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Best TicWatch smartwatches 2025
By Namerah Saud Fatmi last updated
Best from Mobvoi When you're shopping for the perfect smartwatch, you'll find several different options to choose from. The TicWatch lineup is one of the best.

Wear OS 5.1 represents a new class of slow, substantial Pixel Watch updates
By Michael L Hicks published
Wear OS Weekly Google used to release Pixel Watch updates without fail, but now it wants to slow the releases down. Here's why that could be a good thing.

Facer hired Fossil's old Wear OS exec, and it sounds like a perfect match
By Michael L Hicks published
Unfinished business Former Fossil VP of Product Brook Eaton is joining Facer as CPO to 'expand OEM partnerships,' and I hope Google is the first.

OnePlus Watch 3 review: The best battery life, but not a great fit for everyone
By Nicholas Sutrich published
Huge win The OnePlus Watch 3 does nearly everything it tries perfectly, but a one-size-fits-all design means it's simply not right for everyone.

Android smartwatches have a flicker problem. The OnePlus Watch 3 fixed it
By Michael L Hicks published
Wear OS Weekly More and more AMOLED phones are letting you switch from eye-straining PWM to DC dimming, but only a couple of smartwatches spare your eyes.

OnePlus is 'working on' fixing two key Watch 3 downsides this year
By Michael L Hicks published
Smaller goals A OnePlus Health Labs head of R&D admitted that they need to make a smaller OnePlus Watch and add a key missing feature.

OnePlus set an interesting standard with Watch 3 and Wear OS 5
By Michael L Hicks published
Wear OS Weekly We couldn't be sure how OnePlus would handle Wear OS updates, given the platform's history. Now we have good and bad news about what to expect.

The OnePlus Watch 3 is a bigger deal than you think — here's why
By Michael L Hicks published
Wear OS Weekly Even if the OnePlus Watch 3 can't match Apple or Samsung for sales, it drew first blood in the upcoming battle for battery life supremacy.
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