Smartwatches and fitness wristbands are now real all-rounders: they serve as heart rate monitors and altimeters, count steps, calculate distances travelled and calories burned, sometimes using GPS, and analyse sleep patterns. Some can be used to play music, make phone calls or send and receive messages...

The Huawei Band is one of the cheapest fitness trackers on the market. In return, it offers good analysis of heart rate and sleep as well as a good battery life of five days. It is a shame that Huawei does not offer any apps and the pay function is missing. However, the Band 9's good data protection and good fit on the wrist speak in its favour.

The Huawei Band 9 does not bring any major changes compared to its predecessor. The only new feature is breath tracking. Otherwise, nothing has changed in the device's range of functions. One positive aspect, however, is that the heart rate measurement works accurately. The automatic training recognition also reacts more quickly than before...