A leaked render for Mobvoi’s subsequent TicWatch Professional collection smartwatch teases a less complicated design than its predecessor – and one that appears closely impressed by the Google Pixel Watch.

We have been actually impressed with the TicWatch Professional 3; it’s at the moment the most effective Put on OS smartwatches available on the market boasting an extended (three-day) battery life and a slew of helpful options at a reasonably budget-friendly worth. And Mobvoi’s subsequent TicWatch Professional 5 machine is predicted to take issues up a degree with a extra succesful Snapdragon W5 Plus processor and Put on OS Three software program, which ought to give this machine an influence and performance increase.

Now we would have gotten our first have a look at what the wearable will appear to be, with Kuba Wojciechowski (opens in new tab) – a developer who shares leaks on Twitter –  revealing a render that he says is of the TicWatch Professional 5.

Mobvoi’s upcoming smartwatch shares numerous similarities with the TicWatch Professional 3, however most notably it can seemingly drop the dual-crown design in favor of a less complicated single-crown management – identical to the Google Pixel Watch. What’s extra, the numbers surrounding the watch face have been stripped away in favor of a textured rim which once more helps to make the gadget look much less busy than iterations which have come earlier than.

⌚️ Leak: Mobvoi TicWatch Professional 5 – one of many first watches to ship with Snapdragon W5(+) and Put on OS Three pic.twitter.com/FIg8BEcMQRJanuary 20, 2023

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As for why the brand new smartwatch is predicted to be known as the TicWatch Professional 5 as a substitute of the TicWatch Professional 4, Wojciechowski defined that it’s probably because of tetraphobia. 

Mobvoi is a Beijing-based tech firm and in some Asian languages – together with a number of sorts of Chinese language – the phrase for 4 and the phrase for dying sound fairly comparable. Due to this, some corporations select to keep away from utilizing the quantity 4 in product names and when labeling flooring in buildings – very similar to how some companies keep away from utilizing 13 in comparable methods.

We must always all the time take leaks with a pinch of salt, however Wojciechowski has been a reasonably stable supply for tech leaks prior to now, so it’s price taking note of what he has to say. That’s very true right here because the leaked design does match an official silhouette shared by Mobvoi.

For now, that is solely a design leak. Past the promise of a brand new chipset and OS, there’s little else on what this machine is able to nor a price ticket or when it will launch. Hopefully, it’ll boast the identical battery life and affordability as its predecessor however we’ll have to attend and see if this simplified smartwatch has what it takes to knock the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Professional off the highest spot in our Put on OS smartwatch rating.

In the event you’re excited by different tech leaks, take a look at this report that Google is working by itself model of Apple AirTags, which use the codename Grogu – the lovable Yoda-like alien that’ll star in The Mandalorian Season 3.