How to Fix Huawei Watch Connection Problems with HMS 4.0

Huawei‘s problem with Google and its GMS ended up leading to the empowerment of Huawei’s mobile services, known as HMS, and which are automatically updated on their mobiles as they are essential for, among other things, maintaining the proper functioning of wearables of the firm.

Fix Huawei Watch Connection Problems with HMS 4.0

However, something has happened with all those who use an Honor Watch , a Huawei Watch , or any of the smartbands of Chinese firms with non-Huawei phones. For any of these devices to work well you need the latest version of the HMS and, if you do not install it, it will be impossible to synchronize the Huawei Health app with the Huawei Watch or the Honor Band, as we will only see this message:

huawei health

Need for Huawei Mobile Services 4.0

The message makes clear what is the solution to the problem of Huawei watches or bracelets, installing HMS 4.0 on your mobile. At this point we all have the same question: Is it possible to install the latest version of HMS on non-Huawei mobiles? How is it done?

Problems with the Huawei Band and Huawei Watch

If you already have the Huawei Health app installed , now you need to update the services that make it work.

The first thing you will think about is locating the HMS or Huawei mobile services in the Play Store . And you really do well because you will find them in the Android store ready to download on your mobile. This would be the perfect solution for your synchronization problem with the Huawei Watch or the Huawei Band if it were not for the fact that the app requires having the Huawei Mobile Services in its version 4.0, and what we find in the Play Store is not the correct version.

HMS Play Store

The solution is to install App Gallery on your mobile. Logically, the Huawei store is not present in the Play Store but you can download the APK manually from here and install it on your phone, whatever the brand.

App gallery

Once you have the app on your mobile, it will encourage you to automatically install HMS 4.0 but, if not, all you have to do is enter the HMS Core search bar and you will now find Mobile Services Huawei 4.0 ready to install on the mobile, whether or not the Chinese brand.

As soon as it is installed, you can start Huawei Health normally and connect your Huawei Watch to the mobile.

Same connection problem with Honor Watch and Honor Band

Since the Honor mobiles and their wearables, you already have the problem with the Honor Band 5, with an Honor Watchc or any other device to dress it with the signature, also precisely from the HMS 4.0 and the Huawei Health app, the solution to follow is the same.