Ticwatch E3 Smartwatch for Men Wear OS from Google with Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+ Dual System Platform Google Pay GPS Heart Rate Monitoring Stress Management iOS and Android Compatible

I can give this review on the basis of a lot of experience I have with smart watches. I have a Garmin Fenix 6 Pro, which is usually my go to sports/exercise watch. My Garmin is a fantastic watch, although very expensive. However I felt that the features I get from it, required me to pay the high price tag. That was until I found this E3 Smartwatch from Mobvoi! In brief, the Mobvoi Ticwatch E3 is a fantastic all rounder at a really good price. Here are the main reasons I would highly recommend it; The price: This has to be the top reason - the number of features you get with this watch far exceeds the cost when compared to other smart watches. I really was surprised that you can get a watch that pretty much does it all, for such an amazing price. I bought it for £175 and I've even seen it cheaper on a Deal Price. I simply cannot find a smart watch on Amazon that is better value for money when considering the features. The looks: I mainly bought this watch as a day-to-day work horse. I love my Garmin, but that is for sports and I wanted another watch that was just looked good. The photos on Amazon don't do the watch justice. It looks really good on the wrist. It is light, so nice to wear all day long. You can change the strap too very easily. The screen is so good, even when it's in battery saver mode, so on the wrist it just always looks good! The battery life: A huge selling point of this watch is the very good battery life. My biggest issue with smart watches is that I hate it when the battery doesn't last. This was a big reason I chose this watch and it didn't disappoint. If you use the battery saver, you can even get upto 3 days, if you go for essential mode it will last I think weeks! Let's just say, I've never had it run out on essential mode. It's just not something you need to worry about on this watch. The always on: I also like my smart watches to be on, even when I'm not looking at them. I don't really like having to always raise my wrist or touch the screen to turn a watch on, sometimes I just want to glance over at it on my wrist and see the time. I also like it to look like a real watch to other people, not just a black screen. With the Ticwatch, the battery is so incredibly good because of their screen technology, I can easily have the always on display without worrying about battery. You can use it for any sport: I primarily choose a smart watch for sports. As I said, I have a Garmin for this, so didn't buy this watch for that purpose, but more as a general watch day to day. What surprised me was how good this watch is for sport. It has an app for pretty much anything and tracks it very well. I love the fact that it's waterproof and able to track my swimming. Make Payments: I love being able to leave my wallet at home and just use my watch. It syncs easily to your Google account and you can pay for things contactless, just like a card. It's easy to set up, and easy to use. Health features: I love the continuous heart rate monitoring and stress management. It's constantly checking you and again, you don't have to worry about battery. It's very useful to know this data to see how healthy you are and what you can do about it. Fast & easy to use: The watch is responsive and fast. The screen is clear and bright. Everything else: There's not really anything not to like about this watch. It's amazing what you get for your money. You can install any apps you want from Google Wear, including new watch faces. There's even apps testing your hearing, washing your hands reminders, and you can take calls through your phone, on the watch. It does pretty much everything and looks good too. I recommend this watch very highly. It is an amazing all-rounder. It does it all, with a good battery and looks great too. The price for this quality of watch is superb.

Written by someone who has conducted HOURS AND HOURS of research... UPDATE 22/3/2022: I am writing a review for a second watch that I received to replace the original, faulty one. After weeks of trying to get by with watch no.1, it took over with a mind of it's own: switching on and off in the middle of the night, screens switching when I was not touching it etc. to a point where I was concerned about security. Amazon were great and processed the return and replacement. Tick. Watch no.2: I always had my suspicions re: the step tracking and today my wife and I carried out a test. She wore her Fitbit Charge 4 AND my Ticwatch E3 to do exactly the same exercise. The results were unbelievable. At best, my Ticwatch was within 100 steps of the Fitbit. I'd take that, give and take a small %age. However, throughout the day, with little or NO movement, by Ticwatch E3 would be anything between 25% and 33% out. Now, one could argue it is the Fitbit charge that is odd. Why would the Ticwatch E3 by massively over stating my steps? Who knows. But I carried out an experiment on my own this evening whilst walking to my bathroom and emptying the dishwasher. Approx 100-150 steps. Call it 200 to be overly optimistic. My Ticwatch E3 stat: 1,151 steps. Significantly over calling it. Bought a Galaxy Watch4 after returning this....night and day! Original review: Overall, I think the product is average... Looks really smart, great interface and really responsive. Strava tracking is fantastic as is the ability to go phone free for runs. Disappointed in the battery life. For something with such great functionality, I'd have expected better battery life considerations. Also, I find that every day, at least once, it freezes. Something that is really frustrating that has been logged by myself and hundreds of Wear OS users is the constant ask to disconnect and re-pair your phone. It is on my notifications 90% of the day (see pic that was taken as I write this review). The first time I actioned the request, it factory reset my watch and it took me all evening to reset. Very frustrating. Now I just leave it and have to ignore the notification. There appears to be no fix by Google, so be aware. There are too many apps doing the same thing though so really hard to simplify and consolidate what you do with one app/ one set of apps. E.g. the watch has several tic apps like tic sleep, tic health, tic exercise etc. All of which do the same as Google and it is annoying that you have to choose which to use and leave one set of apps redundant. Surely it could be simpler to have just Google fit or tic. Update 8/3/2022: Watch constantly doesn't connect to show location. Everyday for the last 8 days my watch restarts randomly: in the day, on runs, in the middle of the night. I no longer wear it in bed. Looking at returning. Very disappointed.

