The new wearable is expected to launch somewhere in 2015

Sep 8, 2014 09:24 GMT  ·  By

At IFA 2014 in Berlin, a lot of attention was directed towards ASUS’ new ZenWatch, which is the latest product in the category to take advantage of Google’s highly hyped Android Wear platform.

We also had a chance to get acquainted with LG’s second take at the smartwatch market, that comes in the form of the G Watch R – a timepiece taking advantage a round display like the Moto 360.

Sony surprised us too and rolled out an Android Wear watch of its own, albeit we weren't too impressed with it, as we found it a poor copycat of what is already available on the market.

During the same event, Huawei was busy unveiling its latest flagship phablet, the Ascent Mate7 which caught the attention of a lot of onlookers, but that doesn't mean the company hasn't developed an interest for wearables too.

Huawei going into wearables, again

You might remember, Huawei made its debut into the field a while ago, with a fitness tracker slash smartwatch that, to us, frankly looked quite ugly.

However, it appears the company believes in its capabilities of producing decent wearables, even if others might not. Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu recently talked to Engadget and revealed they are gearing up to launch a new smartwatch that will take advantage of Android Wear.

Not much information about what could be called the Huawei Ascend Watch was revealed, but the official said it would be “innovative and beautiful.”

We certainly hope the company will revisit its aesthetical wearable principles until next year, when the product is expected to make a debut into the real world.

Will it be curved, round of rectangular?

We’re sure you’re pretty curious to know what form factor the new watch will take advantage of, but Yu contained himself from spilling the beans. Nevertheless, he did mention the device would be “more beautiful” than Samsung’s latest product, the Gear S.

Well, we’d surely be glad for that. The Gear S does indeed look much better than Samsung’s older Galaxy Gear or Gear 2, but it remains quite big for our tastes.

So it's interesting to see whether Huawei will manage to slim down the form factor enough for you not to look like Inspector Gadget anymore.

Anyway, by the time Huawei debuts its own smartwatch, we’re pretty sure the smartwatch ecosystem will be pretty crowded. Even the Apple iWatch could make an appearance by then, so Huawei needs some “disruptive” features onboard of its wearable if it means to survive the fight.