After showing off two new watches at CES 2019 earlier this month, Mobvoi is excited to announce the local availability of the new TicWatch E2 (Express) and TicWatch S2 (Sport).
Both devices are now available via Mobvoi’s own online store, and via Amazon Australia as follows:
It’s not just new watches, though. Mobvoi is announcing the new TicMotion suite of proactive fitness features. Not content with just counting steps or calories, TicMotion utilises Mobvoi’s AI prowess to make the watches more useful.
The two headline features are swim monitoring and analysis, and fully automated activity recognition:
Both watches are functionally similar, but the TicWatch S2 is the stronger of the two, designed to comply with the well-known MIL-STD-810G standard. Other new features include:
Unfortunately that last point is a bit of a sore one; while Qualcomm undoubtedly make a better and faster wearable processor, the 2100 version is still a few years old. Wear 3100 is out, and while it doesn’t offer extra processing power, it is more power efficient, and it’s a shame not to have used the most recent hardware available.
The other point to note is the lack of NFC on both models; Google Pay is one of the most popular uses of Wear OS devices, and unfortunately you won’t be able to use Mobvoi’s new watches in this way.
Still, at the budget price, Mobvoi are likely onto a winner despite these two minor points of note. Check out the links to buy on Amazon above.
Last modified on 22 January 2019 11:16 am
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"TicMotion utilises Mobvoi’s AI prowess" - are they know for their work in AI..? News to me! Perhaps I've not had my finger on the pulse.
"at the budget price"
What budget price? I've seen price not mentioned in a few articles and reviews here when it was known, just something that would make it easier to get all the facts here.
They're good value on Amazon:
E2: $238.99
S2: $282.99
Question: do these have the feature the previous TicWatch had where you could use a 2nd screen with limited display to extend the battery life to a few days? That was a great feature and I'm hoping it's on these models, too.
When you can get a ticwatch pro and a ticband for $311 with NFC and all the bells and whistles, unless you're a swimmer why would you bother?