His achievements are historic. He has been Olympic champion four times, world champion six times and European champion five times. To this we must add the numerous world and continental records he has broken, some (such as the hour record) still standing. Sir Mo Farah is, without a doubt, one of the greats of athletics. And, together with his training routine, his discipline, diet and genetics, Technology should also be highlighted.
Recently, Farah himself presented the new Huawei Watch GT 5 Prothe latest model from the company and from the GT family. This brings us, before going into the particularities that we mentioned in the title, to describe it.
The first thing that stands out is its weight: 97 grams, almost four times more than the Huawei Watch Fit 3 which we have already talked about. Is this bad? Not at all. This is a solid watch that, while it doesn’t create a burden on the hand or feel, does show solidity. And that’s key.
One of the first things that stands out about the Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro (from €379) is its design: a straight-line frame combining titanium and ceramic with a durable, sport-friendly silicone strap. All this gives it durability and allows you to dive to 40 meters deep without any problem. In fact, it does so with pleasure, automatically adjusting the brightness of the screen so that the information is easily visible as we descend.
It has a 46-millimeter AMOLED screen, very good luminosity in extreme conditions and a profile that pursues not only sports butfashion too. And this is one of the main aspects at first glance: Huawei has sought to make it a watch that you not only want to wear, but also want to show off..
As far as GPS is concerned, it is essential for the practice of dozens of sports (it has more than 100 modes) It has improved a lot compared to past generations: it is 40% more accurate in routes, 30% in distances and 20% in the pace we take.
As for sensors, there is something for everyone. It allows you to perform electrocardiograms, measure the hardness of the arteries, skin temperature, blood oxygen level, heart rate, sleep patterns and stress. To this we must add the most obvious ones such as the accelerometer. Or one more surprising than measures our emotional well-being through breathing and stress levels and suggests measures to counteract it.
It has plenty of battery: 524 mAh, with effective software to make it last, with basic functions and in saver mode, up to 14 days. Although a full charge takes an hour (with a wireless base included), 20 minutes of charging allows us more than 40 hours of use.
Allows you to reply to messages directly from the screen, NFC payments will be activated soon and a golf training mode will arrive that not only allows you to see each hole, but also gives us distances and suggestions.
All this thanks to its sensors, algorithms and hardware. And that is precisely what Sir Mo Farah was highlighting in the presentation. How does it work? The watch not only measures the distances we can travelalso the length of the steps, the extension of the movement of the arms and the time we remain on the ground and in the air.
Farah said that this watch has allowed him to understand how he moves and whether the cadence of his arms is appropriate to the speed and movement of his legs. But also, by measuring how long each foot supports and the length of the individual stride, It shows us if there is an imbalance in supportthe takeoff or if we are wasting energy. This not only allows us to run more efficiently by reducing effort, it is also an impartial witness to how we may be causing an injury by persisting in a bad support.
Sir Mo Farah has collaborated in the development of the algorithms that allow all these variables to be measured, so it is like having it on your wrist, only in this case responds to the name of Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro.