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Minimalist neon watchface for Huawei/Honor Band 6 (and watchface creation tips!)

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Mineon. Minimalist Neon Watchface for Huawei/Honor Band 6 (and Watchface Creation Tips!)

This repository contains both a simple watchface I created for the Honor Band 6 as well as some tips for people trying to make their own.

This modified version of the Android app is necessary for installing watchfaces downloaded outside of Huawei’s store. Normally I would strongly advise against installing a random APK downloaded from a Google Drive link you find on a group, but unfortunately it’s the only way I know of to do it. Proceed at your own risk.

If you aren’t going to be making any watchfaces of your own, this is all you should need.

After you’re satisfied with the watchfaces installed on your Band, I recommend installing an official release of the app. Unfortunately, the latest version available in the Play Store is rather outdated, but you can download the latest APK from APKMirror.

Windows-only software for creating your own watchfaces.

• Before running the modded Health app for the first time, turn on airplane mode on your phone. Then when you open the app (and when creating a Huawei ID), it’ll ask you to specify a region. Set it to India. At least for those of us in the US, you won’t be able to install custom watchfaces if you use your actual location. Don’t worry, everything will still be in English. You can turn airplane mode off after setting the app’s region.
• Don’t use File Export in Designer to build HWT files, as it has a tendency to not work for various reasons. Instead, open up a command prompt and run TemplateWatch.exe, which is found in the export subdirectory of the application. Put this subdirectory in your Windows PATH environment variable so you can simply call templatewatch. from the directory of the watchface you’re building.

The latest release of the watchface can be found on the Mineon GitHub releases page. After downloading it to your phone, upload the watchface to your Band using the modded Huawei Health app. You will then be able to set it on your Band by long pressing on the display.

Mineon Build Prerequisites

For exporting watchface element PNGs from design.svg.

Used in build.bat to convert Mineon’s preview image exported from design.svg into the proper BMP format.

Mineon Build Instructions

• Open design.svg in Inkscape.
• Select all objects in the slices layer.
• Hide the slices layer while keeping the objects selected.
• Open the Export PNG Image dialog (File Export PNG Image. ).
• Enable the Batch export option.
• Click the Export As. button and save the files in the watchface/res subdirectory.
• Open a command prompt in the root Mineon directory and run build.bat.

The resulting HWT file can be found in the export/output subdirectory of the WatchFace Designer application. Copy it to your phone and install it through the Health app.

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Minimalist neon watchface for Huawei/Honor Band 6 (and watchface creation tips!)

Huawei Watch 4 Pro review

23 July 2023

Huawei introduced the Watch 4 series in early May, and it is one of the best smartwatches the company has ever released, at least on paper. We got a unit for review early this month, and after testing all the new features HarmonyOS 3.0 brought, we are ready with our full impressions.

We got the all-Titanium unit for review with an aerospace-grade titanium case and a similar strap. If you don’t have much experience with watch face sizes, the 48mm of this one means it’s on the larger size, so you might want to check how it sits on your particular wrist before ordering one.

The first thing we noticed was the different looks of the stylish strap. the elements have a more complete design than previous Huawei watches like the Ultimate or the 3 Pro. Having Sapphire Glass on top isn’t new, but this one is spherical, making the device stand out.

Design and build

The screen is 1.5 LTPO AMOLED, which we already saw in the Watch Ultimate. However, the new domed glass design and unintrusive bezel make the watch a lot more pleasing to the eye.

The Titanium strap is the only one in the Watch 4 family with a classic deployant clasp; all other variants, Pro or not, have a pin buckle mechanism. Huawei provided extra elements in the retail box so the Watch 4 Pro could fit on everyone’s wrist.

When companies put sapphire glass on their smartwatches, they promise full scratch resistance. This is exactly what we experienced in our time with the watch. after several activities, including an ultra-marathon in the mountains with shoulder-high grass and bushes, there is no single scratch on the screen or the body.

Because the glass is domed, it increases the surface area ever so slightly, which also makes navigation through menus a bit easier.

There is also the rotating crown button for quick navigation through menus when fingers are somehow obstructed from touching, for example, with gloves.

There is also a second programmable button on the right side, and it is from a conductive material for health-related features.

