TicWatch Pro 3 review: faster, slicker Wear OS smartwatch misses mark

Improved performance and battery life let down by weak vibrations, app and sustainability niggles

Google's TicWatch Pro 3 is the first Wear OS watch to use a newer, faster chip designed to breathe new life into the stagnant smartwatch line - but doesn't do enough to manage the uphill task.

Made by the Chinese tech firm Mobvoi, the new watch costs 289.99 and competes directly with Fossil's Gen 5, as well as Samsung's Galaxy watches on Android. It's a big watch that manages to avoid being chunky, looking fairly nondescript with a black plastic body and silicone strap. It is quite light but designed for fairly large wrists - I had the strap pulled to its second-tightest position.