hey guys so today we're looking at the
Ticwatch 2 Android SmartWatch so here
we go so the Ticwatch 2 is an Android
smart watch but it doesn't use Android
Wear it uses kind of a scaled-down
version of Android with a custom skin on
it it comes in two versions there's the
Ticwatch 2 sport and that's the one
we'll be reviewing today which is geared
more for workouts and for the gym
environment and then there's the classic
that's geared more for a professional
environment at work it looks more like a
classic classic watch both of them have
a round OLED screen with a pixel density
of 287 PPI it very readable in most
conditions except direct sunlight both
of them use a standard 22 millimeter
band so if you don't like the the fact
that the sport comes with a rubberized
band and the classic comes with more of
a leather band you can swap them out
with just a standard off-the-shelf fan
that uses the 23 millimeter size they
both have gps and glonass in them so you
can track your workouts when you don't
have your phone with you they also have
an accelerometer a giant it does do
activity tracking as a certain set of
activities that it tracks and you're
kind of locked into that there's no way
to add additional activities it has a a
pretty decent heartrate monitor that
works really well for like cardio
workouts and you know riding exercise
bikes but not so much for high-intensity
workouts and things like that but that's
pretty typical with a risk-based heart
rate monitor the only thing about it is
it doesn't do all day heart rate
monitoring it'll track your activities
and you can go into an app and track
your heart rate at any given time but
other than that it it won't track it and
on the point of tracking one thing this
doesn't do is sleep tracking that's
pretty common these days with
smartwatches and fitness watches but
this one does not have any sleep
tracking capabilities there is a store
where you can go and you can add apps
that people have written and custom
watch faces there's a ton of watch faces
in there but there's only just a
sprinkling of apps at this point that
may change in the future
the watch is compatible with both
Android and iOS the only cavity
is that with the music app you can't
transfer files from iOS to the watch you
can do that in Android on that point you
can load files onto the watch and play
them directly from the watch with a
Bluetooth headset without having to have
your phone so you could really track
your entire workout and listen to music
with just the watch without having your
phone there it's also IP 65 certified
which means you don't have to worry
about sweating while you're working out
you can wash your hands you know splash
water around it'll be fine
but don't take it in the shower don't
take it swimming you'll lose fit that
point the battery life is a 300 million
per hour battery which in a device like
this isn't too bad
and they rate a day and a half to two
days of battery life I see that if I use
just the bare-bones
SmartWatch features if you use that GPS
it's going to kill it and you know if
you're a reasonably heavy GPS user
you're going to have to charge or watch
multiple times throughout the day you
won't even make it one day if you don't
use GPS and you're playing music from
the device and tracking a lot of
workouts you're still going to have to
charge it every night the only way
you're going to get to that day and a
half to two days is if you just get your
notifications maybe make a couple of
calls from the watch and things like
that just basic SmartWatch capabilities
so all in all I would say the Ticwatch 2
is a good SmartWatch depending on your
needs if you're looking for just
straight SmartWatch capabilities it's
actually a really nice device it's very
responsive the screen is beautiful and
it has all the basic features you get
your notifications you can change watch
basis and the addition of being able to
dial out from from this watch and take
calls on it is a nice addition on the
other hand if you're looking for
something that you're going to be using
a lot for fitness tracking this is
probably not the device for you you
might want to look at a Garmin or a
Fitbit device or something like that
this does have fitness tracking
capabilities but they're pretty limited
with that small selection of activities
you can track the fact that the heart
rate monitoring doesn't do all day heart
rate monitoring and there's no sleep
tracking it's all kind of limited it's
almost like the fitness part of it was
an afterthought so I wouldn't recommend
it for physical fitness tracking for
basic SmartWatch capability
I would recommend that it's actually
really nice device for that so I hope
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