They've been promising Wear OS 3 for the Pro 3 and E3 line-up for over 2 years now. Latest announcement was that release would be "starting Q3 2023". But they said the same in 2022. And there's not much left of Q3 2023, so they will be missing maybe they're 6th announced release date (if they ever do release). On the plus side they've said the update will re-enable the compass they disabled.

@@philkingston7679 No they havent actually. Wear OS 3 was never going to the TWP 3 models. That's not MOBVOI's fault. Samsung had control over which devices got Wear OS 3, they being a bigger ($$$$$) company. TWP 3 is more than capable of handling Wear OS 3.5 but .... it's that battle going on in the background. Samsung watches now have Wear OS 4. Yeh, whats up with that!! Again, that's because they have control. Whilst TWP 5 is only getting Wear OS 3.5. Unfair. It is still possible that Wear OS 3 (not 3.5 or 4.0) will come to TWP 3 watches but only after everyone else has fully moved on to OS 4.0. My guess is that these watches will be left behind again. But we'll just have to wait and see.

TWP 5 gets all the latest Mobvoi updates. It also gets Wear OS 3.5, the maximum at this stage, even though Wear OS 4 is available. But that is Samsungs control. TWP 3 still works well on Wear OS 2. I've not had any issues with it.

Will ticwatch pro 5 work with iPhone?

I was also hesitant about switching due to battery life when my pro 3 gps lost Google Assistant support but I ended up with a galaxy watch 5 pro for around $200 and I'm very happy. Has a 3 day battery just like my pro 3 so just FYI there's options.

I just picked it up on a lightning deal. I'm Not a smartwatch person as they seem a little gimmicky but it was only $227 so why not. I don't care about the fitness stuff which is what these seem to be all about. Anyway the app keeps stopping which is very annoying. Makes me feel like there is more glitchy things to come. I'm already very close to returning it but will give it a couple more weeks. Definitely not blowing my skirt up.

Yeah the biggest liability I have for smart watches on Android at least is that you can't connect them to more than one phone without having to do a factory reset. Right now my watch is set to my pixel but sometimes I still like to use my LG wing or V60 and I can't switch without having to start everything over from scratch

I hadnt worn watches for well over a decade, maybe longer. I too didnt see the point or need for one. It was only when my bank discontinued its wearable pay ring that I needed another wearable pay device. The one thing that a smart watch has over a pay ring is that you can add all your store cards/reward cards to your watch, which is fantastic. You can pay with and access your cards via one device.

The watch is kinda like the Galaxy Watch6 Classic but, maybe it's just me, the black one feels much smaller. So if you're able to see the Galaxy watch in person, you can decide.

Same. But I'm thinking that it will be too big on my wrist

The watch is extremely light.

I've been so busy trying to juggle a bunch of work and videos that I just haven't been able to film a proper tea break lately. Don't worry, they're coming back soon! I've still been taking my own tea breaks as the work continues to pile up :) #selfcare

The tea breaks are great, review videos are so content packed that it's great to come back to earth for a moment. Your videos are the best, hope you're getting all the tea breaks you need @@jvtechtea​

Galaxy watch 5 pro has 3 day battery for me and can be found for pretty cheap. Thankfully ticwatch is no longer the only Android Wear company that prioritizes battery anymore. And I have Google Assistant back finally!

Both! I'm buying both. I've had the TWP 3 GPS in black. It looks okay. It's standard, every day. But Sandstone is much classier. Black for sports, Sandstone for work/dinner/functions.

Or maybe never :O :(

I have small wrists and its actually not too big.

Wearing my F105W now.

I was the same. Never wore a watch let alone a smart watch. It all seemed gimicky to me. However, as soon as I realised it could store all of my store cards/reward cards as well as pay for things I was like "I'm having that!!" They would have to be the most pratical features of the smartwatch. Making life easier, saving you from having to pull out store cards or keeping them in a wallet or in your phone case. I ditched my wallet. I just use my watch to pay for things now. But I do keep my credit card on my at all times as some retailers have dodgy POS devices which dont like Google Pay (used on Android based smart watches). Another usefuly feature, for me anyway, is when I have a postal delivery coming that day, my local postal service prompts me (buzzes, alerts) on my watch. Plus if I'm not at home and the parcel has been left at my door, they will send a photo of it so I know it was left there. I can see that photo on the watch. So cool!! It's the convenience factors that are really good about smart watches. All the fitness and health tracking stuff isnt for everyone, but the convenience features do make it worth while having a smart watch.

And what exactly is that policy please?

The main problem is actually that Samsung have control on Wear OS updates. They are the bigger player with bigger $$$$. Mobvoi are at their mercy.