The clock may have finally run out on this long-running Wear OS brand

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TL;DR

• TicWatch models have largely vanished from Amazon and Mobvoi’s website.
• Mobvoi said it has “no new information to announce” but will keep existing watches on “essential support.”
• This could suggest that the brand that once helped prop up Wear OS is being phased out.

Smartwatch fans may have spotted a notable omission from this year’s holiday sales. The Mobvoi TicWatch lineup has been a steady presence in the Wear OS world for years, but most of its watches seem to have slipped away from retailers without much fanfare. You can’t currently buy them on either Amazon or Mobvoi’s own website, which seems to be an ominous sign that the lineup is fading out.

As reported by 9to5Google, all TicWatch listings on Amazon have essentially disappeared. On Mobvoi’s site, the watches have been removed from the product listings, and even the odd ones that can be navigated to via banners lead to a notice stating that the product is unavailable when you click the buy button.




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