Huawei will present the new Watch GT Runner 2 next Thursday, February 26 with running and training innovations

Huawei will present its new ‘smartwatch’ Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 the next Thursday February 26, in a global event that will mark the return of technology to the market ‘running’ profesionalwith “significantly improved” running and training innovations.

Under the motto ‘Now is Your Run’ the Chinese technology company has chosen Madrid as a meeting point for this global event, where it will show “a complete range of cutting-edge products”, which will include smart portable devices, audio, tablets and smartphones, among other novelties.

These devices will be announced on next Thursday February 26 and will have advances focused on sports, health and fitness technologyas well as in professional photography and intelligent ecosystems.

However, the presentation event will be marked by the presentation of the new ‘smartwatch’ Huawei Watch GT Runner 2driving the return of this series of smart watches designed specifically for running userswhich arrived with the Huawei GT Runner in 2022.

Specifically, the new Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 has been co-created with the marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and his team, in a five-year process of research and development, to ensure a “forceful return” of Huawei to the professional running watch market.

Thus, the company has clarified that it will have improved running capabilities, including a professional mode dedicated for marathon, ultra-precise GPS positioningadvanced physiological monitoring and training algorithms based on science.

All of this, designed to “transform training” and meet competition needs elite “while remaining accessible to everyday runners”, as Huawei has clarified in a statement.

TECHNOLOGICAL PARTNER FOR ATHLETICS

Huawei has also highlighted its partnership with Kipchoge, as the official technology partner of the dsm-firmenich athletics team, taking advantage of the Kipchoge’s experience of world records and Olympic triumphs to contribute “a real and invaluable insight into the needs of athletes at all levels.”

That is to say, the technology company has applied this professional knowledge to the characteristics of the watch that they take into account from the Pace stability and route accuracy in complex environmentsto ultra-high precision monitoring of the heart ratethe sleep qualitythe fatigue and training load.

Likewise, athletic vision also applies to precision capabilityal design and comfort of use, the battery resistance and algorithmic intelligence, as the firm has clarified.

“Broad participation, with more than 100 runners, industry-leading data accuracy, and advanced models for fatigue and performance assessment have laid the foundation for this next-generation product,” the company stated.

LEADERSHIP IN THE ‘WEARABLES’ MARKET

Huawei has indicated that its commitment to the smartwatch market in professional running is supported by its leadership in the global wearables market.

To this end, he recalled how last year 2025 reached the number one market share in the mobile device industrywith more than 200 million devices shipped worldwide “by mid-year.”

Furthermore, he has put on the table his “diverse portfolio”, which encompasses both everyday fitness bracelets and advanced health monitoring watches.

With all this, before announcing all the features of the new Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 on February 26, the company has announced that users can now subscribe in the Huawei Store to obtain a 50 euro discount coupon on the purchase of the new ‘smartwatch’.