Product Description
Introducing CZ Smart YouQ, the smarter smartwatch. Citizen CZ Smart Casual 41mm smartwatch is designed to help you be the best version of yourself throughout the day, every day. Inspired by the rich design of Citizen's iconic sport technical timepieces, CZ Smart marries cutting-edge science and technology with the style and quality you expect from Citizen. CZ Smart YouQ leverages AI Models built with IBM Watson Studio and research pioneered by NASA Ames Research Center to power features within the proprietary YouQ application. CZ Smart YouQ helps you anticipate patterns of fatigue and alertness and offers highly personalized insights and suggested actions to help you improve alertness and promote the building of better habits, readying you to meet whatever the day may bring. Compatible with both iPhone and Android, CZ Smart YouQ features Wear OS by Google. The versatile, customizable menu of dials, designed exclusively for CZ Smart, gives you all the information you need at your fingertips. With a range of interchangeable 22mm bands available for all CZ Smart watches in bracelet, mesh, leather, and silicone, you can dress your CZ Smart watch for any occasion and make the most out of every moment. The Smarter Smartwatch: CZ Smart features the new proprietary wellness app YouQ built using research pioneered by NASA's Ames Research Center and AI Models built with IBM Watson Studio. YouQ helps wearers maximize their daily potential by learning the wearer's unique Chronotype and rhythms. YouQ computes HR, SP02, fitness activity, sleep data, and alert scores to offer the wearer a personalized 24-hour forecast of alertness. Aggregating data over time will enable CZ Smart YouQ to cater to wearers personally allowing them to understand their body's natural rhythms. Meet your self-care advisor: CZ Smart YouQ provides the wearer a daily, brief, and gamified Alert Monitor, designed based on NASA's PVT+ (Psychomotor Vigilance Task Test), a test used by astronauts to measure alertness. Only CZ Smart YouQ uses Alert Monitor scores and sleep data to identify the wearer's distinct Chronotype (are you a morning go-getter, steady achiever, high-energy hustler?). CZ Smart YouQ helps you stay on track with an Hourly Power Score, an indicator of your cognitive and physical energy at a particular moment and offers Power Fixes to mitigate the effects of fatigue and improve alertness so the user can optimize themselves for what's ahead. You may have a napuccino or liquid energy in your future. Preloaded and ready-to-go: Citizen Connected works with phones running on the latest version of Android (excluding Go Edition and phones without Google Play Store) or iOS. Applications available via the Play Store include CZ Smart YouQ App, Google Fit, Strava, Spotify, YouTube Music, and Amazon Alexa. CZ Smart features 24+ hour battery life (varies based on usage) and achieves a full charge in just 40-minutes. Connections include Bluetooth (connect your headphones), Wi-Fi, GPS (head out for a run or hike and leave your phone behind), and NFC (make contactless payments). Sensors include Gyroscope, altimeter, barometer, accelerometer, heart rate sensor, SP02, ambient light sensor, so that you can track activity goals, heart rate monitor, cardio fitness tracking, steps, sleep, and more. Personalization, notifications, and more: The uniquely designed CZ Smart dials give hundreds of options to fully customize your watch face and receive the information you find most important. Stay focused all day while getting notifications on your watch for incoming calls, texts, emails and calendar notifications. The built-in speaker enables you to conveniently answer a call from your smartwatch. With Amazon Alexa built-in, CZ Smart makes it easy to tackle your daily tasks and organization. CZ Smart next generation: Citizen Connected works with phones running on the latest version of Android (excluding Go Edition and phones without Google Play Store) or iOS, 24+ hour battery life, Qualcomm 4100+ chipset, offering the user a seamless connection and quick response and screen changes.
Dimension
Product Height : 1.61 inches
Product Width :1.61 inches
Product Depth :0.61 inches
Product Weight :8 ounces
Features
Smarter Smart Watch CZ Smart YouQ a proprietary wellness app built using research by NASA Ames Center and AI Models with IBM Watson Studio helps wearers maximize their daily potential by learning the wearer’s unique Chronotype and daily rhythms and computes HR, SP02, fitness activity and sleep.
