You can’t make payments with the Watch GS 3, nor do you get rich third-party app support or a voice-based smart assistant – and that’s despite the presence of a microphone and speaker. The Find My Phone mode is useful, as is the Torch mode, which turns the screen into a more vibrant and bright white light. Honor does include some nicely detailed weather forecasts and some standard features such as being able to set alarms, timers and a stopwatch function.
If you want to sync over playlists from services such as Spotify or Deezer, you’re out of luck here. Much like Huawei’s watches, you’re only able to sync music you own, and it needs to be on your phone to do that. Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)Īlong with music playback controls, which don’t hugely differ from previous Honor watches, the GS 3 also includes a music player, with part of the onboard 4GB of storage available for storing your own music. However, the list of supported apps from which you can receive notifications didn’t seem all that extensive through testing. Notification support is well optimised to the screen and offers the ability to send quick replies to messages – or a response to an incoming call on your phone that you don’t want to deal with at that moment.
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There are a nice collection of static watch faces available, with more you can install and sync from the Health app. There’s some minimal lag, which doesn’t massively hamper the experience of using it day-to-day, but it is noticeable. Honor doesn’t divulge any processor details here, either, but it doesn’t take too many swipes of that screen to discover it isn’t super-slick. You’ll need the Honor Health smartphone app to pair, sync and tinker with the watch’s settings and – surprise, surprise – this looks rather like Huawei’s Health app.
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It currently only works with Android phones iOS support will be added as an OTA update, although currently there are no details about when that will happen. Honor doesn’t detail the operating system on which the GS 3 runs, but it’s clearly a proprietary one that’s very Huawei Harmony OS and Lite OS in presentation and experience.
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Honor may no longer be part of Huawei, but the watch software appears to tell a different story. Image Credit (Trusted Reviews) Features and Performance The Honor Watch GS 3 carries a 5ATM water-resistant rating, which means it’s safe to be submerged in water up to 50 metres in depth. If you want a watch that can accompany you on a swim, you’re good to do that here. That slightly curved design elevates the overall look of the watch, too – although those looking for the sleekest version of the watch are advised to opt for the slightly more expensive blue or gold models. The screen is exceptionally bright and accurate, though, with the kind of pleasing deep blacks you’d associate with a quality AMOLED screen.
As such, you’ll need to press one of the two physical buttons on the side of the watch’s case to wake it, which isn’t ideal. This isn’t an always-on display, and there doesn’t appear to be raise-to-wake gesture support here, either. Honor does a decent job of pushing the bezel into the background when it’s matched up with most of the preloaded watch faces. It’s a slightly curved 1.43-inch, 466 x 466 resolution AMOLED touchscreen that’s surrounded by a slim black bezel. Image Credit (Trusted Reviews)ĭesign-wise, Honor plays it safe then, with the screen clearly the standout feature. The latter two come with the Napa leather strap as opposed to the more exercise-friendly silicone one on the black model I was testing. Honor offers the GS 3 in three colours: Midnight Black (pictured), Ocean Blue and Classic Gold. The 45mm-sized case is made from metal and has a plastic rear, while the 22mm strap is removable and super-easy to switch out. In addition, you get a pretty impressive display. The Honor GS 3 doesn’t reinvent the wheel as far as smartwatch design is concerned, but what it does deliver feels well built and comfortable to wear 24/7.
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