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the state of Android wearables in the past has been well

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rocky to say the least so when mobvoi reached out to sponsor this video

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featuring their new flagship watch the ticwatch pro 4g we were very curious to

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see what they felt made it worthy of the

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pro title

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when it comes to Android wearables for the most part there are three platforms

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to consider watch os from apple tizen which is primarily used in samsung

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devices and finally wear os what mob voi is using here by using wear os modboy

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gets to leverage an already expansive app store as well as wear os specific

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features like the integrated google assistant starting with the outside the

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watch features an aluminum back cover a large stainless steel bezel and gorilla

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glass 3 to protect the screen from incidental scuffs and scratches underneath you'll find not one but two

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displays one is a 400 by 400 pixel

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amoled and the second is an ultra low power lcd so this layered display

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technology is what gives the ticwatch pro up to two days of full featured

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battery life or up to 30 days of juice in what they call essential mode so even

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if you like me sometimes forget to top up

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overnight you won't end up with a useless wrist weight the next day so

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great there's a nice screen quality construction but what about the features

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while typing on the face of the watch is a bit awkward it's manageable but the

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easier route is just to use google assistant to do the heavy lifting

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setting timers for washing your hands for instance or starting a workout

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hands-free are both super easy just toggle the assistant and speak away

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navigation through wear os is swipe based you can swipe up to view your

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notifications left and right to navigate through your open apps and swipe down to

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access your quick access menu you can use the integrated google assistant to

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make phone calls hands-free and if you already have third-party apps that you

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enjoy you won't have any problems spotify worked just fine for us as well

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as other apps available on wear os the pro 4g delivers here too with google's

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familiar wear os and google assistant integration nfc payment capability sleep

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tracking and 24 hour heart rate monitoring all making an appearance

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as the name implies there's 4g cellular connectivity alongside gps glonass and

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beidou positioning systems for use in your fitness endeavors and the

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combination of heart rate monitoring and gps tracking ended up working great in

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our testing we were able to accurately track a bike ride through its ups and

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downs and the 4g means that going phoneless is actually possible with the

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right software combo now spotify couldn't do this for us on wear os but

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streaming directly from google play music on the watch to wireless earbuds

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was no problem on the inside the RAM has been doubled from the last generation of

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tick watch devices to a full gig and with four gigs of storage on board

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you've got plenty of room for all the apps and watch faces that you could ever

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need in use the hardware performed admirably with navigation feeling snappy

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and lag free and while i do wish that bezel rotation was an input

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option here and that's something i'd like to see in the future i also understand why they left it out in favor

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of excellent ingress protection when you need to recharge the included charging

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puck snaps securely into place and my only preferred update here would have

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been to have some angle built into it for improved readability on my

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nightstand i'm probably not the only one who charges well everything on their

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nightstand when they go to sleep now as far as function is concerned the sharing

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of health data between the integrated ticwatch apps and third-party ones like

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strava and google fit ended up working seamlessly by navigating through tick

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health you can find all your sleep and fitness data is tracked nicely in easy

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to read graphs and the ip68 rating combined with the mil standard 810 g

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certification means the watch should hold up under a huge range of conditions

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from the pool to the desert and to the ground for example

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in summary the ticwatch pro 4g is a serious piece of kit with all the

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features you'd expect from a flagship Android wear device and at 300

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the price isn't cheap but i would say that it is sane

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compared to other cellular connected wearables which really is a premium

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feature right now so it's a competent everyday carry watch with all the

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fitness integrations and connectivity we expect and while i personally i'm not

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going to be going full phone lists anytime soon being able to leave the

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phone at home once in a while intentionally or otherwise is a nice

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comfort big thanks to mob boy for sponsoring this video you guys can check out the

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ticwatch 4g pro and save a few bucks with our offer code mobvoy you're going

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to get 25 off and we're going to have that linked below and if you're

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interested in smart watches and you're looking for another video to watch why

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not check out our video on the nubia alpha for something that's neat

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if a little bit less sensible than this one

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catch you in the next one guys