Build and connectivity
The product is waterproof, with diving to a depth of 50 meters officially allowed, and is also said to be resistant do drops. Two drops from a ~1-meter height on a rough concrete surface caused no visible damage indeed. The watch features 4 hardware buttons, with the ones on the right-hand side, Menu and Back, being far more useful than the remaining two. While all of them appear rotatable, rotating them in either direction does not seem to do anything.
There is a dedicated LED flashlight on the Anywise W1 Pro’s right-hand side, in addition to a software flashlight that simply makes the display glow white or red. Neither is particularly bright but the latter takes a much more pronounced toll on battery life. More on that below. There is a built-in speaker here, too, which sounds rather well for its size, and a mic.
The watch uses Bluetooth to exchange data with the user’s phone. To transfer mp3 music files to the watch, and to copy the 16-kbps audio recordings that it produces to your PC, you can use the USB 2.0 charging cable found in the box. Music transfer can be done through Bluetooth and the companion app, too, but is a lot faster via USB.