Self-care Advisor YouQ uses a gamified Alert Monitor, based on NASA’s PVT+ which uses scores and sleep data to identify the wearer’s Chronotype, a morning go-getter, steady achiever, high-energy hustler so you stay on track and know your cognitive and physical energy at a particular moment.
Preloaded Apps Wear OS by Google compatible with iPhone and Android. Applications available include CZ Smart YouQ App, Google Fit, Strava, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Alexa and features 24+ hour battery life (varies based on usage). Connects to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, and NFC.
Notifications The designed CZ Smart dials give hundreds of options to customize your watch face and receive the information while getting notifications on your watch for calls, texts, emails, and calendar notifications. The built-in speaker enables you to answer a call from your smartwatch.
Citizen Connected Citizen Connected works with phones running on the latest version of Android (excluding Go Edition and phones without Google Play Store) or iOS, 24+ hour battery life and extended mode options for upto 3 days, Qualcomm 4100+ chipset.
Water Rating IPX6 water rating states impenetrable by heavy rain and can be worn during showering, working out, and minor water exposure. Not intended for swimming or total submersion.
What's Included
Smart Watch
Charger
Owner's Guide
Reviews
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Limited Recommendations – Has Potential
I love Citizen watches and I have several high end versions but I really struggle to recommend this watch. The watch itself is typical Citizen high quality but the software, configuration options and connectivity are sub-par when compared to other smart watches. I found the setup of the watch to be problematic and the operation of the features and apps to be non-intuitive and frustrating at times. The Citizen YouQ app has potential and definitely is intriguing but it relies on the watch providing reliable data. If Citizen can work out the software and connectivity issues and add some better watch faces and configuration enhancements this watch could be a classy looking smart watch. I would only recommend this current watch to someone who believes that Citizen will make these improvements in time. Pros: -
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Amazing on the outside / Not so much in the inside
I was really exited to first wear this Citizen CZ smart watch because it is such a nice watch. The bracelet feels right, the case it's built well and the screen it's actually pretty bright and has a good color reproduction. The 41mm diameter makes it a good fit for men as well as for women. So for looks this watch gets a 10 out of 10 for me. But one think i can't get over it is the software development of this watch. I feel like it's sitting behind few years where it should be specially if you think it's not a cheap smartwatch. I tried it for few days and i was hopping to get something good out of it but unfortunately. The battery in a real world test situation wasn't able to get me thru more then half a day and that's with a medium usage. Very disappointed to see the same old magnetic strip in the back of the watch that's it's been used for so long by this Google Os devices which is not the true wireless but hei if would be just that i could've lived with it, i guess my real concern is the battery life. Then sluggishness of the OS man it's so annoying! Once you open some apps it really slows down this thing and many many times it would crash making the watch to restart, just not a pleasant experience. I didn't find it to be a really good health tracking device either just because of the fact that you can not wear this thing for a full day with all the sensors activated and have it connected to your phone to proper monitor your vitals at all time. Too bad! The watch looks and feels good on my wrist but doesn't really serves the purpose!
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Has the basics and look worth considering
Summary: If you are in the market for a smart watch, own an android based phone, or want a circular face watch, the Citizen CZ smart will fit the bill. It delivers on price and function. Appearance is a matter of taste, but for me was big and clunky. And if you use IOS, you might want to compare your options carefully. Pros -Classic round watch look -android and IOS based -'standard' smart and fitness features -customizable -decent GPS -reasonable battery life, better than standard apple -easy set up. -Built to last. -Bright and clear screen Cons -large and heavy, 'clunky' -another non standard charging connection -not overly intuitive, fairly steep learning curve. -On watch Apps felt laggy. Detail: I am going to address the elephant in the room directly so you know my bias. My daily driver is an Apple Watch but I missed a round faced watch. I also own the Apple Watch Ultra. I found setup of the Citizen CZ Smart Gen 2 touchscreen to be 'easy.' Like all smart technology it's not turn on and use, you do need to download an App to your phone, pair it via blue tooth, but the watch software guides you through the process and only took a few minutes. Getting to the watch Apps reliably was a learning curve. There are three buttons which sounds like a good thing until you try to figure out which one to use when. But once I mastered that, I found all the standard fitness Apps and of course there is the whole universe of Google Play Apps available. So that's a plus. I did find the apps to be a tad sluggish, taking time to move from one to the other. but on the positive side it was very customizable. The provided apps were optimized for the round face, but it is hard to beat the total amount of information that can be presented on a square face. Even more subjective, I was surprised by how big and heavy this steel watch felt on my wrist. The fit and finish was very angular (for a round watch) and felt 'unpolished.' But maybe 'Rugged' is what you are looking for. Speaking of rugged, given its larger profile I found myself hitting it on doors etc move than I was used to. It survived those well, a testimony to how it can last. I was also pleasantly surprised that it could handle two days of use before needing to be recharged. I am used to charging my Apple Watch each night, though admittedly the Ultra is better. The screen was bright and clear. All in all I think the Citizen CZ smart watch to be worth considering especially in the Android world. The smarts are there, but you will spend time learning to use them. It is decently built, though a bit heavy for my tastes. This isn't going to replace my daily driver, but I will wear it on those occasions I want to stand out from the crowd.
