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Mobvoi Says It is Finally Updating Old Watches to Wear OS 3, Which is Years Old

Kellen December 12, 2023 9

Google announced Wear OS 4 as the new version of its wearable platform at Google I/O in May of this year. They then finalized the build and let it ship first on Samsung's Galaxy Watch 6 line in July before letting Samsung update its Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 4...

Mobvoi’s TicWatch Pro 5 Launches With the Goods and Costs $349.99

Kellen May 24, 2023 12

This news might have been spoiled a few weeks back, thanks to an early listing, but it is now official - the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5 is a real watch and available now. This is a noteworthy release because it is the first with Qualcomm's new wearable chip, the...

Mobvoi Teases Upcoming TicWatch Pro 5

Tim May 15, 2023 6

Back in April, we got an early eyes-on with Mobvoi's upcoming tank smartwatch, the TicWatch Pro 5. This week, they are sending out official teasers for the device, even including an image of the watch itself. Naturally, the image was shrouded in darkness, but...

Mobvoi Wants You to Know That It is Still Working on Wear OS 3 Updates

Kellen May 9, 2023 4

There was a time in the world of Wear OS where all we could think about was when devices not made by Samsung would receive the significant upgrade to Wear OS 3. Our main focus for a good chunk of last year was targeted at Fossil, because they were arguably for...

Here is Mobvoi’s TicWatch Pro 5 and All of Its Details

Kellen April 29, 2023 10

Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon W5+ chipset for wearables almost a year ago and we have yet to see it in a watch. We were told at its reveal that Mobvoi would ship the first W5+ smartwatch within a few months, but we've now jumped 10 months into the future...

Mobvoi’s TicWatch Pro 5 Likely Stopped Through FCC

Kellen February 21, 2023 24

Remember the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5+, the next-gen wearables chip that would bring forth a powerful and important age of smartwatches? Of course you don't. Qualcomm announced it almost a year ago and hasn't delivered a single watch with the chip inside. Mobvoi...

A First Look at Mobvoi’s Next TicWatch With Qualcomm’s W5+ Chip

Kellen July 20, 2022 6

After a brief mention of Mobvoi's upcoming TicWatch that will be the first to run the new Snapdragon W5+ from Qualcomm, the watchmaker has now revealed a first teaser image of it. Spoiler alert: It looks like a TicWatch. The above image shows off a shadowy,...

Mobvoi is Making the First Snapdragon W5+ Wear OS Watch

Kellen July 19, 2022 8

The new Snapdragon W5+ chip from Qualcomm can only be a big deal if smartwatch makers decide it's worth using. Most passed (or hesitated) on the previous chip from Qualcomm, so there's no guarantee that this new (and impressive on paper) W5+ will be a success....