Incredible £69 Smartwatch! | Nothing Watch Pro Review

Unboxing the Nothing Watch Pro, with a review of this brilliant budget smartwatch, the first CMF release here in the UK. The Nothing Watch Pro boasts a sleek metal alloy design, which is rare at this price point, and works with both iOS and Android smartphones.
You've got that typical Nothing styling, in the CMF app as well as the smartwatch itself. The UI is intuitive and streamlined, although I'd have liked the CMF Nothing Watch Pro to offer customised widgets, including a media player. And the phone connection can sometimes drop, which is irritating.
These minor grumbles aside, this smartwatch boasts a premium set of features for a budget under £100. You've got fitness tracking including 24 hour heart rate monitoring. Over 100 types of exercise are supported, and the CMF Nothing Watch Pro is also IP68 water and dust resistant.
That's my review of one of the best budget smartwatches as we head into 2024. Let us know your thoughts below!
CMF Nothing Watch Pro Unboxing & Review Chapters:
0:00 - Blather
0:46 - What's in the box?
1:22 - Design
2:39 - CMF app
4:42 - Display
5:41 - Widgets
6:26 - Notifications
6:46 - Mic & speaker
7:38 - Apps
8:19 - Fitness tracking
9:25 - Battery life

[@yupanquid5538]

Oh, i've been waiting for a PROPER review of this watch. Cheers

[@Kameleonic]

Nothing to see here...

[@SamKuul]

Nothing to watch

[@paulachanks9475]

😂😂

[@EmmieSuksai]

Bullshit 😠

[@bigmaxcc]

Nothing to worry about 😄👍

[@kofibernard2913]

Nothing to talk about 😅

[@_TheStealth]

I've had this watch for a few months and I love it. Its not an Apple Watch / Google Watch or a Samsung Galaxy Watch killer. I have the red strap, silver bezel one, and everyone keeps asking who makes it and where can they to get one from. It has all the usual healthy, sports and fitness stuff, the CMF app is good no different than many other health apps. I've had no connection issues. Battery life is good, I can happily go 8-9 days without a recharge (pay attention, Apple, Samsung, Google) Micrphone and speaker works well to. Love it , love it, get one.

[@Jedbullet29]

Ha, I live in Sussex south of London, and going up town to the one store would add at least 50% to the price travel cost wise, provided the train is running and not on strike. I'll wait till it's more available in the UK online. I do like its chunky vibe and look though :)

[@oliverserek6853]

Hi there. Are you able to tell me whether this watch can connect to an external HR monitor such as the Polar H10 chest strap? Via Bluetooth I would think if possible...

[@LoganHagar]

Do you have to pay to like use the wach like you have to pay a phone bill

[@kindofanmol]

thanks for the mini review!

[@kindofanmol]

​@@LoganHagar No. It just works with your phone via Bluetooth.

[@solarsloth7724]

First 9 seconds, laughed out loud, thanks!!

[@Squirrel_101]

Seriously considering this device. Cheers for the review

[@avishaiDV]

You should check redmi band 3, In my opinion it’s a much better value and better overall.

[@sonnyexe]

The Watch holds up to the Nothing Philosophy pretty well. Let the Tech fade into the background. Means for the watch. It kills some "I have to take my phone out of my pocket" scenarios. Time, Notifications, Music Control. Everything else is a bonus. Who ever is Tapping, scrolling, doin gestures through tiny menus for all those cool features and extras on his watch kinda didnt get it right. For those things you have a smartphone in your pocket. SmartWatches arent Toys, they aren't a replacement for your Phone.

[@samyak_jn]

The Cheap MF Watch Pro is currently available for as low as 37£ in India without any offers. With offers, it was available for just under £ 29. Bizzare how much extra people outside end up paying for such products.

[@IMUSTHCOOSEANEWNAMEB]

Taxes, often the global version has a more premium packaging, sometime even extra accessories. You also have better warranty in the US/EU, I know in the EU the warranty has to be 2 years. But mostly we're geting ripped off, it should never double the price.

[@TheChameleon2008]

so where do europeans go to order directly from india then?

That's what it's worth, really. Other than the branding, it's like so many similar devices on Aliexpress.

