If you have faith in a positive future for Android Wear, you could very well be right. Android Wear has entered the spotlight yet again at MWC 2017 with not one, but two new smartwatches from Chinese manufacturer Huawei. After being ditched by many of its previous makers, Android Wear seems to be making a comeback, at least for timepiece manufacturers in terms of hardware offerings. Unveiled today in Barcelona, Spain one day ahead of MWC 2017, was the Huawei Watch 2 and Huawei Watch 2 Classic. Each will run Google’s new Android Wear 2.0 and include the Google Assistant straight from the box.

A bit earlier, Huawei took stage to unveil new P10 flagship tier smartphones. However, this wasn’t all Huawei had to show off. The company announced two new Android-Wear smartwatches that will seemingly replace or exist next to the much older Huawei Watch made for style, one of our long-lived favorites. Huawei Watch 2 and Huawei Watch 2 Classic are coming to markets this April and look to go out with a bang!

It didn’t seem like long ago that we heard Huawei, one of favorite Android Wear makers, was considering to replace Google’s Android Wear with Samsung’s Tizen software platform for wearables. Out of nowhere really these last two weeks have been Huawei Watch 2 reports, and just like that, we have two of them.

The Huawei Watch 2 features a design that’s both premium and rugged. With an IP68 rating, both the smartwatches will be able to resistant both water and dust, providing equal protection to many standard watches currently out on the market. This along with the Huawei Watch 2’s plastic and rubber build, much unlike the previous iteration, makes it one of the more durable Android Wear offerings available. Testing to come. Unfortunately, this watch lacks the ability to exchange bands.

Both the Huawei Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic feature two hardware buttons along the side. Unlike the Huawei Watch 2 Classic, which is aimed at a similar crowd to that in which the original Huawei Watch caught the eye of, the Huawei Watch 2 is great for recording fitness activity and includes a GPS sensor for offline standalone exercise. Both watches have a 1.2-inch full circle display, are powered by a Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor and include a 420mAh battery. However, the Huawei Watch 2 brings some additional functionality buyers of the Watch 2 Classic won’t find, such as NFC for making payments and LTE for cellular connectivity. Think of the Huawei Watch 2 as the LG Watch Sport and the Huawei Watch 2 Classic as the LG Watch Style. Perhaps the best of all, is the fact that both smartwatches will come pre-loaded with Android Wear 2.0, putting them among the first to run the enhanced smartwatch OS fresh out of the box (details here).

The Huawei Watch 2 Classic is the more premium, and thus more expensive model of the pair. It’s overall design is made of metal, as opposed to the plastic and rubber found on the Watch 2. The downside of the watch is that it lacks some key features the Huawei Watch 2 has in place.

The Huawei Watch 2 will be available in three color options (pictured above) starting this April. Pricing has not been announced, nor has the gadget’s availability. We do now that however, that it will release in stores this April.

The Huawei Watch 2 Classic comes in two versions, each with a different band material. It will also become available starting in April. Pricing and availability is unconfirmed. We’ll bring the product links for both smartwatches to you once each releases in stores.

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UPDATE: Huawei has confirmed that both Huawei Watch 2 models will be sold in over 20 countries. The initial roll-out will be in March for the following regions, Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany, and China. These remaining countries will get the watch beginning in April. US, UK, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, The Nordics, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, India, South Africa, Poland, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Japan, UAE, and Malaysia. Pricing will vary per region and variant. The standard will be about $350 USD.