Mobvoi teases new Put on OS smartwatch reveal

What you have to know

• In a cryptic teaser posted to X (previously Twitter), Mobvoi shared {that a} new smartwatch-related announcement is simply days away.
• The smartwatch proven within the teaser means that the upcoming announcement is expounded to the TicWatch Professional line.
• The present-generation TicWatch Professional 5 is sort of a yr previous, so we might be seeing a TicWatch Professional 6 debut.

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Mobvoi is again to shake up the week in wearables with an announcement of an announcement. In a teaser posted to X (previously Twitter) early Wednesday, the corporate says, “The longer term arrives in days,” hinting at a brand new smartwatch reveal. The put up does not reveal a lot, but it surely consists of an overview of a smartwatch that carefully resembles the present TicWatch Professional 5. As such, we might be seeing a successor debut quickly or not less than a brand new variant of the present mannequin.

Yearly smartwatch releases have gotten the norm, with Google and Samsung discovering a rhythm with an annual replace schedule. Mobvoi launched the TicWatch Professional 5 on the finish of Could 2023, so we’re due for an improve if the corporate is eyeing an annual improve. This, plus the teaser’s graphic, appears to counsel {that a} TicWatch Professional 6 reveal might be simply days away. 

Whereas informal smartwatch patrons may not acknowledge Mobvoi or TicWatch as a family title, it is clear that the TicWatch Professional 5 is a critically spectacular smartwatch. Other than true multi-day battery life, the watch includes a intelligent dual-screen design. Moreover, it’s powered by Qualcomm’s greatest smartwatch chip, the Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen1 platform, which additionally powers the Pixel Watch 2.

The problem that Mobvoi hasn’t been in a position to remedy up to now is software program assist. The TicWatch Professional 5 nonetheless does not have official Put on OS 4 assist, at the same time as we’re looking forward to Put on OS 5. TicWatch Professional 5 customers can beta check Put on OS 4 quickly — however they’ve to finish a questionnaire and conform to an NDA. If {hardware} is the limiting issue right here, a brand new TicWatch Professional 6 may debut with Put on OS 4 and may even embody a path to Put on OS 5 when it releases. 

Talking of Put on OS 5, the working system improve is slated to be launched this summer time, as Google mainly confirmed in its I/O 2024 occasion schedule. Extra just lately, there have been indicators that Samsung is testing Put on OS 5 proper now. 

Nonetheless, that is all largely guesswork in the meanwhile. Mobvoi’s teaser is probably going referencing a brand new TicWatch Professional machine, however we cannot know for certain till the official announcement within the coming days.