- PMOLED screen 0.91 inches with a resolution of 128x32 pixels
- Bluetooth version 4.2
- 3-axis accelerometer, heart rate tachometer and infrared sensor
- Protection from water (up to 50 meters) and dust
- Battery 100 mAh
- Support Android above 4.4. and iOS above 8.0
- Weight 21 grams
Contents of delivery
- Fitness bracelet
- Dock station
- USB cable
- Instructions
- Warranty card
Introduction
I have long wanted to write a short text about this or that fitness bracelet and say that this is another electronic toy for those who are fans of technology and, in principle, do not know why they need such a thing. However, after testing the Band 2 Pro, my opinion has changed a little, although I still consider using fitness bracelets for purposes other than their intended purpose to be stupid.
At the moment, Huawei Band 2 Pro costs just under 4,000 rubles. For this money, the fitness bracelet offers full protection from water and dust, built-in GPS, constant heart rate monitoring and other fairly typical functions. From the original, looking ahead, the operating time is up to 4 weeks in normal mode and up to 2 weeks in the most active mode.
Appearance
In my subjective opinion, the device does not represent anything unusual in terms of design. Almost all of these bracelets look the same: a black strap, a small screen, a plastic case, and so on. The Band 2 Pro gadget has two decorative metal inserts on the sides. By the way, there is a device on sale with a bright red strap. As far as I understand, you can replace the strap, but to do this you will have to unscrew two small screws near the main unit. I couldn’t find additional colors even on Ali. However, apparently, it’s a matter of time.
The strap is made of a pleasant-to-touch material such as silicone (unfortunately, there is no more detailed information). The main thing is that during testing I did not have an allergic reaction as a result of wearing the bracelet for a long time.
The diameter of the circle that the strap describes is 40 - 70 mm. That is, the “watch” can be put on both a child and an adult with a fairly large wrist.
The fastening is very simple: two T-shaped metal pins fit into the oval holes and securely fasten the two parts of the strap. In 4 weeks of active use, the mount has never failed. If you want to constantly monitor your pulse (heart rate), then it is advisable to wear the bracelet higher - a couple of centimeters from the wrist.
For me personally, the main argument in favor of Band 2 Pro was its miniature dimensions and weight of 20 grams. I didn’t feel the gadget on my hand at all, so it didn’t cause discomfort, unlike many other smarter watches on Android Wear.
The screen was not scratched during the test, the metal inserts remained undamaged. By the way, it’s worth noting that I didn’t spare the Band 2 Pro at all: I washed my hands, bathed with it, and even did some minor repairs in the bathroom (a couple of times I got tile adhesive, liquid nails, and grout on it—I washed it and went on to work).
Sensor and power connector
Screen
The matrix is made using PMOLED technology and has a size of 22.38x5.58 mm (0.91 inches) with a resolution of 128x32 pixels. It displays the time, workout parameters, or animated prompts to help you perform breathing exercises.
There are no backlight brightness settings, although I would still program it: the glow was a little annoying at night when I accidentally touched the touch button on the device’s body. Yes, I almost forgot to mention the touch button: it is small and oblong, it responds either to touch or to long-term holding.
In sunlight, the screen is clearly visible and the information is readable. By the way, about her. The main screen displays the battery charge indicator (each bar is approximately equal to 20%), Bluetooth connection, time and date, and the number of steps taken. You cannot change the design.
The screen is activated either by touching or by waving your hand (as if you want to see the time). Navigation through the menu is carried out by touching or sharply turning the hand.
Working hours
As I already told you, I have been using Huawei Band 2 Pro for about a month. The numbers are as follows: if you activate all notifications from your phone on the bracelet, periodically turn on GPS, constantly monitor your heart rate (automatically about once every 1.5 - 2 hours) and sleep, then the fitness “watch” works for up to 2 weeks without recharging. In a more gentle mode (without training with GPS and infrequent measurement of heart rate and sleep) – up to 3.5 weeks. But just as a watch, Band 2 Pro functions for about 4 weeks. To be fair, it's worth noting that the last two figures are based on tracking the battery drain over the course of a week in each case.
The bracelet is charged from a special miniature docking station with two contacts and a microUSB connector. Charging time is approximately an hour.
