You can, however, accept or reject incoming calls on the display and then take them on your phone. But with 400-by-400-pixel resolution, content on the screen looks sharp and bright. The Mobvoi TicWatch E2, far left, is one of the few Wear OS watches that doesn’t have an NFC chip. There's no speaker, so you can't take calls on the watch itself. At 13mm it’s a touch thinner than its predecessor but still chunky overall. It's a good watch for what it is: a smartwatch on a budget. The silicone band has a soft, almost leather-like feel, and it’s comfortable to wear all day, even during long stretches of exercise. When the TicWatch E2 and S2 were announced at CES, I was disappointed to see they weren't powered by the newer, more efficient Snapdragon Wear 3100 SoC, but last generation's Wear 2100 is still an upgrade from original E's MediaTek processor, and the E2 was noticeably more responsive than the E. The E2 also has about half the user-available storage as last year's model — 1 GB vs 1.85 GB — despite both watches have 4 GB is total internal storage, so don't plan on loading up a huge offline workout mix on here, but that's okay. Unfortunately, however, you’re not going to be able to push the E2 too much longer than a day or so, as it doesn’t include the same impressive battery enhancements found on the TicWatch Pro. Across my workouts, I found that the difference in step count was consistent in results by about 200 to 300 steps. When it comes to responding to text messages, I prefer to use my smartphone over the tiny keyboard on Wear OS smartwatches, though it would be nice to have the option to send quick replies. While we’ve been waiting for a Pixel Watch or some other high-end Wear OS device to challenge Apple Watch at the high end, Mobvoi has done something Fossil, Huawei, and Samsung haven’t: Made a full-featured Android smartwatch that’s practically an impulse buy. During a one-mile treadmill walk, I found the readings were off by about two to three beats per minute compared with a Polar H10 chest strap, which isn't bad at all. For my money, I’d rather have NFC than GPS, especially because there’s a Sport variant with a count-up bezel for $20 more. BUT, if you want the best Android Wear watch, Mobvoi's Ticwatch product line is i. Mobvoi TicWatch E2. I would like to receive news and offers from other Future brands. Copyright © 2020 IDG Communications, Inc. Given the size and the lack of color options, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that men are the target audience here. Mobvoi watches have been on my wrist for a year now, and while they might not be as sexy as Samsung's OLED screens or as down-to-the-stroke accurate as Fitbit's fitness trackers, they deliver my notifications, music controls, shopping lists, and activity levels without costing as much as most smartphones.