After spending weeks running, rowing, biking, and sleeping with the new TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro smartwatch, I found that its marathon battery life solves my biggest issue with Wear OS smartwatches.
The Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro’s massive 628mAh battery has a unique dual display design for low-power standby use. That equates to an advertised 90 hours — nearly four days — of battery life in smart mode, and up to 45 days in Essential Mode. Even better yet, just 30 minutes of fast charging provides up to two days of battery life.
Review: The Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro is one of the best Android watches I’ve tested
The Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen 1 Wearable Platform contributes to the impressive battery life, and will support a future upgrade to Wear OS 4, despite it currently running on Wear OS 3.5. This caveat is one thing to note, as, unfortunately, Mobvoi hasn’t displayed a track record of timely updates. Given that Wear OS was released in the fall of 2023, this new model should have launched with Wear OS 4 out of the box.
Beyond battery life, the dual-display technology with interactive and customizable ultra-low power display options is exceedingly useful. You can choose from 18 background colors to highlight the always-on display, and that display on the top layer of the watch will show you key metrics such as number of steps taken, heart rate, battery life, time, and date. Spinning the large rotating crown button brings up a full display heart rate reading, blood oxygen level, and compass heading in this dual display mode.
Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro specs: Display: 1.43 inches, 466 x 466 pixels AMOLED | Battery life: Up to 4 days | Dimensions: 50.15 x 48 x 11.95mm | Weight: 44.7 g (no strap) | Water resistance: 5 ATM | LTE cellular option: No