Nothing’s new CMF smartwatch drops swappable bezels for a much bigger show

Nothing has launched a brand new smartwatch underneath its reasonably priced CMF subbrand that improves upon the guts price sensor, battery life, and GPS monitoring capabilities of its predecessor, however provides up on a few of its customizability. The Watch 3 Professional is out there globally beginning at the moment for $99 (at present diminished to $79).

The 1.43-inch OLED show offers a ten p.c improve in screen-to-body ratio in comparison with the Watch Professional 2’s 1.32-inch show. It is available in three coloration choices — darkish grey, mild grey, and orange — however notably drops the Watch Professional 2’s swappable bezel that allowed customers to customise the looks of their watch.

The three Professional options 131 sports activities modes, a brand new four-channel coronary heart price sensor for higher accuracy, and AI-powered teaching and post-workout summaries that provide customized working plans and health insights.

Nothing describes the Watch 3 Professional’s new dual-band GPS as “a significant leap ahead” from the Watch Professional 2, offering higher sign stability and precision for “sooner and extra correct route monitoring in any atmosphere.” The brand new smartwatch absolutely fees in round 99 minutes and delivers as much as 13 days of battery life “underneath typical use,” in response to Nothing, a two-day improve in comparison with the earlier mannequin. That is diminished to 11 days with heavier monitoring, or round 4.5 days with the always-on show enabled.

Customers can handle the Watch 3 Professional options through Nothing’s X app management heart, which has been refreshed with a brand new UI and helps Strava, Apple Well being, and Google Well being Join integrations. Nothing says the older CMF Watch Professional and Watch Professional 2 fashions will even be transitioning to the Nothing X app.

One different gripe, except for the shortage of customizable bezels, is the inconsistent naming between the Watch Professional 2 and the brand new Watch 3 Professional. That is changing into one thing of a behavior for Nothing’s CMF model, given the differing format additionally seen in its Buds Professional 2 and Buds 2 Plus earbuds.