The Wear OS-based smartwatch industry is having its best time, with a large number of launches in the last year alone; From the Pixel Watch 3 to the Xiaomi Watch 2, there are plenty of alternatives and in almost every price range.
However, if there is one launch that has caught the attention, it is that of the Galaxy Watch Ultra, a durable watch designed to compete with the Apple Watch Ultra; and now another competitor joins this small (for now) rugged smartwatch subsector, with the launch of the TicWatch Atlas.
It is quite possible that the reader is familiar with the TicWatch brand, and for good reason; While it’s not the most famous, it’s one of those longest associated with Wear OS, with launches like the TicWatch Pro 5 demonstrating what it’s capable of. Its latest releases have focused on sport and adventure, and the Atlas is the most advanced yet.
In TicWatch’s words, the Atlas is the most rugged smartwatch the company has created so far, to the point of receiving MIL-STD 810H military certification. In addition to being dust and water resistant, It is also shock resistant thanks to the sandblasted steel construction and sapphire crystal.
Autonomy remains the weak point of Wear OS watches, and the TicWatch remains one of the few to manage to exceed expectations, with a 628 mAh battery that can last up to 45 days
TicWatch Atlas with essential mode enabled
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The Atlas has a high-quality AMOLED display, like most watches in this price range; but also, he has a low consumption panelwhich appears when the main screen turns off and shows basic information such as the time, the steps we have taken or our heart rate. The watch’s Smart Mode uses this to its advantage, getting up to 90 hours of use, or we can enable Essential Mode and use just this basic screen.
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Otherwise, the TicWatch Atlas has everything you need for adventure, like a compass, barometer, altimeter, GPS and MultiGNSS; An interesting novelty is the heat mapwhich allows us to show our movements in games like football, as well as a fall detector and emergency SOS. Inside, it has a Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 processor and TicWatch has confirmed that it comes standard with Wear OS 4.
The TicWatch Atlas is available in Europe in two versions, black or silver, and both cost 359.99 dollars, much less than its rivals.
