Ticwatch E3 Smart Watch Wear OS by Google for Men Women Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 Platform Health Monitor Fitness Tracker GPS NFC Mic Speaker IP68 Waterproof Android Compatible Only

Ok ive had the Tic Watch E3 two weeks and its time for a review! TL:DR its great, go get one and try it out! My last watch was an asus zenwatch 2, so ive been out of the game for a little bit. I was looking for something new and affordable since upgrading from a note 9 to a S22 plus. The Tic Watch E3 is really it! Initial setup is a breeze and had everything going within minutes of taking it out of the box. First things first, The battery life. Its great, up to two days between a fast charge before work (takes about a half hour i think to get a full charge). Im using all the bells and whistles too. Heart rate, steps, sleep, oxygen, gps, spotify and probably more. Really quite surprised actually considering how light this watch is. This watch is LIGHT! i almost dont like wearing watches because i like my arms to weigh the same. Lol but seriously, between the weight of my old watch and its battery life, i just stopped using it. The Tic Watch E3 is some serious hardware and weighs almost nothing by comparison. The display, its bright and easy to read even in full daylight and adjustible. the touch sensor on the watch is very well made too. I never thought a keyboard on a display that small would be easy to use. But it is! Ive used it to log into my Tic account to keep track of my activity. And used it to reply to messages. Its surprisingly easy and accurate. Sleep tracking is very informative, I've actually been sleeping better now that i can see how my routines affect my sleep. And when i feel like i didnt sleep well i have all the info i need to convince my self that i actually did. Heart rate, steps and GPS are all very accurate and informative. Makes me want to do more in order to break previous records ive set or keep consistent. And when ive been sitting too long it gives me a reminder to get up and move around for a little bit. Extremely helpful when im on my pc too much. (im always on my pc too much) Its also very easy to manage which apps are notified by the watch and to silence your phones notifications when the watch is active. Helpful so you aren't buzzing on both devices. Ive been using the Tic apps exclusively on my watch and have no complaints. Plenty of stock watch faces available by default. And through apps like Watchmaker and more you have an endless supply of watch-faces ranging from all the data displayed you can think of to absolute minimal. Instant familiarity if you've used any other or previous android wear product with a suite of features and options you'll find on more expensive models. Waterproofing is very acceptable, i dont plan on swimming with it on (personal preference here, i know the watch would be fine) but i get dirty at work. Ill run it under water to wash off the grime before washing my self up and have had no issues. The glass is tough too, its still as pristine as the day i took it out of the box. Despite the abuse my work causes it. And last but not least, the watch band it comes with i thought i would replace almost right away. As i did with my Zenwatch and almost any other watch (smart or regular) ive owned. To my surprise i did not need nor want to do that in this case. Its just fine, it works, its comfortable and unless the band wears out or breaks ever ill keep it. In conclusion to my review, i really like this watch. Ive become more active and generally enjoy using it. Highly recommend you try it out yourself.

Good: Top-end android wear device, which runs actual android wear. Has all the bells and whistles you'd expect. Battery life has been lasting me about 4 days between charges. Activity tracking seems on par. I do not wear watches when I sleep so cannot comment on the sleep tracking. The heart rate tracking seems to be very quick, faster than prior fitness watches I've had in the past. I only used the NFC once simply to test it, otherwise I tend to use my phone directly for NFC payments. Worth mentioning, watch band that it comes with has many adjustment points, which is great, as a few past watches I've had only had a few holes, and I always tended to be between two sizes. Bad: The only bad thing I can even say about this watch, is the watch face itself ended up with a scratch halfway across it within the first six hours of putting it on. This is more puzzling as I literally put it on when I woke up, and sat at a desk most of the day. So what could have caused this scratch is beyond me, but didn't give me great confidence in the type of glass used. I put more emphasis on this specifically because this watch is replacing a prior Ticwatch Pro which suffered a cracked screen after a few years of ownership. I've docked one-star for this. I could chalk it up to my own carelessness, but honestly can't think of where it could have been scratched, or how. If there was a "feature" rating for durability I'd simply dock it there instead of the overall, but it wasn't an option.

