CMF BY NOTHING Watch Pro Smartwatch,1.96'' AMOLED Display, IP68 Water Resistant Multi-System GPS Fitness Tracker with Health Monitoring, 13Day Battery Life, Dark Grey

I read about this watch before it was available in the US so I knew quite a bit about it. But it is always fun to actually get it in your hands and test for yourself. This is just about the perfect smartwatch for me. Here are the things I really like: 1. The size and shape of the watch is great for me. The band is easy to use and comfortable all day long. 2. The battery lasts a very long time - I'm still working on tweaking some settings but I'm very happy with it so far. 3. The modern simple design is great. I don't need all the bells and whistles that Wear OS provides - I want to track heart rate, oxygen level, stress, sleep, and exercise and this watch does all that. 4. The App was easy to set up and the watch paired immediately with my Android phone. 5. The watch face was easy to customize with my photo, but there are many standard choices. 6. GPS connects MUCH faster than the watch I had before costing 3X as much. Improvements I would like to see? Really only the user manual - it is quite basic and would benefit from annotation and additions by actual users. Maybe CMF by Nothing will set up a user's forum on their web site to assist with that. The web site does have FAQs and how to advice. I do wish all smart watches would use the same charger like phones have all moved to USB C now. Edit - there is a customer forum on nothing.community! Edit - I found I need to charge the watch every 6 days based on my usage. I'm very happy with everything about the watch after three months of use. Edit - July software update for my watch is a big improvement to the bluetooth connection and the display. Still really enjoying the watch every day.

First off, let's talk about the "Pro" tag attached to this device. A "Pro" device sets certain expectations around features and functions for a device. This is certainly NOT a "Pro" device in the traditional sense. You won't find an extensive list of apps. Nor the ability to compose messages to emails or notifications. What you do have, however, is a solid set of functions and build quality that do provide a bang for your buck. The build quality is great for this price point. I see no physical defects at all on my unit. It's super lightweight and comfortable to wear. The screen is absolutely beautiful. Text is crystal clear -- even the small text -- which allows for the watch to deliver a lot of information without all the scrolling. The battery life is outstanding: I've been wearing it for the past week (bought as a Christmas gift for myself) and still have 35% battery life remaining. This is with light casual use wearing it day and night. I did take several phone calls on the watch when my phone was in another room. I was impressed by the quality of the speaker and the distance the bluetooth connection was able to maintain. Things to be aware of: I have noticed it disconnecting from my phone fairly regularly -- maybe once or twice a day. Opening up the cmf app will quickly re-connect and sync data. Notifications are tricky to setup but work fairly predictably. The content of the notifications are quite limited; you only get the first 25 words or so. And there is no way to reply. One annoyance is the way they designed the UI. From the main screen, you can swipe left or right to access various "apps" -- weather, heartrate, activity tracker, etc. However, this is only a limited view of that data. To access the full app, you must access it through the apps menu. For example, you can swipe to see the CURRENT weather conditions, but if you want to see the 7-day forecast you have to go to the main menu, hit the crown button, scroll to the weather app and launch it there. Only then can you see additional details. It's like this for most of the apps. Other apps, I have to question the accuracy. For example, the sleep tracking is questionable. On New Years Eve, I was up past midnight yet the Watch Pro was convinced I was asleep well before midnight. One night it did not collect any data at all for some reason. Wrapping this up... If you're expecting a smartwatch with features rivaling Apple, Samsung, or Google, you won't find it here. I think this device is ideal for those who are new to smartwatches and don't want to drop hundreds of dollars to try it out. Or, if you're like me, and you just want something with basic functions with very long battery life.

The CMF by Nothing Watch Pro impresses with its clean, responsive AMOLED display, extensive fitness tracking options, and long battery life. The large screen is bright and sharp, although it lacks an ambient light sensor, which means you may need to adjust brightness manually depending on the environment. With 110 sport tracking modes and continuous health monitoring for heart rate, sleep, and SpO2 levels, it covers the basics well for casual users. However, for more detailed sports tracking or advanced features like Wi-Fi or contactless payments, this watch falls short of higher-end alternatives. The battery life, advertised as lasting up to 13 days, is excellent in theory, though more intense usage (like GPS and 24/7 heart rate monitoring) will require charging every five days. The Bluetooth calling feature works smoothly, and the watch pairs easily with its companion app on Android and iOS. That said, GPS accuracy for longer runs could be improved, and the magnetic charger could use a stronger connection. Overall, it’s a well-rounded smartwatch with great value for the price but could benefit from a few software refinements.

