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As the holiday season approaches, many companies are coming out with new fitness trackers and smartwatches in the hopes that you'll give them or get them to help with new year's resolutions. Huawei is one of those companies looking to capitalize on the season—aside from its Android Wear smartwatch, the Chinese manufacturer hasn't come out with a fitness device since its TalkBand series. The $130 Huawei Fit is its answer to the Fitbits, Garmins, and other trackers saturating the mid-range space.
Despite its a circular, watch-like look, the Fit is mostly an activity tracker, though it can still receive smartphone notifications. Huawei checked off all the necessary boxes that would make a fitness tracker capable at this price: it tracks steps, calories, distance, and sleep. It also has continuous heart rate tracking via an optical heart rate monitor, and well as call, text, and some app alerts in addition to connected GPS. Huawei developed the heart rate monitor in the Fit rather than outsourcing from another company, and it's quite accurate. Most of the time, it was within 5 bpm of the Apple Watch Series 2's readings.
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