TLDR; Solid WearOS watch that actually works. Decent battery life. Screen size is big enough to read without being gaudy. Watch strap is the best I've had (details below) and the actual watch is lightweight. You can even use a picture from your phone as the watch face without a third-party app. I snatched this watch because I misread an article and thought it had WearOS 3.0. It does not (yet at least). That being said, it actually works wonders with WearOS 2. My old WearOS watches would lag when getting a phone call and I wouldn't know until I got the voicemail (I keep my phone on silent because I'm not a savage), miss notifications, and would generally be frustrating to use. The E3, not so much. It's snappy and has a decent battery life. If you want your battery to last forever, get the Pro 3. If you charge yours at night by habit like I do, this watch is more than adequate. It lasted 2.5 - 3.5 days between charges days for me with normal use out of the box. After doing some customization (lefty app, cardiogram, tweaking developer options) it's goes 1.5 to 2 days now. The big thing for me software-wise is that the apps actually work when you tap them and I get phone calls to the watch when they happen. You can actually talk with the watch. The audio is pretty good and the person on the other end can hear you. Hardware-wise , let's talk about the strap. With all my other smart watches with a sport band, the end would always slip out and flail around. They stuck a plug (pictured) on the piece that fits into the notches on the strap to hold it in place. I didn't realize how much the slipping and readjusting aggravated me until it wasn't a problem any more. 10/10 highly reccomend. The watch face strikes a good balance of being large enough for my old man eyes to read and being small enough for my wrist. The material on the actual watch looks and feels like a strong composite, but it is super light. I don't feel like I have a lead weight tied to my wrist. From the Mobvoi app, you can set your own watch face. Mine is a picture of my kid. I love it. The best part is I also don't have to use a battery hog watch face app to do it. Pros: Servicable battery life Custom Watchface Processor is fast enough that WearOS actually works Watch band that stays in place. Looks nice and is light Cons: If you want to go forever between charges, spring for the Pro 3. The lefty app doesn't flip the essential mode. Would like to see a mechanism to flip the display without a third party app.

I've been using the TicWatch E3 since July (it's now December), and it's finally given up on me. I'm watching it turn itself on and off and on and off. Buzzing every single time too. Holding the buttons does nothing, putting it on the charger does nothing. It's just one more bug in a series of bugs that make me wish I got a better-known brand. When the watch was working, I'd say 90% of the time it was a good watch. It tracked my bike rides, my steps, and notifications came in quick and clear, and the battery life was better than I expected. I'd say I got two days of normal use before charging, maybe a day and a half if I used it more. And yet that OTHER 10% of the time has been so annoying. It would drop its Bluetooth connection with my phone and wouldn't get it back without a factory reset. Sometimes, it would just crash for no apparent reason. Right now, it won't charge... it won't even turn on. I'm hoping the battery dies soon so it'll stop buzzing! The build quality is ok. It feels like a plastic watch (because it is), but it still feels pretty sturdy. I've taken it in rivers and pools without issue too. A one-star review may seem harsh, but how can I recommend this watch to anyone when it's this buggy? I've known other smartwatch owners, and they don't deal with this many issues. And I'm not some idiot who doesn't know anything about tech. I'm not saying I can build a rocket from scratch, but I can usually fix any tech issue I'm having... seriously this watch is getting hotter by the minute now and it's still buzzing. I can't even turn it off! So here we are, about six months after my initial purchase and it's dead. Wait. It just got the Wear OS logo... and it crashed again. Forget it. Buy a Samsung or an Apple Watch.

Pros: -- Relatively inexpensive for a Wear OS* watch. -- Decent battery life -- Standard lugs and quick-release spring bars if you want to change the straps. -- On-board GPS Cons: -- Plastic build -- Outdated Wear OS -- A jumbled software experience -- No Google Assistant First, let me say that I've seen some customer reviews that say the watch doesn't have Wear OS. That's not true. The watch doesn't pair with the Wear OS companion app, but it does have Wear OS on it. What it doesn't have is Google Assistant. To me, this is somewhat annoying, but not a deal-breaker, because I have Google Assistant on my phone, and on my headphones. I don't necessarily need it on my watch. It's a little annoying that you can't even put Alexa on the watch without doing some not-for-newbies sideloading with ADB, but like I said, not a dealbreaker. What's a little more disconcerting is the setup process. If you just turn the watch on and pair it with your phone, it's going to prompt you to install the Wear OS app (assuming you don't already have it). Don't do that. What you want is the Mobvoi Health app. (Importantly, *not* the regular Mobvoi app.) if you pair it with the Mobvoi Health app, everything is fine, but that's far from obvious on your initial setup. Once you get the Mobvoi Health app on your phone, you can pair the watch with your phone and you're mostly good to go, as far as the initial setup. I went into the Google Play store (on the watch) and downloaded Google Fit, because I'm in a wheelchair, and Google Fit has a specific Wheelchair activity. I've also got Google Keep, Gmail, and a few other apps. Not having Wear OS on the phone is a little inconvenient, because it makes things like loading watch faces from your phone a little harder, but I have Watchmaker for that. I was very frustrated when I first got this watch, and was close to returning it, but once you get over the update hump and get to Wear OS 3.5 on the watch, it's a pretty decent experience. If you have more money to spend, and you want the Wear OS experience in full, you might want to spring for he Pixel Watch 1 or 2, but if you're on a limited budget, this will do the job, once you get over a few setup bumps.

