TicwatchTicWatch Pro 5 Android Smartwatch Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 Wear OSWear OS Smart Watch Long Battery Life 5ATM Water Resistance GPS Compass Fitness Tracking Android Only Compatible, Obsidian

I purchased my TicWatch Pro 5 in August 2023 as a functional watch to wear while exercising and a good-looking one (imho) while going out. I am coming from the TicWatch Pro 3 and TicWatch C2 (which are still in rotation and are awesome watches). I have also owned the GTH Pro, but it is primarily utilized by a family member. I’ve stuck with Mobvoi because I know what to expect with the interface, menu navigation, and battery life.I am not in Apple’s mobile ecosystem, plus I do not like square faces. I am also not a fan of fitness-only oriented watches/bands (e.g. Garmin, FitBit, etc.). I was in need of a refresh due to the dwindling battery capacities of my rotation of watches. The TicWatch line made the most sense to me. Below are some highlights (and surprises!) of my usage over the past two months.Battery/charging: I’ve been toying with the idea of going on longer runs, and battery life is paramount. I am a slow runner, so I needed a watch with good battery life. Paired with the fast charging, the Pro 5 exceeded my expectations. I have gone approximately 4.5 days before recharging. I believe the genius of this is due to the watch’s Essential Mode and dual screens. Similar to the Pro 3, the dual display is excellent and extends the time between charges. (Speaking of charging, I use the same cable that came with my Pro 3 to charge the Pro 5!) I appreciate the fast charging - taking me from the tens percentile to the eighties in approximately 30-35 minutes. The fast charge helps me get a charge in before going out, especially if i haven’t charged in several days.Mobvoi Health app: the app was a surprise find for me. I had no idea Mobvoi created another app. The app tracks metrics such as: sleep, VO2 max, heart rate, activity, etc.; all of which are helpful for tracking overall health. The original and current apps are similar in layout, so navigation was easy. I use the app to track my steps, sleep, workouts, and runs.A couple of things I would like to see more of: more watch faces (more free watch faces), and more watch bands.Beyond the similarities this watch has with other premium smartwatches (i.e., notifications, apps, etc., all of which it has), I believe what sets the Pro 5 apart is the battery life. I can wear the Pro 5 without worrying too much about the battery. That, to me, is gold.Thanks for reading.

I picked this watch up as an upgrade to my TicWatch Pro 3, which I have been using for almost 3 years now. I will say I am quite happy with the upgrade. I've been using it for almost 2 weeks now, and figured I would share my thoughts.The Pro 5 looks almost identical to the 3. It is, IMHO, a great size for a watch. It's not a giant clunker (which some watches are), but it's not so small that you can't easily make out what's on the screen if there's a lot of data on it. It's comfortable to wear; I wear it 24/7 except for when I'm in the shower. Where the 3 had two big buttons, the 5 has one button in the size bezel, and one large button that's a rotating crown. The crown is great for easily scrolling through menus and lists, the button mappings are nice and easy to access previous and most used apps. It would be nice to be able to change what the button mappings are (I was really surprise that it wasn't an option in the phone app), BUT: 1. I find them useful (double press on the top button opens up Wallet), and 2. there are other options (below).It uses a new app, Mobvoi Health, which has all of the bio data that the watch tracks, and also allows you to control the watch. When I say "control the watch", I don't mean it lightly. The app is pretty impressive, you can easily set things like screen timeout, what alerts you get from the phone, what calendars you want, ability to zoom the watch screen, etc. You can pick from some really great watch faces (I had been previously using Facer, but honestly there were some really great out-of-the-box faces, and I didn't find any reason to reinstall it). Some faces even have mappable complications that you can set from the phone app. What I couldn't do by mapping a button, I could easily map any app installed on the watch to a complication. I found that I use the app for my car a lot, so on my watch I swapped out the default complication (heart rate) for my car app.The "quick actions" (not sure what they are really called) you get from pulling down from the top have expanded (now two pages worth), and you can edit the screen and put the ones you use the most in whatever position you want, which is super convenient. Oddly enough, you CAN'T do this for the main app list (where you could do it on the 3). I was pretty disappointed that you couldn't click and drag to reorder the apps, but again, there's another solution: Pressing the crown in brings up the app list which you can PIN apps to the top (can't reorder), or you can press the top button to bring up the last 6 or 8 most recently used apps, and between the two of those options make it pretty easy to get to whatever app you want to use.I feel like I'm rambling a bit, but I have to comment on the power use of this watch. I stuck with the Ticwatch Pro 3 for so long because of how well it handled power. I would charge it about every other day and that's really all it needed. The 5 puts the 3 to shame. I first got the 5 on Tuesday afternoon...Saturday afternoon it was down to 12%, which included set up and playing around with the phone. It uses the same proprietary charger as the 3 (THANK YOU MOBVOI), so now I have two :) It charges quickly, and you get an alert when it's all done (minor, but I REALLY appreciate this). Not only that, but it handles it's mode switching SO much better. If you aren't aware, the TicWatchs have 2 screens, one a general LED screen (forgive me, I don't know what flavor of LED screen it is), but over that it has an LCD screen (like an old-school digital watch) for always-on screen with low power consumption. If the 3 got really low on power, it would enter this "essential mode" where it basically only used the LCD screen, and you lost access to apps and LED screen (which I thought was great: instead of a dead watch you still have a functional digital watch). To get out of that mode, you would need to charge & reboot the watch. The 5 not only effortlessly switches in & out of essential mode without any reboots, but it still tracks all of the biometric functions (sleep, O2, heart rate - all great, btw, but I'm not writing War and Peace here) AND you can now modify the LCD screen to display different information on it.I really have to say this is a great watch. It's a big improvement over the 3, and I thought that watch was a big improvement over the other watches that I've had (a couple of Samsungs and one other). I could go on - there are lots of great QoL things, like the flashlight has two modes (one turns the screen white and the other turns the screen red so you don't kill your night vision), lots of other nice touches, but this is already TLDR. If you get this watch, you will not be disappointed. I'm quite happy with it.