Huawei is reportedly on the cusp of launching its second blood pressure watch, and it’s likely to be the most advanced and useful of its kind to date.
The Huawei Watch D2 is lined-up for an announcement this September, according to Huawei Central, and September 24 is seen as the most likely date.
This follows a Huawei wearable device passing through medical certification in China earlier in August.
There are currently no concrete details on what the Huawei Watch D2 will offer over the original, the Huawei Watch D from 2022.
That is not to say there aren’t clear avenues for improvement.
Some reviews noted the Watch D’s blood pressure accuracy is good rather than great, and it is a fairly bulky watch.
It’s 13.6mm thick and has a fairly large front-on footprint despite having a mid-size 1.64-inch screen.
Huawei has a good excuse, though. Watches like the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 use fairly standard fitness watch hardware to reap the stats required to estimate changes in blood pressure, from a baseline measured using a blood pressure cuff.
The Apple Watch Series 10 and Ultra 3 are expected to use a similar technique, if they indeed have the rumoured blood pressure monitoring at all.
Huawei’s Watch D has a miniature version of a blood pressure cuff, with an inflating strap, using multiple air sacs. It provides standalone readings.
The impressive part here is a feat of miniaturization, not the technique used to gather stats, which is effectively the industry standard approach.
Of course, ths Huawei Watch D2 is of limited usefulness to the average U.S. buyer as the watch will not go on sale in the States.
It is also typical for there to be a gap of several months between releases or announcements in Chinese and their counterparts elsewhere. Western buyers will likely, at least, want to wait for a version made for an audience outside of China.
At this point, though, the Huawei Watch D is fairly widely available in the UK and EU, a brighter sign for those interested in the Huawei Watch D2.
