For decades, I've been an on and off watch wearer, sometimes going months without bothering. Mobvoi changed all that for me in 2019 when I purchased a "buddy bundle" which included a Pro (OG edition) and a C2. Since then, a Ticwatch has been a fixture on my wrist, helping me keep my phone in my pocket as much as possible! I've had the opportunity to enjoy using multiple Mobvoi watches, including the Pro, the C2, the E3, the Pro 3 Ultra GPS, the Pro 5 and now the Atlas! In my photos, I included side by side comparisons between the E3, the Pro 3 Ultra, the Pro 5 and the Atlas. The Atlas is a very rugged-looking watch, with added details on the body and around the watch face, including a textured "grip" on the left side of the watch, pronounced notches and "dips" around the bezel, highly visible markings indicating the crown is the Menu, a more visible red ring on the outside of the crown instead of at the top of the crown, and arrows pointing at the location of the secondary button and of the microphone. The crown functions as a scroll, so spinning it up/down allows you to navigate the menu. The 24mm watchband (fluorocarbon) matches the rugged look, with notches and a deep channel where they connect to the watch, and a Y pattern on the rest of the band and two watchband keepers to keep the strap in place. It looks good, and despite it feeling a little stiff when you hold it, it feels good on the wrist. I thought the wavy texture on the underside of the band would bother me, but I can't feel it at all. Overall, specs are identical to the Pro 5, but it's worth mentioning the display glass is sapphire and not Gorilla Glass as with previous watches. This is important as sapphire glass is much more scratch resistant than Gorilla Glass. And, although I have no way to objectively test this, it does feel smoother when swiping compared to my Pro 5, which uses Gorilla Glass. What we will see is whether sapphire glass is going to hold up to accidental hits. I've experienced this with my previous watches and have either scratched the Gorilla glass a bit, or in earlier watches, broken a screen protector. Battery life is of course phenomenal compared to other smartwatches. The dual screen helps greatly with that, as you can check time and basic stats without enabling the screen. As for days of usage, first thing I did was enable all the sensors and set them to run at regular intervals. Despite all sensors being on, and with tons of notifications and the occasional phone call, on average the watch gives me 3 days before needing to charge. It roughly amounts to about 30% of battery each day. And charging is very fast, so you can easily go from zero to 100% in less than 2 hours. The watch also uses what's become the standard Ticwatch magnetic charging cable, so I can leave a cable on my nightstand and have a second one for use when away from home. Call quality when using the watch is acceptable. And let's be reasonable, a tiny speaker and mic are not going to sound as full as a call on our cell phones. But it works just fine! I can hear the caller well and they can understand me without issue. It's very practical to have, particularly if you're working with your hands when you get a call. For those concerned with weight, the Atlas is 47 grams, which is only 3 grams heavier than the Pro 5. And as you can see in the photos, it's a good size for my wrist, which is about 8cm in circumferece. I also included a photo of the watch on a smaller wrist, 6.5cm, so you can compare looks. On the software side, it comes with WearOS 4.0. Although this is not the latest WearOS version (5.0 was released back in August), it's no surprise that this watch doesn't come with it out of the box. But I'm confident that Mobvoi will provide the update, just as they did with previous watches models. Question is how long will it take before OS 5 is made available. The watch was super-easy to setup. As soon as I logged into Google, my current watch setup was transferred over. Of course, I tweaked a few things but for the most part, it was ready to go in a few minutes. For detection functions, new features include over 100 activity/sport modes, improved activity detection, a heat-map mode for sports, and fall detection. You can also enable fall detection to trigger an SOS call, and even select one of your contacts as the emergency call destination. I didn't test triggering this function, but I might just dive into my bed, see if it triggers it and calls my spouse :-) Some wants: * Although I love the second screen, I wish there was a way to adjust the brightness. It's not a problem during the day, but my eyes get blasted when I am asleep and happen to move my wrist near my face. You can manually enable Bedtime mode to turn off the tilt-to-wake and touch screen option, but you have remember to enable it before you go to sleep and remember to disable it when you wake up. * Being able to autoenable Bedtime Mode based on the phone's sleep detection setup would be fantastic. And it would definitely solve the issue above. * It's easy enough to charge the watch with the provided cable, but it would be great to be have wireless charging. * I miss Google Assistant on my watch. Still hopeful it will make a comeback!
