, precision shaft module, earphone charging unit, cover-opening magnetic suction unit, cover-opening key module, etc., and also uses thinner high-strength lithium-aluminum-silicate glass in material, which is thinner than GT3 and has higher strength. Increased by 25%.
In addition, Huawei WATCH Buds also has a case made of stainless steel, a transparent 3D arc glass dial, a 1.43-inch AMOLED high-definition color screen with a resolution of up to 466*466, and a strap made of top-layer calfskin, so the overall is still elegant Stylish, yet high-end, in line with the consistent tonality of Huawei WATCH series of high-end watches.
3 Q: Will the earphones have little effect on wearing?
Answer: The earphones of Huawei WATCH Buds are actually not small compared with conventional in-ear headphones, but there is no earphone handle, which is a cylindrical shape of 21.8x10.3x10.3mm. Equipped with three sets of soft plugs, large, medium, and small, which can fit more people's ear canals.
Let’s take a picture of the upper ear and you can feel it. If you wear ordinary in-ear headphones, it’s no problem to wear Huawei WATCH Buds. Moreover, the weight of a single Huawei WATCH Buds earphone is only 4 grams, which is very light, so it’s easy to wear Not only is it strong, but it's also comfortable.
4 Q: How to control the earphone handle so small?
Answer: This is one of the places where the Yanshan school laments Huawei's innovative strength. Although there is no earphone handle and it is very small, the earphone control of Huawei WATCH Buds is the most convenient one among the many wireless earphones I have experienced. Because Huawei WATCH Buds supports the wide-area pinna touch function, which is the first feature adopted by Huawei. It is equipped with an acceleration sensor and cooperates with Huawei's self-developed AI algorithm to allow the earphones, the pinna, or the cheek area close to the tragus to be controlled. The stethoscope effect is caused by earphone tapping and the small earphones make it hard to find the tapping position. Moreover, the algorithm uses a convolutional neural network deep learning AI algorithm model, based on the expansion of big data of human ear tapping, which greatly improves the overall algorithm performance and reduces the false touch rate.
We have also conducted actual tests, and the measured wide-area pinna touch function not only has a wider touch range but also has very accurate recognition. Double-click to answer and hang up the phone, play/pause music, triple-click to switch on and off the noise reduction function, and also supports operation customization, and various functions are within reach. Even on the morning and evening rush hour subway, no matter how shaken the carriage or how dense the crowd is, you only need to tap around the pinna, and the related operations can be easily realized.
In addition, when we raise our wrist, we can not only check the power of the headset through the default dial but also control the headset through the watch.
Swipe down from the top of the dial to enter the quick-setting interface of earphones and watches. There are not only quick settings for watches common in the Huawei WATCH series watches, but also search for earphones and control the noise reduction of earphones, which is very convenient.
And it is worth mentioning that when Huawei WATCH Buds is connected to the mobile phone for the first time if you use a Huawei mobile phone, there is also a pop-up window pairing shortcut for the Huawei watch, and when the watch is paired with the mobile phone, the earphones will also be paired synchronously.
The sound source of the earphones can also be freely switched between the watch and the mobile phone. In addition to connecting the mobile phone for voice calls, watching videos, and listening to music, you can use the earphones to listen to the songs stored locally on the watch when you go out to exercise, and you can also listen to heart rate broadcasts during exercise. , keep abreast of the physical state during exercise.
5 Q: Will the earphones be easy to lose if they are so small?
Answer: Although the Huawei WATCH Buds earphones are small, they are easier to lose than other earphones. On the one hand, when we don’t use the earphones, we can store them in the watch, unlike other earphones, we need to find the earphone box first; on the other hand, if we accidentally put the earphones in a corner of the house, we can find the earphones through the watch or mobile phone, then the headset will play a ringtone to guide us to search for the headset locally. Even if we accidentally lose it outside, we can locate the location of the headset through the map and play the ringtone or map navigation search.
6 Q: How do you distinguish between the left and right earphones when the two earphones are exactly the same?
Answer: Huawei WATCH Buds adopts the adaptive recognition technology of left and right earphones. Two earphones can be worn in the ears at random, and then automatically recognize whether the ear is worn on the left ear or the right ear, and automatically match the left and right sound channels. That is to say, when wearing Huawei WATCH Buds, there is no need to distinguish between the left ear and the right ear, just plug them into the ear, and leave the rest to the earphones. This is black technology.
