ENDURANCE RUNNER: Coros Pace Pro

Coros enters the AMOLED race with a feature-packed watch designed for athletes

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The Pace Pro is a significant milestone for Coros. The company's first AMOLED wearable introduces some big changes, including offline maps, a faster processor, longer battery life and new sensors.

It's also a big gamble for Coros as the Pace Pro arrives in a contested marketplace. The watch's biggest competitors, such as the Garmin Forerunner 265 and Polar Vantage M3, are well-established in their category, which might make it harder for Coros to find a foothold.

That said, the Pace Pro is a solid offering. Its training and recovery functionality is excellent, and so is its screen. It could be smarter, and maybe cheaper, but it's definitely a contender.

The Coros Pace Pro features a 46mm case made from fibre-reinforced polymer just like Garmin's Forerunner or Polar's Vantage M series. A headline feature is the 1.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen, which boasts more vivid colours than its predecessor and a sharp 416 x 416 resolution. This is complemented by a peak brightness of 1,500 nits, slightly under the Apple Watch Series 9's 2,000 nits (but way surpassing the Apple Watch Series 8's 1,000 nits).

The screen might be what everyone notices at first, but there are changes internally, too. The watch is powered by the brand's fastest processor to date, said to offer 213% better performance than the Coros Pace 3.