Major update turns TicWatch Pro 3 into a beast of a smartwatch

The TicWatch Pro 3 is one of the few smartwatches powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 4100. Although it doesn't come cheap, it costs less than the top-tier smartwatches coming from Apple and Samsung.

Customers who went for TicWatch's flagship smartwatch will be happy to know that the company is now rolling out a very important update that will make the TicWatch Pro 3 more powerful and stable than ever before.

The official changelog posted on Facebook (thanks Reddit) lists a bunch of new features and improvements that are included in the update, as well as several fixes that address some issues with the smartwatch.

New features

• Option to disable the long-press power button to activate Google Assistant.
• New screen brightness layout.
• New Weather tile.
• New theater mode.
• Support regular enter and exit the essential mode.

Improvements

• Optimized the media volume and the ringtone volume bar’s display to match the actual volume.
• Optimized the sorting of apps in Mobvoi Launcher.
• Optimized the sliding smoothness of Mobvoi Launcher.
• Optimized the accuracy of off-body detection.
• Improved the performance on Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100 platforms.
• Moved the “OK Google” switch from the watch’s settings menu to the Google assistant settings.
• Optimized the shutdown charging animation.
• Updated security patch to 2021-03-05.

Fixes

• Fixed the issue that Auto-DND sometimes cannot take effect.
• Fixed an issue where the screen may not lock when charging.
• Fixed an issue where the Phone app might disappear in Mobvoi Launcher when pairing with an Android phone.
• Fixed other discovered bugs.

According to Mobvoi, the update is now rolling out to about 50% of TicWatch Pro 3 units, but by the end of the week, everyone should be able to download and install it.