Rating: 3.5/5
Price: Rs 4,999
Realme recently launched their third generation of fitness watches in India, and we have the successor to the Watch 2 Pro around our wrist at the moment. The Realme Watch 3 Pro now boasts of a larger AMOLED display, Bluetooth calling and better GPS connectivity at the exact price that its predecessor was launched for. On paper, it looks like a runway winner, but is it? Let’s dig a little deeper.
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The UI and transition effects are lag free. Of course, you cannot install any additional apps on this watch, which is pretty much the case with all watches in this price range. The companion app gives you a handful of customisation options like watch faces and enabling and disabling certain features. But we would have preferred a bit more, which I will touch upon later in this article.
Loaded with useful featuresThe Realme Watch 3 Pro has a bunch of useful features for a budget fitness watch. Yes, its predecessor also had a SpO2 sensor and built-in GPS, but both seem to have improved further on this watch. The oximeter provides accurate readings within half a minute if you keep your hand steady. The readings were at most a point below a regular over-the-counter oximeter, which is acceptable, given that it is meant to serve as a broad guideline and not replace clinical instruments.
Another feature the Realme Watch 3 Pro flaunts is Bluetooth calling, something that’s gaining popularity lately. The watch is Bluetooth 5.3 compliant and you can receive calls directly on the watch, with the built-in mic and speaker doing more than a decent job; almost as good as a phone speaker. However, you will need your phone around for the call to be routed to the watch.
In addition, you get reminders to drink water or get up and move if you have been stationary for too long. The watch has a handful of useful features that include menstrual cycle tracking, music controls, a remote camera shutter, a stopwatch and more. Notifications from the selected apps are pushed to the watch, and the messages are perfectly legible on the watch screen, but you cannot reply back.
Health and fitness tracking generally works well, and the GPS is accurateThe Realme Watch 3 Pro claims to monitor over 110 different fitness activities ranging from walking, running, and cycling, to strength training and certain sports like cricket, table tennis, badminton, football etc. You basically get 16 main workouts and then variations of that. It has a Cywee professional sports algorithm for smarter tracking of sporting activities. You also get all-day heart rate and oxygen level monitoring.
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