The Huawei Band 8 is an online exclusive with 3 colours, 10,000 watch faces and an RM219 price tag

Everyone’s going gaga over rainbow coloured watch straps but the new Huawei Band 8 smartwatch  that’s about to roll into Malaysia soon has three solid colours and an official RM219 price tag though preordering it can pare the price down to as low as RM169.

What is the Huawei Band 8

The Huawei Band 8 weighs only 14g, has a case that’s just 8.9mm thick and features a 1.47-inch AMOLED touchscreen with 368 x 194 pixel resolution covered by 2.5D curved glass. Fashionistas will appreciate the fact that it has 10,000 potential digital watch faces to choose from and has updated Huawei TruSeen 5.0 sensors for 10% better heart rate tracking, as well as sleep, stress and blood oxygen tracking too to make it a solid health management device. 

According to Huawei, the Band 8 also has their updated TrueSleep 3.0 sleep monitoring tech that has 10% more accurate sleep tracking including the ability to, for better or worse, also note down naps taken at work or in class.

Additional features include close to 100 workout modes and daily fitness goal tracking. In terms of battery life, the Huawei Band 8 is rated for up to 14 days of battery life with a 5 minute charge offering up to 2 days of use and a full charge in just 45 minutes.

The case and accompanying straps come in your choice of Midnight Black, Sakura Pink and Emerald Green. If you preorder the Huawei Band 8 from 1st to 5th June 2023, you can get an RM50 voucher that can go directly towards the preorder to knock it down to RM169. TO preorder, check out their official Huawei online store here and their Lazada store.