As for the sound quality, Huawei WATCH Buds is the first product equipped with a full-band micro-panel unit. Its full-band micro-panel unit adopts a four-magnet structure design, including three magnets at the lower end and a single magnet at the upper end. The magnetic focus position is more conducive to diaphragm vibration; at the same time, the structural design greatly increases the magnetic field strength in space, bringing a strong driving force. Not only that, the area ratio of the planar voice coil driving diaphragm in the sounding unit has increased to 10 times that of the traditional moving coil unit, achieving a full-frequency bandwidth of 20Hz-20kHz and a sensitive transient response of 0.2ms. The sound quality is clear and clear. Transparent, smooth, rich in details, and the sound is deeply rooted in people's hearts; while its custom-made composite diaphragm supports the full-frequency response, and improves the low-frequency effect and high-frequency performance, so that we can hear rich sound details. In addition, Huawei WATCH Buds also adopt a newly upgraded real-time optimization algorithm for a triple sense of hearing. When playing music, the high-sensitivity microphone in the ear can monitor the sound of music fed back through the ear canal in real-time, intelligently calculate and optimize and compensate for the full-band listening effect, The compact body can also burst out full-band high-resolution power.
It is worth mentioning that although Huawei WATCH Buds are small in size, their loudness does not decrease. The maximum volume exceeds 104 decibels, which can meet the needs of most people. The digital hybrid noise reduction algorithm, combined with dynamic real-time ear canal adaptive technology, After the active noise reduction function is turned on, the ambient noise is weakened and you can enjoy a comfortable noise reduction experience. Switch to the transparent transmission mode, and you can hear the surrounding sounds even when listening to music, allowing users to keep an eye on the vicinity at any time and communicate freely with people around them. It is suitable for both movement and stillness, and the small body is also versatile.
According to the actual test, although the sound quality of Huawei WATCH Buds is slightly different from the high-end true wireless earphones of the thousand yuan phone, it has reached the level of mainstream true wireless earphones. The overall performance is also remarkable. Take the live version of "Hotel California" as an example. In the beginning, the melodious guitar, the crisp sound of the maracas, the shock of the drums, and the applause of the audience can all be perfectly presented. For mass users, its sound quality is not just listening, but durable and nice.
7Q: Are the functions of the watch not rich enough?
Answer: The watch is still the basic disk of Huawei WATCH Buds. Whether it is sports and health, smart interaction, or the application market, Huawei WATCH Buds have the mainstream functions of Huawei WATCH.
In terms of health, sleep monitoring, blood oxygen saturation, heart rate monitoring, stress monitoring, heart health... Huawei WATCH Buds are also quite a lot, and Huawei WATCH Buds are equipped with TruSleep™ 3.0 sleep monitoring technology (later will be updated through OTA push) so that Sleep monitoring is more precise.
In terms of sports, Huawei WATCH Buds inherits the excellent sports genes of Huawei smart wearables and has 80+ sports modes, including 10 professional sports modes: outdoor running, indoor running, outdoor walking, indoor walking, outdoor cycling, indoor cycling, Jump rope, elliptical machine, rowing machine, free training. Of course, because of the 2-in-1 shape design, Huawei WATCH Buds do not have the IP68 waterproof capability of the GT series, so don’t wear them for swimming.
In terms of smart experience, Huawei WATCH Buds has also extended its usage boundaries again. Equipped with HarmonyOS 3, it can obtain rich applications from the Huawei Watch Application Market, covering life travel, game entertainment, efficiency improvement, and sports health, comprehensively covering all aspects of user life, such as Baidu Maps, Gaode Maps, Sohu Assistant, Himalayas, etc. The watch and earphones cooperate with each other to make your travel more at ease, and the information will not be missed. In addition, HUAWEI WATCH Buds supports Alipay and WeChat payment, NFC access control cards, transportation cards, bank cards, car keys, open smart door locks, and swipe when you raise your wrist, making travel payment more convenient.
8 Q: How about battery life?
Answer: Very strong. When the Huawei WATCH Buds is fully charged, use the headset to connect to the mobile phone for 30 minutes a day, listen to music for 120 minutes, keep the heart rate on, use scientific sleep at night, turn on stress detection, turn on heart health and sleep apnea functions, and exercise on average every week 180 minutes (with GPS turned on), message notifications turned on (50 messages per day, 6 incoming calls, 3 alarms), and 30 minutes of the bright screen every day, this typical intensity can last for 3 days. For earphones, you can listen to music for 4 hours or talk for 2.5 hours with noise reduction turned off at full power, and you can listen to music for 3 hours or talk for 2 hours with ANC on at full power; if you don’t need to use earphones, you can turn on the power saving mode through the watch. The watch battery does not charge the earphones, and the typical application scenario in the power-saving mode can last for 7 days after the first sale.
