Motorola Moto Watch 120

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Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Reddit IconJabbaDuHutt69
3 months ago

Moto Watch 120. I just got 15 days on a single charge. It looks good (to me), the watch UI is good too. The phone companion app for syncing is basic though. I got mine for $59 brand new on Woot a month or so ago. You can get them from 3rd party sellers for less than $100 on Amazon.

2 months ago

Don't sleep on the new Moto Watch from Motorola. It was co-designed with Polar, and has insane battery life.

2 months ago

I do like the Moto Watch 120, I have one and it was really good despite some UI and calculation issues, however its been EOL'd by Motorola and has been replaced by the Moto Watch and Moto Watch Fit. https://www.motorola.com/us/en/family/wearables

2 months ago

I have a Pixel Watch 3 and the Moto Watch 120, and a bunch of Fitbits. To be honest, I would be wearing the Moto Watch 120 every single day if it didn't have the calorie burn listed as kCal instead of Calories. They used the wrong formula and never corrected it and now its EOL, however Google Fit is able to display the Calorie burn total correctly after it syncs the data...that is really my only issue with the 120. With that said, I can't speak to the new Moto Watch. They just released it, but I can say that since these run RTOS instead of Android Wear, they last for at least 12 days per charge. The tracking on my Moto Watch 120 did everything my Pixel Watch 3 does, sleep, activity, pulse, HR, notifications, answer calls on my watch, and it has a limited number of watch faces or you can do a custom face. Basically the Moto Watch does everything I need, plus a little extra and the battery lasts a heck of a lot longer. **Edit**: to be honest, had I not purchased the Pixel Watch 3 first, I WOULD be wearing the Moto Watch 120 every day.

2 months ago

It's worth a look for sure. The battery life is so good on these, and the tracking is pretty much on par. Everything I do on my Pixel Watch, I can do on my Moto Watch. However I'm one of those people that uses about 75-85% of the features a smartwatch can do. I don't use wifi, I only use bluetooth, and I really value battery life over app store integration. I don't want to respond to notifications on my wrist, but I do want to see them...if that makes sense.

2 months ago

you can still find the Moto Watch 120 for new on Amazon from 3rd party sellers for less than $80 if you wanted to go that route and kind of see what its all about. I got lucky and bought mine for $59 brand new off of Woot a few months back. However, I wouldn't blame you for taking that same $ and putting it on the new Moto Watch that will be supported for the next year+ as opposed to an old device that is not supported.

2 months ago

the new Moto Watch? I assume it uses the Polar app, but I can't really speak to it unfortunately. **Edit**: reading the manual for it, it tracks everything in the Moto Watch app (which is probably a reskinned Polar app), but has a section where you can share the data with Google Health Connect. The Moto Watch 120 connects to both Google Fit and Apple Health. Another drag about the Moto Watch 120 is the crappy Moto Watch Lite app. It's not very good...and they won't be fixing it since the 120 is End of Life, but once I set up the watch, I rarely needed to go into the app for anything unless I wanted to change my watch face or manually push a sync (you can set sync times to a max of 30 minutes or as soon as 5 minutes to push out to Google Fit/Apple Health).

3 months ago

I don't know if Moto Watch is available in iOS but take a look at the Moto Watch 120 and the new Moto Watch they just released. My 120 just gave me 15 days of battery between charges. It does basic tracking...but only integrates with Google fit and Strava...it may be a no-go for you. **Edit:** Actually, according to this support article, the Moto Watch 120 syncs perfectly with Apple Health! https://support.motowatch.com/en-US/kb/articles/why-your-moto-watch-120-syncs-with-apple-health-on-ios-but-not-google-fit

2 months ago

You're going to get a trade off no matter what. Devices like the Apple Watch and Pixel Watch both run full blown operating systems and have very short battery life, but are very heavy on features...some of which you may not even need or care about. Other devices run a much lighter operating system called RTOS, which gives multiple days battery life, but the trade off is lack of app store integration. In my case, I have a Pixel Watch 3 and a Moto Watch 120. The Pixel Watch 3 gives me maybe 2 days on a single charge, has tons of apps and features, most of which I do not even use. The Moto Watch 120 runs RTOS, gives me about 15+ days of battery life on a charge, has no app store integration, and does everything I need it to do, track my health stats, show me notifications, allow me to answer calls (it does this better than the Pixel Watch does), and is more comfortable to wear. The main drawback is the companion app for the Moto Watch is garbage, whereas Google's is more polished and has Fitbit integration. Like I said, trade offs are to be had when choosing a Watch/Tracker. Just figure out what you want and what you can live without, and then go from there.

3 months ago

Been wearing it for 12 days now. I have it configured to sync every 15 minutes. I also have notifications for incoming calls, messages, whatsapp, and signal. Tilt to wake is off, always on display is off, and display brightness is currently set to 1 when I'm indoors and I bump it up to 3 when I'm outside in the sun. Battery is sitting pretty at 38% left. Holy cow! Almost two weeks out of this watch. I've never had a single wearable device last this long. Not my Microsoft Band 1/2, any of my Fitbit Charges (2/3/5/6), or my Pixel Watch 1/3. Well done on this one Motorola! It's just a shame you killed it after just one year, and there's no more support for it.

2 months ago

you need to consider a different OS. RTOS based smartwatches will get far better battery life than either WearOS or WatchOS devices will. My Moto Watch 120 gives me about 15+ days of life on one charge. It runs RTOS, and does not have any app store integration, however it does integrate with Apple Health and Google Fit for fitness tracking. Pretty much all the Moto Watches do this with regards to battery life.

Reddit IconLostRun6292
11 months ago

No I did not got that model but I did get the Moto 120 from last year most people don't even know about it it was never advertised

Reddit IconNo-Lavishness585
2 months ago

i have a moto 120, fantastic watch. i've had it for 3 years and i havent had to charge it even once yet!! No but seriously, once a week maybe.

Reddit Icontechnuggets
3 months ago

Same I just got the new moto watch and battery life is incredible (7-14 days) Has all the phone, messages, weather, Spotify/media controls, polar fitness features I need and no extra bs I don't..

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