The HUAWEI Watch GT 6 Pro is the fitness-forward smartwatch for anyone who wants a device that looks as good under a barbell as it does under a blazer. Here, after weeks of training — and travel — it has become my single hottest gym accessory: part dress watch, part serious tracker, with battery life that rewires thinking about charging and performance features that exceed the basics.
Head-turning design that sips, spits and shrugs off spills
HUAWEI continues with the octagon theme, and it somehow works out. The 46mm case is a crisp, architectural statement in a sea of circles that doesn’t look gimmicky. Sapphire glass, an aviation-grade titanium body and a ceramic back bring it miles ahead of your standard fitness gear while it manages to suffer through gym racks and gravel paths without complaint.
- Head-turning design that sips, spits and shrugs off spills
- A sharp AMOLED that prefers resolution to show
- Battery life that changes everything about charging
- Tools that make a difference on the floor
- Reliable GPS you can count on for training
- Smart features show deliberate restraint by design
- Verdict: luxury look with athlete-grade stamina
The Sports Edition’s fluoroelastomer band is comfortable during sweaty interval work and quick to rinse, and swapping bands is easy even when dressing up its look. At £329 in the UK, while it’s not exorbitant, this is at least positioning that you’re getting high-end materials and fit for that (if you can put up with the size of the singular case, which won’t work on smaller wrists).
A sharp AMOLED that prefers resolution to show
Its 1.47-inch AMOLED panel is fantastic—ultrasharp, oversaturated (just a bit) and super readable in direct sun with peak brightness to 3,000 nits. Color gradients appear sophisticated rather than cartoonish, and the ample display-to-body ratio ensures that metrics are easily legible mid-lunge or mid-sprint.
HarmonyOS feels intentionally restrained. Swipes reveal health tiles, quick settings, and notifications with very little animation overhead. It’s a practical interface that emphasizes battery life over UI fireworks, and it suits the watch’s purpose.
Battery life that changes everything about charging
HUAWEI’s quoted “up to 21 days” on a single charge isn’t just marketing fluff—it’s the defining feature. Even with plenty of GPS workouts, sleep tracking and notifications, I easily got beyond a week and you can very feasibly go travelling without bringing a charger if your use is lighter. For comparison, Apple touts about 18 hours on its main models, Samsung usually falls in the ~40 hour range and this blows both away.
Top-ups are rapid through the included magnetic puck, but it ends in USB-A, which seems pretty old by 2025. The endurance benefit is just such a quality-of-life improvement that it’s difficult to return to nightly charging.
Tools that make a difference on the floor
The GT 6 Pro supports over 100 workout modes and deepens four popular pursuits this generation—cycling, trail running, golf and skiing. For cyclists, there’s a new virtual power estimate on-wrist bringing guidance in watts without requiring an installed power meter (which those who train by zones would find plenty useful).
Trail runners get altitude trends and real-time grade analysis that makes pacing across hilly terrain more feasible. Golfers receive course-specific layout & accurate yardages to points and hazards for better club selection. Skiers get more granular position and run information. It’s a collection of upgrades that feels focused, as if it were tailored specifically for you.
HUAWEI says the TruSense sensor suite is designed to improve the accuracy of heart rate, SpO₂, sleep and HRV monitoring. In my testing, heart-rate lock-on was quick and the post-workout recovery insights were actually helpful. Like every consumer wearable system, these readings are not medical diagnostics—peer-reviewed studies from institutions such as Stanford have long noted variation across skin tones and conditions—but trends over time are clear and actionable.
Reliable GPS you can count on for training
Route fidelity was also strong on city streets, the waterfront paths and under tree cover. Against a high-accuracy reference device, total distance was generally within a few hundredths of a mile, and pace stability was good enough for structured intervals. Map traces have been known to drift awfully wide in dense terrain, although not so much as to make the workout log note of shame (or the split analysis) completely useless.
Audio cues are loud by default; I’d recommend turning them down before hitting the track unless you’re looking for that whole-lane split broadcasting thing.
Smart features show deliberate restraint by design
It’s not a “do-everything” smartwatch and that is by design. There’s no LTE alternative, virtually no app store to speak of, and precious few third‑party integrations. Notifications are nice and replies are rudimentary, with on-wrist payments region-limited through HUAWEI Wallet (so won’t work everywhere).
Data exists in the HUAWEI Health ecosystem, and, despite the option to export key stuff out, athletes who are heavily locked into platforms like Strava or TrainingPeaks will want to check those workflows first.
Availability also differs regionally, with some markets having limited official sales channels.
Verdict: luxury look with athlete-grade stamina
If polished, future-proofed wearables that get the basics right when it comes to monitoring workouts, recovery and sleep—no battery anxiety required—are your bag, and you don’t mind throwing a little bit of money at them, then the HUAWEI Watch GT 6 Pro is an absolute sitter.
It’s a fitness tracker wearing the threads of a flagship timepiece—ideal for gym-goers and endurance athletes who care more about precision, comfort and longevity. If you want deep app ecosystems, wrist payments everywhere or multiple sizes, go somewhere else. And for everyone else, well, this is the stylish gym ally to beat.