There is one thing to say, the battery life of Huawei WATCH Buds itself is still strong enough, and the watch is the charging compartment for the earphones, unlike other products that need to be charged separately for the watch and earphones, so you only need to charge the watch when there is no power, and Huawei WATCH Buds The standard charging base of HUAWEI WATCH - HUAWEI WATCH wireless super fast charging base, for the first time, uses high thermal conductivity oxide ceramic material, the heat dissipation capacity is 100% higher than that of the previous generation, and the charging is faster. Of course, if you don't need to bring a charger, it is also very convenient to use wireless charging to charge Huawei WATCH Buds.
9Q: Does it support WeChat?
Answer: Huawei WATCH Buds supports WeChat. When evaluating other smartwatches, this is a question that many netizens will ask. This time I also paid attention to it during the evaluation. Huawei WATCH Buds not only supports receiving WeChat messages but also voice reply messages.
On the interface of viewing WeChat messages, swipe up the screen to enter the reply window. Huawei WATCH Buds can reply to voice, emoticons, and some quick text messages. In addition, Huawei WATCH Buds also support WeChat payment, so friends who pay attention to the WeChat function of smartwatches can rest assured.
10 Q: Is it easy to break the watch cover if it is opened and closed for a long time?
Answer: No. As we said earlier, Huawei WATCH Buds uses ultra-miniature precision shafts. In terms of materials, high-strength steel, and flexible circuit boards use high-end copper materials consistent with folding mobile phones, making them pass the rigorous testing of various laboratories. Tests include 100,000 times of opening and closing tests, 5kg force tests, etc., so in terms of reliability, Huawei WATCH Buds has also done a good job, so you don't have to worry.
In addition, Huawei has also launched many value-added services. For Huawei WATCH Buds smart wearables, it has launched an accidental service treasure (including worry-free earphone loss). For out-of-warranty failures caused by liquid ingress, you can enjoy a one-time repair service with a service fee of only 69 yuan and a 50% discount on the purchase of spare parts for a single earphone. At the same time, the purchase of Huawei WATCH Buds will also receive a new user gift package worth 100 yuan provided by Huawei Music, allowing you to listen to tens of millions of genuine music libraries and selected audio content. The dial market also provides a variety of new dials to choose from, such as "Sonic Buds" and "Functional Buds".
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OK, The above is all the feelings we have tested Huawei WATCH Buds this time. In the form of earphones + watches, it ensures the design of high-end watches, comfortable wearing, the comprehensive and high-quality experience of earphones and smartwatches, not just the shape Innovation, more technical innovations such as wide-area pinna touch, full-band micro-panel unit, and two-channel self-adaptation, ultimately bring a 1+1>2 experience. Whether you are exercising, traveling, at home, in the office, or out shopping, as long as you wear the HUAWEI WATCH Buds, the earphones are always with you, without the trouble of carrying them, but you can always take them out when you need them. This is smart wear The way the product should be.
This may not be Apple, because Apple's product philosophy is minimalism, following the principle of "less is more" and focusing on making a product well. However, this is very Huawei, because Huawei's philosophy is to innovate from the road to simplicity, leaving complex work to the R&D team, leaving simplicity and convenience to users, opening up the functions of multiple devices, and integrating multiple products to achieve 1 +1>2 experience, Huawei mobile phone, Huawei PC, HarmonyOS, Huawei WATCH Buds. It is reported that Huawei WATCH Buds will be officially launched at 16:08 on December 9th, and the price is 2988 yuan. Interested partners can log in to Huawei's official mall, major authorized e-commerce companies, Huawei authorized experience stores, and authorized retailers to purchase.
At this press conference, Huawei also brought two products, the first smart viewing glasses - HUAWEI Vision Glass and Huawei WATCH GT 3Pro collection smartwatch. The former combines light and portable sunglasses with mature and reliable AR display technology to project a 120-inch giant screen in an equivalent 4-meter virtual space, with clear pictures and vivid colors. With open dual speakers, it creates a sense of immersion for users. Strong "giant screen" viewing experience. The latter is made of obsidian black high-gloss nano-microcrystalline ceramics. The crown is designed with diamond facets, embedded with a black spinel 3D rotating crown, and matched with a golden shell pattern stainless steel bezel, which is eye-catching and shining. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 3Pro collection also supports pulmonary function assessment and COPD risk screening, and the TruSleep™ 3.0 sleep monitoring technology will also be released after subsequent OTA upgrades.