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Huawei certainly likes making a stir. That was undoubtedly the case when Huawei announced the original model of the Huawei Watch GT, a smartwatch with a claimed battery life of two weeks. Competing models such as the Apple Watch Series 4 (or the newer Apple Watch Series 5) measure their endurance in hours, not weeks.
The Huawei Watch GT Active is essentially a style makeover of the existing Huawei Watch GT model, which has more of an impact in design and comfort terms than anywhere else. It's a very good option if you want a long life watch with some smartwatch features, although as I noted with the original, the lack of apps and certain features does make it a less compelling option than many "true" smartwatches.
The Huawei Watch GT Active has taken its time landing on our shores, and that presents a rather obvious problem for it. Huawei's already announced its successor, the Huawei Watch GT 2, and that's a slimmer, even more refined model that does include a level of music playback (albeit on the watch itself) while still retaining that two-week battery life claim.
We don't know right now what the Huawei Watch GT 2 will cost in Australia, or even when it will launch, but it's got to be top of mind when considering the Huawei Watch GT Active. On its own merits, it has superb battery life and handles the very basics of smartwatch notifications and fitness tracking quite well, but with a new model waiting in the wings, it might be wiser to hold off.