In simply the previous 12 months, Indian tech firm Noise made three very distinct (and in some ways, profitable) makes an attempt to seek for that premium play, that’d see them have merchandise priced larger than the same old spectrum of what’s on sale. A part of it has to do with discovering margins, the remaining, construct the band to command these worth tags within the wars of notion. The Noise Origin smartwatch, the quite heat sounding Buds Xero true wi-fi earbuds and Luna Ring well being monitoring wearable set a basis. That’s what Noise needs to construct with this 12 months, their presence at CES 2025 in Las Vegas for the primary time, the largest indication of intent. That’s been carefully adopted via, with the ColorFit Professional 6 Max smartwatch.
The ColorFit Professional 6 Max by Noise. (Vishal Mathur/ HT Photograph)
It’s a mixture of metallic and glass, and also you’d possible count on nothing much less. Design enhancements and color decisions are accompanied by a full array of band and strap choices, together with metallic bands and the magnetic loop. This kind of alternative is often lacking in smartwatches at worth factors Noise is ready to obtain. relying on the strap alternative, you’d be paying between ₹7,499 and ₹7,999—and meaning the metallic choices don’t command as a lot of a premium as it’s possible you’ll count on. Water resistance too, and from what we skilled, the watch’s construct holds up nicely and doesn’t catch scratches or dings simply.
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As an alternative of a round display screen, it’s a square-er method to the show actual property this time. The ColorFit Professional 6 Max’s 1.96-inch display screen is AMOLED, and impressively illuminative beneath the intense afternoon solar, and equally vivid with colors. Contact response, usually a tough edge in smartwatches on this worth vary, appears on level with accuracy. It will not be incorrect to say when it comes to brightness ranges, the ColorFit Professional 6 Max has the utmost usable illumination.
The truth that this isn’t a WearOS based mostly smartwatch has allowed Noise to make this work equally nicely on Android telephones in addition to generations of the Apple iPhone. In sync with the instances, there’s a reasonably thick synthetic intelligence (AI) layer too, which you’ll discover related at completely different factors of time. Producing watch faces utilizing prompts with AI, the enjoyable facet of it. The extra critical bits, embody an AI assistant that takes inventory of your well being information from earlier days to generate sure insights which may be helpful, and even generate a health plan to comply with. Relevance will fluctuate for customers, nevertheless it’s a superb to have array of performance.
Setting this up is a breeze, besides the minor unlucky element that the Noise app seemingly can be utilized with just one gadget—no less than the iOS model of the app. Any current smartwatches should be unpaired earlier than the ColorFit Professional 6 Max can reside in these confines. Primary performance reminiscent of name and SMS administration on the watch works because it ought to, however there are a few niggles that persist.
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First, and regardless of making an attempt all troubleshooting, I’m unable to get the contact names to sync with the watch. Which means that for each incoming name, the ColorFit Professional 6 Max displays simply the quantity and never the identify for contacts saved within the phonebook. Secondly, out of the blue, the watch would turn into the default speaker for incoming calls, despite the fact that the final used (and solely used) was the cellphone itself. That may be jarring, and surprising if you’re in a gaggle.
Well being monitoring is sort of on level. The built-in GPS provides a vital layer to monitoring outside exercise precisely. I discover smartwatches typically uncomfortable to put on whereas sleeping, and subsequently should not have sufficient insights to touch upon sleep monitoring accuracy. The daytime logging although, is on level. That’s encourage of no accelerometer within the watch. There’s a stress tracker, blood oxygen monitor over and above the anticipated metrics—although steps climbed is not going to be as correct for some purpose.
All performance enabled, the Noise ColorFit Professional 6 Max makes use of about 7-10% battery when used for 12 hours on daily basis, as a well being tracker and for preserving tabs on cellphone notifications. That’s a formidable frugality measure.
The stainless steel design, these visually interesting straps and bands and even bundling the restore equipment to take away hyperlinks in case you’d need to resize the metallic band, add worth from the outset. The Noise ColorFit Professional 6 Max will get consideration in any group you might be a part of, and that’s maybe its largest win. There could also be some tough, but fixable edges with the software program, however the {hardware} facet of issues is precisely as Noise would have hoped. Prime quality, premium trying and in addition feels that manner. It’s a journey in the direction of the premium, which is progressing nicely.