Ticwatch Pro 5 Android Smartwatch for Men Snapdragon W5+ Gen1 Wear OS Smart Watch 80Hrs Long Battery Life Health Fitness Tracking Built in GPS 5ATM Water Resistance Compass (Black+an Extra watchband)

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.

My last watch was the Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 3 that I have had since Oct 2020. It still works and I have had no problems with it but the new one, the Pro 5, caught my eye and after a couple of weeks and as many reviews I could find I purchased it. Pricey? Yeah a little bit but so far worth it, in my opinion. I am a 69 year old guy, retired, who does not use most of the extended exercise routines included with it but the Pro 5 is much more refined than the Pro 3 as you would expect. It is the little things that have made a difference for me so far. It arrived on 8 Jun 2023 and the first 24 hours the drain on the battery was a lot but this is because I was checking everything on the watch and there is plenty to learn and figure out how to apply to your needs and wants. Weight wise on the wrist I have not noticed any difference from the Pro 3. I replaced the included band with a stainless steel one because it suits me better. There are more details on the Ultra Low Power (ULP) screen than before which I have found helpful. You can also check a few other things from that screen so that helps with power usage. The watch face is slightly bigger which allows both watch faces to display more information. I like the Android 11/Wear OS 3.5 that is included. The Pro 3 had Android 9/Wear OS 2.42. The layout is different with the Pro 5 and to me seems less cluttered than the Pro 3 and you don't have to hunt as much to get to a feature. The rolling crown is a nice touch. It is fast and responsive just as the Pro 3 was when I first got it. If I had any complains or wants or wishes, it would be nice to be able to change/add tones for the alarm, same with the ringtones. The ones included are not really appealing to me but they work. None of these are necessary changes but it would ne nice. My first digital watches were Mobvoi back in their infancy and were affordable for me at the time. So I have seen the company excel and progress over several years. The one-tap measurement (heart rate, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, stress and overall heart health) can be done in approx 90 seconds for a quick look at everything. Very nice feature! No Google Assistant but I have never got into it talking to inanimate objects. Now the big thing, the battery! My test started with a full battery at 1330 (1:30pm) on 9 Jun 2023. It is now 1630 (4:30pm) on 12 Jun 2023 and I am at 50%. 75 hours if my old school math of fingers and toes is correct. Not bad but I am sure that will adjust down and up depending how busy I might be as it would for anyone else. Keep in mind I am not out much and not running around all day either like most people are and if I was there would be some more power use. I was getting about 30 to 36 hours on my Pro 3 when I set it aside and 24 hours while I was still working. Not bad either for a 2020 watch tech. Essential mode when sleeping is bound to help with battery life too. It measures the essentials while sleeping and you can set the start and stop time. GPS accurate within feet and the compass feature is good also. Health monitoring features have been refined and are more accurate in my opinion. Plenty of exercise options available in many forms. Is this the watch for you? Only you can make that decision but this has a lot of features others currently don't have along with latest Snapdragon 5+ Gen 1 chip which helps things along including a slightly larger battery than the Pro 3. Like any other Tech you are interested in, no matter what you get a better version will come long later on. Is it worth the price? I think it is. Mine came out of the box with a watch face called Color Run and I like it as it displays a lot of information and surprisingly it is readable even to an older guy like me that needs glasses to read. I am an old school guy who got into the computer revolution in the beginning, early 1970's. In 50 years we have come a long way, some good, some bad, but this watch is something else as far as wearable tech goes. A lot worry about making a fashions statement, I want something that works good and is durable, like this watch is. Like I said at the beginning, it is still early but I am impressed. Definitely recommend! Update: 13 June 2023 - 1330 (1:30pm) - At the 96 hour mark there was still 37% listed for the battery. Once again, I am an older guy who is not as active as he used to be so there is a good possibility that a more active person wearing this watch will not get quite these types of results but it should still be very good. It took 50 minutes to go from 37% to fully charged. Not bad but then again it is new and hasn't been cycled many times yet. Based on the cycling life of other rechargeable products I am sure things will drop down some percentage points and extended time limits to charge but will still be impressive by today's standards. This is a remarkable watch with a lot of features not currently available on other watches I have researched and all in one package. Yes it is pricey compared to other watches but....it all depends on what you want one for and your particular needs, and of course your wallet. And it is just a durable as the Pro 3 is meaning you don't have to be overly careful. Even though I will probably never use even half of the features this watch has available, I am still glad I got it! Update 17 June 2023: 91 hours this time, 40% battery left. The past few days I have been busier than usual and watch did its job as you would expect and hope. Accurate readings, etc. Charged early because of a long day ahead and didn't want to risk it getting out of juice even though I probably wouldn't. Just more cautious in my old age I guess. 55 minutes from 40% to 100%. So far this watch has more than lived up to the standards it advertises and I have no doubt it will continue to do so.