Software

Huawei ships the Watch 4 series with Harmony OS 3.0. There are a handful of new features, making the Watch 4 Pro a lot more appealing device to have on your wrist. Watchfaces can bring more details, there are over 100 widgets, and there is even basic multitasking.

The number of widgets is a bit misleading because, in reality, you are limited by the number of cards appearing with a swipe to the right. You can have up to seven different universal cards that can be customized with different combinations of data visualized; only when we add third-party apps from AppGallery will the number of widgets grow.

Huawei has always placed Health at the forefront of its ecosystem. The app provides details on sleep schedule, skin temperature, blood oxygen levels, heart rate, recently added ECG and arterial stiffness. All these sounded great, but they were available only in the smartphone app. Thankfully, with the Watch 4 Pro and its widgets, all the data can be gathered in a single card called Health Glance, including info on the air quality and sunrise and sunset times.

The new watch also has a separate app, called Health Glance, that does all the measurements in a row to provide accurate and reliable data at the moment. We recommend using this feature and keeping the continuous measurements off to preserve the battery life, which seems to be getting shorter with every new generation of Huawei smartwatches.

The wearable comes with an eSIM module, but we didn’t use it in our testing. It also has Wi-Fi and GPS, as well as Bluetooth, but we found minor issues with all three methods of connectivity. The wireless connectivity is only 802.11 b/g/n and the connection often dropped unexpectedly.

Bluetooth does a fine job of putting through the latest notifications, and they are perfectly readable on the screen; some of the apps even support replies with emojis and pre-recorded messages.

What we didn’t like was the slow communication between the smartphone and the smartwatch. There were multiple ghost notifications; others repeatedly popped up despite the fact they were already seen and removed from the phone. This experience is definitely smoother if you have the Huawei Watch 4 Pro connected to a Huawei smartphone.

We did have an issue with the GPS as well, but it was rather a niche problem that might affect only a handful of users. We’d guess the Watch 4 Pro is designed to be an accessory for the sophisticated gentleman who exercises once or twice in the gym or in the park. We put it through a much harder test, going to the mountains where even cell coverage is often missing, and that’s when the GPS got confused and started drawing longer routes, guesstimating the actual position of the wearable.

Thankfully, this reviewer knew his way out to civilization, but we would not recommend relying on the Watch 4 Pro location capabilities when going on an adventure.

Battery life

Huawei stopped revealing the battery capacity of its wearables a long time ago, saying the number is not as important as the actual battery life, which is tested in Huawei Labs around the world. Eventually, we found out it is 780 mAh in the Pro and 530 mAh in the vanilla variant. The promised battery life is 4.5 days of regular use, which includes some notifications, sleep tracking, one to two activities per week and no AOD.

Different watch faces can drain the battery differently, and we opted for a medium option in our first test. We got over four days of battery life in this first run.

The first charge of the 780 mAh battery was supposed to take 90 minutes and Huawei recommends pairing the USB charger in the box with a Huawei adapter that supports at least a 9V/2A rate.

In reality, the charging time was more like 100 minutes, which is still good enough.

The second test was with the AOD turned on. HarmonyOS 3.0 and the new watch faces bring the most complicated displays we have ever seen on a Huawei wearable. Most of them include colors and fancy activity, which is not real-time; it is gathered from the Huawei Health app via Bluetooth when the watch wakes up. There is a warning that AOD would halve the battery life, but it wasn’t so bad. We got a comfortable three-day battery life out of this next charge.

The Titanium strap does not allow the watch to be easily charged on every wireless charger, so for the next charging, we again used the supplied magnetic charger plate but plugged it into a basic USB port instead. In this worst-case scenario, it takes 150 minutes for the battery to go from 0 to 100%.

The Huawei Watch 4 Pro also has an Ultra-long Battery Life mode, which turns off mobile data, Wi-Fi and all internet-related features. In this mode, we got 20 days of regular use. On the one hand, this is an amazing feature, and we tip our hat to Huawei. On another, in those 20 days, we had a wearable with a massive battery and top-tier hardware that was not utilized. We recommend using this mode only in emergencies; otherwise, you’d be using a €700 smartwatch with the functionality of a €200 оne like the Watch GT 3 SE.