At the time of this review (JAN2024), a few software updates have helped to ensure a more stable experience. It wasn't the cleanest first few months as far as stability goes. Such is life with a first gen piece of tech. Things I like: coming from the Pixel Watch, I appreciated the new form factor and material selection. The screen, button tactility and band all feel top notch for a watch at this price point. Things that left me wanting: the software experience leaves much to be desired. I guess my specific needs for a smartwatch have found their way into the premium price segments, things that should be present in any smartwatch. I'll explain: Disconnects. The watch will disconnect from the host device [Nothing Phone (2)] seemingly at random. I change timezones often throughout a day. It's not ideal that the watch will disconnect and therefore will no longer poll current GPS data to make the change, creating confusing moments that make me have to overlook the watch and go back to my phone just to observe time. This could be solved by allowing users to select a default time zone [such as UTC] but that's not an option currently. Notifications. After seeing how obnoxious pure native notifications can be to manage, it was a nice change of pace to only see important notifications such as RCS/SMS and a handful of critical apps. However, while the app has access to my contacts, will never display the contact name. Rather, the number. Truly an oversight for a design focused firm. The face selection. Echoing the sentiment of multiple time zones above, none of the in-house faces offer this feature. For a professional [Pro is in the product name], this is not workable and is a common feature on analog or 'dumb' digitals. Again, a genuinely confusing oversight. They do look nice, mostly. There is the option to customize your watch face, but the options are stark and begs the question if it should even be a feature. I'm sure that with time and some hardware iterations, future CMF Watch Pro versions will join the sea of capable wrist companions. But as a first effort, this is a less than optimal entrant. I'll continue to support CMF/Nothing though, because I believe in their brand(s) and their leadership. It's refreshing. But if future products launch with this much turbulence, there is a plethora of competitive options to choose from both now and in the future to serve as viable safety nets.

Expected more from nothing considering their phones. The hardware here is okay, nothing wrong with watch itself but the software is horribly baked. Unsyncs constantly, stopped showing daily graphs properly for heartrate, stress, oxygen, from the second day, the weather widget is now broken for no discernible reason. No amount of software resets and unbinding will fix it either. I was able to take calls, I can still see notifications, and the rise to wake feature works, have not used the workout routines but will not bother with it, I like the thing aesthetically but if you are looking for a cheap smartwatch, look somewhere else. EDIT: been a few months, its still as bad also forgot to mention, the thing wont work if you dont create an account in the CMF watch app, and the watch will not work at all without that, if you could use the watch without having to do it I would be able to ignore a lot of the bs. EDIT2: latest update fixed the metrics sync for a single day then broke again, they are cleaning reviews in the playstore too, they are looking to launch a new watch, dont consider this one at all, they are being super sketchy.

Great low budget watch. I’ve had it for almost a year and the battery last FOREVER! Not literally but definitely last days longer than my Apple Watch series10

This watch has a great display, is super light and the band is very comfortable. It seems to do all the functions that it claims to do rather well. The only issues I have seem too be just nitpicky stuff, but here they are: When receiving a text notification it does not display the contact name, only the number. The custom clock face templates are on in 24hr time format and no option for 12hr. That's it. What you get for the price, it smokes the competition in it's price bracket.