I bought one of these in March. For the first seven months, I absolutely loved it. Great battery life. Great functionality. Very cool. Seven months in, it all went to crap. And, Mobvoi's refusing a refund. Bad product. Worse company. If I had to do it over, I would buy a competing brand. The problem started when the health monitoring just stopped working. I contacted Mobvoi's customer service and they were unhelpful. Talked me through doing a "shipmode" which, I found out later, completely resets the watch to factor settings (and, loses everything you've done on it, which is a PAIN.) Didn't fix the health monitoring. I submit a warranty claim. The warranty folks want me to do an "off wrist calibration" but don't send me any instructions on how to do it. Redit had some information and I did that, and it got the health monitoring back. (I'm a week in, going back and forth with Mobvoi at this point.) After doing all of this to the watch, it's started just suddenly locking up. You know that battery saving dual screen thing they tout? Well, it will just suddenly display the Ticwatch logo under the low res screen and freeze. Or, it'll just freeze at a specific time and stop working. At this point, the only option is to reset. When it comes back on, it's usually lost steps or other health tracking data from the day. This is an increasingly common problem, making the watch completely unreliable for health data tracking. (The whole reason you BUY one of these things.) Another concern I have with Mobvoi is the "water proof" watch. They advertise it as completely waterproof. Reading the warranty, as I have had to do several times this last month, I notice that they have multiple exceptions including: showering or bathing with the watch on, WASHING YOUR HANDS with it on or, basically, anything other than swimming gently in calm water. The first thing the warranty folks ask is if you have showered or bathed with it on, and I've been asked that probably a dozen times dealing with Mobvoi. Basically, it's NOT WATERPROOF and if it gets screwed up getting wet, odds are that it VOIDS THE WARRANTY. I view this, quite frankly, as straight-up false advertising. Also, Mobvoi's warranty submission process is extremely inconvenient and byzantine. The website to do so had significant tech hiccups and I had a hard time even initiating the warranty process. As it stands, they're hassling me now saying it is "beyond the 30 days return period" and, generally, declining a refund. At the price point, I would have expected this watch to work for more than seven months before turning to junk as it has. And, I would have expected a reputable company to honor the warranty in a situation like this. Overall, poor device and worse company.

