TicWatch Pro Review: One smartwatch, two screens

July 10, 2018 Jarvis Gears android, Android P, android pay, Android wear, Apple, Apple watch, Apple Watch Series 3, apps, arm, battery, case, casio, fitness, G-Shock, Google, hardware, ip68, nfc, oled, Qualcomm, Review, sensor, Slashgear, smart, smartphone, smartwatch, Snapdragon, swimming, tracking, updates, watch, watches, wearable, wifi.   TicWatch Pro running Wear OS by Google wants to make sure that's not accusation you can level at it, using twin screen system of stacked panels, one for full functionality, the other for efficiency.   On top of that, however, there's second screen, more like that of Casio G-Shock, the essentials like time, steps, date, and other basics...   As for the strap, that epitomizes TicWatch Pro's attempt to straddle the classic and fitness watch segments.   Together, the whole thing is IP68 water and dust resistant, which means depths of up to 1.5m for.   Qualcomm's lackluster efforts on smartwatch chipsets is another argument for time, and it does mean that Wear OS performance just does not feel as snappy as, say, Apple Watch Series 3.   TicWatch Pro still counts your steps and monitors your heart rate they're shown on the low-power display, and then synchronized with Wear OS when the wearable next powers up into Smart Mode.   Better still, the promise is that future OTA updates will add tracking of distance traveled, calories burned, speed, and Essential Mode, too...   Through its combination of doubling up on the displays and offering multiple levels of management, TicWatch Pro delivers longevity of sort you just do not see from other Wear OS smartwatches.   Sure, at the narrow end of that you're getting only the very basics from watch, and it's still lot more useful than battery-drained lump when all you need to know is the time. ..   Read more