Working with the device
To actively work with the fitness tracker, you must install the Huawei Health app and Huawei Wear on your smartphone. Moreover, when I just started using the “watch”, the Huawei Wear program was enough, and after updating the software I had to install Huawei “Health” as well. In the end, it turned out like this: in the first application - settings, and in the second - health tracking. Not very convenient.
I won’t list all the parameters, the main ones are:
Huawei TruSleep. The function monitors your sleep and calculates its quality: time of deep, shallow and REM sleep, number of awakenings, assessment of breathing and sleep itself on a 100-point scale, where 1 is bad and 100 is excellent. I tried this function together with the “Smart Alarm Clock”: you select a wake-up period (for example, 7.30 - 8.00 or 8.00 - 8.30), and the Band 2 Pro should wake you up in a 30-minute period when your sleep is in the rapid stage. In theory, everything seems cool, but in practice, the bracelet woke me up either at 6 or 9 in the morning...
Automatic heart rate monitoring. It works without problems and is quite accurate. I even specially measured it manually :)
Manage notifications. We allow access to all available applications and receive notifications on the watch. Information is displayed from WhatsApp, Telegram, mail, Twitter and so on in Russian in a running construction.
Standard features on the device:
Steps. Displays information about the amount, distance, calories burned.
Pulse. Hold the touch button for a long time and receive information about your heart rate for 30 seconds.
Run. Distance and time, speed and heart rate are displayed. If the distance was less than 100 meters, the result is not counted. In addition, the GPS on the bracelet is automatically turned on. It has average accuracy and starts tracking coordinates after 1-2 minutes. It is better to wait for the GPS and only then start the exercises.
Fitness bracelet Huawei Band 3 Pro is a new smart bracelet with a color touch screen and water protection up to 5 ATM. Debuted alongside the flagship and smartwatch in London on October 16th. The device will be a good choice for sports activities with many functions for tracking physical activity.
The Huawei Band 3 Pro offers an ergonomic design with a metal body and a silicone strap. The device is equipped with a 0.95-inch AMOLED screen with 2.5D glass. The device is capable of withstanding pressure up to 5 ATM and is waterproof to a depth of up to 50 meters. There is a 100 mAh battery installed inside, which charges within 100 minutes. Battery life up to 7 hours with GPS enabled. In addition, there is an AI heart rate monitoring system and support for the TruSeen 3.0 function. The tracker is able to recognize 8 types of physical activity. Dimensions are 45 x 19 x 11 mm and weighs 25 grams. Color options are available in black, blue and gold.
The cost of Huawei Band 3 Pro is 99 euros, but the manufacturer did not mention the start of sales. You can also look at a recent new product with the same functions but without GPS -.
Live photos of Huawei Bend 3 Pro and video:
Our review of Huawei Honor Band 3 will reveal its characteristics and features. We will also provide instructions in Russian on how to connect it to a smartphone, and some user reviews will help make a general assessment of the device.
Since 2015, Huawei has separated the Honor line of devices into a separate sub-brand. Not the cheapest on the market (after all, the mother brand is one of the “proper Chinese”), but quite attractive. In addition to smartphones, the line of wearable devices also includes fitness trackers in the now familiar bracelet format.
Technical characteristics and operating time
Huawei Honor Band 3 (also known as NYX-B10) is the most current and advanced Huawei tracker model today (only smart watches are cooler).
The display corresponds to the declared class and price category. It is monochrome, made using PMOLED technology, with a diagonal of 0.91 inches and a resolution of 128x32 (that is, 1:4). Of course, not touch. However, the contrast is high enough for daytime work in bright sun. The screen is also protected by plastic. Below it is a single touch control button: this is enough to read notifications or call up the clock.
The sensor set includes the traditional accelerometer, gyroscope and optical heart rate sensor. The developers abandoned GPS in order to reduce the final price and reduce energy consumption. But NFC is present in the special version.