[@TheChameleon2008]

@ devices are not the problem but the software 99% of the time. I wouldnt buy anything cheap on aliexpress since you will get shady apps with it so i rather get only official brands like xiaomi etc :)

[@jonscene]

Yep, and this shit isn't even worth that

[@Krisly_Bear]

I've enjoyed this watch so far for the last 3 weeks. Yes it's simple compared to Wear OS or iOS watches, but does the watch factor pretty well. Usually get 10days off a charge. Looking forward to updates and fixes

[@jonscene]

I'm looking forward to it too (since 2 months)

[@Carcosahead]

Have you tried the Pebble watches? How does this one compares to a Pebble?

[@Krisly_Bear]

@@Carcosahead I've had many Ticwatches, which were all pure disappointments. Slow, laggy and useless batteries.

[@juriaanoussoren]

They fixed the BT connection thing?

[@Krisly_Bear]

Nope. Haven't had an update for awhile. Not worried, I'm sure it will get fixed.

[@HP-ws2vx]

This is an uncommonly entertaining review. Subbed

[@thewillsfamilyaccount6486]

Looks great! Nicely done..😊

[@EmmieSuksai]

Ziet er stom uit, recensie 😠

[@enosodhiambo9253]

I wanna ask something Tech champ, all these phones and smartphone or any othe electronic communications devices, after unboxing or review here in KZbin where do you usually take them do you sell them again or what 🤔, i have been wondering please

[@kierenkd]

GPS and heart rate for £69 - that's great. could be a great running watch if someone launches a decent app for it.

[@tonkerdog1]

I’ve just got mine. It’s great

[@captainbilgewater]

Really cool watch for the price. I'm very tempted. Unfortunately, seems really hard to track down online here in the UK.

[@rupeshgarg2757]

Just grab it from there London office 😂

[@captainbilgewater]

Yep, flying down as we speak.@@rupeshgarg2757

[@bargepoled]

​@@rupeshgarg2757yes. I'll just drive 600 miles round trip to do that.

[@tinomts]

What if you live "up norf"?

[@EmmieSuksai]

Ik vind de recensie niet leuk, verdomd

[@sanji9338]

i love how you review it cMF!! hahaha

[@kevinhawthorne5257]

Great Watch!

[@enosodhiambo9253]

😁, You funny Techspurt!, Anyway it's cool will get money some day and see the watch 💪🏼

[@watchfaces_hu]

I also have a amoled smartwatch (another brand) and I really like it, because I can make a custom watchface for it with photoshop and after upload it to the watch!

[@elusivshadow790]

Could it be the pixel 8 pro as I've come across some Bluetooth issues with mine including the pixel puds dropping connection so could be the phone in this case!

[@allenqueen]

What I want with a watch is maps and music without being connected to a phone, so I can go for a sprint in the morning. When Nothing comes out with such a smart watch, I'll be interested. For now, this watch is doing what an MiBand can do at half the price.

[@GK-qc5ry]

Absolutely agree. Offline music seems to be missing from consideration from budget watches.

[@cupcakeobsession]

You could get a shanling M0 pro for music, strap it to anything you want i guess, its as small or even possibly smaller than a smart watch. Though that would also mean more things to charge and carry... And the price tag. Idk about maps tho, cant help on that

[@allenqueen]

@@cupcakeobsession Dang. Would be perfect if the sceen had maps

[@cupcakeobsession]

@@allenqueen yeah, but i kinda understand why it wouldn't be such a good i dea, it would be small, and hard to navigate I guess. And maybe a little heavy for the watches to display maps, like terrains and such.

[@Jedbullet29]

My amazfit GTR2 (amazon watch) which I've had for 2-3 years now, has all of that, offline music (I think 2Gb or more storage although I use it for podcasts when running so storage aint an issue), maps, heart, stress, SPO2 and as many activities as you can shake a stick at. Maybe they just dont do that anymore as seem to think we all have ever present data and have money coming out of every orifice to pay for it! apologies for the orifice Mr cellular provider, I'm afraid its got nowt in the tank. :)

[@abdullamasud4278]

people have complained about the multi-tasking on this watch, is that still an issue? (ie. using music app while using the workout apps)

[@FT__Bicycling_____-sc7yv]

That looks like it could be quite good. I'll hope to see it tested by the 'The Quantified Scientist' guy to see how well the sleep tracking and heart rate monitoring work. There are huge variations of how those work among different watches and trackers and I wouldn't consider buying anything without seeing real testing data because so many of them are complete and utter crap

[@monsieurmilous813]

I wish every smartwatch review did a few different HRM tests during the day by counting their own pulse using a timer. Correct HRM for me is the most important thing for a smartwatch and I've watched way to many hours of smartwatch reviews without anyone actually counting. Just saying "it has an HRM".