**I will preface this review with the caveat that this is my first time using a smartwatch on a daily basis (I have used the Ticwatch Pro 3 in the past, but only for research/development purposes) so this review may be less useful for you if you're looking for how this watch compares to other smartwatches since I am a bit of a smartwatch novice. I am also writing this initial review after using the watch for a week, so there are some features that I may not have tested thoroughly yet.** I have an overall positive impression of this watch and didn't have major complaints. The watch looks good (I tried the black color) and even though I have a very slender/spindly wrist, it wasn't too bulky and is more compact than previous iterations of the Ticwatch Pro and feels comfortable to wear especially after I got used to wearing it daily. The rotating crown is easy to use, although I do wish I could reprogram what it could be used for from the settings (I'd prefer the rotation feature to be used for controlling the volume at all times, since I didn't personally use it often for scrolling). I did hear others say that it gets pressed accidentally easily, but I only experienced that once while exercising and it was remediated by moving the watch higher up my wrist. The battery life is great and the watch lasts for over two days without charging. As far as the fitness/health tracking features, I found that most of the features looked more or less accurate to my eye. In particular, the sleep tracking seemed to be accurate to my knowledge. Some of the sensors (such as the heart rate sensor) have a bit of a lag in their readings but seem to make up for it in terms of accuracy. I did find that the step counter seemed to overestimate the number of steps by quite a bit, but otherwise the fitness tracking seems to be more than adequate. I only tried the free style, outside walk, and indoor cycling exercise features on the TicExercise app, but there are tons of other exercises listed that I look forward to trying. The biggest downside of the watch preventing me from giving it a five-star rating is the quality of the Mobvoi software. Given the price of the watch, I'd expect the software to be a bit better. Most of the Mobvoi apps on the watch itself seem okay, but the Mobvoi Health app seems a bit disappointing in terms of its user interface. In addition, I found some bugs in the app; for example, there is a watch face available on the app that allows users to choose a custom image, but when you select the watch face, it goes to a blank screen with no way to select an image. Not a huge deal since there are plenty of ways around this using third-party software, but, again, for a watch of this price, I would expect the software to be more polished and robust. Another example of an issue I encountered was on the watch's onboard software/firmware. At first, the watch would not play any audio to the bluetooth headphones that I connected to it when using non-Mobvoi apps such as Spotify, Calm, etc. This problem occurred for about a day, and eventually fixed itself although I am not fully sure of how it got fixed. There are little bugs and glitches like this that aren't dealbreakers but I imagine would diminish the Ticwatch compared to its competitors that are better known for a good software experience. I also tried setting up the watch with three different phones for testing purposes: an old Motorola smartphone, a Samsung phone, and a Google pixel. While setup on the Google pixel worked relatively smoothly, there were errors with setting up on the other two devices (didn't work on the Motorola but eventually worked with the Samsung after a few struggles). On the Samsung, I also had a lot of issues with setting up bluetooth audio. As a whole, the software seemed functional but a bit clunky and some things just didn't work out of the box and required multiple tries to get it working with minimal documentation online on how to perform troubleshooting/setup. Lastly, I know that the long-term software support of this watch is the biggest concern for a lot of prospective customers. I can't speak to that yet (did receive a couple updates in the past week though!) so may update the review after using the watch for a longer time. TL;DR The watch is good in terms of appearance and hardware, but the software could be improved.

So, I had a Galaxy Watch 4 (which was a pretty good watch with an AWFUL battery life), so I decided to hunt for a replacement watch. No way I wanted to pay the full asking price for another Galaxy watch when I read that they still hadn't improved the battery life very much. So, which model to go with? The Pixel watch was available, but, like the Galaxy watch the battery life was pathetic. That's when I discovered the TicWatch Pro 5. I went to YouTube to see how others reviewed it, and what features it might have. It pretty well "Tics" all the boxes. Construction is great. I love the larger face of the watch (hey, I don't see as well as I used to so I appreciate having the extra screen real estate). It uses it's own health app, so I you are coming from a Google Pixel watch or a Samsung Galaxy, you will need to add another app to your phone. No problem. They basically have the same functionality. Later on I received a Pixel Watch 2 with my phone upgrade. After using them both for a while I prefer to the TicWatch to the Pixel 2 watch. The health app provides me with all the details I need without having to subscribe to Google's FitBit Premium app. The battery life of the TicWatch is phenomenal by comparison. The dual screen display (yes, there are two of them) works really well and saves a tremendous amount of battery life. The display is crisp and clean. The watch automatically detects when I go for a run or a walk and provides great color-based feedback on my exertion as it measures my heart rate. It isn't without some shortcomings. The Galaxy watch does a great job of "speaking" into my wireless earbuds when I am on a run, letting me know each time I've reached another mile marker and relaying my splits in my ear - all without looking at the watch. The TicWatch keeps track of all of that info as well, but it reads it aloud from the watch face - not through the wireless earbuds. It does vibrate nicely to give me a physical sense of when I reach a new mile marker. From a sleep perspective, the sleep score it provides lacks a little bit of nuance compared to the Pixel Watch 2. Basically, it will give me a sleep score of say, 75 or 80 or 85, while the Pixel watch is more incremental (like a score of 72, or 83, etc). The TicWatch can be set to go into "essential mode" - essentially it turns off the watch face while I sleep, yet it continues to track my vitals and delivers good sleep information. This also saves a lot of battery life. The only real knock I have seen against the watch is that it tends to lag a bit behind the other two big guys when it comes to software updates. But, for me at least, that isn't a big deal since it already does such a good job of delivering what I need when I need it. Plus, once you place it on the charger, the watch sends a message to your phone telling you when it is fully charged. Did I mention that it charges really fast? It does. And that is also really helpful when you need a little extra juice before heading out for the evening and you're looking for that extra guarantee that it will take you through the night. Just pop it on the charger and in a few short minutes you can gain a lot of extra power. For me, this watch has proven to be a winner.