The battery capacity is 100 mAh. This should be enough for 30 days of work with heart rate counting turned off or 10 days with it turned on. The battery is fully charged in 90 minutes.
| Display | OLED screen 0.91 inches 128 x 32 pixels |
| Kinds of sports | Run Swimming Education Walking |
| Tracking activity and fitness | Steps Activity Calories Sleep monitoring Pulse Distance |
| GPS Compass Time Alarm Reminders Stopwatch Music Reports | No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Activity, sleep |
| Battery | Capacity 100 mAh 30 days (without heart rate monitor), 10 days (with heart rate monitor) Charging time 1.5 hours |
| Waterproof | 5 ATM (50 m) |
| Weight | 18 g |
| Dimensions | 43x16.5x10.3 mm |
| Control smartphone | Notifications Caller ID Call management |
| Bluetooth | Yes, 4.0 |
| WiFi | No |
| NFC | No (optional) |
| ANT+ | No |
| Compatibility | Android iOS |
Equipment and design
The device comes in one of the most stylish packaging for its class. Unlike competitors, the third generation Honor Band has a transparent box in the style of good headphones or chargers, so that the product can be seen with your face. The kit includes:
- Fitness bracelet
- Instructions
- Charging platform
- USB to Micro USB Cable
Like many other wearable gadgets, this one is charged using a special adapter with a magnetic mount. It is highly undesirable to lose it. Although, you may have time to order a new one on Aliexpress and wait for it while your tracker is running on the previous charge.
The Honor Band 3 bracelet is not a designer, but a utilitarian device, yet it looks quite stylish, in the spirit of Huawei in recent years. The strap is made of silicone and fits comfortably on the hand; the double clasp ensures that it will not unfasten spontaneously on the hand. The capsule itself is plastic, the screen occupies most of the front surface. The device looks simple but stylish.
Note that the capsule is attached to the strap using two bolts that securely fix it. Even during the most diligent workout, you will not lose the tracker (which cannot be said about competitors like Xiaomi). And if necessary, it can be easily and simply unscrewed using a regular screwdriver.
The strap can be one of three colors: black (Carbon Black), orange (Dynamic Orange) and blue (Classic Navy Blue). And no “space edition” or “champagne” frills. The capsule is always black.
Features and Features
The display displays the time as usual, but if necessary, sensor readings or notifications from a smartphone are displayed. To activate the screen, you need to turn your wrist with a “look at your watch” gesture.
Notifications from your phone are displayed on the device screen in real time. If there is a delay, it is symbolic. Vibration on your hand will not let you miss a message even in a noisy environment or, conversely, when the sound on your smartphone is turned off. The clock is called up on the screen by pressing a button.
As a fitness tracker, Huawei Honor Band 3 performs quite well. It counts the number of steps (however, like other trackers, it sometimes mistakes other actions for steps - say, applause). The training mode allows you to manually select the type of activity:
- walking
- a ride on the bicycle
- swimming
You can even leave your phone in the locker room of the gym or pool; The data is saved in the bracelet's memory and synchronized as soon as the connection is restored.
Sleep monitoring works again by tracking the user's movements. Based on movements, the bracelet measures the duration of sleep and evaluates its quality. A smart alarm clock can be set to find the optimal sleep phase within a given period of time. Then the alarm clock itself will recognize the optimal moment to wake up and wake you up with vibration. This technology is called Huawei TruSleep.
Operating time on one charge is 30 days; if you keep the heart rate monitor constantly on - 10 days.
Fitness functions are at a standard level for such devices. The tracker counts steps, distance (using GPS on a companion device), and can track heart rate.
Connection instructions
To connect to your smartphone, you need to use the free Huawei Wear app. You can link Honor Band 3 through the application for both Android and iOS, because... it is compatible with the vast majority of smartphones.
Connecting to a smartphone
These instructions are approximately the same for iOS and Android. Do not try to connect to the tracker via standard Bluetooth settings! Instead, follow the connection instructions:
- Install on your Huawei Wear smartphone
- Turn on your smart bracelet or make sure it is turned on
- Turn on Bluetooth on your smartphone
- Launch Huawei Wear
- In the list of devices, select “Smart Bracelet”
- Confirm pairing by simply pressing the touch button on the bracelet
- Enter your details (height, weight, gender, date of birth)
- If necessary, wait until the application itself updates the firmware
Now, through the application, you can simply set up a smart alarm clock, choose which notifications will be shown, set the exact time, choose the style of displaying the clock on the screen, decide on which hand to wear the bracelet, etc.
But there are a couple more steps to fully operate the device.
