TicWatch Pro 5 In-Depth Review // The Best WearOS 3 Fitness Watch?

[@Danny-BigD]

I had the 3 pro and I never knew it was to get an update SEVEN MONTHS ago and its still not here. So...yeah WearOS 4 coming out this year .. good luck with PRO 5 getting a update. It is odd no one is talking about that. Great review though

[@timmyb1957]

Wow, that alternate display (monochrome) is FABULOUS! That's all I want when I'm out on a run; I don't need all the colors, I need readability! And the fact that it can change based on your heart rate zone might be one of the coolest things I've seen on a watch. Being only three months in to my Pixel Watch, I'm glad this isn't yet available with LTE support, as I'd be SOOOOOO tempted! Thanks, Des. Enjoyable, as always.

[@reichstein011]

Be aware the Mobvoi do not care about supporting their products. This watch will likely get very few if any software updates, with Wear OS 4 on the way this is bad. Do not expect this device to ever get OS4 or any other features it does not include out of the box. Also don't trust the waterproofing rating as Mobvoi devices tend to leak and Mobvoi usually won't honour the warranty for water damage. Really just get another brand. Mobvoi have some nice hardware features, but their quality is erratic, and their software support is awful.

[@gerryhogan1612]

Very impressed with your fluency and packing the maximum amount of information in the shortest time. Your attention to detail is also very good. This is an evaluation on your presentation. I'm not sure about the watch at this time.

[@DesFit]

Thanks!

[@hykwon11]

Only review video I watched from the beginning till the end without skipping. It's concise and fast speed! + real use review and so much concise information

[@DesFit]

Thank you! Glad to provide the info.

[@fitgearhunter]

Please try to take the full 120 hours of recovery time the watch is recommending. Hahah - great review!

[@DesFit]

Haha! I’ll try but thinking that’s not happening anytime soon 🙃 Thanks man!! 🙌

[@Helixium08]

Never trusting Mobvoi again or buying their products ever again. They said wear OS 3 would come to the 3 Ultra and it still hasn't with no updates on progress or anything for years. Useless company.

[@shadowskyimpact]

Another add to this. With WearOS 4.0 on the horizon, you may feel like you are already behind by the time you pick one up. I have serious concerns with Mobvoi and their ability to update any products to the latest software. Since they run a reskinned version of WearOS to begin with, they may not have the will to spend their development dollars to meet consumer needs!

[@djendara7725]

I read some they try to do new update.🤷🏻‍♂️

[@atunguyd]

I had a ticwatch s2 and three ticwatch pro 3 watches. From my experience when mobvoi says something is coming take it with a pinch of salt. The ticwatch 3 was sold as getting wearos 3 but they never delivered. So don't expect to get the external hr support or google assistant. Although the last one is strange because I had google assistant on the pro 3. Also mobvoi build quality is really bad. I went through three pro 3 devices because they are not waterproof at all. So happy with my garmin fenix now. Won't touch a ticwatch again.

[@igotamanning7237]

Love your stuff. However, there are a few more watches utilizing the updated Wear OS...Tag Heuer, Montblanc, and Citizen. While the Tag and Montblanc are likely not a huge target audience, they should be mentioned. Montblanc and Citizen have brutal battery life while Tag does a good job with the battery draining Wear OS.

[@mopm5188]

Great review as always ❤from 🇮🇱 I think in 2023 without lte the watch doesn’t worth to buy it

[@adithyaherath2000]

Hola Des👋. Good stuff. I watched your videos and DC rainmaker's video when I got to know both of you. Keep it up✌️

[@DesFit]

Gracias! And will do!

[@nanaarhin5567]

I have a feeling this might not sell much cos most of TicWatch's customers are angry cos they never got any security or software update after October 2021. And whiles wear OS 3 has been available for long, the company is slow at updating the current wear OS for the Pro and Ultra Pro

[@Thomas-wx7uf]

The only thing I have learned from my Tic Watch 3 was - never again a Mobvoi watch...no updates no support. Although I have to say that I am a person who isnt satisfied with all smartwatches out there and their poor battery lifes....so I will stick to a fitness watch until this problem might be solved in some years.

[@steveb6174]

Great review and is one of my considerations at the mo, thank you. I didn't pick up on any info on the auto-tracking feature? I think it only works for walking, running and cycling but would be nice to hear how well that worked in the wild. Cheers.

[@selfmvstry]

It'll likely never get an OS upgrade, Just as they've seemingly abondoned the 3 series, though publicly promising upgrades.