This is my 3rd smart watch since 2018. I started with the original TicWatch Pro and was so impressed with the quality, functionality and battery life that I upgraded to the TicWatch Pro 3 GPS in 2021. Mobvoi made sure to only refine what worked well with the previous model and enhance it by adding new functionality/sensors. There were issues here and there on both of these models, but they were resolved fast. I was on the fence on whether I needed to upgrade to the latest model and got the push from Mobvoi, as a part of their Power Users they asked that I provide feedback on the TicWatch Pro 5. So, I decided to go ahead and get it. Wow, they did it again, refined what has worked so well in all the previous models and added improvements in areas that were lacking and added new features/sensors. Let's break down the features. * Size It's the perfect size. Slim enough to no be awkward, big enough display to be able to read easily. I love that it was the same size screen as the previous model because the 3 pack of screen protectors fit perfectly. * Ultra-low-power Dual-layer Display Truly the best feature of these watches and the reason you can get multiple days on a charge. This is such a great feature, being able to still get time, date, steps, heart rate and battery level without having to "turn on" the display is by far the top priority now on any future smart watch purchase. * 80 hours of battery life/Fast charging I had hoped they would have added wireless charging, but I was surprised how fast it charges now. And because they used the same charger dock as the Pro 3, I can have a charger in multiple locations. And if they did not do wireless charging in order to ensure the size of the watch stays slim, I'm glad they did. * Built-in GPS, Compass and Barometer I don't have a specific opinion on these features. Not something that would have swayed my purchase. * Heart Rate, Blood Oxygen and Stress monitoring The health monitoring features of the watch are fantastic. As a person who has minor heart health issues, I love the reassurance of knowing that it's being monitored and can alert if it detects abnormalities. * One Tap Measurement of Multiple Health Metrics Love this, being able to take multiple measurements with a single tap without having to go into each app separate is such a major convivence. * Steps Tracker Working in IT and sitting at desk most of the day has taken its toll on my health and having the ability to track and be reminded to get up and move around has made quite a bit of difference in how I feel physically and mentally. * Sleep Tracking Part of healthy living is healthy sleep. So being able to get detailed information about how I'm sleeping has been such a huge benefit. The only problem I have is that it sometimes breaks up the sleep into multiple records. This usually happens if I have to get up to use the restroom in the middle of the night. * Rotating Crown offers effortless yet versatile control I love how they changed out the two-button configuration to the rotating crown and single more recessed button. If I bent my wrist right on the previous models it would act as a long press and restart my watch. I haven't had that issue with this new configuration. And being able to navigate around using the rotating crown is so much smoother than swiping the screen. * 5ATM Water Resistant/MIL-STD-810H Can't speak to this yet as it's too cold to use the pool yet. * Speaker and Mic Don't really use the watch as a speaker phone so can't speak to this. I only have 4 complaints and I think it has to do with upgrade to Wear OS 3. 1. I can't snooze or stop alarms on my phone from the watch anymore. I use alarms a lot because I easily lose track of time and when I'm in the car driving when one goes off it was very convenient to be able to stop/snooze it from my watch instead of having to dig my phone out of my pocket. 2. Using TimeShow for watch faces. It's clunky and I miss having just their own little area to get different Mobvoi watch faces. 3. Skin temp measurement. The sleep tracking is supposed to be able to measure skin temp but it reports 0 for me. Not a huge deal, just not sure why it's not working. 4. The splitting up of a night's sleep in the sleep tracker if I have to get up in the middle of the night to use the restroom. Overall, I highly recommend the TicWatch Pro 5. They are a quality company, and the TicWatch Pro has a legacy of being a great smart watch.

