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EURO VISION
Determined to get around the
lack of Google apps, Huawei has
been inking deals across Europe
to find alternative solutions for
its AppGallery app store, such
as turning to the Dutch team at
TomTom for maps.
At the current count, Huawei
has more than 45,000 apps on
offer – pitiful in comparison to
Google’s 3m – and it’s turned to
French firm Qwant for its search
engine – merde! Don’t worry, it
understands English.
For entertainment, Huawei
has struck a deal with BBC
Studios to show 300 hours
of video content on its devices
in 26 countries. The deal
unfortunately includes shows
such as Call the Midwife.
Centathlon, anyone?
HUAWEI GT 2E
You can’t do too many sports at the moment. Certainly not as many as
100, but when all this is over that’s how many activity types Huawei’s
Watch GT 2e will be capable of tracking. From more traditional exercise
disciplines like running and cycling to skateboarding, climbing and
parkour, it’s definitely a versatile wrist coach. This wearable also
features advanced heart-rate monitoring, sleep and stress tracking
and, for the first time on a Huawei watch, blood oxygen saturation
(SpO2) monitoring. All of this info is viewable on a 1.39in AMOLED
display with the same 454x454 resolution as last year’s Watch GT 2,
with water-resistance down to 50m and two-week battery life.
£160 / consumer.huawei.comTurn up for the Book S
SAMSUNG GALAXY BOOK S
Working from home has meant a mad scramble to upgrade laptops;
and in case your broadband goes down, Samsung’s Galaxy Book S
is packed with LTE connectivity and nano-SIM support. For gruelling
commutes between bed, kitchen and bed again, it doesn’t even require
a cumbersome charger, instead using a standard USB-C lead. Do away
with wires altogether and the Book S stays awake for up to 23 hours.
This 13in Windows 10 machine is powered by a Snapdragon 8cx
processor with 256GB of storage, and security is handled by a
fingerprint sensor on the power button. Best of all, it’s light enough
to hold onto during Google Hangouts dance parties.
£999 / samsung.com