[@AndyFerdean]

Not true. The problem with the Ticwatch 3 is the chipset. This one has a different one.

[@xphyle]

@@AndyFerdean don't buy into Mobvoi's LIES about the chipset. They made a conscious decision to NOT UPDATE their old watches despite promising otherwise.

[@AndyFerdean]

@@xphyle while this could be true, it's like shooting yourself in the foot. What company would choose to abandon their flagship device? I just doesn't make a lot of sense.

[@AndyFerdean]

@@HarryKuloh I really hope they don't do this to the Pro 5 :(

[@davidmccarthy6061]

@@xphyle As he said this new watch has a more mainstream chip other brands will move to so future updates should be much easier. It's probably why they moved to it. At least we can hope, for those that need to always have the next new shiny thing.

[@jimswadling8138]

Thanks for the excellent review. For health reasons having an accurate HR is essential to me. I currently use a Forerunner 245 plus external HR strap. Before I added the external HR the 245 diverted into cadence lock on every run, so frustrating. So that makes the Ticwatch P5 a nogo for me. I do like what they've done with the dual display and the smart watch features look great, but if it falls short on HR all the subsequent metrics are useless. I'm now leaning towards Garmin Venu 2 Plus which accepts HRM strap but is lacking in Firstbeat running metrics (I really like the recovery time on my FR245). Any case I'll wait to see what the new Samsung and Google Pixel watches bring to the table later this year. Am I missing any other candidates in the mid-range? Accurate HR and Amoled screen are my must haves.

[@reichstein011]

You forgot to mention the other Wear OS 3 watch from Mobvoi. The Ticwatch Pro 3 was released around 2 years ago with the promise of an update to Wear OS 3, so surely it must have been updated by now? Oh hang on, my bad. I just checked and it seems that Mobvoi never bothered to make good on that promise. They just left their customers hanging and released a new watch rather than release the update they said they would. I suppose the lesson here is that you can't trust Mobvoi to support their products after release. Stay clear of this watch if you care about software updates.

[@tamunosakijimet2253]

It’s only a watch it should be fine for the next three years and by that time it should be due for an upgrade. It has all the latest and greatest now and it’s not going to fade in the next two years. It will get security patches but software updates I am not sure, but don’t forget that the American govt is making it hard for many of these Chinese companies to buy software. We can’t just blame mobvoi when we know what’s going on. Just my opinion.

[@johnMpower]

Hi, this time you didn't measure the accuracy on treadmill. Any feedback about this? Thanks.

[@isabellalalove]

Great review as always Des! I'm considering getting this for my BF as an anniversary gift as he's getting into fitness and has an android so this might be the best watch for him at the moment!

[@tedjenkins1736]

Great review, this looks encouraging! Very disappointed in my TWP3UGPS's gps accuracy. Currently in my shopping cart, waiting for your review to finish to press the button...

[@aldoaimar]

Any comment on the water-proof capability?, I had 3 Tic Watch Pro 3 GPS watches simply die in a less than 1 meter depth pool. Thanks.

[@redcoatphilip]

Amazing Review DesFit. I have a few questions about the Samsung Health and Watch comparison. I will need to re-watch the video to ask, thank you for your amazing review deep dive.

[@DesFit]

Thanks!

[@DaleNorenberg]

Where can I get the watch face from the beginning of the video? 0:07

[@19Hutnik50NH]

Garmin venu 2 plus vs Ticwatch 5 pro - which one will be better for random user ?

[@cag981]

I have the same exact question

[@MartynDix]

I've just sent my new pro 5 back. It was utter c.rap (esspecialy the BT). Shame as I got it as an upgrade to my old pro 3 gps which 'now' works ok.

[@gregmorrison3785]

Do you need to always manually start tic exercise to record VO2 max. I have tic motion on for auto-recognize exercise and it still doesn't automatically record. Any help ?

[@PauloRobson8]

Hi friend. Congrats for the video :) So, did you test the watch swimming at the sea or pool? Thanks

[@Wooner.69]

Looks a great watch but wouldn't connect to iPhone 13 Pro max.. Mobvoi health app didn't show the newer Pro 5 only Pro 3 in their drop down menu, Google wear OS was the same

[@kramdens1967]

Is there any way to pause an exercise? I can only see stop.

[@hariprasathramakrishnan8835]

Offline music by storing songs possible?

[@bhushandoiphode]

I want to know this as well. Did you find anything? Is it possible?

[@iwhcyouth1]

What about alarming synchronization? Do alarms go off based on what you have set up on your phone? Similar to the galaxy watch 5 & 5 pro.

