The Watch 2 packs all of the hardware features you'd expect from a modern premium smartwatch, backed by Google's ever-evolving and increasingly effective Android Wear OS. The standard strap might be a bit cheap and ugly, but that's easily fixed and the overall design is chunky but lovable.

Sensor packed; Water resistant; Android Wear 2.0; Design choices

The Huawei Watch 2 is the sort of watch we should probably have seen a year after Android Wear appeared, not three years. But that’s a knock on Google as much as Huawei. It’s not as pretty as the original Huawei Watch or the LG Watch Style, and that matters when any watch choice is a style choice. It has an awful lot of features, including GPS, NFC and an HR sensor. But some of them don’t work as well as they should. GPS reliability is the stinger, with tracking fidelity much worse than that of a good phone. Or, this watch’s most important rival, the Apple Watch 2. Flaky GPS and heart rate readings aside, the Watch 2 has the basics down, including decent battery life, a sharp screen and as solid performance as can be expected from a smartwatch. Now you just have to ask yourself whether that’s worth £300 of your cash.

One of the longer-lasting Wear watches; Packed full of features;

Boring design lets down high-quality build; Sketchy on-watch GPS; Not swim-ready; Expensive;

The Huawei Watch 2 is the sort of watch we should probably have seen a year after Android Wear appeared, not three years. But that's a knock on Google as much as Huawei.

One of the longer-lasting Wear watches; Packed full of features;

Boring design lets down high-quality build; Sketchy on-watch GPS; Not swim-ready; Expensive;

Overall, the Huawei Watch 2 is another good showcase of the capabilities of Android Wear 2.0. However, that comes with its own innate pitfalls. Wear 2.0 has a focus on high features, most of which have a focus on fitness.

AMOLED display is great; helps with battery life Two-day battery life Watch Mode further saves battery Nearly all new Wear 2.0 features leveraged well

Lack of an extra navigation method (rotating side button) Design needlessly sporty Watch strap feels cheap

At almost $300, Huawei's Watch 2 is one of the more expensive Android Wear devices. Despite that, its IP68 water resistance, astounding battery life, and feature-packed design make it easy to see past its few flaws.

Huawei unveiled the Watch 2 next to the P10 flagship smartphone duo. Although the handsets took most of the attention in Barcelona, the watches - yep, multiple versions here too - didn't completely go unnoticed either. After all, it's been two years since the original Huawei Watch.

The Huawei Watch 2 is yet another smartwatch you probably won't buy. As smartwatches go, it's not bad; it has some good fitness features, like an accurate GPS and a heart rate monitor, and it has a long battery life.

Small charger; Good battery life; Always-on display

Humdrum design; Mediocre apps; No LTE support for the U.S version

Huawei's new smartwatch may be the first one I actually wear for more than a month.

The Huawei Watch 2 has a special low-power mode that can display the time and track steps for nearly a month on a single charge.

The Huawei Watch 2 doesn't have the same elegance that its predecessor had, but we mustn't forget that it's also aimed at a different target audience: athletes. Equipped with Android Wear 2.0, numerous sensors and an optional SIM card slot, the Huawei Watch 2 is well set up in theory.

Sporty design; Customizable second button; Integrated SIM card slot (optional

Operation isn't particularly high quality; Average battery life; Slow and inaccurate GPS