Ticwatch Pro 2020 Smartwatch, 1G RAM Memory, Sleep Tracking, Dual Display for Long Battery Life, Music, Heart Rate, GPS, NFC, Wear OS by Google, Silver

When I was looking for a smartwatch, from my wife for Christmas 2019, I put a lot into researching them. Apple watches were immediately ruled out. Just because. And nothing else really caught my attention. They all seemed a bit meh.I was going to give up, and make my wife's job much harder given how difficult I am to buy for, when I saw the Ticwatch Pro. It was the dual screen which caught my eye. It was like an old 1980's style lcd display which turned into a modern watch face at the flick of the wrist. I had a look through more of the features. Running on the android-compatible WearOS it features a lot of fitness-oriented apps, like heartrate monitor, step counter, breathing monitor, workout monitor, and goals setting and monitoring. In addition, many popular android apps are available, albeit in pared-back format. Like calculator, google maps, weather reports, calendar, email and messaging. Other useful apps functions include the ability to pay for goods and services, ontrol the music on your phone. Even make and receive phone calls. It even tells the time, apparently. I was intrigued.The dual screen setup is designed to save battery power, and it claims to have a pretty good power management system, allowing the watch to run for up to two weeks on a single charge. I had a look on Amazon and found there was a pretty good promotion on at the time. I was happy with my present come Christmas morning.Since then the watch has barely been off my wrist. It is very modern design, without being in-your-face. I chose the stainless steel surround design (there is a black version as well), with a hybrid leather/silicone strap. This makes the strap very durable, as sweat doesn't get at the stitching. It is also very comfortable to wear. Straps are very easy to swap out, and there are a wide range of official and 3rd party straps available. These range from metal, to canvas, to silicone.Battery life is very good. I've found that with the screen brightness set to about halfway, and running the usual fitness apps all the time, I'm getting around 3 days use before needing juiced up again. It takes around an hour or so to charge from dead.I have been pleasantly surprised at the number, and quality, of watchfaces available. Styles are myriad, from old-school digital style to replicas of some of the most expensive watches in the world. Not all are free, but you should find plenty to meet your needs. I even found one for my beloved Arsenal FC (at a price).There was a time, after getting a new phone, where I couldn't reconnect it to my Google account. But Mobvoi (the manufacturer) worked tirelessly with me to sort the issue out.I've been using the watch for 9 months now and I can still say there is not another watch on the market which would cause me to give up my Ticwatch Pro. It really is THAT good.

I don't normally do reviews but given that it took me so long to finally decide on this Smartwatch I thought it worth while sharing my experience.First I bought the Fossil gen 5 which is a good smart watch but the battery life is appalling and as I work 12 hour shifts I wanted something that would last the day it also looked a bit too small on my wrist, and I wanted something a bit bigger and more eyecatching.Then I tried the Huawei watch GT2 as I have a Huawei phone and it synced perfectly, the size and look of the watch was perfect and it is a great fitness and health tracker, but I wanted all of the Smartwatch features such as calendar individual notifications and third party apps. The Huawei was just too limited in this respect.I sent the Huawei back and thought long and hard about the ticwatch pro 2020 because it was more expensive and it is a make I have never heard of but given Mobvoi is supported by Google I thought it was worth a go and I am not disappointed.The size and weight take a bit of getting used to, I wanted something chunky and this is probably a bit too chunky compared to others but that is the compromise for me given all of the features are exactly what I wanted. It takes a bit of setting up and the battery runs down quickly for the first couple of days but once everything is synced and updated the battery settles down and lasts well.Tic sleep is probably the best sleep tracker I have tried for level of detail, the heart rate monitor seems a bit erratic and registers high even when resting before correcting itself which throws out the average heart rate for the day. However there is still Google fit heart rate monitor to fall back on so not a major issue.It took a while for the calendar to sync but now it works seemlessly and I can see all my meetings as well as notifications which I can customize without getting my phone out.There are a limited amount of watch faces to choose from compared to other brands but plenty of third party ones available as well.As a fitness tracker the step count is very accurate and there are loads of different activity trackers on Google fit.The dual layer Amoled screen is a great feature as I can always see the time without switching to the main screen which no doubt will help the battery life.Overall this is a great Smartwatch, It looks great and is highly recommended, there are always compromises to be had and this is packed with great Smartwatch features which makes the size and weight not so much of an issue and it beats alot of the better known brands hands down.