I have owned several smart watches over the year, but have been a fan of the TicWatch series for some time. It was time to upgrade to a new model, so based on past success with the TicWatch, the E3 was an affordable choice, loaded with features. In comparison to other smart watches which feel big and clunky, this watch is sleek and smooth. Its weight is less than comparable watches, making wearing it for all day a breeze. Initial impressions of the packaging and materials included with the watch are what are to be expected from Ticwatch and unboxing was a pleasant experience. After making sure that the watch was fully charged, I turned it on and walked through the process of pairing it with my Pixel phone. There were no issues in this process, and it was very easy to do. Installing and working with the Mobvoi app on my devices was similarly easy and a convenient way to change or update the settings on the watch. I was also able to care for the authorization between Google Fit and the watch through the Mobvoi app. While the watch attempted to help me login initially on my phone, and it would open a browser window on the phone, I wasn’t able to successfully login through the browser since I couldn’t find the option to use my Google account, which is what I had previously used for Mobvoi login. Using the app instead of the browser got around this issue, but this experience could be made much better. The screen is bright and clear and readable, even in outdoor sunshine. It has a moderate bezel but does not detract from the display at all. The watch band is smooth, black and has no embossing or pattern on it. It is easy to keep clean and dust, dirt or debris do not have places to stick to. It is flexible and comfortable to wear on the wrist for long periods of time. Fitness tracking and monitoring work as expected for a smart watch with those features. This has nice battery life, allowing it to monitor throughout the day and still have power left over. I’m impressed with the battery life when using all these features. I find myself charging up the watch only every couple of days as based on my usage, the battery life is great. I haven’t used the sleep monitoring function in depth, but it seems to capture sleep data sufficiently. The detail level provided in the app and on the watch are sufficient. The included apps are all fine, nothing outstanding but they work as expected. It is easy to switch/swap watch faces, and you can download others if those that are preinstalled are not to your liking. The watch is noted as being waterproof with an IP68 rating. I’ve worn it while in the shower as well as while swimming and had no issues whatsoever. From a performance perspective, so far it is responsive when swiping, switching screens, launching apps, and as super smooth scrolling. There is plenty of storage as well if you need to put music on the device. Setting up and using NFC for payments is a great feature which is especially useful during this pandemic! In summary, it’s a great watch, with solid battery life, good features, and snappy performance.