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Maybe Too Many Features?
. ..The Citizen - CZ Smart 41mm Unisex Stainless Steel Casual Smart Watch in black is very stylish and aesthetically pleasing, a more upscale version of the well-known fitness and smartwatches that have been in circulation for many years. So, AI am a 64+ year woman who has a 6 inch wrist and this watch was listed as "unisex" which in my opinion is not really true. I see this as a better fit for a male, someone that can better accommodate a larger wrist and a thicker watch casing. In fact, when you download the Citizen app for your smartphone that is instrumental in the set up process of this watch, there is a video option on how to best fit a Citizen watch based on wrist size-requiring the measurement of your wrist and the thickness of the watch casing that will determine the sleekness of it on your wrist. The watch comes with way too many links if you are a woman with even a bigger wrist. The links are attached with pins so even though Citizen has a guide that might allow you to figure out how to remove links to make it fit your size wrist, they do recommend that you go to a jeweler and have it professionally sized. A standard-sized watch was sent to me and I had no say in its sizing, but when I went on Citizen's website, I found out that if you are ordering it from them directly, you can use their "complimentary" sizing so that it will come the appropriate size for you and therefore, save you the time and money from going to a jeweler. . The first thing that must be done is to set up the watch with its charger, a round-disk like one that attaches to the back of the watch casing. There is also a QR code that can be scanned with your phone or in my case with an android phone, you can go into the Google Playstore and get it that way. This watch, per instructions, does work with both android and Apple operating systems, but when I was looking to see which phones that it would Bluetooth and pair with, it does state that you would want to have the latest android system. By the way, you can link this watch to more than one phone through the app. I will be trying to do that, but as of this review, have not done so. I am amazed at all the functions and features that this smartwatch will do, almost too many. The learning curve is massive and daunting for me and even though I am in my 60's, I am still working as a sole proprietor in a field that has many tech challenges that I must keep up with-so while I may not be the most tech savvy, I am not uninformed. Since there is such a learning curve, I do think that this watch does warrant an easily understandable instruction manual that is packaged with the watch and its special charger I was able, through the app,to go on the Citizen website and print off a bunch of questions that then have explanations on how to do this or that. Like I said previously, this watch is very smart involving NASA technology and already has many apps downloaded. I also found this very attractive because of its numerous health monitoring features. The initial set up and syncing to my phone was easy. However, all the fancy stuff will take time to figure out. I allowed myself to pick a pattern for the security opening up of the watch and I need to figure out how to lengthen that interval because I am going crazy having to constantly do that-pick a pin instead. The best advice that I can give you is to take your time and learn how to fully operate this brain trust. By the way, this watch has a 2 year warranty, so keep your proof of purchase, but I read that if you go on their website and register the watch that you get an additional year of warranty-3 years.
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Nice watch
Great and nice-looking watch. Fast and reactive also but trouble syncing to the phone.
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Citizen Watch
Love the watch. Regular watch look with smart watch technology. Not sure if it’s just me but it does loose connectivity with my iPhone constantly.
