Huawei Watch GT 2: What apps are compatible?
The Huawei Watch GT 2 has been on the market for a few years now. However, it is still one of the most iconic devices of the brand. With its autonomy of up to 14 days and its design, inspired by previous releases, but definitely renewed, we will always remember it as one of the highlights of the Watch GT series.
It has a presentation that is very reminiscent of classic analog watches, but it is a very advanced device that comes with its own functions and apps, but can interact with Android and iOS apps.
Although it is not called a "runner" like one of its more recently launched cousins, this model will always be remembered as a watch aimed at athletes. Therefore, there are tons of fitness and health apps compatible with it. Today we will show you what these and others are Android apps that we recommend you use with your Huawei Watch GT 2 to complement its operation and have additional features.
8 essential apps for your Huawei Watch GT 2
It should be noted that these are not apps to install on the smartwatch (in case some clueless person has not found out that this watch does not use Android). What we will actually see are applications that you can install on your mobile and synchronize with your watch to be able to interact with it and add new functions.
That said, these apps for the Huawei Watch GT 2 that we present to you today are:
Wear OS Smartwatch
The app that we most recommend to Watch GT 2 users is Wear OS Smartwatch. It is a Google application that allows you to synchronize your Android device with your smart watch to take advantage of endless functionalities of your mobile phone.
With Wear OS you can receive notifications from your mobile, see upcoming meetings and pending events on your calendar, reply to messages, and pay directly from your wrist thanks to its integration with Google Pay. You can also track your physical activity and interact with the Google Assistant, because practically any Android function can be integrated into your Smartwatch with this app.
Huawei Health
Huawei Health (or Huawei Salud in Spanish) is just that, a fitness and metrics app to keep track of your health. It is one of the essentials of this device, since it allows you to install other applications such as Huawfaces. This app is no longer available in the Play Store, so you will have to download it from the App Gallery Huawei.
HuawWatch Maps and Navigator for Huawei Band
Two applications are competing for the position of the best free map app for Huawei smartwatches. On the one hand, HuawWatch Maps, which is considered a much more complete app by its users (but it is in English).
And on the other hand, Browser for Huawei Band. This last app yes this in Spanish and we consider that it is very close to the previous one, except that some of its functions are only available to be used under a paid subscription.
Navigation Pro
We've already recommended two map apps for your smartwatch before, so why do we think you should try Navigation Pro? This is the map app par excellence for the Huawei Watch GT 2 and all kinds of smart watches. And it is that it has the most advanced functions and the highest rating in the Google application store.
Of course, it has a cost of $2,72. However, we consider this cheap if we talk about the best navigation app for smart watches.
huawfaces
If you want to style your watch, you should start with Huawfaces. This app lets you choose between the official spheres of all the most popular Huawei Watch models (GT, GT2, GT2 Pro and GT2E). Each design is available in several languages and in order to install them on your watch you will first need to use Huawei Health.
Facer
This app has the same purpose as the previous one, but taking it to another level, with more than 100 thousand sphere designs, not only from Huawei, but from hundreds of independent brands and authors. Facer is the most powerful app for customizing faces on all kinds of smartwatches. It also allows you to create your own custom watch faces and publish them for other users to use.
Band Notifications for Huawei
The Huawei Watch GT 2 is already capable of displaying factory notifications without the need for external apps. However, it is true that sometimes it presents one or another error when displaying notifications. For example, it is well known that it is not able to show emoticons when notifications have them, and instead puts another symbol in the message. It is also normal that in long messages not all the text is shown, but that it is shown cropped.
The solution to all problems of this type can be found in this app, Band Notifications. It is a mobile application that you can connect to the watch so that notifications are displayed more clearly and without errors. Although its only drawback is that it is paid, the price is barely € 1,39 and with that you get lifetime access.
Conclusion
It is impressive how technology increasingly allows us to have and do more with less. At first it was smartphones, with which we could do everything: listen to music, see social networks, talk to our friends, navigate, organize ourselves and work.
Now, smartwatches are gradually entering this market. An example of this is the Huawei Watch GT 2. Although they still have a long way to go, they are getting more and more interesting and they have more useful applications. They will not replace mobile phones (they don't have a reason either) but we will have more and more things to do on a smart watch.