Today marks the end of the first week that I have owned and worn the Huawei Watch, so it's a good time to provide an update on how I am liking it. In short, I am very happy with this watch.

The main problem I had with the original Moto 360 is its battery life. My benchmark for mobile device battery life is that I shouldn't have to worry about it, which means there needs to be battery life available until I go to bed at night.

Despite all the steps I took with the Moto 360 to preserve battery life, I just couldn't count on it to make it through an entire day. Worse is that to extend battery life as long as possible I had to not use many of the features of the watch. 

Since day one, my Huawei Watch screen has been configured to be always-on. I've used interactive watch faces and tracked my steps using the active Google Fit step tracker, and I have not had to worry about battery life. Not once has the watch gone dead. 

In my opinion, if your smartwatch screen is not always-on, whether in an ambient mode or full power, you are not getting full value from the watch. For example, I had configured the Moto 360 to not display unless I press the crown, which eliminates the glance-ability of the watch. One of the reasons to wear a smartwatch is to quickly see information without having to use a smartphone, tablet, or computer. 

While I am on the topic of the display, let me say that the AMOLED screen on the Huawei Watch is gorgeous. The colors are vibrant and text is very legible. 

The Huawei Watch seems thicker than the original Moto 360, but according to GSM Arena it is in fact 2 mm thinner, and it has a smaller, 300 mAh battery compared to the 320 mAh battery in the Moto 360. I assumed the Huawei Watch had a larger battery, so I am surprised to learn it does not. The AMOLED screen is a reason for the Huawei Watch's battery life because it consumes much less power than other screen display technology. 

Another problem I had with the Moto 360 is that it often lost connection with my Nexus 6P, and that might be a contributor to its poor battery life. I have not had similar problems with the Huawei Watch, it maintains connection with the Nexus 6P throughout the day. The Huawei Watch supports Bluetooth LE 4.1 while the original Moto 360 supports LE 4.0, so that might be a factor with the connectivity difference. 

Of course, a major difference between the two watches is that the Moto 360 is a first generation Android Wear watch, being one of the first ones sold starting in September 2014. The Huawei Watch is a second generation Android Wear watch that became available in September 2015, so Huawei benefited from learning about the problems with the first generation watches. 

The key point here, I think, is that if you tried one of the first generation watches like the Moto 360 and were disappointed, I think it is worth checking out the newest watches as they are clearly better than the first ones. Given the discount price I payed for the Huawei Watch I am very pleased with this purchase and I have a more favorable view of Android Wear.