Huawei Band 4: Is it Good Enough to Compete with Mi Band 4?

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Fitness trackers are more affordable and functional than ever. And I try review the most capable and budget-friendly devices on the market.

Expectetions were that the Huawei Band 4 is going to be more or less the same as the well known bother or sister brand - Honor – with the Band 5 series – but it is not.
Let’s quickly unbox it: good signature and box by Huawei, way better than what happened with the Mi Band 4 unboxing; inside – there’s the fitness tracker, a short user guide, and that’s it. Huawei have reengineered the charging port. It’s not revolutionary, because other fitness trackers have similar implementation, but it is one of the rare occasions where you have a physical lock button on the band. You actually have to depress this button and the mechanism will let you easily unlock and get to the charging port. This idea is brilliant, of course it is too early to say about the durability of this approach, but so far for two weeks, including sleeping, doing sports, showering – I’ve noticed no issues at all.
91mah battery, good for 7 days of usage, modified Bluetooth 4.2, water resistant, and very lightweight. Most of it is plastic, the display is luckily covered by glass, and the band is silicone rubber. In terms of design – it is very good looking, and if Mi Band is too roundish for you, this could appear to be more attractive.
The processor is Appolo3 – same as used in Honor bands generation 4 and 5 – therefore responsiveness is comparable.
Navigation is quite easy – capacitive button – which acts as a home button, swipe up and down to go through the menus, swipe right for quick access to the notifications, swiping left appears to do nothing. I noticed that as soon as you get more notifications – it may take around a second the panel to show up. Actually this is one of the features I like the most – the way these notifications are grouped.
Sleep tracking is very precise – and as mentioned earlier – it has detected two day-naps I’ve had. Which makes me think that it will probably detect if you are sleeping during the day – something that for example Mi Band and Amazfit devices famously fail to do . Probably it is among the best in its class about that, and likely with the latest firmware, the Honor Band 5 can do the same.
Battery life is the component that didn’t impress - with sleep tracking and continuous heartrate, and notifications – it is only around a week. Luckily – charging is very easy, and for the first time this year – one of the more serious brands comes up with a good device that has a USB port.
Heartrate measuring is also superb. Waterproofness is good, but – despite the fact it is waterproof, there’s no swimming mode in the workout section.
The Huawei Band 4 is really good; Sure – battery life is not as great as the phenomenal Mi Band 4 endurance, but for fitness tracking Huawei Band 4 is in its own league. Some minor things that could be addressed with firmware updates – like the missing swimming mode, music controls, and maybe – control for the screen on time duration. Other than that – it is an awesome basic tracker to have.

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[adrian]

A review this good at 67k subs? Wow, keep it up man, you're doing a really great job. It can be seen that you put a lot of work in your videos.

[muhammadabida]

I have been using both bands for quite some time. In the beginning, the Xiaomi excelled, until Huawei started adding features. Now, in my opinion, the Xiaomi excels in three areas only:

1) longer battery life.
2) Having the "Pool Swimming" workout (which is still not available on the Huawei Band 4, but there's a workaround where you can choose "Free Training", it will monitor your heart rate, but it will not count the strokes).
3) Sharper screen resolution (which is not a big deal for me).
4) The much wider options of watch faces (which is not a big deal for me).

Huawei Band 4 excels in many other areas, e.g. the much more advanced sleep tracking, the innovative charging port (I don't have to worry about losing the charging cable or carrying it around with me), the Huawei Health app is much more advanced, and the latest firmware update added the SpO2 measurement on the Huawei Band 4. Plus the option to take photos with it without third party app (unlike the Mi Band 4).

In my opinion, the Huawei Band 4 wins!

[RichartAsia]

This looks good cause I keep whacking the curved screen of mi band on things while walking... prefer flat screens

[vatafakman]

You replied to every coment question, outstanding, bravo and good luck..

[ecrush]

I have both huawei band 4 and honor band 5, i just wish that honor band 5 had the same strap & charging mechanism of the huawei b 4... and btw my honor b 5 does have music control.
btw, for you guys that looking for built in GPS, i think huawei band 3 pro have it (and of course Huawei b 4 pro too)

[kiranm]

Call and music control, sleep, sms what's up notification, and obviously calories counter.

[vex]

8:02 this chart is incorrect. Band 4 has both the music control & SpO2 sensor / measuring feature.

[MihaiTudose]

The sceen is not OLED, is TFT. The difference is pretty big if you compare side by side with Honor Band 5 or Mi Band 4. And the nap recording during the day is an ok feature if they let you remove incorect naps recording. My Honor Band 5 keeps recording naps when i am at my work siting at my desk.

[konradzluh]

THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION: Can I set up intervals 2:00min work / 0:30 min rest and do it in the cycle all over again - continuously???? Does the band has sound notification when the interval begins/stops???? These are the most important features... for me to have running intervals and to improve "time managing skills in life" And while runnning you can not be free from your smartphone because you will not have measured the distance etc???? You have to run with the smartphone in your pocket??

[Plantum]

music control for Huawei Band 4 is added with 1.0.2.78 firmware update

[bhaigiri]

i ordered huawei band 4 today your review helped a lot love from india

[Tony-nmig]

Thanks for such a good video man
I can tell you put effort into your videos
Stay safe :)

[nicholjoseph]

So does this thing have an outdoor cycling mode in workouts section

[bruh_]

взех си същата и съм много доволен, показва всичко от което имам нужда-калорий, крачки, сън, съобщения,
сърдечен ритъм.Добро ревю

[Jay-cgrx]

I just purchased this today...and 7 days battery life is fine for me. It's not hard work or inconvenient to charge it for an hour and a half once a week. The statistics it's throws out is quality...can't really ask for more at that price. I watched it this upload after purchasing it so it's reinforced my positive opinion of the Huawei Band 4...really enjoyed the video. Thanks....

[garrysutcliffe]

I have just returned my mi band 4, honor millions times accurate especially for working out and sleeping

[cursebird]

I like the way you speak. Thanks for the video. 👍🏻

[milenatzanova]

Great english for a Bulgarian! Very useful video. Thank u mate :)

[hc]

I was searching for someone who really compares both, the Honor band 5 and the Huawei band 4, although the Huawei Band 4 Pro which will be presented 12/12/19, it might be a good idea to see that too, just of its Amoled screen instead of the TFT of the normal version. Cool review.

[justsomephguy]

It is functionally similar to the Honor 5i, both have removable bands and both charge directly to usb ports. The main difference is the Honor has sp02 measuring, both have differently shaped capacitive buttons and the actual straps have a different texture design.