This is the best budget watch running wearos. The Snapdragon processor does mean it snappy and not laggy. Battery is good for full day at least, under stress. However be warned, the setup process was riddled with issues after issues. Red band of death, connectivity issues. You write a novel on the steps taken to get it to work. But once you do. Finally fully updated running everything you can throw it, it's a real diamond. But you will need to be brave and strong to try. Four stars only because of the final result. Would have been five for not the atrocious setup process.

This is the second WearOS watch I've had that's had the Snapdragon 4100. I had the TicWatch Pro 3 until I killed it at work. Apparently they are not boulder proof! My wife bought this for me as an anniversary gift. It was cheaper than the TicWatch Pro 3 by £110 so I wasn't expecting a huge amount from it in terms of performance but I've been pleasantly surprised. I would say the E3 performs just as well as the TicWatch Pro 3. There's no lag on the software. It's quick to respond. The shape of it reminds me of the Samsung Galaxy Active Watch 2 which I had before. I quite like the smooth edges. The strap is comfortable to wear. I've been wearing it for a week now and I hardly notice I've got it on. Mobvoi seem to be very good at making comfortable straps. I'm getting about 1½ days out of a full charge which isn't bad. It doesn't have the always on display like the TicWatch Pro 3 has but there's a display screen that comes up when you lift the watch and it's very responsive. This displays the date, time, steps, heart rate and battery. I don’t think this watch has fast charging but it does seem to charge quite fast. There’s an essential mode where you can cut down on battery usage and I’ve just realised you can set that up to turn on and off during the night so I’m going to use that and see if I can extend the battery usage to 2 days. The screen isn’t an AMOLED but the quality of the screen is very good. I haven’t had any issues with it. I haven’t noticed any difference compared to my TicWatch Pro 3. I think because the software is very fluid it gives the impression that it’s a smooth experience. I love having Google pay on the watch. The Samsung watch I had didn’t support my bank but Google pay does. It’s really handy. It works great on the E3. You can also make and receive calls direct from the watch as well as using the Google assistant via the mic/speaker. You can respond to text messages and view messages and photos sent via messages directly on the watch. Mobvoi have included some new sensors too. They have an SP02 sensor and Vo2 max. All in all I’m very impressed with this watch. Considering the price it works really well and it’s one of the few watches that will work with the new WearOS 3 update.

I was looking forward to trying a good spec smart watch since my previous ones had been underwhelming. I had just brought a new Pixel 7 so it was the perfect oppurtunity to get a watch to go with it. My initial reaction was that is was a bulky watch with a pretty naff strap. Now, I have worn protrek watches for many years while rock climbing and they are bulky watches and this is close to the same size as they are. Wear OS install went fine and the watch easily connected to my phone. It's at that point that things started to go down hill. Trying to set up google pay put the watch in a loop of asking for which account on my phone I wanted to use, in the end I gave up on that idea and decided to focus on the apps that were on the phone. Now, I'm not a fan of having to set up more apps and make an account with mobvoi just to get the watch to function correctly. There is no reason why all the features can't work without it if they tried. Not that it mattered since everything I tried was massively inaccurate. Heart rate, step count, you name it. So, I gave up on that and put it on charge. The next day I put it on at 8am to go out as normal. Nothing is running on the watch, constant monitoring of heart rate is off. Didn't look at it until midday and it was already 0% battery. Not impressive at all. I put it back on charge over night and when I checked it in the morning it was dead, blank screen, and won't charge at all. Now I thought that the bad reviews were a small sample but I can see why it has so many complaints about battery life.