[@62ndWatchCo]

Curious as to what the battery life has been like for other Watch Pro owners. For me, the device has been great so far. I've had the device since Nov 20th and charged it for the first time just yesterday (Dec 3rd) when it prompted a low battery warning at 19%. BTW, I do not run the GPS or AOD and only remove the Watch Pro when I shower.

[@tonkerdog1]

I’m getting 5-7 days

[@SwitchAddict]

Can you set the watch to silent mode so it won’t ring while I’m in class, or does it not make notification sound?

[@BuddyFox]

Dude this is why I love your videos. Straight to the point. Is it shit? Nope? Cool I bought it. Thanks for the review!

[@crank01]

😮been trying to grab one of these for a while. No luck.

[@focusforthemind]

I like the watch. As it states and obviously it's not meant to replace an actual medical device. I use most apps and features when I can beacuse its convenient.

[@JeffreywithaG]

i grabbed one a few weeks ago. Incredible isnt quite the term I would use to describe it. I can live without interactive widgets or replying to notifications on device, but maybe they could at least push an update that allows me to change the temp from C to F?

[@jenilsoni9519]

They mentioned on X that an update is coming soon that allows that change

[@juriaanoussoren]

Nothing gonna chance, they say they gonna chance it but if its a sister company with the Nothing design wont be surprised if you get the update with nothing

[@jenilsoni9519]

@@juriaanoussoren well they did release the update that allows all changes. But major bugs and glitches remain unfixed :(

[@juriaanoussoren]

@@jenilsoni9519 thats sucks pretty bad, the BT thingmore watches have and had in the past, sometimes youre phone , sometimes the watch. If you dont have a second brand phone pretty hard to find out!

[@Xchanofficial]

can watch receive watsapp calls and messages?

[@juriaanoussoren]

Just out it on the caherger it a little bit.....but whatever. Good review man. My controller got stuck drift...But whatever. He mister i dont got cream for youre coffee ....whatever. There are a lot of swaure watches, seems like a decent buy and it hang pretty hard on its design im guessing in the software and outside. Since there is a lot of completion in the same range

[@palcy948]

Could someone provide me with links to tempered glass screen protectors for the cmf watch in the India region?

[@DazzleDaveLFC]

Compatible with Hauwei mate 20 pro?

[@kal8339]

Will you recommend this for monitoring diabetes thats what am looking for mainly? Thanks

[@2110stelios]

Can you review the T900 Pro Max GE smartwatch? Its a beast !

[@murtazachaudhary3339]

Nice video

[@TawhedDawah]

Why in the world does this watch looks like the identical twin of the recently released Redmi Watch 4 😂😂... the similitude is incredible!!!

[@tinomts]

They will order certain parts in the tens if not 100's of thousands and they will all come from the same manufacturer. Probably get a better deal when you order with another brand 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@carlosalfa1236]

Which smart watch woul you recomend dor androis

[@oliverserek6853]

Thanks for the review. Are you able to see whether this watch can connect to an external heart rate monitor like the Polar H10 chest strap monitor?

[@TheVab423]

It does not, at least not for me. It only connects to its app. But if you can't get into the app, you're screwed.

[@reactyv]

Hello there,, can you also add music directly to your watch??

[@craigandrew]

Did you do a review on the Samsung s24 plus yet, Good videos. Keep the good work up,

[@hhhmmmmmmmm]

Hasn’t been released yet

[@craigandrew]

@@hhhmmmmmmmm He's done one on the Samsung s24 ultra,

[@hhhmmmmmmmm]

@@craigandrew he did a leaked pic of s24 n rumored/speculation vid. Impossible to do review on an unreleased phone. Rumored Samsung event is Jan 17th. Prob see a review soon after.

