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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.

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.