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while we follows up their original Android wear 1.0 wearable with the leap into the active lifestyle and wear 2.0 however in doing so they also change its identity just a little bit it's Joshua Vergara what's going on everybody and this is a review of the Huawei watch 2 now for anybody that was looking for a true follow up to the original Huawei watch this 2.0 edition might seem like a pretty drastic change gone or the gold and silver and in is the sporty plastic build that's not to say that this is a bad looking watch by any means but it did leave us wanting for the previous generation that wasn't so sport oriented the large bezel also has minute designations that generally make us feel obligated to use analog watch faces and also having those numbers on a dial that doesn't even move well it just feels like a little more than a cosmetic addition the side of the device houses two buttons the upper button opens the app drawer or Google assistant while the bottom button can be customized but starts workouts by default the entire watch body is also water-resistant so you'll be able to let this watch take a splash and it will still keep working the only part of the body that I really don't like is the lack of an extra method of input the screen is of good quality and there is little to dislike about it but relying on taps and swipes to get everywhere is so Android wear 1.0 and even though the design of the Huawei watch 2 did sort of grow on us after a little while but one thing I just can't stand is this watch strap it just doesn't scream good quality and it is also what kind of undercuts that price point that they're asking for this Android wear 2.0 SmartWatch even though you are able to change the watch strap but it might be a little bit tough to find watch straps that actually fit well with this body as mentioned already the 1.2 inch 390 by 390 AMOLED screen is a good quality display and there's very little wrong with it in fact having a p.m. OLED seems to help a great deal with battery life which we'll cover in a little bit always-on screen options are available and the included watch faces leverage it quite well I actually like to keep always on display on but turn off all of the wrist gestures including details awake that way the watch only activates if notifications come in and then otherwise I have to tap the top button in order to activate it and all other times it's just well a watch underneath that surface they already tried and true Snapdragon wear 2100 powers the Huawei watch 2 backed by 768 megabytes of RAM 4 gigabytes of storage is available for filling and all of the different sensors are available to NFC GPS Bluetooth and heart rate sensor the NFC implementation brings Android pay which I really enjoyed using while on holiday in the UK where it was great to use for all contactless payments and yes a SIM card can be installed for mobile network connectivity and also for calls now battery life is actually the brightest spot when it comes to the Huawei watch 2 it's probably the only wearable that I've ever used that consistently got about 2 days worth of battery life and that's what options turned off like the tilts awake even with those options on I was still able to get about a day and a half there's also a bit of a hybrid mode that's included with the watch a watch mode if you will that automatically activates when it's at very low battery now it's an ultra low power consumption mode that pretty much just makes the watch well a watch the one thing I'm not a big fan of though is the magnetic charging clasp which is kind of an elegant but charging up the watch doesn't take too long thankfully so certain tasks like sleep tracking or actually more possible here than on any other Android wear SmartWatch that I think I've ever used which does bring it for the software and Android wear 2.0 much of what we didn't like in the previous wear interface has been changed for the better and that starts with notifications there are no longer cards and they take up their own screens and when you tap on them you can go through the entire notification and also find the actionable options the app drawer is also easy on the eyes now and with wear 2.0 apps can be installed locally on the watch so there's less dependency on the paired smartphone fitness capabilities of the Huawei watch 2 are also kind of robust especially for distance based activities where 2.0 brings a lot of features to the table and yes some of them are fin is based however the while we watch to kind of goes a little bit too far in that direction while simultaneously falling short of it without that extra method of navigation input while we automatically positions itself behind any other wear 2.0 devices that do take advantage of that capability but with this great battery life and stellar said otherwise the only real detractor from the overall watch to experiences its design why not have a watch that has all of these capabilities but still make sense to be worn outside of the gym or off the hiking trail if the LG watch sport and law weighs follow-up attempt or any indication we may not get a very positive answer to that question just yet and for $349 the lolly watch - still makes even excited users take a little bit of pause especially if they prefer the design of the original unlike its predecessor conforming to a specific general purpose for smartwatches actually takes away from what could have been a wonderful proper wear 2.0 follow-up as always thank you guys very much for watching and hope you enjoyed this review of the Huawei watch - it's a decent device and there's plenty to like about it however if the trend this year is that wear 2.0 devices all have to look really sporty in order to have all of those features well the lolly watch - unfortunately is a precursor to that but hopefully this year we'll see some wear 2.0 devices that have all those features and still look pretty awesome like we've seen in previous 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