[@EmmieSuksai]

Weet je wat ik ervoor ga zorgen dat hij mijn verdomde recensie niet krijgt

[@husnainzaheer4241]

Which watch would be better galaxy watch r800 46mm or this one?

[@cosemdesiatsedem]

that design omg

[@karri7808]

Which is better - CMF watch pro or Redmi watch 4?

[@BR7AVEONE]

Does it mean that the Nothing Phone software will be updated soon 🙃

[@LifeStyleManoTo]

Does it have internal storage? i want to add music to the watch and use it without phone for running. Is it possible?

[@chicolungu1013]

Uncle spurt ,what happened to the Jason Statham scale of durability and the Johnny sins levels of battery life😂😂😂

[@vigneshnsit]

Doest it auto detect the workout , running and walking ?

[@realElectroZap]

its funny how the sleep graph, notification design, and workout pause menu design are almost direct copies of huawei watches (not hating on the watch, it's just funny)

[@Kielyoutube]

Does it have a schedule so it can adjust brightness depending on time of day?

[@Betancourtdm]

Yes. It has schedule always on if you want that option and also smart always on which turns it off during sleep or when the watch is taken off.

[@camotech1314]

Nothing Phone 2a coming soon Chris 😊

[@Tcgscrub]

Nothing fancy, but i had the apple watch 8, ultra and even the google pixel watch 2. Still i love this the most out of all of them, thanks to the battery life. Take notes all other brands. Some people care about battery life and do not want to charge on a daily basis.

[@felixsumba2576]

Whatn phone was used for the app demonstration? Is it the Nothing Phone 1?

[@SkillerAstro]

It was Google pixel 7 or 8

[@Tyronnster]

Waiting to buy on Amazon lol

[@FountainPenJourney]

Noice for the price! 😁

[@tjey379]

👍👍👍 "Cheap Matcha ..." Only Chris can come up with such crazy witty stuff theses companies must be paying you a lot for a review, if not they should. Entertaining, but the price, 69!!! Is that a promotional December sale or are smart watches getting affordable?

[@rubenroy20050]

Nice!

[@darrendoyle9861]

How long is the strap on these?? My problem with most of these is that it's always too short for my fat wrists. I'd need something that measures around 9 inches

[@Avgeek1564]

That's what she said! 😂

[@mazjav]

Nice review palkon

[@ezitobezito5251]

where did you buy the english version

[@sikachukuning2473]

This watch is very similar to other cheap "smartwatch" from Xiaomi, Haylou, etc. They have similar feature set. CMF only design the casing and UI for aesthetic purpose (which i love so much btw) but this watch costs 80% more expensive that those others cheap smartwatches

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Right this is just a redesigned OEM smartwatch?

[@sikachukuning2473]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 yes... it is very similar with other cheap smartwatch brand. Yes they do more things in re-skinning the UI and designing the case, but function wise it is very similar to much cheaper smartwatch

[@robertjones7887]

How does this compare to the Redmi watch 4?

[@northb271]

Do you have w top 10 budet sport watches ?

[@swaikatkazi2537]

04:15 that's Kabbadi....it's an outdoor sport very popular in India

[@johnwillats162]

Had the watch for a week, but returned to soho store as was always loosing connection. Hopefully, there will be a software update to rectify.

[@Avgeek1564]

You won't get a software update now then!

[@johnwillats162]

@@Avgeek1564 if the watch is given update to rectify, I will be happy to purchase the watch again.

[@Avgeek1564]

​@@johnwillats162if you want it to keep connected, you have to leave the app running in the background on your phone.

[@LISA75_]

Is this just a rip off of the redmi watch 4 because it looks very similar, could you do a compare ofvthe 2 as the redmi watch 4 is only £20 more but looks more premium.

[@shares-qg9kw]

First impressions Looks BIG Anyone with one certain its not a wrist laptop? 🙂

[@hanzelhanzel5300]

Can it download app for Tesla car key? Thanks

[@tiktokspecial8419]

Dude is aging like fine wine ❤

[@whyalwaysme3276]

Which is better, CMF watch pro or Redmi watch 4?

