Huawei has unveiled an all-new gadget that merges two wearables – a smartwatch and wi-fi earbuds – into one unlikely combo.

The not-so-creatively named Huawei Watch Buds will present customers with all the advantages of a smartwatch – being a tool that’s each a timepiece and health tracker – whereas additionally serving as a useful case for his or her earbuds. If you wish to hearken to some tunes, you simply should carry the face of the watch up and take out the buds hidden inside.

Whereas this isn’t the primary tech of this type we’ve ever seen – Lance Ulanoff, our US editor-in-chief checked out one thing very comparable again in 2020 – Huawei’s creation is nonetheless an intriguing one because it’s coming from a extra mainstream model. Although we’re not fully satisfied it’ll discover a place amongst our greatest wi-fi earbuds or greatest smartwatches lists.

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For starters, the earbuds inside Huawei’s Watch Buds look considerably fundamental. Whereas we are able to’t decide their capabilities correctly with out giving them a pay attention, they don’t appear to be very massive – which can restrict their audio capabilities and have set. We don’t anticipate them to be able to producing thumping bass, nor for them to come back with instruments like lively noise cancellation or notably lengthy battery life. 

Moreover, we’re skeptical that the watch itself might be sensible. Primarily based on the launched photos and movies, the entire thing appears to be like kinda cumbersome. It doesn’t appear to be essentially the most comfy gadget to put on in your wrist and definitely not one thing we’re eager to put on whereas figuring out so we are able to observe our health objectives. We’re additionally frightened that the two-gadgets-in-one strategy will negatively impression the entire use time – as each gadgets might be drawing on the identical restricted battery energy.

All that mentioned, we hopefully gained’t have too lengthy to attend earlier than we see this tech in motion and might decide it correctly. Whereas Huawei did impose a last-minute delay to its Winter 2022 product launch (it was meant to occur on December 2) the video beneath means that the gadget is able to ship – although the place it will be accessible and the way a lot it will value is but to be revealed. All we do know is that our readers within the US will certainly miss out on the discharge as new Huawei merchandise are presently banned from sale.

Nevertheless, if Huawei’s Watch Buds show to be widespread, we would not be shocked if its rivals will comply with go well with. Google already has its separate Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds, and Apple has the Apple Watch and Apple AirPods, so we wouldn’t be shocked to see these or different manufacturers mix their current {hardware} right into a hybrid gadget just like the Huawei Watch Buds.

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