HTC will work with Under Armour to create a Halfbeak smart watch to be unveiled at MWC

HTC's rumors of creating smart watches have been around for almost two years now, and as a smart watch for positioning sports, it is basically certain that it will be launched in cooperation with sports brand manufacturer Under Armour.

HTC has launched the news of smart watches, it has been more than two years now, but until now we have not officially seen this smart watch. The rumors of the original HTC smart watch appeared in 2015 and disappeared in 2016. However, the claim that HTC is developing wearable devices has been confirmed. The first time we saw the prototype was launched in 2015 when the HTC One M9 was launched, and it was in collaboration with the sports brand Under Armour. In early 2016, this smart watch became a member of the UA Health Box and included the UA's smart wristband.

However, the smart watch exclusively for HTC seems to be still in the foreseeable. Originally it was code-named Petra and then called One Wear. The recently exposed name was changed to HTC Halfbeak, and it seems that we want to officially welcome this. The product still has no specific date.

The original name of the HTC smart watch was called Petra. It was previously exposed as an accessory product of the HTC One M9. At the time, it was reported that it would be launched in the first quarter of 2015, but it turned out to be a Grip or UA Band bracelet. Published by HTC.

The second rumor appeared on September 29, 2015, but it still has not been fulfilled. Since then, HTC's smart watches have no follow-up news. Until mid-April 2016, Evan Blass, the big god of breaking news, said that this product will be in the same phase of the moon in the same year, but in the end it still disappointed us once.

And now in 2017, HTC smart watches still have no specific release time, but the outside world seems to be quite optimistic about the opening of the MWC Mobile World Congress at the end of February, but this time whether it will really meet us, is still an unknown, after all, with Under Armour The cooperation shows that this product is more concerned with the sports field than the mobile ecosystem.

The rumors of Halfbeak began in late 2015, but it was only confirmed that it would adopt the design of the round dial, and until October last year, a real spy shot finally appeared. From the spy photos, this smart watch still has the Under Armour logo, it seems that both have been planning to cooperate to create a smart watch product. And including a photo that was later exposed, it basically looks like an unobtrusive sports smart watch.

From the photo point of view, HTC Halfbeak is designed with two physical buttons on the right side, one should be the Home button exclusive to the Android Wear system, and the other is a function button, or converted to an app such as UA Record for timing. Start and stop.

As for the size, it is difficult to judge from the photo, it should look similar to the Samsung Gear S3 or Moto 360, so the dial should be about 42 mm in diameter.

As for the material, it can only be judged from the photo that the back is a plastic case, and the case should be made of metal. It looks similar to the Gear S2, but from the reflective effect of the edge, it seems to be very similar to plastic, so it is still uncertain.

In addition, there is not much news about the waterproof level, but since it is a sports smart watch, there is not much problem in running or swimming in the rain, and we also see the optical heart rate sensor on the back.

Halfbeak's strap is very traditional, using a common silicone material, it should look like a replaceable design, basically in line with the characteristics of a sports smart watch.

The original rumor said that the resolution of the HTC Halfbeak is 360 out of 360 pixels, which is a typical common resolution in smart watch products, and the thickness of the body is very thin. In addition, although it is a round dial, there is no design of the bottom of the tire like the Moto 360, and a black strip appears.

There is no specific news about the configuration of Halfbeak, but probably it can be guessed. For example, HTC and Qualcomm have always been partners, so it is very likely to be equipped with Wear series processors, and currently 512MB RAM and 4GB storage space is also standard on Android Wear smart watches.

But HTC has another option, Intel, and we see Intel's processors like TAG Heuer. In addition, there will be no GPS positioning function can not be determined, but since it is a sports smart watch, basically GPS is now a must-have function, so HTC should not be too shabby.

From the exposure photos, Halfbeak uses a detachable charging design, which should be magnetic or absorbing and charging through the metal contacts on the back. This also shows that Halfbeak should be a waterproof product.

From the exposed photos, you can see that Halfbeak is a smart watch with Android Wear system. However, considering the actual exposure, if HTC really releases Halfbeak, it is very likely to upgrade directly to Google's latest Android Wear. 2.0 system, of course, this is the premise of the official debut on February 9.

The Android Wear system has been around for a while, and the latest generation of Android Wear 2.0 will be officially released on February 9. According to Google, the Android Wear 2.0 system will support standalone app installations, and will enhance motion tracking and improve the operating experience of the entire system.

We hope that Halfbeak will support the UA Record app, as well as third-party fitness tracking apps like MyFitnessPal and Endomondo. Since it is working with Under Armour, it will definitely promote the promotion of its own sports app like the Polar M600. In addition to basic motion tracking, it also includes various other types of sports apps.

In recent years, rumors about HTC smart watches have always appeared from time to time, but now it is almost certain that HTC will cooperate with Under Armour to build this product, and after more than a year of delay, we believe it is very likely I will officially meet with you this year.

However, if you are working with Under Armour, then this means that it may not be released by HTC, but in the name of the sports manufacturer, so for the user, the only thing to do now is to wait patiently, at least until See if you will meet us during the MWC World Mobile Congress at the end of February.