[@hanibaal5909]

Got the same question about xiaomi S1

[@hanibaal5909]

Just curious. What did you end up grtting?

[@eustache_dauger]

Giving new meaning to "I'm wearing nothing"

[@odie7764]

Is it compatible with strava?

[@bernardtjokrosaputro5828]

CMF - color material finish

[@lightningmcqueen5649]

Hey Uncle Spurt! Kabaddi is an Indian sport btw!

[@GardenData61371]

Nice

[@BoBoBiBo]

thisd is just a reskin hauawei health, but it seems to be a really nice watch for the price

[@bifflee3603]

Looks huge what are the dimensions

[@SammyYousof]

Reminds me of the Pebble watch

[@tadejdanev5030]

does it have GPS?

[@Team_Moonlights]

its not released in uk im in uk and i have to wait till 22nd of December

[@rameezkhalid5241]

Bluetooth calling options ?

[@munyaa]

Could you please reply me the strap size pleaseeee Sir

[@alexalbrosado]

Unfortunately I had to return mine, serious problems with the GPS. The location instead of being in Europe was in Azerbaijan!!

[@officialrystallion]

Does it have nfc?

[@trasvann]

is it LTE? btw nice review

[@umangoza9502]

No

[@mr.nobody9646]

0:05 wow😂 this is going to stick

[@hanibaal5909]

So this or Xiaomi S1 Active?

[@drazenmiskovic4952]

I'd love it if it had a flat screen, which it doesn't. Flat screen just looks so much more usable, premium. Never liked curved screens, the curved parts are functionless.

[@rezeej8825]

Redmi Watch 4 or This?? Redmi watch 4 is currently the same price on this watch in my country

[@ruhruhgomz9716]

does it have NFC?

[@goomStar]

Using "Updates" and "Nothing" within the same sentence isn't something that goes particularly well. 😅 Always judge their products by 'what they are right now' and better forget about the 'what they might become'. Saves a lot of disappointment. Greetings from a ear(1) and phone(1) user. Just as a quick reminder: the phone(1) wasn't capable to use even one of its hyper-marketed 900 LEDs on the backside to inform about waiting/missed messages/calls until ONE YEAR after release xD Although I have to say I embrace the "keep it simple & solid" approach. Still catching me.

[@lRlMlGl]

Just missing a tablet now!

[@zorangelev]

What's so incredible, the only thing that does correctly is the time, they even named the watch PRO 😂 yes the price is low but for unfinished product like this is actually high...

[@Bendapudi.kashyap]

CMF - colour material finish

[@marioschristodoulou2390]

Quick one - remote camera button does work with IOS

[@MrKickme91]

Is there a watch that can offer quick replies to notifications but not cost 200/300 wear os stuff. I am a gardener and can't spend big bucks on anything fancy as it will be destroyed in minutes

[@fuuz642]

if they made it 3x better and 3x more expensive I'd probably get it

[@nitrobear]

Just get a galaxy watch or an apple watch if you're going to pay three times more

[@fuuz642]

@@nitrobear although I used both and they both cost well more than 3x of what this one does I don't need nor ever use 80% of features they offer. the main problem with these is their shitty battery life. I always wanted a well made smart watch with very simple and very few health and fitness functions which I'd actually use, NFC, BT calling and a long lasting battery. nothing more. something like this one just a little bit better.

[@fxETA]

they will probably make a nothing watch so gotta wait for that

[@violetskydiver7684]

Very cool that they can get a product this capable down to this price, but that name is really awful and makes it sound far cheaper than it is. There is absolutely nothing "Pro" about it. It would be fine if there were 2 models and they named the more premium one the "Watch Pro", but as it stands it's very disappointing to see such a low effort name coming out a company all about creating products with cool aesthetics.

[@ModestlyAmazing]

Oof those bezels

[@Tout-Le-Monde02]

Kabaddi is a Indian sport where the teams try to tag each other out ..... gets pretty violent ..... a more violent version was used i ancient times for training and keeping soldiers fit .....

[@lanzhao]

Does it support Google Pay by any chance?

[@tonkerdog1]

Mine doesn’t

[@duronmanuel]

"Arterial stiffness" 😂😂

[@Beto_the_chicken_guy]

I've seen enough, nothing watch here i come