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smartwatches have come a long way they started out by providing a notification platform for messages emails missed calls and other simple tasks and over the time they gradually became even smarter with added functionality to the point where simple wrist-mounted devices could drive your digital lifestyle and even talk abilities of a SmartWatch have changed over time the core essence of what this thing's supposed to do has remained constant and while we do have multiple of smartwatches on the market right now there are only a few ones that offer a truly unique experience and today we have something very different from Razer let's check it out meet the Razer Nambu watch this is razors answer to the competition kind of you see this thing is priced at $149 and that price point is not even close to Motorola Samsung Huawei and even apples offerings and the razor is rather approaching the number watch as a regular watch that's smarter and that's really interesting let's just start with the design at first glance anyone down the street would think this is a G Shock and I wouldn't agree with them its form is a perfect throw back to the watches of the past rather than the sleek designs that other smart watches have taking a closer look at it you find these green accents around the body including the primary four side buttons which brings the Frasers design language into things the outer shell is coated with a soft touch rubber surface that feels solid but is definitely prone to scratches from you know occasional bumps and stuff the watch display though remains scratch free but cleaning the surface of the display especially around the frame protrusions remains a challenge razor has equipped this with five ATM water-resistant rating that over my testing seem to hold up pretty well there are magnetic pins for charging in the bottom and while this may seem like a surefire way to short out the charging mechanism with sweat and any other water that may get through there I did not experience any problems after weeks of intense workouts speaking of charging the Naboo uses a proprietary USB based magnetic nectar to navigate the digital chronograph you have four side buttons with proper grip and a home button at the top of the watch that activates the smart module that I'll get to shortly razer also sells a forced edition of the number watch that features Machin stainless steel buttons and a more robust built for added durability and that will set you back $200 so a $50 premium it was a comfortable experience wearing the Nambu watch the dual clasps do a great job holding the wristband in place and I can guarantee you'll be fine wearing the unit for the whole day no problem and it's actually lighter then it first appears to be the digital chronograph who is pretty straightforward the center matrix display shows the time including the seconds counting the top display shows the date along with a day letter and a Bluetooth indicator to notify you if the naboo watch is paired to your phone as I pointed out earlier there are four buttons so two on each side of the watch that can be used to navigate through the chronograph the mode button cycles through different modes like stopwatch alarm timer and world time depending on which time zone you have set up through the app the adjust and set buttons are basic and the light button lights up the display for about eight seconds until it fades out nicely and fortunately the brightness of the chronograph is actually uncomfortably low which requires you to power up the light even in darker settings and I also find the font of the numbers to be kind of difficult to read quickly I would love the ability to swap the side buttons as wearing the watch on my left hand means accessing the light button is extremely uncomfortable while having perfect reach to that adjust button now let's talk about this smart feature of the naboo watch this is a 128 by 16 OLED display and is essentially where the most of the magic happens since it's used for notifications it also remains off until you bring the watch upward to view it which saves battery power the essence of all this smart functionality truly lies in the Nambu app available for both Android and iOS and once the app is fired up you have to set up an account with razer add the number watch in the app and follow-up the rest of the process for installation you need to have Bluetooth and location services enabled for your smartphone to communicate with the watch and the app has a ton of customization so bear with me the details tab lets you check the status of the number watch along with battery life the option to update the firmware and remove the device completely from the app the notification tab has a do not disturb mode which can only be accessed through that app select the apps that you would like to get notified with then set the type of vibration strength which regardless of the setting is disappointingly weak and then you can set the scrolling speed of the ratification and choose which action to dismiss those notifications the activities tablet to turn on and off these options plus you can rearrange them to your preferred sequence which is pretty awesome plus there is also a phone remote control option that you can set depending on your preference again and this can be activated with the main home button that's on top of the Naboo watch the display tab is where you can set clock style screen brightness screen timeout set the wrist placement enable wegg gesture and set what to display when you look at the watch and as you can see I've set it to display the time because both the font and the brightness of the chronal display is just very difficult to read quickly while the secondary display at the bottom is much more visibly accessible moving on to the watch setting you can sync the watch time with your phone or you can set it to manually the world time option can be set here as well with any time zone depending on your preference and finally you have the option to toggle the watch to chime every hour which is a little bit weird and the best part is that once these settings are adjusted it reflects on the naboo watch almost immediately which is very much appreciated you can turn on sleep tracking manage alarms directly within the app rather than setting it off the watch and you have three of them which is great then we have sleep tracking feature which measures movement during your sleep so you can visualize your night rest but the watch is isn't actually smart enough to enable do not disturb mode during night time so it results in annoying vibrations on your list because of incoming notifications so you have to manually go in and enable do not disturb if you want to actually use the sleep tracking feature and not be disturbed by all the vibrations the number watch also acts as a fitness tracker it's nothing too advanced like the adidas fit smart that we reviewed recently but it tracks things like your daily steps distance traveled calories burned how active you are and how well you've slept and so in this respect it did extremely well though the watch is a bit bulky when compared to other fitness trackers I did not see any inaccuracies or huge discrepancies and testing so it looks like Razer covered their faces well here so what was it like using the naboo watch and I gotta admit it was a pleasing experience overall sure it's not as competitive or feature-rich as a motor 360 or an Apple watch but I feel that Razer did a fantastic job implementing that smart module into the naboo I get notifications instantly and this includes text messages phone calls reminders Twitter mentions and even get an update on my uber ride and the list continues as there are plenty of applications to choose from within the naboo app the battery life was as advertised the regular digital chronograph is set to last for about twelve months while the smart module dies within the week and it can be charged via that proprietary magnetic USB cable and it charges fairly quickly and that's right in line for an OLED screen to last that long and apart from all the notifications you get on a day to day basis I'm pretty satisfied with the end result the one thing that really seems to be missing here is any type of integrations for gamers and remember that razor bills themselves as a company that designs their product for gamers but the Naboo app and watch don't really include any integration or unique gaming oriented features especially since this is a wearable for gamers it literally says that on the Naboo watch page it would have been kind of cool to be able to match the display color with you other Razer peripherals if this thing was RGB you know maybe show some gaming statistics or have the watch display your hardware temperatures which would all be really kind of Niq but they're not included and hopefully razer will roll out with things like this in the future and so I feel like Razer has created a very affordable answer to the SmartWatch competition with the Nambu watch the design language is not for everyone but the smart module works as its supposed to despite that tiny notification screen the complimenting app is definitely okay it's got plenty of features built in and the battery life has been excellent throughout our testing I just wish there would have been a bit more focus on including something for gamers since this is a wearable for gamer so what do you guys think about the Razer never watch does it satisfy your criteria of what a semi Smart Watch would deliver it has some limitations and because it's Razer this is going to be a heated discussion in the comments down below I can already feel it everybody's all the keyboard warriors are coming out but I totally understand your concerns given its limitations for this semi SmartWatch but leaving I'll leave your thoughts down in the comments below don't forget to subscribe for more similar content and 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