So I have a few smart watches. This is my 3rd WearOS watch. I had the original Huawei Watch, a mobvoi Ticwatch S2, and a Gen 4 Fossil Smart Watch. I also have a Garmin Instinct. Generally all of these watches have been compromises. The Huawei watch was built on a processor that quickly was forgotten and didn't get updates, but it was a very nice looking watch. The Mobvoi Ticwattch S2 had great durability but lacked a few features I wanted (NFC for payments for one) and was a little under-powered. The Gen 4 Fossil was nice looking and had 1GB of ram making it run a little smoother, but the processor was still kind of slow and it lacked an spO2 sensor (I have sleep apnea and am curious about that). Additionally due to weight some things with its design the Fossil Watch wasn't great for working out. (Doing push-ups, your going to hit those buttons a lot.) Another problem with all of these Wear OS watches is battery life. They all need daily charging given my use. My Garmin instinct needs to be charged every 2 weeks or so, but it doesn't have nearly the smart features (no NFC, no Assistant, no on the flay responses to notifications though there are preset quick replies for text). That brings us to this watch, The Mobvoi Ticwatch E3. This watch is essentially an update to my S2 which can be seen in the pictures beside the E3 (the E2 and S2 were basically the same watch with different casings). It has more RAM and the newest processor and it shows. This watch is smooth, quickly responds to Assistant request. This is only the second watch with this new processor and the other, the Mobvoi Tickwatch Pro3, is a $300 watch. It also has an improved screen, which can get brighter and looks great....aside from the bezel. On the S2 the design was a sportier watch design that while it had a chunky kind of bezel surround it made the screen actually all screen. The E3 has a large black ring around the watch face. I use watch faces with black backgrounds and it doesn't bother me much, but it may be something that others won't like the look of. This watch has 2 nice side pushers instead of the flat button on the S2. They are nice, but I haven't worked out with them yet to see if they will cause a problem. On my fossil watch it did seem like I mostly hit the center button on accident, so maybe these two offset buttons will be better. The Fossil watch has a rotating crown, which is a very nice way to navigate the system, this doesn't have that feature and I do miss it a little. Battery life is only slightly better that my other Wear OS watches. I get to the end of the day with about 25% and charge it before bed. It takes a little longer to charge (about 1 hour to go from 25%-100%) and uses a charger that connects a little awkwardly at the top next to the strap (see photo). It is important to note that my use is a lot for smart watches. I get nearly all my notifications set, I keep an always on (but dimmed) display because I like to be able to just see the time and for my watch to look like a watch. I do turn off lift to wake and touch to wake so I have to actually push the button to get the watch to full brightness. I use all day heart and on this watch spO2 monitoring. At night in bed, I turn on theater mode to turn off the screen completely. Tweaking these settings may get you longer battery life. In the 7 days I have had the watch I have run down to under 5% once. Then the watch enters an "essentials mode". It will continue to tell time, track steps, and a few other things for days in that mode as I understand it. The more expensive Ticwatch Pro 3 has a second low power LCD screen over the color screen you can use as your always on screen to really expand battery life, but that watch is $300. The essentials mode on this watch is similar to the on the pro 3, but without the low power screen. Battery life on this watch is a little better than other Wear OS watches, for me that is just over a day, your mileage may vary. Design wise, I wish Mobvoi had made an S3, as I am a little concerned I may scratch this watch's screen. The S2 had a recessed screen that felt a little better protected. Aside from that, this watch looks nice and is very light weight due to plastic build. I am fine with the plastic build, because it saves weight on what would be a heavy thick watch if it was a metal build This is the fastest, smoothest, best working Wear OS watch I have had. It may not be the nicest looking (that would be the fossil) but it works the best. And it does still look nice. The curved screen is good looking and feels good under the finger. I will say I have one worry about this watch, that is OS updates. My S2, which is just over a year old, has not had an OS update in a while, and the new version running on this new watch would be great on my S2. The updated tiles and app tray in the current version of wear OS is nice. Additionally Google and Samsung have announced they are working together to make Wear OS's next update, due likely near the end of this summer. So far Mobvoi has not announced that it will update this watch to the updated version of the OS, which makes me worry that my new watch could be outdated in just two months. It will continue to work, but over time apps and things will quickly not be supported. So this watch is a great watch, the only other wear OS watch that matches it's computing hardware is $100 more expensive (most of the time, it can be found on sale sometimes). This watch runs great and has all of the features I can think you might want. The battery life is a little better than older Wear OS watches, but it will likely still be a daily charger for most. It looks good, it light and comfortable to wear, and can be set bright enough to see in the sun. It's a really good watch for the money.

I have been very happy with TicWatch models, and the E3 is no exception. It has a great battery and is very responsive to taps and button pushes. I like that it runs Google's Wear OS, which gives a larger choice of watch faces and other apps for the watch than I would expect from a company-specific OS. When I used the always-on display (and light daily use) for a full day (for me, about 16 hours) the battery was still at about 50%. It was still at about 70% after a full day with the always-on display turned off. And it only dropped a few % when I left it for 24 hours in essential mode (with no other use). Compared to the Pro 4G (which is an older model than the Pro 3), my previous watch, the E3 is smaller and lighter. It does not have the bezel with watch numbers that the 4G has, making it feel smoother to do gestures starting at the edge of the screen, and reducing the size. The E3 does have an "essential" mode, but this is different from the 4G's "essential" mode. The 4G has an additional LCD screen which constantly shows the time in essential mode, which the E3 does not have. Instead, in essential mode, the E3 will turn off the display (and many other functions) to save battery, but the screen will turn on when you tilt your wrist to see the time. The display that is shown is not your selected watch face, but (I assume) TicWatch's built-in face. When not in essential mode, if the always-on display is turned off, the watch will always display a face when you tilt it toward you, but if you've turned off the "Tilt to wake screen" option then the face is the built-in face, and if you have the tilt option turned on, then the face is your selected face. Tapping the face will also turn on the display with your selected face (but not in essential mode). I will say the battery on the 4G seemed better, in that with the always-on display turned on, the 4G is usually at 70% charge at the end of the day, where the E3 was around 50%, with similar usage. But the 4G is a bit bigger and heavier, so that may be the battery. It may also be due to the E3 having more sensors in use.