First and foremost, let me quickly address something about this watch that must be mentioned as it changes the value proposition quite a bit. This is supposed to be a $69 watch, yet it's being sold for more than that by a 3rd party seller that appears to be the only option for purchasing cmf products in the US via Amazon. I'm not faulting the seller here. After all, they're allowing us to purchase this watch and other cmf products through Amazon (with Prime shipping and easy returns) without resorting to less reputable import sites. But it's worth noting that it's being marked-up a bit over the suggested retail price at this time. Now that that's out of the way, you can get plenty of "smart" watches for less here on Amazon. What made this one stand out for me is that it comes from a company that I'm quickly becoming a fan of. Nothing has already established themselves as a quirky underdog in the tech industry, and their products have an undeniable charm to their presentation, design, and software experience. This watch has some of that same basic DNA, from the dot matrix fonts in the UI to the unique packaging that it comes in. It's the presentation that separates this from cheaper or similarly-priced alternatives, IMO. Not only that, but they stand behind their products and seem eager to constantly improve based on user feedback. They really seem to care about what their users think and strive to do better. You don't see that very often. As for the watch itself, well, the hardware isn't amazing but it has a clean aesthetic and looks premium at a glance. Once you touch it, however, it becomes apparent that it's built to a price. It's very light for its size, lacking the solid, dense feel of something like the base Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 or Pixel Watch 2. The aluminum frame feels almost like plastic, and the back of the watch is a single piece of matte plastic with a circular mound molded into it for the sensor array. The large, 1.96" screen is AMOLED, which is a nice feature at this price point but the bezels are THICK. Most comparable watches are stuck with low-res LCD displays, so the bezels can be forgiven. The strap is your typical, silicone affair and is soft and reasonably comfortable. I haven't experienced any rashes or breakouts from wearing it. It attaches to the watch with a sliding latch mechanism similar to the one used on the Galaxy Watch 4's stock band. We'll see how it holds up over time, but my long-term experience with similar bands hasn't been entirely positive (looking at you Samsung and Fitbit...). They tend to crack apart at a critical point sometime within the first 6 months or so, requiring a replacement in order to continue using the watch. Luckily, that's easily remedied by a 22mm replacement band. Perhaps cmf themselves will offer OEM replacement bands at some point in the future? I wouldn't mind one of their orange bands to go with my dark grey Watch Pro. Where the Watch Pro falls short is in the software experience. Once you get past the wow factor of the big, bright, AMOLED display, you'll quickly realize just how shallow and limited the UI really is. On the watches I've used thus far (admittedly only Wear OS devices such as the Galaxy and Pixel Watches), you can touch a widget on the home screen to see the dedicated app for that widget's function. For example, if you touch the current temperature reading on the face of a Galaxy Watch, it'll take you to the weather app. On the cmf Watch Pro, there is ZERO interaction with the widgets on the home screen. Speaking of widgets, as of the time of this review, there is no way to customize which widgets appear on the clock face. Each "dial" in the gallery has pre-set widgets and the choices are limited. For example, only two dials in the entire gallery contain a heart rate widget. I prefer to have my heart rate readout visible at all times on my watches, and there's currently only two dials that can do that. I got excited when I saw that there's a custom dial option, but was immediately disappointed when I discovered that the extent of the customization amounted to choosing a background photo, digital clock style and color, and where you want the clock to appear on the screen (top, bottom, or center). There's no option to add widgets to your custom dial. How lame is that? And there are some really cool dial designs in the gallery, but most of them only show the time. I'm sure that's fine for some, but I'd like a bit more info on my watch's display. The health tracking needs some work, as well. I know battery life is a key selling point for this thing and while it is impressive, I'd sacrifice some of it for more useful heart rate readings. The settings let you toggle "24/7 Heart Rate Monitoring" on or off, and that's it. There's no option for frequency, and as far as I can tell, it only takes a measurement every 5 minutes or so. And if I happen to be moving my watch hand the moment it's taking a reading, that particular result will be way higher than it should be (100+ bpm instead of 60, for example). The accuracy is greatly reduced with any kind of movement, though to be fair that's something I've also noticed on some older Fitbits. "24/7 Blood Oxygen Monitoring" can also only be toggled on or off, and seems to take readings whenever it wants rather than at set intervals. Sometimes it's every 30 minutes. Sometimes it's every 3 hours. At least you can take a manual reading whenever you like, which is nice. My Galaxy Watch 4 and Fitbit Charge 5 both have a continuous heart rate option, and even offer continuous blood oxygen monitoring during sleep. I'd love to see those options on the Watch Pro, but I'm not sure if the hardware is even capable of continuous measurement of heart rate AND blood oxygen simultaneously. I know that it CAN take continuous heart rate measurements, but only while it's in one of the exercise modes. Oh, and even though I have the low and high heart rate alerts disabled, I still sometimes get an alert that says my resting heart rate is too low. If I don't enable DND on the watch, this alert can be quite annoying when attempting to fall asleep. Just a heads-up for those who happen to have a resting heart rate below 50 bpm. I've also noticed that the app quits updating the heart rate, stress, and blood oxygen graphs after a few days of continuous use. Only the latest values appear on the app's home screen while the graphs are blank. The graphs continue to appear on the watch itself, but it just stops syncing them with the app at some point. The only method I've discovered to fix this issue is to close the app, power down the watch, and then wait several hours before using the watch again. Not exactly a convenient fix for something that's meant to be worn almost 24/7. And finally, what might be the Watch Pro's greatest weakness as a smartwatch: You can't respond to text messages or even send a quick reply. You can make and receive phone calls, but you cannot send texts at all. They'll appear (if they appear) in the notification list and you can read the first few lines, but you can't interact with them. To make matters worse, the name of the sender isn't shown for texts, only their phone number. Even if the sender is on the list of 20 contacts that the watch can currently store (another disappointing limit for a smartwatch), it will not show their name. The Fitbit Charge 2 I had years ago would show the sender's name (and allowed quick replies). If a Fitbit from 2018 could do it...well you get the picture. Oh, and it does not support RCS chat notifications, but I'm more inclined to blame Google for that, not the watch. RCS has been nothing but a headache for my friends and I, to the point where we all just turned it off. If they could fix the bugs and revamp the software experience to allow texting and home screen widget customization, this would be a great buy at the $69 SRP (and still a decent value at the current price). In its current state with the buggy software, and at nearly $100 with tax, it's tough to recommend. If you must have a smartwatch and are on a limited budget, a refurbished Galaxy Watch can be had for similar money and do a lot more but with a fraction of the battery life. All that said, I'm gonna hold onto my Watch Pro rather than return it. I look forward to future software updates that will hopefully address my main complaints and make it a good budget smartwatch. Until then, it's a work in progress that I can't recommend until it's complete. I'll be sure to update this review once that happens, if it happens. Fingers crossed.