Huawei is one of the first Chinese
smartphone manufacturers that began making smartbands and smartwatches. The
manufacturer is expected to launch a new smartwatch later this year which will
go by the name Mate Watch. A new leak has revealed details of an upcoming
smartwatch which might be the Mate Watch.
According to screenshots posted on Weibo
by a blogger, Huawei has a new smartwatch coming soon codenamed “Stia”. There
is a placeholder image that shows the watch has a circular dial just like Huawei’s
other smartwatches.
Alongside the Huawei STIA (stia)
smartwatch, the screenshot also shows a smartband with the codename “fides”.
This smartband may be the successor to the Huawei Band 4/Band 4 Pro. The
placeholder image for the smartband shows the band will have a rectangular
display with a circular button for navigation.
The Mate Watch is expected to launch
alongside the Mate 40 series in the third quarter of the year. A report from
last week says the Mate Watch may run HarmonyOS rather than the custom
operating system Huawei’s Watch GT and Watch GT2 watches run.
If the smartband is the Huawei Band 5, it
may launch in the fourth quarter of the year or maybe even alongside the Mate
40 series.
