Honor Magic Watch hands-on review

The Honor Watch Magic is a perfect example of just how fine the line is between what makes a smartwatch attractive and wearable, and what doesn't Honor has used a 1.2-inch, 390 x 390 pixel AMOLED screen on the Watch Magic, rather than the 1.4-inch on the Huawei Watch GT This is a neat, sleek, smartwatch that fits naturally on the wrist, whatever its size.

Honor has also used Huawei's Lite OS, the company's new wearable device operating system introduced on the Watch GT It seemed to operate slightly more smoothly on the Watch Magic than the GT, sliding between the main screens with ease, although we didn't use it for long enough to say it's consistently better than the Watch GT It operates through swipes to the left and right, and up and down.

Compared To Like the Watch GT, the Honor Watch Magic is neither a full smartwatch with Google's Wear OS, or a hybrid - it's more closely related to a fitness tracker Honor says the battery will last seven days with 24-hour heart rate monitoring active, but the Watch Magic and Dream seem to be missing the long 30-day battery life of the Watch GT, presumably as a consequence of the smaller body and screen.

Shrinking down the Watch GT to Watch Magic size makes it visually more appealing - something we've observed before with the Tag Heuer Connected Modular 41 compared to the larger Connected Modular 45 - and the slimmer, lighter body makes it more wearable for more people How much will you pay, and where can you buy one? Honor will release the Watch Magic and the Watch Dream in the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, and Italy first, where it will cost 180 euros. . Source