Health app
The previously installed Wear program ensures communication between the smartphone and the tracker. But if you want to keep track of your health, activity, and sleep statistics every day, you should use the Huawei Health app. If you are using a phone from the same manufacturer, it will already be preinstalled. For other manufacturers available on Google Play or AppStore.
Pairing is extremely simple. Once you install the app, your Wear settings are automatically imported there. If necessary, you can connect it to the Google Fit service. It is this service that is designed to store data - measured heart rate, sports statistics, steps, sleep, etc.
Here you select a training mode, set goals, save the trajectories of your runs and cycling trips, etc.
Conclusion, pros and cons
The bracelet appeared on the market in the summer of 2017. Enough time has passed since its release for owners to be able to form their own opinions about it, and some to write a full review.
Hello dear reader.
Here is another fitness gadget that you can easily find for sale on the Internet, but you will not often see on the limbs of your friends and acquaintances, unlike the well-known Xiaomi. In terms of functionality and ergonomics, they are very similar, but Huawei Honor Band 3 there is an advantage - a smart alarm clock, which was brutally amputated from Xiaomi, even though this option was one of its significant advantages. But first, about the main thing.
Specifications
Display: monochrome, touch, backlit, protected by Gorilla Glass;
Diagonal: 0.91";
Permission: 128x32;
Strap material: silicone (adjustable length);
Sensors: accelerometer, heart rate monitor;
Battery: non-removable;
Battery capacity: 100 mAh;
Working hours: 720 hours (30 days);
Charging time: 90 min;
Weight: 18 g;
Dimensions: 16.5x43x10.3 mm;
Built-in speaker: No;
Compatibility: iOS 8+, Android 4.4+;
Interfaces: Bluetooth 4.2;
Alerts: screen and vibration response;
Notifications: SMS, mail, social networks, calls;
Types of physical activity: walking, running, swimming;
Sleep Tracking: There is;
WR50 (shower, swimming).
I ordered from Ali, but the seller was from Russia, it was delivered within 2 weeks directly to my hands.
Link to the official website of the manufacturer Tyk.
Equipment
✔ transparent plastic packaging;
✔ bracelet with capsule;
✔ charger;
✔ USB charging cord;
✔ instructions in Chinese.
Huawei Honor Band 3
The style is laconic, sporty, without frills. The dimensions of the device are small. The capsule is built into the strap. Screen made of durable Gorilla Glass.
note that the surface of the screen is not all touch sensitive, but only a small area at the bottom - a button.
On the reverse side is a heart rate sensor and contacts for connecting charging.
The button clasp holds securely and is relatively easy to fasten. The strap is softer than Xiaomi, but quite pleasant to the skin, there are decorative “ribs” on the outside.
How to connect a bracelet to a phone?
The connection process is standard, as for all smart fitness devices:
- download the application to your phone Huawei Wear;
- “link” the watch to the phone via Bluetooth;
- customize for yourself;
- additionally download the “Health” application from Huawei. That's all.
The functionality of the bracelet, or why is it needed at all?
The main task of any fitness device is providing information about your activity. So what can we learn?
✅ Time, date, day of the week, battery level and number of steps taken per day.
✅ Separate timers for walking, swimming and running.
✅ Reminders and alarm clocks, including a smart alarm clock.
✅ Notifications about incoming calls, SMS, messages from social networks and other services. You can reject incoming messages by long-pressing the key.
✅ Heart rate. By the way, the heart rate monitor is quite accurate.
It is possible to constantly monitor cardiac activity. Using the schedule in the application, you can assess your condition. True, with this option, the bracelet’s battery lasts exactly a week until the next charge.
Why Huawei Honor Band 3 and not any other smart device?
Frankly speaking, I have never worn a watch. And with the advent of smart watches in my everyday life, I could not get used to the feeling on my hand. They take up too much space, fit the hand too tightly, and the strap is not rigid enough to be worn freely; as a result, it dangles. In addition, after training, under the strap is wet and sticky, you need to wash yourself, for this you need to take off the watch, and why do I need a waterproof device if I need to take it off every time I go to the shower? While the bracelet sits quite loosely on the wrist, water easily penetrates the skin. And the tail of the strap is tightly pressed by the ring, it does not stick out, does not fall out, or gets in the way. Therefore, I have a bracelet again, and the watch has safely migrated to my husband’s permanent residence.
