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Posted 18 June 2023
HONOR MagicWatch 2 46mm Flax Brown £59.99 with code @ Honor
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HONOR MagicWatch 2 46mm Flax Brown
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sorted byWas a great device let down by phone software for 12 months, but since it now links to Huawei health (and strava) this is fixed.
Only downside is need to download from Huawei as it is not on the google play store.
Best features:
Great battery, screen, bluetooth calls on watch.
Stores a couple of GB of music and solid connection for bluetooth headphones (unlike amazfit GTR2 which was a flop).
Good GPS, heartrate, cadence sports tracking (but less accurate than garmin when comparing parkrun trace).
Good sleep tracking.
Great watchfaces (I have GX04 digital, free from the app).
Negatives:
Music transfer is very slow.
No apps
Not the most accurate GPS (but still very good).
Devices > Watch Faces (then select "free" options)
To upload music from android phone in Huawei health app:
Go to Devices > Music > Manage Music > Add songs
Its slow, but I transfer large 2 hours music mixes to listen while running.
Previous amazfit devices would show up as USB device and could drag and drop - this is not as good for transfer over bluetooth, but now I have uploaded 10 hours of music I'm sorted, just needs changing every 3-6 months.
I actually have running shorts with large elastic pockets for phones / keys (decathlon "marathon" or "trail" shorts), which makes it easy to carry more if running for more than 40 minutes.
hihonor.com/uk/…37/
You add music & download free watch faces with the Huawei Health app, it's very simple
I owned this watch for over 2 years and worth every penny.
Connect to Android phones? (edited)
It does connect to Android phones.
I had a gT2 and this was a real pain
Honor Health app will not pick up the watch (reading online it seems to a common issue). Tried loads of supposed fixes. The Honor website is poor on this. The manual just says use Honor Health app and take it from there, no instructions ! Using a fairly new Redmi 10 Android phone with Android 14 but no joy at all. Finally I downloaded the Huawei Health app (which is older) and picks up the watch fine. But as I understand this app will be discontinued and your data cannot be transferred to the Honor health app (whenever that works!). Battery usage around 15-20%/day with 1/2 workouts recorded. Earbuds can connect to the watch but still uses the phones' speaker for sound which is disappointing as that's one of the main reasons I bought it..
The app won't let me add any music to the watch. Just blank screen when you click add. Seems like a bug, no way around it.
If anyone knows of the fixes for this then please let me know, much appreciated ! (edited)
Just wondering what people think if this is worth getting or better to pay a bit more for a newer smart watch.
I would be a bit dubious buying a phone over 3 years old. On basis operating system and features would be bit dated.
Is that the same thinking with smart watches?
Thinking of upgrading, as the battery doesnt even last a day anh more. But dont want to spend £100+
It's a puzzler, isn't it?
You don't need a Huawei Phone or Huawei Mobile Services or HMS Core and you don't need to download or log in to Petal Maps. Presuming you have an Android phone, there's some information & a link to Honor's simple installation instructions (also for IOS) here:
gsmarena.com/you…php
After installing Huawei Health you can remove AppGallery & just use the app itself to check for updates. As for Find Phone - just swipe down from the top of the watch's screen or just drill through the menu - it works perfectly.
Think I've found answer, only allowed 10 contact's on phone but guess others will show up as and when phone rings (edited)
Any tips?