Huawei Watch 4 Pro Smartwatch review – Can finally do more

All health data that the Watch 4 Pro collects is compiled in the Health app. On the app’s home page, Huawei presents clear maps of activity goals, training data, heart rate, sleep, stress, oxygen saturation, skin temperature, and Health Glance. Which content is shown in which order can be customized in the settings.

Pressing the cards opens the respective submenu and shows more information about the areas. The heart rate can be displayed as a value or graphically. It can be viewed over the course of a day, as well as for a week, a month or a year. The software also determines the resting rate as well as the highest and lowest values. The Watch 4 Pro can also take ECG readings and measure arterial stiffness. In doing so, the watch is said to measure whether the arteries are still elastic and whether the values correspond to the wearer’s age.

Health Glance is a new feature of Huawei’s software. It strings together seven tests in a series of measurements: heart rate, blood oxygen measurement, stress, skin temperature, ECG, arterial stiffness, and a breath test. The test lasts one minute and should be performed at rest; in some cases, the electrode in the button must also be touched with the finger. The app clearly compiles the results in a report and warns if there are any abnormalities.

A new feature is the breathing test, which cannot be triggered separately, but only via the row in Health Glance. The wearer has to take a deep breath and then cough several times near the smartwatch. The software is supposed to be able to measure the forced vital capacity (FVC), which is given both as lung volume in liters and as a percentage value depending on age.

It is not possible to synchronize the data with Google Fit without a third-party app. However, the Watch 4 Pro can be linked with accounts at Komoot and Strava.