Huawei Band 11 Pro - Scientific Review
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Huawei released the Band 11 and Band 11 Pro. Main differences: screen brightness, materials, and integrated GPS in Band 11 Pro (absent in Band 11). Testing heart rate tracking, sleep stage tracking, and GPS tracking performance. Expecting decent performance from Huawei budget devices. Reviewer is Rob, post-doctoral scientist specializing in biological data analysis.
Starting with indoor cycling, easiest exercise. Reference: Polar H10 ECG chest strap. Plot: horizontal axis reference HR, vertical Band 11 Pro HR. Each dot a measurement; perfect agreement on blue line. Most points near line, correlation 0.98 (max 1.0). One low HR detection, otherwise good.
Individual sessions: First session, reference blue-green, Band 11 Pro red; good agreement, some noise. Second session worse initially, detected slightly low HR.
Limited to two sessions pre-release; initial review. Comparison to 2025+ devices: Band 11 Pro at 0.98, similar to Huawei Band 10, middle to upper-middle class. Not as good as expensive Huawei devices, Apple Watches, Amazfit Helio strap (biceps), Suunto Vertical 2 (initial test). Better than some others; Garmin struggles more on reviewer.
Running overview: significant deviation, points above blue line (too high HR), possible cadence lock (confuses running cadence with HR due to similar periodic signals, limited LEDs/sensors).
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