One of the best Android smartwatches I've tested is not a Google or Samsung

ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• The Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro is disposable successful Obsidian achromatic for $349 (but connected merchantability for $160 astatine the clip of writing).
• This Google Wear OS smartwatch offers agelong artillery life, dual-display technology, and a sapphire solid display.
• The ticker presently runs Wear OS 3.5 and is disposable successful 1 larger size.

For the past mates of years, I've been switching betwixt assorted Google and Samsung Galaxy Watch models to brace with my Android, arsenic Google's Wear OS is the champion wearable experience, successful my opinion. One diagnostic I've travel to admit successful a smartwatch is simply a long-lasting battery, and 1 of the champion successful that class is the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro. 

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I've been running, rowing, biking, and sleeping with the caller TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro smartwatch for the past mates of weeks, and its marathon artillery beingness solves my biggest contented with Wear OS smartwatches. 

Its monolithic 628mAh artillery has a unsocial dual show plan for low-power standby use. That equates to an advertised 90 hours -- astir 4 days -- of artillery beingness successful astute mode and up to 45 days successful Essential Mode. Even amended yet, conscionable 30 minutes of accelerated charging provides up to 2 days of artillery life.

When I tally outside, I usage the outdoor moving mode with GPS tracking enabled, and my depletion calculations bespeak that the Pro 5 Enduro should supply up to 15 hours of GPS tracking. I typically tally a mates of times per week (30-45 minutes each time) and enactment connected the Hydrow a mates of times portion wearing the ticker to way my 24/7 enactment and sleep. 

I've been charging the ticker erstwhile play with this usage pattern, truthful the 4 days and 90 hours of emblematic usage look accurate.

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For comparison, the Google Pixel Watch 3 dies connected maine during the 2nd day, portion the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro volition get maine into the 3rd time earlier moving retired of juice. The TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro is the wide victor for artillery life, and if a long-lasting artillery is your superior need, I couldn't urge the ticker more.

The Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen 1 Wearable Platform contributes to the awesome artillery beingness and volition enactment a aboriginal upgrade to Wear OS 4, contempt presently moving connected Wear OS 3.5. This caveat is 1 happening to note, as, unfortunately, Mobvoi hasn't displayed a way grounds of timely updates. Since Wear OS was released successful the autumn of 2023, this caller exemplary should person launched with Wear OS 4 retired of the box, fto unsocial Wear OS 5.

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Beyond artillery life, the dual-display exertion with interactive and customizable ultra-low powerfulness show options is exceedingly useful. You tin take from 18 inheritance colors to item the always-on display, and that show connected the apical furniture of the ticker volition amusement you cardinal metrics specified arsenic fig of steps taken, bosom rate, artillery life, time, and date. 

Spinning the ample rotating crown fastener brings up a afloat show bosom complaint reading, humor oxygen level, and compass heading successful this dual show mode.

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While moving out, this ultra-low powerfulness show furniture volition airy up successful six colors that bespeak your existent bosom complaint zone. This diagnostic is ace utile for checking which portion you're successful astatine a glimpse without having to absorption connected tiny numbers successful the mediate of a workout. This mode besides pairs with 3rd parties, specified arsenic Strava and Nike Run Club, with information similar bosom rate, pace, and elevation, with the ultra-low powerfulness display.

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The TicExercise app offers implicit 100 workout types with assorted metrics specified arsenic betterment time, GPS tracking, speed, and VO2 Max. Unfortunately, you can't customize the information screens for the assorted workouts. This whitethorn beryllium good for casual athletes, but I would similar to spot immoderate basal customization to prioritize the astir important data. Thankfully, since this is simply a Wear OS watch, you tin download third-party services similar Strava to optimize your experience.

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Once your workout is complete, the TicHealth exertion provides exhaustive information astir your show and wellness metrics, specified arsenic regular and play goals, slumber details, bosom complaint history, and overmuch more. TicHealth is 1 of the important updates successful this ticker implicit the TicWatch Pro 5 exemplary released successful precocious 2023.

Other improvements recovered successful the Enduro exemplary implicit the Pro 5 exemplary are the redesigned rotary knob, the usage of sapphire crystal solid connected the show alternatively of Gorilla Glass, a larger and clearer idiosyncratic interface display, and further third-party integration with the ultra-low powerfulness display.

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In addition, the TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro has much than 7,000 ticker faces available, and if you usage the TimeShow app, the look tin beryllium changed daily. The ample 1.43-inch show supports each Wear OS apps, including Google Maps, Messages, Wallet, Keep Notes, and overmuch more. Phone calls and messaging enactment good done a connected phone, and the voice-to-text relation performs flawlessly, too.

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The Pro 5 Enduro measures 50.15 x 48 x 11.95 mm and weighs conscionable 44.7 grams with its 7000 bid aluminum and fiberglass nylon case. The sapphire crystal show is resistant to scratches and the 24mm ticker set is precise comfy with useful quick-release pins. The ticker is besides rather durable with a 5 ATM standing and MIL-STD-810H certification.

The device's planetary navigation outer strategy (GNSS) is included for close tracking, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.2 supply casual connectivity to your telephone and network. However, the ticker itself does not person cellular capability.

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