Again, buy something similar in functionality Xiaomi I didn’t want to for a very banal reason. Everyone I know is already wearing it. I wanted something new, but with the same advantages. It turned out that there weren’t many devices on the market with the options I needed.
Advantages of Huawei Honor Band 3
- Capacious battery up to 30 days
- Waterproof, immersion up to 50 m
- Comfortable strap with ring
- Relatively compact body
- Protected screen, larger than the haomi
- Availability of a smart alarm clock
Update from 08/31/2018
The advantages include the bracelet software. The application is simple but functional, and, which is very nice, it is constantly updated. The latest update made it possible to customize the necessary functions at will: monitoring, running, heart rate, swimming, treadmill. For example, I don’t go swimming, so this option can be disabled through the application and it will disappear in the bracelet menu.
In addition, I really like that the connection to the phone, if it falls off, is restored by itself. There is no such thing in smart watches, it fell off - connect it manually.
Flaws Huawei Honor Band 3
Conditional and relative, but still they exist, perhaps they may seem significant to you.
💡 For example, the built-in capsule is not separated from the strap. This means that you won’t be able to change the straps like gloves and the entire device will have to be removed from your hand to charge the capsule. However, I can say from experience that colored straps quickly shuffle and lose their attractive appearance; you have to take care of them more often than simple black ones.
💡 The strap again. The decorative ribs on it seem unnecessary to me. They like to get clogged with foam from soaps, hand creams, and other things. Smooth strap like Xiaomi, would be more practical, IMHO.
💡 The original strap degrades over time, in six months or a year it will be thrown away, so when ordering a bracelet, you will have to immediately buy replacement straps. Read more about this below.
💡 The screen loves grease and periodically gets dirty, just like a phone. Fortunately, the screen is small and quickly wiping it is not a tricky task, at least on jeans.
💡 Swimming training can be started quickly by tapping the screen twice with your knuckles. And this is great, but, frankly speaking, a quick launch does not always work out for some reason. Perhaps this skill can be developed. Again, this is not at all critical for me, since I don’t swim.
💡 The touch button reacts to water, for example, to droplets in the shower, the menu turns on and scrolls through the items “running”, “swimming”, “pulse”, and sometimes starts a workout.
Update from 08/31/2018
The battery lasts for 2 weeks. I can't understand why. I disabled the daily heart rate monitoring function, but judging by the fact that the green indicators turn on periodically, apparently the option is not disabled. In general, 2 weeks, as it turned out, is also quite enough for me, because at least once every 14 days you need to remove the strap from your hand and rinse the internal parts under the ring, where water usually gets in poorly, but foam and soap get clogged well.
Huawei Honor Band 3 not the first smart device in my collection, so...
The conclusion will be like this...
If you play sports seriously and for a long time, lead an active lifestyle, go hiking, go to the gym, then a smart watch is your best friend. If you lead a moderately active or even lazy lifestyle, but still want to know how often and for what reason your heart beats, whether you move enough during the day and whether you sleep well at night, then choose a bracelet. It is cheaper and more practical.
The fastening design is very strange. I don’t know what engineering genius came up with this idea, but there is some big miscalculation in all this. In short, it looks like this: the strap is connected to the capsule through a plastic adapter, which is installed inside the strap and is pressed with a screw. Everything would be fine, but the material of the strap has degraded over time, has stretched out and the plastic part is no longer tightly installed in it, which means that the strap needs to be changed, and possibly regularly.
Good day, dear Muskovites.
Today's review will focus on Huawei's fitness bracelet - the Honor Band 3 model.
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I myself am not new to using wearable electronics. My first acquaintance began with Sony Smartwatch back in 2013. Then I also had watches from Sony of the second () and third model. Last year I also became acquainted with Chinese smart watches.
For all their beauty, they had one major drawback - a weak battery (they had to be charged every day, and sometimes twice). Having made sure that autonomy is primarily important to me, I decided to pay attention to fitness bracelets with their monochrome screens.
So that I don’t get bombarded with “slippers” in the comments because of the incomparably high price of the device, I hasten to inform you at the beginning of the review that there are two versions of the bracelet. The first one is officially sold in Russia at a price of 2990 rubles (on Ali Express the price starts from 2000 rubles ($34)). The second version was developed for the domestic market of China and has an additional NFC module. Its cost on Ali starts at $46. It is the second version that I will introduce you to in this review.
