It looks like the kind of device you’d come across while shopping for gadgets in an airplane magazine, but the Huawei Watch Buds are very real, turning a smartwatch into a charging case for wireless headphones that can be accessed by lifting the screen.
According to The Register, Huawei first revealed its Swiss Army Knife of clothing with a teaser video shared via Chinese social media platform Weibo on November 29, with the promise of a full reveal today. However, just a day later, the company followed up with another post on Weibo saying that “Huawei’s new winter full scene product launch conference originally scheduled for December 2 will be postponed,” but without any explanation of why or details. about a new release date. Some have speculated that the delays could be Covid-related, but it could also be that Huawei simply didn’t want to steal the spotlight from the first trailer for Cocaine Bear, released earlier this week.
As a result, we don’t have any technical details on the Huawei Watch Buds, which is unfortunate because we have a lot of questions about battery life (given that smartwatches already struggle in that department) and a couple of wireless buttons that charge inside. another source of energy drain.
We also have no idea what they’ll cost, but a video on YouTube offers a brief hands-on with the device, which is reminiscent of last year’s Huawei Watch 3, but slightly thicker to accommodate the headphones inside. Hopefully it also comes with a bigger battery, as the Watch 3 only got a couple of days of use between charges. Not a bad idea for a smartwatch, especially considering how easy it is to lose wireless earbuds and their charging cases, but usually when a device tries to do too many things at once, it doesn’t end up doing— no good