The world of low cost Android smartwatches is fairly crowded, however there’s nonetheless room for yet one more if Nothing’s subbrand CMF has something to say about it. CMF unveiled the Watch 3 Professional as we speak, which will get a bit of little bit of a dimension improve and a few further health-tracking options in comparison with its predecessor.
Particularly, the Watch 3 Professional provides a extra superior coronary heart price sensor into the combination. In line with CMF, an optical sensor will have the ability to glean “finer variations in blood stream,” which ought to equate to extra correct coronary heart price monitoring. CMF says that, due to the brand new sensor, the readings are as much as 7% extra correct whereas exercising and as much as 3.6% extra correct whereas resting in comparison with earlier generations. Well being options this go-around embrace blood oxygen monitoring, stress monitoring, reminders to drink that essential factor known as water, and even guided respiratory periods that will help you sit back for as soon as.
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Watch 3 Professional is right here that will help you transfer sensible. pic.twitter.com/Efly27C0vP
— CMF by Nothing (@cmfbynothing) July 22, 2025
Along with a greater coronary heart price sensor, CMF’s Watch 3 Professional may even get a much bigger display—a ten% dimension improve over the earlier era. Particularly, the Watch 3 Professional has a 1.43-inch show over the earlier era’s 1.32-inch show. That’s nice for anybody who doesn’t fancy squinting at notifications on their watch all day. An AMOLED show must also assist make the watch’s show contrast-y and clear. CMF says the Watch 3 Professional’s show will prime out at 670 nits of peak brightness. That’s not anyplace close to the extent of an Apple Watch, however you must anticipate sure compromises when shopping for a less expensive Android different.
One factor that the Watch 3 Professional gained’t have, nonetheless, is a customizable bezel. The Watch Professional 2 has bezels that may be modified out and in at will, relying on the way you need your smartwatch to look. Not the most important deal, but additionally type of a bummer to see that very same freedom hasn’t been prolonged to its latest mannequin.
Battery life-wise, CMF says its Watch 3 Professional performs a bit of higher than earlier iterations. In line with the corporate, the Watch 3 Professional will get a max of 13 days of battery life in comparison with the earlier era’s 11 days, although that can clearly rely on utilization and whether or not you may have the heads-up show activated. Heads-up shows have a pesky behavior of killing battery life, since screens are the primary approach units sometimes eat up juice.
The excellent news is that the CMF Watch 3 Professional hits an inexpensive observe. Whereas the retail worth is listed as $99, the smartwatch is presently marked all the way down to $79. Whether or not a watch like that is your model is a private selection, however it’s good to know you may get within the smartwatch recreation for not a ton of cash these days.
