detailed evaluation

The Honor Band has always been loved by young users. The Honor Band 5 and Honor Band 5i launched last year have received good market response and are sought after by many users. One year later, the much-anticipated Honor Band 6 was finally released. It is also Honor’s first full-screen bracelet, opening the era of full-screen bracelets.

Mobile phones have entered the era of full-screen, so what is a full-screen bracelet? We see that the bracelet has evolved from no screen to a black and white screen and then to a color screen. The functions of the bracelet are also increasing. The full screen bracelet brings a larger screen and a higher screen-to-body ratio, which can achieve more. The function is also convenient for users to operate, bringing a better user experience.

Appearance Design

The design of Honor Band 6 looks a bit familiar. It is somewhat similar to the Honor Watch ES launched by Honor, but the screen is only 1.47 inches, which is more compact. At the same time, the screen has an ultra-narrow bezel design, which brings 64% of the screen. Compared with the previous generation of Honor Band 5, it has increased by 148%.

The Honor Band 6 screen is made of AMOLED material. The larger screen makes the operation handy. The large screen can be similar to more content, and can view daily heart rate curves, exercise records, breathing training and other functions. The surface of the Honor Band 6 is covered with precision ground 2.5D glass, coupled with a parabolic elegant arc design, to ensure a mellow touch when worn.

The large logo design on the Honor 30 series is very popular among young people. The side of the Honor Band 6 also adopts the large logo design, showing confidence and youthful trends.

A performance red line is designed on the buttons on the side of Honor Band 6, derived from the design inspiration of the “Performance Steel Cannon” logo, which implies that the Honor Band 6 is super powerful and can be turned on with one key.

Honor Band 6 uses the UV photo-induced phase change process to achieve a soft and skin-friendly silicone strap. It is available in three different styles of meteorite black, seagull gray, and coral pink. The skin-friendly silicone strap is not only comfortable to wear, but also more resistant to dirt.

There are sensors for heart rate and blood oxygen detection on the back of Honor Band 6, which supports continuous heart rate monitoring and blood oxygen saturation monitoring. There are also 2 charging contacts on the back of the bracelet, equipped with low-power chips and smart power-saving algorithms, and it has a long battery life of 14 days in typical scenarios.

In terms of the wearing experience, the Honor Band 6 brings a very light experience. The bracelet weighs only 18g without the strap, which is indeed very light. It brings almost no sense of feeling during exercise, and the round design feels more Comfortable, and functionally more biased towards smart watches.

Smart Function

To use the Honor Watch ES for the first time, you need to use the sports health APP to pair on the phone. After the pairing is successful, you can view the information of the watch on the phone and perform various settings on the phone.

Honor Band 6 provides a very rich dial, the watch has a variety of official preset standby dials built-in, and supports downloading of the dial. You can select the dial according to your needs.

In addition, users can download watch faces through the watch face market on their mobile phones. Currently, there are more than 100 different exquisite watch faces available for download. In addition, users can also transfer the dial via NFC with one touch, and transfer the pictures in the phone to the bracelet as the dial background.

Honor Band 6 provides blood oxygen saturation detection function, through the sensor on the back of the watch, combined with the deep optimization of the hardware light path and algorithm, it supports high-grade blood oxygen detection. You can control your blood oxygen situation through the bracelet, and check your blood through the sports health APP Detailed data of oxygen detection.

Honor Band 6 is equipped with HUAWEI TruSeenTM 4.0 heart rate monitoring technology, which can provide more accurate blood oxygen and dynamic heart rate monitoring accuracy. Honor Band 6 supports all-day heart rate monitoring, and adjusts the heart rate monitoring frequency according to the activity status. At the same time, Honor Band 6 also provides a reminder that the static heart rate is too high/low, and it will send a reminder when the static heart rate exceeds the normal range.

HONOR has also in-depth cooperation with 301 Hospital to analyze accurate heart rate monitoring data to screen for atrial fibrillation and premature beats, with a comprehensive accuracy of 95.5%. The HONOR and Heart Health platform has reached cooperation with more than 70 professional hospitals in China to provide users with appointment and follow-up diagnosis and treatment services.

Honor Band 6 is equipped with HUAWEI TruSleep2.0 sleep monitoring technology. This technology lasted for four years of research and development and deep optimization, and is currently the industry’s leading technology based on infrared light to detect sleep. The Honor Band 6 can accurately recognize deep sleep, light sleep, rapid eye movement (REM), awakening, and sporadic nap records, and can be prepared to recognize difficulty falling asleep/light sleep/easy awakening at night/early waking/multiple dreams/difficult work rest Regular 6 sleep problems, and provide personalized sleep aid services and more than 200 sleep improvement suggestions. HONOR and 301 Hospital jointly researched to provide sleep apnea risk screening, based on heart rate variability and continuous blood oxygen monitoring to detect sleep apnea, with a comprehensive accuracy rate of 85.9%.

Band 6 is based on the measurement results of heart rate variability, and after a large number of scientific experiments, data analysis and model construction, it can accurately assess the stress status. Through the all-weather automatic heart rate tracking and professional advice, with the Huawei Sports Health App, it supports a variety of stress relief services.

Band 6 provides 10 sports modes. Select the corresponding sports mode when exercising. The bracelet will automatically record various data during the exercise, so that the user can grasp the state of the exercise and the effect of the exercise.

After you select the sport mode and start exercising, the Honor Band 6 will start to record exercise data. The Honor Band 6 supports independent recording of basic data such as running distance, time, pace, trajectory, and calories burned. After the exercise, the user can use the watch or View the sports data details on the mobile phone.

The Honor Band 6 also supports the voice assistant function. You can wake up the voice assistant by long pressing the side button for one second, and you can set the alarm clock, start sports, and even control smart home appliances through the voice assistant.

Summary

The Honor Band 6 brings the smart bracelet into the era of full screen, bringing a larger screen and bringing more functions. It is not so much a wristband as a mini smartwatch. The Honor Band 6 brings a trendy design for young users. At the same time, the weight of 18g is indeed very light, bringing a better wearing experience.

The full screen is the biggest selling point of the Honor Band 6. Based on the full screen, it not only brings a larger operating range, but also enriches the functions of the Honor Band 6. With powerful detection functions, you can grasp the body in real time. Various conditions, and provide a variety of exercise modes, so that you can grasp the effect of exercise in real time.

The Honor Band 6 also has the functions of NFC, information reminder, music player, voice assistant, etc. Although it is small, it has all the internal organs. For young users, or users who are not used to wearing traditional watches, Honor Band 6 is indeed a good choice.

By Anurag Rathod

Anurag Rathod is an Editor of Appclonescript.com, who is passionate for app-based startup solutions and on-demand business ideas. He believes in spreading tech trends. He is an avid reader and loves thinking out of the box to promote new technologies.