Verdict

The starting price of the all-Titanium Huawei Watch 4 Pro is €700 in Continental Europe and £600 in the United Kingdom. By the time this review is out, we’re already seeing slight price reductions. The Blue and Leather versions are cheaper, costing €550/£500, while the vanilla Watch4 with its smaller battery, black stainless steel body and black fluoroelastomer strap is €450/£400.

Huawei usually bundles its wearables with some of its other devices, often for free. A purchase of the Watch 4 Pro in Germany comes with a Scale 3 for just €9.99 (sold separately for €69). The bundle in France includes Freebuds 5i for free, while users in Italy can even add a 3-month subscription to Health for free.

Users who already own a Watch 3, Watch GT 3, or Watch Ultimate device will find it less compelling to upgrade. the updates are not that major.

But for anyone else who needs a reliable, durable Smart watch that does everything, offers a long battery life and has some great aesthetics coupled with great scratch resistance, the Watch 4 Pro is a great option.

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sync only applicable to EU area

He’s already test 3 Pro and many previous Huawei and all rate very highly for heart rate a little less so for sleep

That not true you can now easily synch to adidas and strava From Huawei health app Go to Me. privacy management. data sharing and authorisation There you got choices. It’s on UK Maybe different area didn’t have that.

Android

“Looks” is a collection of bespoke watch faces pre-installed on the new LG Watch Style and LG Watch Sport. Each watch face had to complement the aesthetics of the hardware and showcase the newest Android Wear 2.0 features.

The final collection of 9 watch faces appealed to a range of tastes and everyday needs.

Moods Android Wear Watch Faces

Whether at home, the Arctic, the office, on a run, or in a cafe, “Moods” has a watch face to keep you connected to your world – here, there, or anywhere. “Moods” was developed as a “sibling” collection which took advantage of the latest Android Wear features but supported the majority of devices, not just LG Watch Style and LG Watch Sport.

ustwo Face Maker

Users love to customize everything about their smartwatch, but watch face design is hard. What if we could design a way to personalize your watch face that guaranteed a beautiful result? This was our challenge for “Face Maker”

A first of its kind, the entire Face Maker experience happens on the watch. Users start with one of two base designs: Classic or Trio and can personalize colors, hands, numerals, and more, simply by swiping and tapping.

Alongside development of Face Maker, we purpose-built a way to test each of the 2,800 possible design combinations. The output of this method could be easily checked for possible defects and design improvements.

ustwo Timer Watch Faces

Chronographs are hard: they require a bunch of buttons, give you lots of hard-to-read information, and need to look good on your wrist. We wanted to make the best chronograph watch face by making it simple, beautiful and usable with a single touch.

Bits Android Wear Watch Face

In 2015 we set out to create our most ambitious watch face ever. Our creation, Bits Watch Face, displays the absolute most information possible while ensuring readability and elegance.

We custom-built 10 complications and gave users a fun way to lay them out in whatever way they’d like. Tap on a complication and it expands to show additional information.

ustwo Smart Watch Faces

For the “Smart” collection of watch faces, we invented exciting ways to combine calendar, fitness and weather data directly into the watch face itself. These industry-firsts paved the way for future innovation on the platform.

ustwo Watch Faces

Our second attempt at wearable design, The “Basic” collection consisted of 14 brand new watch faces with a bold and energetic look which paid homage to traditional timepieces while remaining authentic to the digital platform.

Android Wear 1.0

In early 2014, Google asked us to design and build a collection of digital watch faces for their first public release of Android Wear. No one had ever done this before. We delivered a bold and diverse collection of 9 watch faces which subsequently showcased at Google’s I/O developer conference. Our process set a new benchmark for watch face design and led ustwo to define the official design guidelines for the platform.

Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro review – Premium Design Meets Innovation

Huawei follow up their well-received Watch GT 3 with something a little more upmarket and some added features. With Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro, the Chinese telecoms giant are experimenting with new premium materials as well as adding new health functionality to the device.

At around €349, our review model has a lot to live up to but being founded on the Watch GT 3 is a strong start.

Less is

Visually speaking, Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro is a refresh of the base GT 3 design. Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro is gorgeous in our titanium/black review model.

The device incorporates angular features into its macro design suggesting GT ruggedness beneath the Pro elegance. The fine detail of the crown and the flattened oval action button on the side add some more visual interest.

Contrast between the black strap, the brushed silver of the titanium body and the deep dark of the inactive screen adds another macro aesthetic feature. On closer inspection, the five-minute marks and a solitary, simple arrow marking twelve show in the screen bezel. There is also a set of fine concentric rings underlaid within the bezel.

A bevelled edge to the sapphire face is just a wonderful detail that adds something different to the aesthetic depending on distance. It adds a little depth from afar, a tiny shadow to help the sapphire face almost float above the titanium. Up close, it’s a display of discipline in design and a exhibition of just how excellent Huawei’s engineering team is.

Minimalism is very much the foundation of the device, allowing its premium materials and the delicate details shine.

Wrist Mount

The device reassuringly heavy at 54 grams for the watch excluding the strap. At approximately 10.9mm thick, it’s not particularly chunky for its large display.

The 46mm screen is placed on a chassis that has a footprint less than one millimetre larger. It’s impressive engineering that, when combined with the materials used, lends that premium feel you expect from a premium product.

Electrocardiogram Incoming

Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro has an impressive list of sensors and an even more impressive array of functions and features to exploit them. The already impressive list of functions on Watch GT 3 is here with a test for arterial stiffness as well an an electrocardiogram (ECG).

In the EU, we haven’t received the ECG as it undergoes testing before certification. The arterial stiffness is here and it seems to well. The test is easy to take and not particularly time-consuming.

Whether or not it’s accurate comes down to how rigorously it was tested before certification. But I choose to believe it’s correct when it says my arteries are fine for now.

That aforementioned impressive list of sensors includes: acceleration, gyro and geomagnetic sensors as well as GPS for navigation and run/cycle tracking.

You also get the barometric sensor for altitude and to warn of sudden decreases in pressure that might suggest inclement weather. Optical heart rate and skin temperature sensor also help you keep an eye on your condition.

Built to Last

The battery life is mostly impressive depending on what a user is doing with the device. Huawei’s skill for keeping devices awake long after their competitor’s bedtime means Watch GT 3 Pro keeps the 14-day battery mode of its fitness ancestors.

If anything, a potential 14-day battery life is even more impressive here considering the high pixel count of the AMOLED display.

At full tilt, though you will tire out Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro in two-to-three days. An individual user, of course, will take a few battery cycles to find the right balance between the expanded features and function of Watch GT 3 Pro and the sort of battery life that Huawei’s reputation promises.

Sprightly OS

Like Watch GT 3, Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro runs the Chinese telecoms giant’s own Harmony OS 2.0.

The swiftness of the device makes it satisfying to use. The in-build apps are near flawless for their purpose. The impressive array of sensors are well-exploited by a logical and easy-to-use interface spread across the apps.

Huawei Health app offers more detailed data and deeper options but the selection and layout of what is on the watch is well balanced.

As promising as the UI and hardware chops are, the selection of third-party apps and the app store in its current state still holds the device back a little.

Huawei App Gallery for Harmony OS 2.0 now has a sizeable library of apps but few are standalone in nature. If you don’t mind a host of companion apps you wouldn’t normally use, the quality is mixed overall but there are some gems on there.

Response, Please

Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro features the same simple response templates to messages or emails read on the device as the Watch GT 3. Users can fling an emoji, a pre-loaded template or a user-made template back in response.

It’s not a complete solution but it’s enough for most people, including myself. With some imagination and some personal flair, preparing your own responses is the best way to use the feature.

Specifications: Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro 46mm

Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro is a suitably premium device. The tight engineering, choice of materials and the visual design all do their job in delivering that upmarket experience.

The addition of two new sensors to the TruSeen array is quite a cherry on top. While the ECG functionality is still awaiting approval in Europe, the arterial hardening scanning system is exceptionally easy-to-use. The implementation would leave me confident of the ECG functionality when it comes.

The app selection has improved since Watch 3 but it still lacks a top-tier map service. Petal isn’t TOO bad but it’s not a big player in this region and the absence of a household name here might scare a few of you off.

The 14-day battery life is an achievable figure but it demands the watch do so little, you may as well not wear it. However, the seven days I could reliably get with my workload was impressive indeed.

Review unit provided by Huawei