I really enjoy this watch. I've had it for a few years now and the battery life and dual display setup works amazingly well. The company was even responsive when I had a suggestion for their exercise app. What I don't like is the fact it's not really water resistant. I've been using it to track Kayaking trips. It's worked well a few times and then yesterday it stopped. My son and I went on a 4 hour paddle and we stopped for lunch and to play in the lake some. Last night, I went to do something on the watch and it was in 'essential mode'. When I went to hold the button down to turn off essential mode, the watch fritzed out. It will no longer turn on. The TicWatch logo comes on, but then it flashes to a charge icon and immediately shuts off. I had a similar experience with a TicWatch Pro 3. With that one, I went through the trouble of sending it in for warranty work and they sent me a new watch. I upgraded to the Pro 5 because it touted better water resistance. I'm not sure if I'll bother sending it in this time. Even if I do, I'm not sure I can trust the watch in the water.

Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 5 Review Review/comparison: The Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 5 is my second Mobvoi Ticwatch; the first was a Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra. The feel of it: The Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 5 seems very similar to my Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra in the size and the feeling of wearing it. The band feels comfortable and the watch body feels like it is the right size for a man's watch. Spec comparison: Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra vs Ticwatch Pro 5 Ram: 1 Gb vs 2 Gb (Ticwatch Pro 5 should run faster) ROM: 8 Gb vs 32 Gb (Ticwatch Pro 5 should store more stuff) Battery: 577 mAh vs 628 mAh = 8.8% delta (Ticwatch Pro 5 should last longer) Size: 47.0 x 48.0 x 12.3 mm (Pro 3 Ultra) vs 50.1 x 48.0 x 12.2 mm (Pro 5) It looks like the Ticwatch Pro 5 is about the same size as the Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra except the Ticwatch Pro 5 has the crown that sticks out on the right side producing the 50.1 mm width. Weight: 41.0 grams vs 44.3 grams. Ticwatch Pro 5 weighs 8% more. Wrist band size: 22 m vs 24 mm. Why did Mobvoi change the band size? I have no idea. Finally a second color available! When I bought my Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra it was only available in black. Now the Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro 5 is available in black or a sandstone color. Sandstone and black strap: I was surprised the sandstone color really refers to the color of the watch band; not the watch body itself. The band has a black clasp that contrasts nicely with the sandstone strap. There is a sandstone strap keeper band that keeps the strap from flapping after the clasp and I wonder if that would have looked better if it was also black? There seem to be more holes on the band that are closer together and I am happy with the way that the band fits now. I always felt my old watch the holes were too far apart and I always felt like the band was either too tight or too loose. Gold body: The watch itself is mostly a muted gold color with a shiny gold strip around the bezel. I thought the watch would be sandstone color but it is really gold. The bezel face has a knurl pattern that catches and reflects light and looks fancy. I like the color but it surprised me because some of the Mobvoi photos on their website the watch body appears silver colored to me. Buyer beware that this watch body looks gold. That said I’m impressed how much cooler this watch looks than the all black color. With certain watch faces/colors it looks much more upscale. Color Update: My wife says the body doesn’t look gold to her. She says it looks like metallic sandstone and matches the band pretty well. Red crown stripe: I was surprised to see that the rotating crown also has a red accent on it. I wasn't expecting to see any red color on the watch. Screen: the screen looks slightly larger (old watch was 1.4 in 454x454 326 ppi, New watch 1.43 in 466x466 326 ppi) and brighter? But when using the always on display the screen auto dims too much when in sleep mode. My old watch would be about twice as bright in sleep mode. The screen seems more responsive than my old watch too. It is easier for me to push on screen buttons without accidentally pushing the wrong thing. Setting up the watch: The set up seemed easier without the separate WearOS app we used to have to install on our phones. I got a notification about Essential mode that couldn’t be dismissed. I had to at least go into Essential mode settings and look around. I found that I needed to adjust the start and stop times of the automatic essential mode to match my personal schedule versus the schedule set at the factory. App and OS updates: I needed to update 12 apps including Wear OS from within the Google Play store on the watch. Essential mode: The Essential mode screen that