Riversong Motive Plus Smartwatch | Black

The smartwatch has a cool design and glitch-free performance, all under a pocket-friendly price tag

Known for its IT accessories and audio products, Riversong, which is the subsidiary of Chinese IT major IMG Technology, recently entered the smart wearables market with its Motive series of smartwatches and Wave fitness band. The company also makes a watch for kids, Jelly. Riversong enters the smartwatch market at a time when the sector is witnessing brisk action and brands of all hues are vying with each other to control the wearables market, which has been growing exponentially.

Smooth touch

The Motive+ comes with a full-touch display with a 1.33-inch IPS screen. Even though the makers claim the Motive+ has a pin-sharp resolution display, all we can say is the display does its job neatly. Nothing more or nothing less. The touch experience is smooth and the device’s response to touch is quite impressive given the price. The dial interface is a bit old-fashioned and the icons and numbers could have been better-looking. But that can be fixed via an update. The Motive+ gives you the option to customise wallpapers, but to be frank we didn't find the available lot very appealing. The rectangular face has a master button on the left which is easy to locate and operate on the go. The dial’s colour reproduction looks a work in progress but you’re not going to miss much there as all you’d be doing is to check for time and fitness data counts in numbers and not exactly messages or notes.