Coucur Y66 Smart Watch Review

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Can a £17 smart watch be any good?

There was a time when all budget smartwatches were junk. They looked bad, didn’t work and came with horrible apps which also didn’t work. Not so now as smartwatches such as this one, although not in the same league as high end rivals, nevertheless, in their modest way work perfectly well for most tasks, and while they are about it, look pretty good too. In fact, have seen this watch before and it is widely available under a range of names and all sorts of prices,

In the box, I received the smartwatch, a short custom fit magnetic charging cable and a user guide. Most of the user guides supplied with these generic watches are useless, but this one is rather good – well printed in colour and actually relates to this specific watch with information actually of use to you. The smartwatch looks nicer than it feels in the hand, made from lightweight plastic and lacking the premium ambience of a high end watch. We are not told what the 50mm 320x385 screen is made from but it is bright, sharp and responsive and unlike with most of the low end watches I have used, does not need to be cranked up to maximum brightness. The supplied strap is made from silicone with a standard buckle, a quick release fitting and in all seems pretty decent quality. The charging cable is short and lightweight, be careful not to lose it as I doubt it can be easily replaced - but at £17, I suppose it is easier just to buy a new watch.

The watch has a single button, short press to turn the screen on/off or backstep when an app or setting is open, long press to power the watch off. The button has a good positive feel to it and works well, it does rotate but this seems to do nothing. From the main screen, swipe down to access system shortcut buttons, and swipe up to see recent notifications. Swipe to the right to access a list of installed apps. Swipe left to reach a row of widgets for daily exercise summary, phone call shortcuts page, Sleep Summary, Heart Rate, Blood Oxygen, Music Control, and Weather pages. The widget selection can be customised to add or remove widgets from a small list.. Navigating the screen is fast and positive, and the s LCD display is bright, well saturated and responsive and punches well above its budget price point.

Most of the health apps you will need are here – Heart Rate, Blood Oxygen, Sleep, Respiration, Phone Calls, Voice Control – and they all seem to work to a greater or lesser extent. Navigation around the watch is fast and easy as it is not overburdened with stuff you don't need and what there is is well laid out and easy to read. There is not much customisation available, you can't make app shortcuts and some useful features, such as timers and alarms, are two layers deep.

Phone calls can be easily initiated and received on the watch using either the built in speaker and microphone or your headset. This works well and the large bright, well laid out screen is fast and easy to use.

Music can be controlled from the phone too and again the touch screen is fast and responsive. There is no onboard storage for music nor a direct bluetooth headset connection to the watch and so you will need your phone to be on hand for this.

As a sports tracker, the watch is rather limited. There are a great many sports options available, 110 in all, although I have doubts about any differences between them. For this price you cannot expect onboard GPS and you don't get it, but connected GPS to your phone does work, which means if you take your phone with you on your outdoor training sessions, your route will be displayed on a map along with the other metrics inside the app.

The watch uses the GloryFit app, widely used in the budget smartwatch world, and this does a decent enough job of tracking your health, sleep, sports activities and other metrics. The Gloryfit interface, for me at least, is not good as it lacks a dark mode and features tiny grey text on a white background with few options to customise the design.

A wide range of free watch screens, not all of them horrible, can be downloaded through the Gloryfit app, and you can even design a custom screen featuring an image uploaded from your phone. However, the smartwatch can only store around six screens with older ones overwritten by the new.

The watch does a good job in many respects, health and sleep monitoring are good, music playing works well as do phone calls, notifications, weather, timer, voice assistant and other features. The screen is large, vibrant, fast and responsive with navigating between apps is simple and intuitive.

If you want a simple but attractive and easy-to-use budget-priced smartwatch, this is a great buy.

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