can save power is amazing! The Mobvoi website describes this as ‘Two watches in one’ and I agree; it does feel like you can transform the watch into a different watch! Sometimes I like the look of a basic LCD watch. It is much more visible in sunlight than the always-on display. I wish there was a way that I could have always on display on when I'm in a building but automatically switch to the essential mode display when I'm outside. I found myself switching this manually a lot on my old watch. I see that there is an automatic adaptive brightness setting so I know the watch has a light sensor. It would be nice if the sensor was reading daylight if it would switch to essential mode and when it senses less light switch back to the always-on display. Essential mode Use Case 1: Camping away from power sources but need time, date, long battery life, etc. Essential mode Use Case 2: Situations where I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a smartwatch or don’t want the distractions of a smartwatch. Essential mode now has…modes! Essential mode used to be just one screen with very little available data. Now Essential Mode has multiple screens of data that you can scroll through with the crown! Big improvement and much appreciated! The Mobvoi website says, “switchable tiles such as heart rate, blood oxygen, calories, and a compass.” This is actually pretty awesome that you view so much data in super low power mode. Tilt-to-wake: The twist your wrist to wake the screen seems much more responsive than my old watch. It works incredibly well and is very sensitive. I think it works perfectly and I kind of super love it. Giant settings shortcut menu: There are now 14 customizable icons in the new settings menu! I don't even know what they all do. My old watch only had 6 icons that couldn’t be changed. Rotating crown dial: The rotating crown really makes this watch so much nicer to navigate. The scrolling animations associated with the rotating crown are really smooth and look great. The app drawer: The circular app drawer with circular icons is gone and now replaced with pill shaped icons that scroll vertically. You can’t scroll around the bottom to the top; only up and down. It’s a little boring but it’s legible and it works. Recent apps (Top button): This seems like it is just the app drawer filtered by ‘recent’ instead of ‘alphabetical. So maybe a little redundant since pushing the crown button one time opens the alphabetical app drawer and double tapping the crown opens the most recently used app. Recent app (Double tap crown button): This seems like a good idea to be able to access the recent app so easily. Button change: The Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra had 2 buttons that looked like rotating crowns. The lower button would always get accidentally pressed when doing pushups so I'm glad that button is relocated. Will the new crown button get accidentally depressed when doing push ups insatead? I'm wondering if I will miss the ability to program one button to a favorite app? I used to have that button set to launch the Stocard app to show my planet fitness scan code since that works so much better and faster than the planet fitness app. It looks like it is technically possible to remap buttons by sideloading apps. https://github.com/TransitNow/wearos-btn-remap/ Compass: The Ticwatch Pro 5 has a working compass. I went outside to avoid any possible interference and was easily able to calibrate the compass using the figure 8 motion shown on the watch screen. The compass is really neat and I’m sure I’ll use it from time to time. The Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra had a compass at the time of its release but by the time I bought the Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra the compass feature had been taken away never to return. Mobvoi said this was due to a conflict with Google software. I wonder if that kind of thing will happen again? Will the Ticwatch Pro 5 will lose its compass functionality over time? Facer app: I was surprised Facer let me install it and use my account on a second watch without disconnecting the first watch. Heart rate monitor seems to work better with Facer. My old watch didn't do a good job monitoring my heart rate and displaying that data when using the Facer app. Weather app: The Weather app and it’s Tile did not work on my watch when I first tried it. I tried ensuring location was set to on for both watch and phone, watch reboots, and other Google search solutions to no avail. I finally gave up and installed the Accuweather app. Accuweather asked several permissions questions and worked. This seems to have also healed the Google weather app because it now works as well. This also caused all the weather related data to show up on my Facer watch face. One Tap Measurement app: One tap health measurement is cool to watch. With one tap it measures heart rate, blood oxygen, respiratory rate and stress. If you want to add ‘Heart Health’ as a 5th metric as shown on the Mobvoi website launch the