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Stylish and modern design with good features
The Citizen CZ Smartwatch is a stylish and well polished smartwatch in the tradition of the analog watches by Citizen. Good quality build that feels solid. The AMOLED screen is bright with rich colors. My model is black unisex 41mm stainless steel with a stainless steel bracelet. The bracelet can be changed and for my taste, I got the silicone band from Citizen that is also a stylish one. The watch is powered by Wear OS, however the setup is done through the Citizen Connected app built on top of it. The app has good options and is easy but with lots of information that can make it a bit confusing for some people. I wish the User Interface was simpler. The CZ Smartwatch has many features, among them the typical smartwatch features such as fitness tracking, heart rate monitor, watch face customizations, tiles configurations and notifications. It syncs well with my phone for notifications and the ‘do not disturb’ mimics the phone settings perfectly. It’s water resistant even though it’s not recommended for water sports. In addition, it has its own GPS which is a plus when you want to leave your phone behind. I’ve used it on many occasions and it works well. For the Alexa fans, it is built-in and setting it up is quick and easy. In my case, I have customized one of the buttons to call on Alexa. It also has an oximeter that is fairly accurate when compared to a medical oximeter that I own. The battery life is typical for a modern smartwatch. It lasts all day and I charge it at the end of the day. My settings are conservative with the ‘always on display’ feature turned off with adaptive brightness, however I have the heart monitor turned on. My experience with the Citizen CZ has been mostly good. It responds quickly to the touch and makes managing my phone easier. I just wish it had Google Assistant which I mainly use at my house. An issue that I have experienced is the ‘always on display’ feature keeps randomly reactivating itself even though it’s been turned off. The wellness section within the Citizen Connected app has been unreliable at times in reporting some activities. I’m also confused about the CZ Smart YouQ app that I thought would analyze my activities and habits and provide unique advice and ideas; I have yet to see any and, somehow, I thought the app would be available to download on my phone but it seems it’s only available on the watch itself. From exploring on the watch, it looks very limited to me as far as initial setup. Except for a few issues, I think the Citizen CZ Smartwatch is a modern looking and well built watch that offers many good and unique features. It’s not perfect, but it works well and the software is reliable. A bit pricey, but most Wear OS users will find many things to like and enjoy.
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It's ok but not great
Thin and flimsy compared to my previous gold smartwatch (Fossil). At least I don't have to charge this 4+ times a day like my old watch but the battery could be a little better. Lots of problems with the software that I was going back and forth with their tech support until one day they just stopped responding a few days before the return window closed for this so now I am stuck with it. If want a watch that looks like a high-end fancy piece of jewelry, this is not it. But if you're looking for a smartwarch that isn't rubbery or plastic, it's ok
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Form over function
The Citizen CZ Smart Touchscreen watch is perfect for the professional that wants a smartwatch without the look of a typical smartwatch. It's stylish and elegant, but the more traditional watch look brings with it both positives and negatives. Firstly, as with traditional watches, you cannot easily adjust this to fit your wrist. There are no loops to hook into like on silicone or leather wristbands you might see on more "modern" style smartwatches, so if you are a woman or have a smaller wrist, you will need to either risk damaging the watch and remove links on your own or send the watch in to a Citizen technician to be adjusted at your own expense. Both options are clunky and feel a tad outdated, but for those who prefer classic watches or are comfortable with removing traditional watch links on their own, this won't be an issue. For someone for whom this was their first "real" watch, this was a massive hurdle as the watch is unusable until the size can be adjusted (for instance, I could remove the watch without undoing the clasp as it was so oversized on my wrist). This isn't really Citizen's fault, but it is a potential downside that I hadn't ever encountered before in a smartwatch as most watches come with silicone or leather straps. Luckily, Citizen does sell silicone and leather bands that fit this specific model, and swapping out bands is easy. Another aspect of this watch that I found difficult to adjust to is the weight. It is significantly heavier than other fitness trackers or smartwatches I've tried, such as the Apple Watch, Amazon Halo, or Fitbit. I attribute this to the excellent build quality; this watch is built much more like a traditional watch than the others I listed, and the weight reflects that. This did make it harder to get used to wearing, however, and as someone who prefers watches that are lighter and feel like a natural extension of my arm, this watch felt much clunkier and heavier than I prefer. Of course, YMMV. Initial impressions