ISSUE 50 • ANDROID ADVISOR 89REVIEWColour options
The Ticwatch S comes in three colours: black
(‘Knight’), neon yellow (‘Aurora’) and white (‘Glacier’).
Black is probably the safest choice but you can get
away with gaudier colours in gym/sporty settings
and we’re rather fond of the yellow. We suspect,
however – based on similar materials and colours
on other manufacturers’ watches – that this and the
white option will both start to look grubby after a
few months of use.
Interface
When you jog, tap or rotate the Ticwatch it wakes up
and displays the full watch face, but by default – this
feature can be disabled to preserve battery – a simpler
always-on version is shown at other times.
The watch is based on Google’s Wear OS and pairs
most naturally with an Android phone (Android 4.3
or later is required.) It’s possible to use it, however
- albeit with a less optimized experience – with an
iPhone running iOS 8 or later.
Having only one button (and no dial) might seem
limiting, but the interface manages for the most part
to make life simple. The button toggles between the
list of apps and the watch face, and you can easily
swipe up and down to browse options, tap to select
one or swipe left to right to go back one menu tier.
Occasionally the interface is less user-friendly
than we’d like – when selecting a new watch face,
for example, we paused for just a moment on one
particular face and the watch unilaterally decided that
this was what we were getting – but it’s generally