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> (who owns a Wear OS watch?) I was gifted a Mobvoi TicWatch 3 GPS and it works well with my Pixel 2. It's my first watch in decades, let alone smart. It's bee

> (who owns a Wear OS watch?) I was gifted a Mobvoi TicWatch 3 GPS and it works well with my Pixel 2. It's my first watch in decades, let alone smart. It's been paramount in my efforts to fight back the gluttony and sedintary lifestyle that snuck in with full-time WFH. I like the integration with Fit, Maps, and I don't pick my phone up and get distracted along the way just to reply to a few messages. Google Assistant works well. Can take my calls while in the pool with it. Best gift I didn't know I wanted in a long time. Your results may vary, I am a simple man.

as1992 4y ago
I've a TicWatch Pro (2018 release I think?) and I absolutely hate it, well thats not true. I hate WearOS on it. The watch itself is lovely, its the software that lets it down, constant lagging, freezing, unresponsive touches etc.. I came across a XDA post on optimising it by disabling animations and removing lots of the bloatware on it, and thats improved its performance a good bit. Compared to my girlfriends Apple Watch though, it feels like I'm using severely outdated tech (Not 4 year old, more like 14 year old) Have you had the same experience with the Pro 3? I'd be interesting in upgrading if it was better.
- k12sosse 4y ago
  There are some videos that do this comparison in a mostly non-scientific manner if you'd be interested to see the performance differences of a snapdragon 4100 to a 2100/3100 [1]. There's even a few videos compare Apples to Mobvois [2]. Again, fairly non-scientific. Was interesting to note that in video [2], the reviewer even goes into depth on how the TW3PG (phew) performs while connected to an iOS device (spoiler alert: he doesn't hate it!). Since I'm a full Google boy, I couldn't entertain the idea of trying an Apple Watch even if I wanted. I didn't search far and wide, so I'm sure - as with everything - people can cherry pick reviews one way or the other. These were the first two I found that weren't "IT'S YA BOI WATCHMAN666 COMING AT YOU WITH A SPONSORED VIDEO" when looking. At this point, I'd maybe wait to see what the official Google Wear OS watch will look and act like - purely because it's an OEM watch for Wear OS, "surely destined for greatness" (lol), but feature-for-feature, ounce-for-ounce, and kwhrs-to-kwhrs, the TicWatch Pro 3 GPS has really impressed me. I was waiting around for the Google Pixel Watch or whatever they'd name it, when I was gifted this one. The only negative experience I had was Google Assistant (yes, on my watch) wouldn't speak out loud with my Pixel 2XL phone's language was set to English (Canada). I had to set it to English (US) for my watch to speak results to me. It should also upgrade to WearOS 3 "in the second half of 2022" (no citation on this one) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBICoXBbLg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBICoXBbLg - side-by-side comparison to SD4100 vs SD3100/SD2100 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSarvfv3YY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSarvfv3YY - Feature & Compatibility Comparison, GW3, TW3PG, Apple Watch 6 Best of luck in your travels

as1992 4y ago

I've a TicWatch Pro (2018 release I think?) and I absolutely hate it, well thats not true. I hate WearOS on it. The watch itself is lovely, its the software that lets it down, constant lagging, freezing, unresponsive touches etc.. I came across a XDA post on optimising it by disabling animations and removing lots of the bloatware on it, and thats improved its performance a good bit. Compared to my girlfriends Apple Watch though, it feels like I'm using severely outdated tech (Not 4 year old, more like 14 year old) Have you had the same experience with the Pro 3? I'd be interesting in upgrading if it was better.

k12sosse 4y ago
There are some videos that do this comparison in a mostly non-scientific manner if you'd be interested to see the performance differences of a snapdragon 4100 to a 2100/3100 [1]. There's even a few videos compare Apples to Mobvois [2]. Again, fairly non-scientific. Was interesting to note that in video [2], the reviewer even goes into depth on how the TW3PG (phew) performs while connected to an iOS device (spoiler alert: he doesn't hate it!). Since I'm a full Google boy, I couldn't entertain the idea of trying an Apple Watch even if I wanted. I didn't search far and wide, so I'm sure - as with everything - people can cherry pick reviews one way or the other. These were the first two I found that weren't "IT'S YA BOI WATCHMAN666 COMING AT YOU WITH A SPONSORED VIDEO" when looking. At this point, I'd maybe wait to see what the official Google Wear OS watch will look and act like - purely because it's an OEM watch for Wear OS, "surely destined for greatness" (lol), but feature-for-feature, ounce-for-ounce, and kwhrs-to-kwhrs, the TicWatch Pro 3 GPS has really impressed me. I was waiting around for the Google Pixel Watch or whatever they'd name it, when I was gifted this one. The only negative experience I had was Google Assistant (yes, on my watch) wouldn't speak out loud with my Pixel 2XL phone's language was set to English (Canada). I had to set it to English (US) for my watch to speak results to me. It should also upgrade to WearOS 3 "in the second half of 2022" (no citation on this one) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBICoXBbLg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBICoXBbLg - side-by-side comparison to SD4100 vs SD3100/SD2100 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSarvfv3YY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSarvfv3YY - Feature & Compatibility Comparison, GW3, TW3PG, Apple Watch 6 Best of luck in your travels