The Smarter Hybrid: Boasting an impressive. 18-day battery life and a bluetooth connection (within 30 feet), the next generation CZ Smart Hybrid smartwatch keeps you running longer and with a faster charging time. Citizen Connected works with phones running on the latest version of Android and iOS. Rechargeable Battery varies based on usage; Charge time 50-minutes to 80%.Smarter smartwatch: CZ Smart YouQ a proprietary wellness app built using research by NASA Ames Center and AI Models with IBM Watson Studio. YouQ helps wearers maximize their daily potential by learning the wearer’s unique Chronotype and daily rhythms. YouQ computes HR, SP02, fitness activity, sleep, alert scores to offer the consumer 24-hour forecast of alertness. Aggregating data will enable CZ Smart YouQ to cater to wearers personally allowing them to understand their body's rhythms.Self-care advisor YouQ uses a gamified Alert Monitor based on NASA’s PVT+. CZ Smart YouQ uses Alert Monitor scores and sleep data to identify your Chronotype a morning go-getter, steady achiever? YouQ helps you stay on track with an Hourly Power Score an indicator of your cognitive and physical energy.
Power Fixes mitigate fatigue and improve alertness to optimize the day napuccino or liquid energy in your future. Personalization, notifications, and more: Stay in-the-know all day with notifications on your watch for incoming calls, texts, emails, and calendar notifications. Additional functionality from the Citizen Connected App delivers the latest Golf Report and Live Sports. You can even sync to your Nest, Hue, or Yale Lock smart systems.With Amazon Alexa built-in, you can play music, control your smart home, get information, news, weather, and more using the mic in your CZ Smart Hybrid smartwatch.Citizen Connected works on phones running the latest version of Android (excluding Go edition and phones without Google Play Store) or iOS. Supported features may vary between platforms and countries with compatibility subject to change. Download the Citizen Connected App from the Apple App Store or Google Play store.
Brand, Seller, or Collection Name Citizen
Model number JX2010-04E
Part Number JX2010-04E
Item Shape Round
Dial window material type Mineral Glass
Display Type Analog-Digital
Clasp Buckle
Metal stamp no-metal-stamp
Case material Stainless Steel
Case diameter 42.5 millimeters
Case Thickness 15 millimeters
Band Material Leather
Band size Mens Standard
Band width 22 millimeters
Band Color Black
Dial color Black
Bezel material Stainless Steel
Bezel function Stationary
Calendar Day-Date-Month-Year
Special features Sleep Monitoring, High Contrast Hands, Light Up, Timer
Item weight 8 ounces
Movement Smartwatch
Water resistant depth 30 Meters.
Pairing your Citizen CZ Smart Hybrid Smartwatch is easy. Download the Citizen Connected app from App store or Google Play store. Follow on screen instructions. Then download the CZ Smart YouQ wellness app by IBM Watson and Science backed by NASA. Wear your watch for 10 days to get the most from the CZ Smart YouQ app. Wear it to bed, take alert checks and monitor your Power Gauge. In 10 days the app will determine your Chronotype. Make the most of your day by finding your sharpest points in the day or when you are headed for a drop using your Power Gauge.So this is a review for the hybrid watch, not the touchscreen watch. The difference (which really isn't spelled out anywhere very well) is that the hybrid has buttons and actual hands that tell the time. There is a LCD screen under the hands that give the smart watch functions. Also, it is only splash resistant, not water resistant. That said, I think this watch is amazing. 18 day battery life? yes please. Vibration notifications, thank you. Doubletap screen to turn on light? yup...discovered that by accident. Easy to navigate? very much so. The buttons make it very easy. Middle button to go to functions, top or bottom to rotate pointer, then middle button again to select. One user didn't like how small the notifications were on his watch...well, there is an option to increase the font size. Turned that on, and no problem reading them. And the watch is dead sexy. Does it look like a smart watch? nope.
I got the brown leather band, the black metal body...and it is gorgeous. I can change the screen underneath to a dozen presets, or build my own with the app. I'm very curious as to how the YouQ feature works. There are two apps to load for this watch. The first is to manage the watch, the second is to manage the YouQ fitness aspect. Both installed easy (do the Citizen Connected app first, then the CZ Smart YouQ) and the watch connected fine the first try. If you are looking for a well built watch that gives you a lot of smart watch features but still looks amazing and also has the best battery life, then the hybrid is for you.I really want to like this watch a lot more, but it does have a couple of drawbacks that push it from a five star down to a three star rating. The first is that in spite of Citizen’s reputation for making a quality watch, I can’t believe they can’t come up with a waterproof watch in the 21st century, when other watch makers, making much cheaper watches have been doing it for decades. Having to worry about getting it a bit wet when working, or washing up is ridiculous.Also, the interface between the watch and their app is pitiful. Unless I keep the app open constantly on my phone, the app and the watch can’t seem to keep a connection using bluetooth.
I constantly have to cycle bluetooth on my phone, and try several times to sync the watch before I get a good connection. This is in spite of several software updates.Fix those two issues, and this watch would certainly rate five stars.My primary purpose for a smartwatch is to monitor my heart rate after I received a pacemaker. I also wanted a watch that I could tell the time without having to shake my hand or press a button (something I thought was a dumb idea from the advent of digital timekeeping!) This hybrid watch from Citizen meets my needs and has far more capability than I need (or want!). It will track steps (good), various activities (ok), give me text notifications (not used), receive phone calls (from my smartphone (not used), stopwatch and timer (good) and track sleep (ok) and blood oxygen levels (close, but not 100% accurately. It has great battery life (still 53% after 10 days), however I use just minimum functionality (steps HR and health).
Things I wish the watch could do: 1) Provide a customized watch face beyond 2 displays; if you try to use 3 items, you get an activity display or day/date available on only 1 face. 2) Provide a choice to use a button to light the watch face. (Currently not available.) You have to tap the watch face to get it to light up and that is hit or miss. You may have to tap for a while and when the light does come on, it barely is on long enough to see the time much less one of the things you want to track. As far as water resistance, swimming and hot tubs are out.Bottom line: it's a good watch for my needs, it's not an Apple Watch . Using more functions will lower battery life. I believe in a few years, hybrid watches will improve is the areas that are marginal now, and I will upgrade most likely. Until then, its a good watch worth the money.