TicPulse app, scroll down to Heart Health and tap the ‘Measure’ button. Wear OS updates: The Ticwatch Pro 5 first shipped August 16th 2023 with Wear OS 3.5 (which was released October 2022). This means Mobvoi had Wear OS 3.5 for 10 months and couldn’t have the watch ready for Wear OS 4 (which came out July 2023, one month before the Ticwatch Pro 5 was released). The Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra was slated to get Wear OS 3 but it has not gotten it for over a year past when Mobvoi promised to release it. This makes me doubt that Mobvoi will be able to upgrade the operating system of this watch to Wear OS 4 in a reasonable time frame. Mobvoi user groups constantly complain about this and I am doubting that they will be happy with the update schedule for this new watch. If you demand timely Wear OS and security updates you would probably be better off with a Google Pixel Watch or a Samsung Galaxy watch. Google assistant or the lack thereof: The Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra came with Google Assistant as standard software. I was able to launch it using one of the buttons on the side of the watch and I could send texts or make phone calls or turn the lights on and off at my house using voice command. As time went by the ability to make phone calls or send texts was taken away and I could only use a limited set of Google Assistant commands. Even worse the Google Assistant was eventually removed completely and I could launch it but it no longer had any functions. Today when I launch Google Assistant it just says, “Google Assistant is not available for this version.” The Ticwatch Pro 5 does not have Google Assistant at all. I wonder if Google Assistant will be available again once the watch gets Wear OS 4? Some people have said they don't care if Google Assistant isn't available on the watch because they never used it but I really liked it and used it all the time. There is a youtube video where it is shown how to sideload Google Assistant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqnD2iWeQBI Google, Do no evil: Google has released its Pixel 1 watch and now it's Pixel 2 watch and all of the features ‘magically’ work; whereas they are ‘somehow’ blocked on other manufacturer’s watches. This is unfair to handicap other manufacturers and keep all of the best features for yourself. It is short-sighted for Google to behave this way and I'm sure companies like Mobvoi don't appreciate it. If Google wants Wear OS to grow and gain market share it needs to treat all its manufacturers equally and fairly. Soarking Charger 3 stand not compatible: The Ticwatch Pro 5 does charge on the Soarking charger 3 and the charging screen looks way better than the old one. It displays the charge in percentage with hundreds of a percent which is entertaining to watch. However, it seems the health sensor on the back of the Ticwatch Pro 5 is larger than the Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra and the new watch doesn’t fit on the charger stand very well. It doesn’t seat on the charger as well as the Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra did. Soarking has updated their charger stand design. It used to be called the ‘3 Charger stand’ but it is now called the ‘5/3’ charger stand. It looks like the cutout in the stand has been enlarged to fit the Ticwatch Pro 5. Pixel Buds Pro and Multi Point Technology: I connected my pixel Bud Pro headphones to this watch which worked well. Using the Pixel Buds Pro multi point technology should ease the transition from phone audio to watch audio. The Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra was a pain to switch headphone audio from phone to watch until I got the Pixel Buds Pro headphones and enabled multi point. Conclusions: Is it worth buying this watch versus a Google or Samsung watch? It depends how much that Essential mode LCD screen and the resultant extended battery life is worth to you in comparison to Google's Pixel Watch OS and Security updates because you are literally making that trade off when you purchase a watch from Mobvoi. Knowing yourself well enough to pick a smartwatch that has the features you need and will have use cases for helps to make this decision. I think this will be a great watch for me as long as updates come in a reasonable rate and features don’t start disappearing. Is the Ticwatch Pro 5 really an upgrade over Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra? With the additions of gmail, calendar, rotating crown, larger battery, more responsive screen, better looking Sandstone color, 2X RAM, 4X ROM, Wear OS 3.5, noticeably faster operation, faster battery charging, much improved Essential modes with multiple data modes, working compass, and less change of Google disabling features for the time being I think the Pro 5 is a tangible upgrade over the Pro 3 Ultra. You may need new watch bands and a new stand charger if you are upgrading from a Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra since the older accessories may not be compatible.