Mobvoi and Innovation etc. launches TicWatch Pro in Thai market

Friday 21 September 2018 17:40
Premium smartwatch powered with Wear OS by Google(TM). Layered Display technology extends battery life to 30 days on a single charge.

Mobvoi Inc., and Innovation etc. is launching TicWatch Pro, premium smartwatch powered with Wear OS by Google(TM). TicWatch Pro's Layered Display technology extends battery life to 5-30 days on a single charge.

Mr.Jason Zheng, Head of International PR, Mr.Wanyao Yi, General Manager of APAC, Mr.Joshua Gan, APAC Sales Director, Mobvoi Inc., together with Mr.Chanin Manoshayakorn and Tammasorn Meeratt, Co-founder of Innovation etc., TicWatch's sole distributor in Thai market, are at the event with Mr.Nadech Kugimiya, Thailand's most famous actor in the launching event at Central World Plaza.

Mr.Joshua Gan, APAC Sales Director of Mobvoi, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company backed by Google(TM) and Volkswagen, explained that Mobvoi is setting itself apart in the wearables space through award-winning design, and the innovative integration of artificial intelligence within its line of products. In 2017, Mobvoi has successfully launched TicWatch S&E with $3.2 million in funding in more than 150 countries and became the #2 most funded wearables of all time on Kickstarter. With TicWatch Pro, Mobvoi is now setting the battery life standard in the segment as the Layered Display Technology extends battery life to up to 30 days on a single charge.

"We are excited to announce that in October 2018, Mobvoi will launch TicPods Free, true wireless earbuds with Ultra-intuitive touch controls that compatible with Android and iOS and can activate voice assistant, Google Voice Assistant, Siri and Alexa," said Joshua.

Chanin Manoshayakorn, Co-founder of Innovation etc., the sole distributor of TicWatch in Thai market, said that the company aims to recruit, sourcing and bring the best and outstanding gadget like TicWatch to Thai Market. TicWatch Pro is the premium smartwatch that set the new standard for the smartwatch battery life with its state-of-the-art technology, Layered Display Technology, that enabling the user to switch between FSTN (Film Compensated Super Twisted Nematic) display and AMOLED screen that sit on top of one another. The power to switch between displays and their related "modes" allows TicWatch Pro users to achieve unprecedented battery life and control over battery usage.

"Compatible with iOS and Android, designed and developed by the world class AI company, TicWatch Pro is the smartwatch everyone has been looking for," said Chanin.

Tammasorn Meeratt, Co-Founder of Innovation etc. revealed that the sales volume of TicWatch in Thai market has increased continuously since its introduction to Thai market 4-5 months ago as TicWatch line is affordable smartwatch with high quality and premium design.

"TicWatch Pro is an exciting entrant to smartwatch segment, the fastest growing segments in wearable nowadays. We expected that the smartwatch segment in Thai market will continue to grow and consumers tends to have more than 1 smartwatch," added Tammasorn.

TicWatch Pro is available now at: Banana IT, dot.life, IT City, B2S, Be Trend and available online at: Lazada, Shopee and facebook fanpage: TicWatch Thailand or at www.ticwatchthailand.com

Tech Specs

Operating System: Wear OS by Google(TM)

Dimensions: D45mm x 14.6mm

Display: 1.39" AMOLED 400 x 400 + FSTN display

Chipset: Qualcomm(R) Snapdragon Wear(TM) 2100

Memory: RAM: 512MB / Storage: 4GB

GPS: GPS / AGPS

NFC payments: Google Pay (TM)

Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyro, Magnetic Sensor,PPG Heart Rate sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Low Latency Off-Body Sensor

Connectivity: Bluetooth: 4.2 / Wi-Fi: 802.11bgn 2.4GHz

Battery and Charging: Capacity??415mAH

Charging method: Dock with USB cable

Battery Life: Smart Mode: 2 days

Essential Mode: 30 days

Mixed usage: between 5-30 days

Water and Dust Resistance: IP68

*Google, Wear OS by Google, Google Assistant, Android Wear, Wear OS, Google Pay and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc. Wear OS by Google works with phones running Android 4.4+ (excluding Go edition) or iOS 9.3+. Supported features may vary between platforms and countries.

About Mobvoi

Mobvoi is an innovative AI tech company with in-house core technologies in the areas including speech recognition, natural language understanding, vertical search, etc. Their products include the TicWatch line of smartwatches, the TicHome Mini smart speaker and TicPods Free true wireless earbuds. The Beijing-based Chinese startup has announced six rounds of financing, including Sequoia, Zhenfund, SIG, Google, and Volkswagen Group.

Mobvoi formed strategic partnerships with Android Wear(TM) (now Wear OS by Google) in 2015 and with automobile giant Volkswagen in 2017. Mobvoi is dedicated to redefining the next generation of human-machine interaction by bringing hardware/software integrated products into people's daily life with a strong AI-centered approach.

To find out more about Mobvoi: www.mobvoi.com.