The vision of a truly phone-free, wallet-free daily life has taken a meaningful step closer to reality. Huawei has launched the HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series — its lightest and most stylish Fit-series wearable yet — integrating Curve Pay to deliver secure NFC contactless payments directly from the wrist. Unveiled at Huawei's "Now Is Your Spark" global product launch event in Bangkok, Thailand, the FIT 5 Series is designed for a young and active generation that wants to travel light, stay connected, and leave the phone behind — without compromising on security, convenience, or health intelligence.
Curve Pay: Wrist-Based Payments at Any Contactless Terminal
Curve Pay is a pioneering digital wallet that consolidates multiple bank cards — Visa, Mastercard, Diners Club, and Discover — into a single smart account. Once set up via the Curve app on iOS or Android, users can select their preferred payment card from the wrist at any time. To pay, wearers simply wake the watch, double-click the side button, and hold the wrist near the payment terminal. The entire process requires no phone, no physical card, and no checkout friction.
The integration brings Curve Pay to the UK and across most of the European Economic Area — making the HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series one of the most payment-capable wearables now available to European consumers. The service works whether paired with iOS, Android, or Huawei devices through the Huawei Health app, giving users complete flexibility across platforms.
A standout feature is Go Back in Time® — Curve's proprietary capability that allows users to switch which card a payment was charged to after the transaction has already been completed. Combined with Mastercard exchange rates for international spend and cashback earning on top of existing card benefits, Curve Pay brings a meaningfully more sophisticated financial experience to wrist-based payments than basic NFC tap-to-pay alternatives.
Security at the Core: Off-Wrist Detection and Tokenisation
Wrist-based payments raise an obvious question: what happens if the watch is lost or removed? The HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series addresses this directly with secure off-wrist detection — if the watch is removed from the wearer's wrist at any point, a passcode is automatically triggered before payments or sensitive features can be accessed again.
Every payment is fully tokenised — the wearer's real card number is never stored on the device or transmitted during transactions, with only encrypted token data used at the point of payment. A 6-digit device PIN is required to activate the payments feature, adding a second layer of access control. The system also supports a limited number of encrypted offline tokens, allowing payments to be made without a live network connection — after which the device simply reconnects to refresh its token store.
A Growing Wearable Payments Ecosystem
The HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series is the latest addition to an expanding Huawei wearable portfolio that now supports Curve Pay across multiple device lines. In March 2026, Huawei announced the rollout of Curve Pay across the HUAWEI WATCH Ultimate 2, WATCH GT 6, WATCH GT 5, and WATCH FIT 4 — following its earlier integration into the HUAWEI WATCH GT Runner 2. The FIT 5 Series now extends that capability to Huawei's active lifestyle and entry-level wearable audience.
This trajectory reflects a deliberate strategic commitment from Huawei: embedding payment capability as a standard feature across its entire wearables portfolio, rather than reserving it for premium-tier devices. For European consumers accustomed to Apple Pay and Google Pay on competing platforms, Curve Pay provides a comparable — and in some respects more feature-rich — experience on Huawei hardware.
Huawei's products are available in more than 170 countries, used by approximately a third of the world's population. With 14 R&D centres across Germany, Sweden, India, China, and other markets, the company's capacity to scale wearable payment integrations globally is substantial — and the FIT 5 Series launch signals clear intent to accelerate that rollout.
"With digital and contactless payments now becoming embedded in everyday life, this partnership reflects Huawei's commitment to the evolution and accessibility of wearable-first payments — without compromising on security or convenience."— Huawei Consumer Business Group, Official Statement