[@waltergray9182]

I cant read my text messages on this watch. It pops up but i can only read them on my phone

[@h3StiS]

Good review, Convince me to make shop Order👍

[@zemont]

Hey Des, thank you so much for the review! Amazing as always, but i would like to know if youre willing to test out the xiaomi watch 2 pro. It has dual band gps, a suite of great sensors, awesome battery for wearOS, a good app and a loooot of sports mode, and the price is simply incredible! Im eager to buy one, but i really watch to know how accurate the gps and HR sensor are when compared to say the garmin 255

[@viktorkugler4523]

Does the watch gives info of it disconnects from the watch?

[@Ignitemotivate2012]

Great review, thank you! Your review of this watch made me buy it and it's just been a day but love it.. Have one question though - I had my watch on essential mode when I when to bed last night and this morning there was no sleep data.. Also had a nap yesterday noon for ~1 hr while on the smartwatch mode and it didn't record my sleep.. Is there anything that I need to do for the tic watch 5 pro to record my sleep automatically?

[@jasonausman]

What is the measurement vertically including the band? It looked like the face is 48mm according to your horizontal measurement not including the crown, but Mobvoi says 50mm vertically, so not sure what that includes. Thanks

[@worldhasgonenuts]

Spend your cash elsewhere if you want security and software updates. My pro 3 still runs a security patch from 2021!!

[@GK-qc5ry]

Depends if you think it would be hacked which I think would be rare or if you run an insecure app, most people stick with stock apps.

[@mistamaog]

That's more on Google not providing the support to Qualcomm and their watch chips

[@fullfrontalgrace]

Hey Des, you said it counts stairs climbed? I've not been able to find that function.

[@mateuszkaflowski3827]

Did you use watch connected to the phone? I find in my ticwatch 3 pro ultra in system excercise app that when I am connected to the phone the distance while runnig is messed up (like 30% more than real). Biking is good though.

[@ronniekenny3443]

Can you use this with an iphone? I have a ticwatch 3 and wanting to upgrade but it sounded like you said it won't work at all with an iphone similar to the new galaxy watches.

[@DesFit]

Yes, I went over that in the video 👍

[@viktorkugler4523]

Is possible to edit the call rejecting pre-written text messages?

[@dodipappa]

Water resistance test 🤔?

[@lawrenceatkinson5884]

Good review. Thanks. What about swimming tracking? And what are the options for switching out this strap?

[@CoachJavy24]

Thet haven't learned with previous iterations that the haptic feedback vibration needs to be stronger. No bueno

[@MichaelSpeck78]

The rotating button on the side is a bummer. Had a fossil with the button in the same position. Hit it accidentally all the time. It was a main reason why I got rid of it.

[@DahakaCL]

Beautiful review, super complete on the training part. From your experience, should i consider this watch as an upgrade from my Garmin Vivoactive 4?.. Thanks in advance :)

[@gianlucalombardi1026]

Thanks. Would you recommend it for hiking/trekking?

[@kramdens1967]

Does it have automatic biking detection or do you have to start the bike ride manually?

[@krzysztofurban4561]

Does it supports skiing tracking?

[@mondalaci]

Mobvoi promised a Wear OS 3 update for 2022, and my TicWatch 3 Pro is still running Wear OS 2. I won't give them another chance.

[@nicholaschai4458]

Price at €398 in amazon, issit still ok to get pro 3 ultra instead?

[@MrDavidsic]

Does auto-pause work well during exercise? Because it works well with my Galaxy Watch 4 Classic during my mountain bike rides but it doesn't seem to work on my Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra. Nice review thank you

[@djendara7725]

Yes,that interesting me to.On my honor gs pro I don't have auto pause.

[@cag981]

How would you rate this compared to a Garmin Venu 2 Plus?

[@thestandardmanual3446]

Does it support golf ?

[@TravelingBai]

Does it pair to an external HRM?

[@stevenm1785]

No dual band gps.

[@CorentinLeman]

Such a good review with many details, thank you! I have some questions for you: I currently have the TicWatch Pro 3, and I use it to record when I run, and it syncs it to Strava. With the Ticwatch Pro 3, doing so will give some inacurate numbers on Strava because of the different expectation of sampling rate. To fix that, I have to go to all of my runs in Strava, and manually change the "type of run" to "race", and there is no way to do it automatically. So my questions are: 1) Is there the same issue with the TicWatch Pro 5? 2) Is the issue solved with the "High performance" GPS profile? Thanks!

