TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro Review:

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$349.99

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The TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro is the update to Mobvoi’s flagship Wear OS smartwatch, with the Enduro promising all the same software features wrapped up in a slightly adjusted look.

It’s getting tougher, thinner and is refining a design that helped to make the TicWatch Pro 5 one of the best smartwatches when it launched in 2023. Since then, we’ve had other WearOS smartwatches arrive on the scene, including the impressive OnePlus Watch 2, which like Mobvoi is pushing the boundaries in terms of how long a Wear OS-packing smartwatch can last in between charges.

We’re fans of the TicWatch Pro 5, so does the dual display-packing Pro 5 Enduro edition bring anything new to the party to make it worth upgrading or picking up over something else?

Design & Build

• Slimmer case design
• New Fluororubber watch strap
• Just one colour option

The Enduro sticks pretty close to the look of the Pro 5, with some tweaks that do make it live ever so slightly differently on your wrist.

It still has a 50mm case that now measures in slightly thinner than the Pro 5, coming in at 11.95mm compared to 12.2mm. You can only pick it up in Obsidian black, which gives it a relatively minimalist look, broken up by a slightly refined twisting watch crown and less so the physical button that sits above it and sits very flush against the side of the case that’s easy to miss.

That’s now partnered up with a 24mm fluororubber watch strap as opposed to the silicone one used on the Pro 5 and as a package remains 5ATM, or waterproof up to 50 metres. Its durability credentials remain bolstered by being tested to MIL-STD-810H military standards.

It’s a look that doesn’t make it stand out from other smartwatches. It’s big, but I also don’t feel that hulking case stature on my skinny wrist. It’s nice to see it get skinner and it’s clearly well-built too. It’s just a shame Mobvoi doesn’t offer it up in a few more colours.

Screen & Audio

• 1.43-inch AMOLED display and ultra-low power display
• Adds sapphire crystal screen
• Includes microphone and speaker

There’s no change on the display front with the Enduro. It’s the same 1.43-inch, 466 x 466 resolution AMOLED display used on the Pro 5 that you can keep on 24/7.

That’s joined by an ultra-low power display that along with displaying the time is able to show off information like daily step counts and heart rate. That is now protected by a sapphire crystal screen as opposed to the Gorilla Glass one, so that means a step up in protection against scratches.

This dual display remains a way that sets the TicWatch apart from other smartwatches in the best way possible.

It uses those displays in a really effective way, to prolong battery life while also giving you a strong experience when that low-power display is in use. When you twist the watch crown it can roll through Tiles (widgets) to boost the amount of information that can be presented when that AMOLED isn’t in use.

That AMOLED is a high-quality one, with a resolution to compete with the best smartwatch displays in the business. It has a strong maximum brightness setting with an adaptive brightness mode there to make sure it’s not shining too brightly when not needed.

Mobvoi retains the microphone and speaker, which does mean you can make calls with the Enduro as long as you’re paired to your smartphone as there isn’t any kind of LTE connectivity support available.

There’s nothing exceptional about the call quality and pretty much in keeping with other smartwatches. It’s absolutely fine for taking a quick call, but if you’re hoping for the best smartwatch for phone calls, this isn’t the one.

Software & Features

• Runs on Wear OS 3.5
• TimeShow app offers additional watch faces
• Compatible with Android phones only

The Enduro is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 + Gen 1 wearable platform to make sure the software on board runs smoothly and boost what it’s capable of on the fitness and health tracking front. That’s backed up by 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, giving you a satisfying amount of room to store apps, files and audio.

That’s all powering Wear OS 3.5, so not the newer Wear OS 4.0 running on the Google Pixel Watch 2, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 or the OnePlus Watch 2. Wear OS 4.0 isn’t a radical update to Google’s operating system, but it’s disappointing nonetheless that Mobvoi’s smartwatches still aren’t running on it.

Using the Enduro as a smartwatch is pretty much what you’d expect from a Wear OS smartwatch these days. You can customise Tiles (widgets), see a stream of your phone notifications and there’s preloaded Google apps including Maps, Google Wallet and YouTube Music.

Google Maps is well integrated here as is Wallet for contactless payments, while third-party apps like Spotify and the new WhatsApp messenger worked without issue during my testing. The software has run smoothly and launching apps like the Google Play Store doesn’t labour in the way Wear OS apps used to once upon a time.

In true Mobvoi fashion, it likes to add its own software with the most notable addition here the TimeShow app, which gives you access to over 7,000 watch faces. You can see a list of featured faces and get a daily watch face and it’s nice that you don’t have to leave your watch to browse through your options.

Fitness & Tracking

• 110+ sports modes
• Low-power display works with third party fitness apps
• Displays heart rate zones on low-power display

Mobvoi crams the TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro with fitness and wellness tracking features.

While you won’t find medical-grade sensors like you would on an Apple Watch or a Samsung Galaxy Watch, it will track runs, rides, swims and plenty in between. It’ll continuously monitor heart rate, stress and capture your sleep stats too.

It’s your choice whether you do some of that via a third-party apps available through the Google Play Store or you opt for what Mobvoi has to offer here.

On the Mobvoi front, it’s got dedicated apps for using it with its own treadmill, taking one-tap health measurements, there’s a guided breathing app and both TicExercise and TicHealth apps. It does feel that some of these features could be better consolidated into a couple of apps.

Data is synced over to the Mobvoi Health app, which is a pretty basic affair, but does make it easy to glance over your stats.

On the watch, the TicHealth app offers a nice stream of activity tracking stats like stairs climbed, heart rate and blood oxygen. For information like step counts, I found totals against other fitness trackers I was wearing could be as little as 500 steps and as much as 1,000.

Comparing heart rate ranges and lowest readings were only 1-3bpm out from another fitness tracker, though maximum readings were typically 20bpm off other heart rate monitors I tested against it.