For the Citizen CZ Smart WearOS, out of the box, you need to install the watch bands yourself. That’s something I didn’t expect, but it’s easy to do. The watch face is large, but a normal size for a watch. The thickness is also pretty normal compared to a regular non-smart watch. I think the crown, and watch case look nice. It looks like a normal watch and doesn’t stick out, which I like. After turning the watch on, there is a setup process, like installing the app on your phone, signing in to your account, accepting terms of service, and allowing multiple permissions to let it collect your data and use info from your phone. It’s quite a lot of taps, swipes, and screens to go through. I think the process could be streamlined, but thankfully, you only need to do it once when setting up the watch. The most useful parts I find are the fitness related features. By default it shows your number of steps taken, steps progress for the day, and last measured heart rate. Though, the steps count doesn’t always seem accurate. It also can track your sleep. You can start a workout and it will tell you various health related measurements and stats that happened during the workout. Another small thing I like is that it can switch between showing an extra time zone easily. It’s useful when traveling. Overall, if you’re looking for a WearOS watch that looks like a classic wristwatch instead of high-tech gizmo, I think the CZ Smart WearOS is a good choice.
This will be my first watch in the "Smart Watch" category and I must say that I'm impressed. The touchscreen and navigation is fluid. The OS by Google lets you have a few apps from the playstore like Spotify and a few others which i love. Being able to not have my phone on me, but still listen to music and control it through the watch is a great feature. I don't use Google Fit very often, but it comes with all the features that people can appreciate that do use it. Overall design is very nice. It is slimmer than some of my other watches and I like not having a super thick watch on my wrist. The one negative I have is that the watch is large and I have pretty skinny wrists. So turning my wrist or hand always hits the watch since the face is long. I do like that it actually looks like an elegant watch rather than other Smart Watches in the market. Battery life is also very important in a Smart Watch and I cannot compare it to others since this would be my first one, but its about 14-16 hours with normal use. I will need to charge it daily, but that comes with the territory.
I own a couple of citizens watches. Love them. I’ve been waiting for a smart watch to come out from citizen, Tada! I’ve got the new citizen smart watch. My only issue is battery life.
Having just received this watch 6 weeks ago I have thoroughly enjoyed the use of the phone as well as the text messaging feature. Very clear and easy to read screen.