[@stevePDx]

Have you used the specific gym profiles on this watch? Like, are they actually useful or just gimmicky? As in does it provide any further insight to improve your exercise? I don't see it being more useful than knowing your HRV and VO2 max?

[@Curious_george_3x1]

you dont think it's useful to know your HRV and VO2max? 💀💀

[@stevePDx]

@@Curious_george_3x1 comprehension is hard

[@Curious_george_3x1]

@@stevePDx are you saying it's hard for you to comprehend HRV and VO2max?

[@stevePDx]

@@Curious_george_3x1 🤦

[@Curious_george_3x1]

@@stevePDx bro has the syntax abilities of a 4 year old and expects people to understand him

[@b.rocket]

Does it measure HRV?

[@webfabio6259]

this watch have esim to use 4g? or only wifi ?

[@DesFit]

I went over those details in the video 👍

[@jmaxim917]

Is it Google Fit compatible?

[@leonardoponcex1154]

Good review DesFit. I have a doubt, I am trying to choose the best smartwatch that is very accurate in health monitoring (abnormal heart rates alerts, monitoring and stress alerts). I am between the Tic watch pro 5 or the Garmin Venu 2. Which would you recommend as the most accurate in that specs?

[@okezieokoye]

In the same boat. Which one did you end up going for and why?

[@granpacha]

Hola Des , between this watch and the Venu 2 plus for functioal training and swimming which one do you recommend? Thanks for your videos

[@DesFit]

At the moment probably the Venu 2 Plus since it can pair with external HR monitors which would provide the best accuracy for functional training (wrist HR doesn't do well with those sort of activities).

[@sumo721]

Is that waterproof ?

[@xx-qs1ij]

What app do u use for running ? On watch

[@DesFit]

TicExercise but you can also use Strava

[@xx-qs1ij]

@@DesFit If I want my heart rate and pace on a single screen - To exercise doest not have that. Does Strava ?

[@KarraanSumbly]

Does it have LTE ?

[@DesFit]

I went over that detail in the video 👍

[@DjSkillerTV]

3:10 no stopwatch or countdown 😂😂😂

[@julian42x]

do you think it can handle my daily ice baths?

[@mrsmith7751]

I owned the previous model of ticwatch bit it was to delicate. I had a bruise on the screen within a couple of months. Sent it in for warranty replacement and they honored it. A year later I dropped it on my night stand while switching bands and the whole screen went black. Never worked again had to toss it. I've dropped my samsung galaxy 4 and 5 many times from standing position onto the ground and.nothing happens to them. I'll skip this ticwatch thank you.

[@helterskelzer3883]

Quite a good watch but the apps ui looks so cheap and lacks refinement

[@laszlofoldi4133]

Thank you very much! I expected double GPS tracking battery life bc of the new chipset - as they advertised. Also missing dual frequency GPS is a shame, the older ticwatch is a better choice if u need one.

[@shuvadeepdey2574]

To be honest not much upgrade except wear OS 3.

[@mdmobinmemon1552]

Do you know if it works with iPhones? Is it thinner than its predecessor?

[@brobrosu1600]

Wear OS 3.5 is not supported by Apple.

[@swampy2b]

Do you ever watch KZbin videos? Or just ask questions in comments that were answered by the video?

[@weekendwarrior8179]

Can't trust their updates. Still no wear os 3 with tic watch pro 3 ultra.

[@mohammedsalmaancharolia0786]

Is there an option to use compass in essential mode? Please don't give me the answer without checking, because on the basis of that i am going to buy the watch Please also share the video of it if possible Thanks

[@DanMarkland]

Does it still have Afib detection like the Pro 3?

[@DanMarkland]

I wanted the Pro 3 ultra for this but held off from the lack of update, now I can't see anywhere that the Pro 5 has the same feature...

[@Valentijnk]

Yes it does

[@DesFit]

Yes

[@DanMarkland]

Turns out not in the UK... looks like I'll be returning mine already.

[@mussabgasmelseed5079]

What really surprising even oh1+ has some latency

[@DesFit]

That’s sort of inherent with optical HR sensors in general due to the technology difference with ECG

[@chrisc7262]

imagine if it never gets google assistant 😛 no external HRMs 🤨

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

It's probably not going to get it because it's not compatible with Qualcomm chip sets unfortunately thanks to Google. I don't know why Google is basically screwing over all their partners besides Samsung but it's driving me away from the platform entirely. I want the dual screen and voice assistant and that's not an option unless I stick to my current ticwatch pro 3. If I can't get both those things I'll probably just switch to amazefit so I can get a couple weeks where the battery life.

