The Ticwatch Pro has two displays and twice the battery life of other smartwatches; but with half the performance we want.

Clever dual-screen tech is useful; Essential Mode really does extend battery life; GPS; NFC; and heart rate sensor welcome feature additions; Competitive price

Wear OS frustrates; Masculine design; Slow performance

The Mobvoi TicWatch Pro does bring something new to the Wear OS smartwatch world. It offers a way to extend battery life on a device that needs exactly that enhancement. While that intention and effort is valiant, it doesn't add that much more life than, say, a Samsung Gear S3 is capable of, unless you switch over to the Essential Mode. The glitchy OS is another concern, but is something I expect should be improvedin time. Still, for early adopters it's a bit of a gamble. That said, this is a good looking and solid watch with lots of features for the price, and it could represent a new way of delivering the Wear OS experience to the wrist. All in all a promising, but too often frustrating, experience. READ MORE: 10 best smartwatches

Innovative dual screen design; Solidly built; Decent heart-rate tracking; Contactless payments;

Heavy; Glitchy; Battery life improvements aren't huge;

Cellular smartwatches are few and far between. Your best options revolve around Samsung’s Galaxy Watch or the Apple Watch Series 5, Series 4 or 3. But what about 4G LTE watches on Google’s Wear OS platform? The last few launched in 2017, including the Huawei Watch 2 LTE and the failed Verizon Wear24, so it’s slim pickings for Wear OS lovers. Mobvoi, known for making ultra-affordable smartwatches running Wear OS, is here to fill the gap with the 4G LTE version of its TicWatch Pro. The TicWatch Pro launched last year, but the TicWatch Pro 4G/LTE is slightly different. Not only does it have a cellular connection (which means you’ll need to pay a monthly data plan for the watch), but it also bumps up RAM for improved performance, and has subtle design changes. It’s feature-packed and costs $299, easily making it the best Wear OS smartwatch you can buy if you’re looking for connectivity even without your phone. But first, a quick word on the watch’s 4G LTE connectivity. It only works throug...

Unique dual-display technology; Two-day battery life; Cellular connectivity; Accurate fitness and heart-rate tracking capabilities; IP68, NFC for Google Pay, GPS, internal storage;

Performance occasionally stutters; Bulky, masculine design with ugly preinstalled watch faces; 4G LTE is limited to Verizon;

Innovative dual screen design; Solidly built; Decent heart-rate tracking; Contactless payments;

Heavy; Glitchy; Battery life improvements aren’t huge;

Improves on its predecessors in nearly every way, but the Ticwatch Pro falls down in one crucial area

Competitively priced; Good build quality; Google Assistant;

Sluggish performance; Heavy;

The TicWatch Pro has excellent battery life, but its design leaves much to be desired.

Excellent battery life; Heart-rate sensor; NFC; GPS; IP68 water resistance; Second screen lets you use the watch for days after battery has been...

Design is too big and too aggressive; Wear OS is in need of a facelift; Rubberized band gets uncomfortable after a while

There’s ups and downs when it comes to the Ticwatch Pro. For starters, the design leaves a lot to be desired and the watch will be too heavy and chunky for some. However, we love the innovative dual-screen design so you can easily get information with the basic LCD panel and then use the OLED display like normal the rest of the time. This works better outdoors, saves battery and means you still have a functioning watch when the battery is too low. Performance isn’t the best and we found step counting a bit out of whack. That said, if you want something cheaper than many rivals with GPS, NFC and a heart rate monitor then this could be a good choice.

The Mobvoi TicWatch Pro wants to solve the one problem Wear OS doesn’t really have: battery life. While some older LTE-enabled Wear OS watches might struggle to get through a day of normal use, most of them are plenty capable of handling a full day of step tracking, Lyft hailing, and message sending. The TicWatch Pro is no different in that regard. Use it as a smartwatch and you’ll probably need to plug it in before hitting the sack.

The TicWatch Pro has excellent battery life, but its design leaves much to be desired.

Excellent battery life.; Heart-rate sensor, NFC, GPS, IP68 water resistance.; Second screen lets you use the watch for days after battery has been depleted.;

Design is too big and too aggressive.; Wear OS is in need of a facelift.; Rubberized band gets uncomfortable after a while.;

The TicWatch Pro 2020 offers up advanced sports monitoring but is also well suited to everyday wear. It helps you train, analyzes your sleep, wakes you up in the morning and throws the weather your way. Its innovative design centres around that dual AMOLED/FSTN display, which lets you get at pertinent information without the need to fire up the main interface or place excessive strain on the battery. Although cluttered, the Wear OS user experience is also wonderfully feature-packed. The main shortcoming is with its design, which errs on the masculine side and can look very imposing around smaller wrists. However, for less than £230, a watch as complete as the TicWatch Pro 2020 deserves to be known.

The TicWatch Pro 4G adds cellular capabilities to Mobvoi's flagship smartwatch

Good price for an LTE smartwatch; Improved performance; LTE/4G features work well;

Iffy sports tracking accuracy; Mediocre battery life; Dual display not great in all conditions;