The parcel reached me by Azerbaijani Post in just over three weeks in a regular package with a bubble wrap inside. 
The Honor Band 3 is available with straps in three colors: black, blue and bright orange. 
Packaging and accessories
The bracelet is supplied in a small plastic box with a transparent lid, through which you can see that the bracelet is fixed on a special ledge. 
The description of the functions and characteristics of the bracelet on the box is almost entirely in Chinese. 
The packaging also indicates that this model has an NFC module. 
The box also contains a snap-on charging module, a short micro-USB cable and instructions in Chinese. 
Technical characteristics of Honor Band 3
Screen: 0.91 inches, black and white PMOLED 128x32, non-touch
Waterproof: Can be submerged to a depth of 50 meters
Battery: 100 mAh
Operating time: 10 days with constant heart rate tracking, 30 days without it
Full charge time: about 1 hour
Strap material: silicone
Available colors: blue, gray, orange
Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.2
Compatibility: Android, iOS
Functions: step counting, heart rate counting, sleep tracking, calories burned, running, swimming
Notifications: calls, SMS, smart alarm clock
Dimensions: 43x16.5x10.3 mm
Weight: 18 grams.
Design
Huawei Honor Band 3 has a very compact and stylish design. It fits comfortably on your hand, you get used to it almost instantly. 
The strap is silicone, quite thin and soft, with a pattern on the outer surface. 
There are a lot of adjustment holes, so the strap will fit on any wrist. I especially liked the double latch. A simple rule works here: one fastener is good, but two are more reliable. 
The design is monolithic, nothing can be removed or snapped off, which means it won’t get lost. 
The manufacturer states that it is impossible to replace the strap on the bracelet and therefore does not sell original replacement straps separately. But once you unscrew a couple of screws, the strap can be easily removed from the main base. 
And not original straps on Ali - “a dime a dozen”. There are silicone ones of different colors, leather and metal ones. 
On the back of the case there is a heart rate sensor (HR) and contacts for connecting the charging cradle. On the sides of the contacts there are recesses for securing the cradle using “ears”. 
The screen is not touchscreen. The only control element is a small round area under the screen itself. By touching it, you can scroll through information on the screen and wake it from sleep mode. In addition, you can set the screen to turn on automatically when you turn your wrist. At first glance, it seems that the screen of the Huawei Honor Band 3 occupies almost the entire front surface of the bracelet, but this is an illusion: most of the surface of the device, covered with transparent plastic, does not contain a screen as such . The length of the sides is approximately 24 × 6 mm). However, unless you look closely, it is impossible to notice. The software interface is made in such a way that the background is always black, so the eye does not see the real boundaries of the screen. 
The main screen displays the time, Bluetooth connection status, charge level icon, date and day of the week, as well as the number of steps taken per day. By touching the touch area, you can switch the main functions of the bracelet.
Number of steps: 
Pulse: 
Treadmill: 
Jogging: 
Swimming: 
Compatibility and Synchronization
To use all the functions of the device without exception, you need to connect it to your smartphone via the Huawei Wear application. Honor Band 3 works with Android and iOS smartphones, synchronizing using Bluetooth 4.2. 
Download the application, find Honor Band 3 among the accessories and connect. 
Enter your data: 
The application immediately prompted me to update the bracelet's firmware to the latest version. 
Recommendation for wearing a bracelet on your hand. 
According to reviews from some users, in their application you can additionally choose which hand to wear the bracelet on.
I don't have such a function in the application.
After all this, we get to the main menu of the application. It is available: Bluetooth connection status, bracelet charge (in 10% increments), number of steps, calories burned and distance traveled per day. 
Proprietary function from Huawei - sleep monitoring(more on that a little later) 
You can also turn on a notification - if you sit without moving for more than an hour, the bracelet vibrates and an animated “person” appears on the screen, inviting you to get up and move.
Present automatic heart rate monitoring function.I did not enable this feature as it drains the bracelet's battery, but it will be useful for runners. 