Im new to smart watches; this being my first purchase. I just wanted one as an every day watch that has some trackers on for exercise (I ride a bike) and its a bit niche but i wanted something I can store basic images on-my job is a bit full on and being able to quickly refer to a photo rather than carrying a heap of papers around or having to get my phone out is handy. Here is what I have discovered: Pros: 1. Price. I had a look at other offerings and it appears that many offer the same features but for more money. Depends on what you are after but it uses the same software as some more expensive watches. You can download apps on it too 2. Display. The display is good; I can see it fine and images I have sent to the phone and watch faces etc all look fine to me. Some reviews mention that the display isnt as fancy as premium watches but I guess you get what you pay for. I cant say I have a problem with this one. 3. Easy enough to use. Im not very technical but have had no problems setting up and using the watch. On day two the watch required a software update and then wouldn't reconnect with my phone; after much annoyance and repeating the instructions to reconnect, I just did a factory reset one the watch and reinstalled the apps on my phone which worked. The touch screen is responsive and typing on the watch when needed isnt too difficult. 4. It appears that the strap is a usual watch type strap so you could replace the strap easily enough. I havent done that myself but it looks like its an option if you are so inclined. Cons: 1. Battery. The battery does not last long. Having the step counter and heart rate sensor on as well as having the watch provide notifications by the evening the battery is at around 20%. With the sensors turn off it might be around 35%. I dont use it much through the day really and i have the battery saver watch face on to check the time, Ive also changed a few settings to increase battery life-its not going to last 24hours and if it does im guessing it wont be much more which will be an issue unless you have your charger at all times. Ive read that some watches can go much longer without charge and standard use. 2. Charging. I hate the charger! The charger is a pad that attaches to the back of the watch using tiny magnets. Its too easy to disconnect the cable with the most gentle of knocks which means unless its out of the way or you have an open surface for the watch to sit; its very likely you will discover the watch hasnt been charging when you plan to use it. Ive looked around for charging docks/frames but ive only found off brand items with mixed reviews. Charging time isnt too bad however, providing it stays connected! 3. Screen size The watch face is quite large, however for some reason there is a thick black outline around the outside of the glass-why? Its a waste of space. If like me you are just wanting a basic smart watch, I suppose you could do a lot worse than this Ticwatch. It seems to be a good introductory smartwatch for those wanting to give one a go before splurging on a more expensive one.

I’m not new to the smart watch arena, this is the third smart watch I have now owned over quite a few years. I decided to buy this watch to replace my (poorly built) Huawei Watch 2 on which the strap clasp has just broken in less than 18 months. With such a range of smartwatches to choose from (and reading many positive reviews) I finally decided to go for the Ticwatch E3 – and I’m not disappointed with my choice. The watch was very easy to setup and works flawlessly with my Samsung Note 10 (no compatibility issues were found). The Ticwatch E3 ticks all of the boxes for me at a really great price: I haven’t got very wide wrists, so I wanted a watch that didn’t look too bulky (but could also offer good battery life). The E3 sits on my wrist without looking huge and the battery lasts for the advertised two days. The watch feels very lightweight and comfortable (helped by the soft silicon strap). The operating system seems very sleek and quick – no stuttering or lag is evident when the watch is in operation (amazing for such a cheap smartwatch). There’s quite a few standard watch faces to choose from and this is bolstered by a vast selection of additional faces on the Google app Store. I found the two physical buttons on the watch are very tactile. The lower button can be reconfigured to your own personal choice. Out of the box the lower button functionality is set to activate workout modes, but I have reconfigured mine to take me to the stopwatch function (which I use a lot for cooking). I have found the workout tracking very accurate and a breeze to use. There are twenty workout training modes to choose from (in the E3 ‘TicExercise’ app), the only issue that I have found is that the sport I play (squash) isn’t included in the list – but this isn’t a big issue as the benefit of using an Android based watch is you can also use the ‘Google Fit’ app (also included on the watch as standard) which includes many more sport modes (including squash). The heart rate monitor works very well (and seems accurate when compared to my home blood pressure monitors heartrate output). Having the blood saturation monitor is an extra added bonus that I can’t believe that they have managed to add into the sleek watch form (and at such a good price point). The inbuilt speaker and microphone seem to work well – calls taken on my watch have been very crisp and clear. The speaker has a nifty application that can be used to vibrate water out of the watch if you have submerged it. The Ticwatch E3’s screen is very bright and clear and seems to work well in brightly lit surroundings. I love the round watch form factor and I am pleased that the screen fills the whole area (I’m glad to say that there is No ‘flat tyre’ screen on the Ticwatch E3). So far I love my Ticwatch E3 and am really pleased with my purchase.

Very good value. It does Google wallet (NFC), WhatsApp, Google maps, Spotify, Google calendar, SMS.... What more would you want. As some have said, it will need a firmware update, but it needs pairing first, then you will get the distorted screen but with a couple of buttons pressed it will restart and you will be back in pairing mode. Don't install Wear OS it won't pair if you run both apps, you will need to use the proprietary Mobvoi app, then that sets up the watch so you can then set up the Google apps. It's a bit of a pain to successfully pair the watch, but once it's set up it's fine, there is plenty of info online to help trouble shoot it, the distorted screen comes on after the update, but is easily resolved.