[@GiuseppeSavo]

So, in the end this device is the best choice in its price range on average. Mobvoi probably lose on "big data" coming from users to upgrade capabilities in recovery and sleep times, and the support for BT or ant+ external devices could be helpful, but I see that it's quite complete even now.

[@justcommenting4981]

I want a death watch.

[@japomi]

The customer service doesn't exist, no updates, ever. That's all we need to know 😅

[@bash2299]

At this price imma buy Huawei watch gt3 pro and ignore this fkwatch 5 pro

[@vpnconsult]

Good smartwatch, but not an good sportswatch

[@nnjjee1]

Too bad WearOS doesn’t also support iOS like Garmin and Coros do. Definitely limits choice for iPhone users 😮

[@DesFit]

It's really just an issue of compatibility where WearOS is meant for Android and Apple WatchOS is meant for iOS. Garmin and COROS have a proprietary OS which can have cross compatibility.

[@nnjjee1]

@@DesFitit’s a choice on everyone’s part, it’s unfortunate

[@timmyb1957]

The choice is Apple and their unwillingness to let anyone have a slice of the pie. They continuously change their os to make sure that they ARE incompatible with competing devices so if you want a true smartwatch (which Garmin and Coros don't) you MUST buy Apple's product, no one else. They've done it with smartphones for years. Why do you suppose it is so difficult (impossible?) for an Android phone to have iTunes capability? Don't blame Google and Samsung for Apple's greedy monopolistic structure.

[@swampy2b]

What’s the alternative? Having either iPhone OR android phones and compatible wearables, but not both?

[@xmesaj2]

Why buy ticwatch when you got 100x better and supported apple watches for iphones lmao

[@umit4334]

i m using ticwatch pro 3. Never buy this watch .you will waste your money if you will .my problems 1) sensors don't always measure accurately 2) the push button is failed 3) battery life performance wears out quickly

[@mlegrand]

What? I love a good death watch. All black please. ☠️

[@DesFit]

Ha!

[@gsxoinas]

Don’t buy it. I have the Ticwatch pro 3 pro. They promised updates but the last security update is back to 2021. No support. Nothing. It’s a pity.. so beautiful watch with no support no updates. Never again

[@jeremyk2740]

Will never buy anopther garbage Tic Watch. My Pro 3 GPS never got any updates past Oct 2021. No Wear OS 3 update as promised despite having the most capable processor on the market. Strava no longer supported due to missing Wear OS 3 update. Google Assistant broken, can't make calls or send messages. The power button has now failed and I've gone back to Samsung. Mobvoi will happily take your money and abandon it's customers. Worst smart watch company out there. They flood KZbinrs with free product and paid endorsements to get you to buy their garbage product.

[@bigbadaboomboom]

The extra display is garbage.and this is basically the pro 3. Maybe the pro 10 will have a better upgrade

[@Trifecta56]

No android assistant…..this watch never happened. Epic fail on the part of mobvoi out the box. Keep it Samsung and keep it simple. Mobvoi is way to far behind the curve to compete with the likes of Samsung and Apple, Google had to find this out the hard with the the Pixel watch…an epic fail on Googles part. Same thing will happen with this watch as well. No assistant onboard makes it a dumb watch not a smartwatch

[@michaell.7151]

Crown. It's a rotating crown.

[@DesFit]

👑

[@antonkavaryants7152]

You cannot compare this to the beauty of a pixel watch

[@DesFit]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

[@MartynDix]

I've just sent my new pro 5 back. It was utter c.rap (esspecialy the BT). Shame as I got it as an upgrade to my old pro 3 gps which 'now' works ok.

[@KuranIsAFantasyBook]

Overpriced piece of trash. A hundred bucks more than a 10 times better Samsung Watch 5 Pro.

[@davidmccarthy6061]

But that watch is much better if you have a Samsung phone, which many people don't.

[@noreferrel]

Agree samsung watch 5 pro is way better than this. I switched from twp 3 pro GPS to Samsung watch 5 pro lte. And happy with switch

[@MrRobi10]

but it doesn't look elegant..

[@GK-qc5ry]

Puts Samsung to shame and they have been around for longer and have a bigger R&D budget.

[@Th3Toppi3]

One of the biggest parts of the value of a product is the support that the company offers after purchase - here Mobvoi fail catastrophically! Broken promises, lack of security updates and closing forums where users are looking for help and feedback! I have a pro 3 ultra but will never buy from Mobvoi again because they give the attitude that once we have your money we don't care!