Honor Band 6 with large 1.4-inch AMOLED display goes global

The Honor Band 6 has been launched globally after it was first unveiled at CES 2021 in January. The Honor Band 6 was originally launched in China back in November 2020 as the successor to the Honor Band 5.

The come comes with feature-packed specs for the price and tries to close the gap between fitness trackers and smartwatches with its AMOLED display and smartwatch-like design. The Honor Band 6 brings features like SpO2 monitoring, 24/7 heart rate monitoring, female cycle tracking, and 10 professional sports mode tracking to the table.

Honor Band 6 price and availability

The Honor Band 6 is priced at €49.50 which is roughly Rs 4,250 and is now available at AliExpress for the global markets. The Honor Band 5 is available in Meteorite Black, Sandstone Grey, and Coral Pink colourways. The fitness tracker will be available from the official e-store starting April.

Honor Band 6 specs and features

The Honor Band 6 features a 1.47-inch AMOLED display, a bigger display compared to the last-gen fitness tracker. In terms of looks, the Honor Band 6 is similar to the Honor Watch ES. It also comes with a red line button on one side and Honor branding on the other side. With the companion app, you can access several watch faces or you can even personalize with your own watch face.

As for the fitness tracker, the fitness tracker is packed with a lot of features including a Spo2 monitor to measure blood-oxygen levels, a 24/7 heart rate monitor, 10 workout modes - Outdoor run, Indoor run, Outdoor walk, Indoor cycling, Outdoor cycling, Freestyle, Indoor swimming, Rowing machine, Elliptical machine, and Indoor walking. It can also auto-detect workouts for activities like running, walking, rowing machine and elliptical machine.

Other health-related features include Sleep tracking with TruSleep algorithm that offers detailed data of sleep durations, stages, sleep suggestions, and more insights. There is also female cycle tracking on board.

In terms of battery life, Honor claims the band can last up to 14 days on a single charge with moderate usage and 10 days with heavy usage. A quick 10-minute charge is said to offer 3 days worth of battery life.

The Honor Band 6 can also be used to control media, check weather updates, calendar events, alarms, remote camera shutter, find my phone, and it also pushes all the incoming notifications from the phone to watch.

We are yet to hear the launch of the new fitness tracker from Honor India. Currently, the Honor Band 5 is available in India for Rs 2,699 and the Honor Watch ES is available for Rs 4,999.