while unboxing were a little underwhelming; I would have hoped for accessories or at least an alternate (even cheap) band in the box but sadly it only comes with one unbraided charging cable, a quick setup guide, and a manual. Pairing and setup were sometimes as clunky as the device, and I found that the pairing instructions did not always match what I had to do. As an example, at one point during the pairing process, the watch screen said something about connecting to wifi using my phone, but the Citizen app on my phone was blank with a loading screen. I let it sit for about ten minutes hoping something was happening in the background, but eventually gave up and just went back to the watch and had to manually connect to wifi using the watch's touchscreen. This isn't the end of the world and pairing, especially through Bluetooth, is always going to be a little funky, but I was a little let down by how unsophisticated the process was compared to how fancy the watch itself looked. Moving on, I also found the Citizen app itself disappointing. The watch and my phone never seemed to stay connected for an entire day, and it felt like every other time I opened the app, the watch was disconnected. Moreover, having only ten total watch faces to customize the watch with (and there is very minimal customization; the background color can only be changed from a limited color palette of four colors at most, and most faces cannot be customized at all) feels oddly limited in 2023. Most of the faces feel added for the sake of padding out the gallery, and I found myself sticking to the default anyways. The app itself doesn't offer much else, and I wasn't a fan of having to download another app (YouQ) to access the IBM-backed AI-researched Activity Lab software side of things, which includes the more interesting aspects of the watch's fitness tracking like chronotype and "power score" for the day. Still, it is admittedly a neat feature and unique in my experience with other trackers. Onto the fitness tracking aspect, I found that the Citizen CZ was generally at least consistent, if not accurate. There were still times when I was certain it wasn't reading things like heart rate accurately; for instance, I had a friend try on the watch, and I knew his tracker consistently read his HR at around 80-90bpm. Despite that, the Citizen CZ had his HR at 70ish and did not change or update at all after having him wear it for about 5 minutes. At this point, we were both a bit confused, as my HR is usually at around 60bpm so we weren't even sure if the Citizen had updated to start reading his HR instead of mine. To see if we could get the numbers to budge, we had him do a quick lap, after which the HR reading shot up to a whopping 115bpm (for reference, it's unheard of for him to jump to from a resting HR; keep in mind up until then we'd just been sitting around chatting!). Moral of the story: take fitness tracker readings with a grain of salt and assess trends, not raw numbers. To that end, I found that the Citizen CZ generally was consistent and output similar trends as I'd seen in other trackers, although I couldn't bring myself to wear it for sleep tracking (I was genuinely worried I'd scratch myself with it, and it was too heavy to comfortably wear to bed besides). The blood oxygen measurements were consistent with the fingertip pulse oximeter I have at home as well. Steps were one aspect that I felt the Citizen CZ was below average in accuracy with measuring, but the numbers were usually not too far off from other trackers I was using at the time. Thus, I do believe this watch would work well for the "casual athlete" - someone who has fitness goals and wants to track their activity and health but doesn't need a more sporty or accurate smartwatch to that end. As for the "smart" part of this smartwatch, the touchscreen could be frustrating to use at times, and navigating through the OS was sometimes like trudging through molasses. There were many times when I would be navigating through a menu or pressing a button and wondering whether the watch had frozen or a screen was loading. Otherwise, notifications came through as expected and I could make calls or reply to texts and emails easily from my wrist, and I felt that WearOS really did offer a lot for people wanting "smart" functionality without needing their phones out at all times. The display itself is bright and sharp, though you rarely get a chance to appreciate it in my opinion as you can't set a custom background on the watch face and don't ever really get to see images on it. Battery life was middling, lasting me just under a day. Charge time was also average, taking about an hour to get to full charge. I feel that the charging cable being a proprietary contact charger is a notable downside, as the cable given is fairly thin and you cannot just swap in another USB-C cable if this one wears out. Overall, this is a stunning smartwatch visually but in daily use, there are smartwatches that look "worse" but function better. The Citizen CZ doesn't excel in any particular area: it isn't a great fitness tracker, it isn't a great smartwatch, and it isn't even a great "dumb" watch as you can't exactly turn off or ignore the smart aspects. If all you want is a smartwatch that looks great, you only need the absolute bare minimum of smartwatch functionality, and you are comfortable possibly having to adjust the watch links yourself (or pay to have a technician do it for you), then this might be the watch for you. Otherwise, look elsewhere.
