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In mid-September the Chinese manufacturer launched the new Huawei Watch GT5 Pro and Watch Ultimate in Europe. A few days ago he presented the special edition of the Watch Ultimate for Spanish golfers, and from EL ESPAÑOL – El Androide Libre we were able to test the these particular specifications of a model that take the premium to the highest level both at the software and hardware level.

To test the capabilities of the new Huawei watch in a sport as special as golfwe had the opportunity to learn how to hit our first shots, and always from the perspective of being someone who has virtually never touched a golf club in their life. With this in mind, let’s move directly to a watch that, among all its capabilities for playing golf, has proven to be very useful in recording the most important action of this sport, the swing.

This is precisely what we tested in one morning at the National Center of the RFEG (Royal Spanish Golf Federation) with the help of Huawei, in order to share both the experience of the watch itself and what means getting into sports. golf; and it left us with the delicious taste of practicing it again. Of course, He had time to learn about the special functions of the Huawei Watch Ultimate Golfand the special model for golfers offers important options to get started in a sport that is so particular and which, decades ago, was not as general as it can be today.

But first, we discuss a little about the specifications of the watch in the range and the specifications of Huawei’s highest quality, Ultimate. It mainly differs from the Pro in the material used for manufacturing: zirconium-based liquid metal in housingwhich allows it to offer waterproofing up to a depth of 100 meters (10 ATM according to ISO 22810:2010 and with EN13319 certification).

Launched in April last year, it is characterized by its screen 1.5-inch LTPO AMOLED (466 x 466 pixels) with a brightness of 1,000 nits, 14 days of autonomy thanks to the 530 mAh battery, dual-frequency GNSS and five systems, and a wide variety of sensors: accelerometer, magnetometer, heart rate, barometer, depth, gyroscope and temperature.

The Huawei Watch Ultimate Golf can be purchased in Europe for 899 dollars (and the Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 are free until October 31). The green color scheme (exclusive two-tone nanoo-tech ceramic bezel), new advanced golf course mode, AI Caddy and the best Expedition Mode features make it an ideal watch for golfers. And without forgetting the HNBR belt and premium titanium, which makes it a very attractive watch visually in all its forms.

Start golf

In these first moments when we begin to practice this sport, the the recording of oscillations takes on a great value in order to verify in situ the improvement of each shot, since the achievement of a good swing It always depends on the posture one takes before hitting the golf ball, the placement of the legs, and even the relaxation so that the muscles are relaxed, without rigidity.

The Huawei Watch Ultimate Golf takes care of collect each shot and score it according to the time used in the initial movement (backswing) and the descent phase (slow-down) towards the strike as well as the execution of the swing. Another of the most attractive points is that it makes us aware of the importance of posture and placement as well as the gesture of hitting the golf ball itself, since it is not as simple as it appears there at first glance.

After being one hour and six minutes to improve my swingwe go to the Huawei Health application on mobile to consult some technical statistics. In my case, I performed 118 shots (some were simple movement exercises before hitting the ball) with an average time of swing the 3.3 s, medium backswing (initial part of the striking movement) of 0.78 s, average drop (phase of descent of the club towards the ball) of 0.24 s, swing faster than 36.4 m/s and an average speed of swing of 25.3 m/s.

All this in one hour and six minutes to access a table that shows the recording of all oscillations finished with their time, backswing, slow-down and speed. A table to take a quick look and check difference of oscillations in the first batch to those produced on average or finish. Below we attach a screenshot that shows the statistics from my first steps as a beginner golfer.

It has been a sport reserved for certain social strata for decades, but now is in a moment of expansion in Europe and it is available for any type of person, and even more so due to the profile of the fields as well as the training centers that allow you to enjoy the experience of practicing the sport.

And the truth is that it’s a sport that has some similarities with chessespecially for the posture to be taken, carefully measure the intensity when performing the swing and study the trajectory that the golf ball should take. That is, you must take some time before executing the execution, just as you would in chess before moving the bishop or knight. Relaxation and concentration are of the utmost importance.

Advanced mode for golfers

Indeed, at the RFEG National Center in Madrid We were able to spend a very pleasant time with Beltrán Lozanobusinessman and athlete who gave us important details, to undertake different tests for the simple practice of swing. One of them was to get as close as possible to the white flag. And for a first day, getting 3.03 meters from the hole wasn’t bad at all. Every shot of the ball is measured using the facility’s sensor technology and allows us to know first-hand all kinds of technical details such as distance traveled and much more.

And this is where the very specific software of the Huawei Watch Ultimate Golf comes into play with the first Advanced golf course mode that provides access to over 15,000 maps golfers from all over the world. It features an optimized 3D layer effect that shows a panoramic view of height oscillations, obstacles and the environment to correctly measure each shot. It provides information on fairway slope with adjusted distance, custom distance measurement, real-time wind speed and direction and green slope, all thanks to dual-frequency precision GNSS and its five systems.

And a detail that we really liked in the dials (all of superb design in high resolution), which include precisely three dedicated to golf: one which marks some technical details such as number of oscillations etc with a golf card (not where it is located exactly, but it looks great visually). This way you can see the oscillations performed during training or play.

Antes de pasar a las últimas palabras, tampoco hay que obviar el Modo Expedición mejorado que permite la descarga de mapas de contorno a todo color para usarlos offline; de gran ayuda cuando se suelen planificar rutas de senderismo y así convertir a este reloj en un compañero de inestimable ayuda en muchas situaciones y días. 

¿Me lo compro?

El Huawei Watch Ultimate Golf es la máxima expresión de la marca china y el fruto de su esfuerzo en años para llevar al máximo nivel prácticamente la experiencia en sí misma de un reloj inteligente. Llevado a la rama de un deporte tan especial como el golf, es un smartwatch exquisito en todas sus formas y su correa de HNBR y titanio premium, o que desde el software incluso puntúe el impacto de una esfera en la batería, muestra el grado de detalle y mimo dado por parte de la compañía china.

No es un reloj barato, pero increíble por todo el valor que ofrece por sus 899 dollars. Es un smartwatch que va directo hacia la práctica del golf con detalles apasionantes como el registro del swing o los mapas de miles de campos de golf, pero también abarca un gran montón de experiencias ya conocidas de Huawei en sus relojes y por lo que se está haciendo un nombre en España.