There is also smart alarm clock.You can select a wake-up time of up to 30 minutes. I will say that a smart alarm clock catches the sleep phase, and if it is not deep, then the clock wakes you up at a time that will be as close as possible to the time on the alarm clock. Set the time - 10,20, 30 minutes, and they will wake you up during this time before the alarm goes off. I've been using it for over a month. The vibration of the bracelet is not strong, but it always woke me up. 
Do not disturb function.The display will not light up when you raise your hand, and you cannot receive calls. You can customize the schedule. 
Bluetooth Broken Notification- connections with a smartphone.
Manage notifications. Here you can configure which applications you would like to receive notifications from and which not. The number of applications from which you can receive notifications on the bracelet is limited only by the memory of your smartphone!.. 
After connecting, notifications about incoming calls and SMS begin to arrive on the bracelet, and the call can be rejected directly from the bracelet. It is noteworthy that the gadget’s screen even displays information, for example, from whom the letter came or the call was missed. All notifications are accompanied by vibration. 
Activate the screen when you raise your wrist, you can also scroll through the screens by turning your wrist.
Function settings. Here you can swap the order in which the additional five screens are displayed, or remove some of them altogether. 
The Huawei Wear application is fully adapted (translated into Russian), works without glitches and freezes, but for sleep statistics, steps and workouts you need to install another proprietary application from Huawei - Healht (Health). 
It presents step statistics (numbers, calories, distance in km). This section stores information by day, week and month, with averages calculated for each period. 
The situation is similar with heart rate and sleep - there are convenient and understandable graphs with the necessary information. 
There is also a workout mode in the Health app - you can count running, walking, cycling and treadmill. Depending on the type of sports activity, the program’s algorithms will calculate information differently. You can create your own plans, regimens and training goals. The application can develop running training plans to prepare for five- and ten-kilometer competitions, half-marathons and marathons. You set the date of the event, your best result at a given distance, the expected result, the number of training sessions - and you train. 
The gadget can be synchronized with third-party services and send the collected data to the Health application (branded from Apple), Google Fit, UP by Jawbone and MyFitnessPal (calorie counter and nutrition diary). The list is small and there are not enough different running apps. 
Just for fun, I started a workout - walking - and walked at a calm pace to the store and back. Here is the result displayed in the application. 
You can also set the limits and pulse threshold in the application, upon passing which the bracelet will notify you with vibration. 
Before the New Year, I was able to test the bracelet in the pool. 
In the “swimming” mode, the bracelet on the screen displays the standard time, the time since the start of the workout and the calories burned. 
The bracelet passed the test perfectly. It is worth considering that I alternated the pool with visits to the hammam and steam room. 
Photo (not mine) of how the bracelet looks on the hand in comparison with Xiaomi Mi Band 2. 
I don’t dare compare these two bracelets, since I have no experience in owning bracelets from Xaomi. But according to reviews from the owners of both gadgets from the w3bsit3-dns.com forum, they prefer the bracelet from Huawei.
Autonomy
The manufacturer promises up to a month of battery life. But I tested the operation on a single charge under different conditions.
If constant heart rate monitoring (24 hours) is turned on on the bracelet, the bracelet will live on a single charge for 10-14 days.
If I turn off this measurement (while leaving notifications), the gadget lasted 23 days. I think that if I turn it off
Activating the screen when you turn your wrist - it will last a month on one charge.
conclusions
Perhaps the main quality of Huawei Honor Band 3 is the display of notifications with very long battery life. In addition, you can note heart rate measurement, full moisture protection, a training mode (including in the pool) and a smart alarm clock.
At the end of the review, I would like to warn everyone who wants to buy this gadget for themselves. Don’t make the same mistake as me - don’t buy the version of the bracelet with NFC. Firstly, it is more expensive than the regular version. Secondly, as it turned out, NFC on this bracelet only works in China (and not everywhere - currently supported only in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen).
All the best...
P/S. Judging by the fact that most of the comments are not devoted to discussing the hero of the review, but only about the big difference in price between Huawei Honor Band 3 and Xiaomi Mi Band 2, I hasten to report that it is not that great. If you take the minimum price on AliExpress for these two bracelets - then it will be only 9 bucks. Xiaomi Mi Band 2 (24) and Huawei Honor Band 3 (33) dollars.
Yes, and - Alternative (French alternative, from Latin alternatus - other) - the need to choose one of two or more mutually exclusive possibilities, as well as each of these possibilities.
