diff --git a/packages/apollo-angular/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/apollo-angular/CHANGELOG.md
index a6c866806..80abdb7e8 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-angular/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/apollo-angular/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ### vNEXT
 
+- Use more generic types and make everything more strict [PR #885](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-angular/pull/885)
+
 ### v1.4.1
 
 - schematics: bump dependencies
diff --git a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Apollo.ts b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Apollo.ts
index e95eb9dfd..671e9503a 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Apollo.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Apollo.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import {
   ApolloQueryResult,
   SubscriptionOptions,
   ApolloClientOptions,
+  ObservableQuery,
 } from 'apollo-client';
 import {FetchResult} from 'apollo-link';
 import {Observable, from} from 'rxjs';
 
 import {QueryRef} from './QueryRef';
-import {TypedVariables, ExtraSubscriptionOptions, R} from './types';
+import {ExtraSubscriptionOptions, R} from './types';
 import {APOLLO_OPTIONS} from './tokens';
 import {fromPromise, wrapWithZone, fixObservable} from './utils';
 
@@ -22,36 +23,34 @@ export class ApolloBase<TCacheShape = any> {
     private _client?: ApolloClient<TCacheShape>,
   ) {}
 
-  public watchQuery<T, V = R>(
-    options: WatchQueryOptions & TypedVariables<V>,
-  ): QueryRef<T, V> {
+  public watchQuery<T, V = R>(options: WatchQueryOptions<V>): QueryRef<T, V> {
     return new QueryRef<T, V>(
-      this.client.watchQuery<T>({...options}),
+      this.client.watchQuery<T, V>({...options}) as ObservableQuery<T, V>,
       this.ngZone,
     );
   }
 
   public query<T, V = R>(
-    options: QueryOptions & TypedVariables<V>,
+    options: QueryOptions<V>,
   ): Observable<ApolloQueryResult<T>> {
     return fromPromise<ApolloQueryResult<T>>(() =>
-      this.client.query<T>({...options}),
+      this.client.query<T, V>({...options}),
     );
   }
 
   public mutate<T, V = R>(
-    options: MutationOptions & TypedVariables<V>,
+    options: MutationOptions<T, V>,
   ): Observable<FetchResult<T>> {
     return fromPromise<FetchResult<T>>(() =>
-      this.client.mutate<T>({...options}),
+      this.client.mutate<T, V>({...options}),
     );
   }
 
-  public subscribe(
-    options: SubscriptionOptions,
+  public subscribe<T, V = R>(
+    options: SubscriptionOptions<V>,
     extra?: ExtraSubscriptionOptions,
   ): Observable<any> {
-    const obs = from(fixObservable(this.client.subscribe({...options})));
+    const obs = from(fixObservable(this.client.subscribe<T, V>({...options})));
 
     return extra && extra.useZone !== true
       ? obs
diff --git a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Mutation.ts b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Mutation.ts
index afe0b582a..a0ac271ed 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Mutation.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Mutation.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class Mutation<T = {}, V = R> {
 
   public mutate(
     variables?: V,
-    options?: MutationOptions,
+    options?: MutationOptions<T, V>,
   ): Observable<FetchResult<T>> {
     return this.apollo.use(this.client).mutate<T, V>({
       ...options,
diff --git a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Query.ts b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Query.ts
index 7c6af38c4..bc0782d3b 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Query.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Query.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class Query<T = {}, V = R> {
 
   constructor(protected apollo: Apollo) {}
 
-  public watch(variables?: V, options?: WatchQueryOptions): QueryRef<T, V> {
+  public watch(variables?: V, options?: WatchQueryOptions<V>): QueryRef<T, V> {
     return this.apollo.use(this.client).watchQuery<T, V>({
       ...options,
       variables,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class Query<T = {}, V = R> {
 
   public fetch(
     variables?: V,
-    options?: QueryOptions,
+    options?: QueryOptions<V>,
   ): Observable<ApolloQueryResult<T>> {
     return this.apollo.use(this.client).query<T, V>({
       ...options,
diff --git a/packages/apollo-angular/src/QueryRef.ts b/packages/apollo-angular/src/QueryRef.ts
index d8463eadb..3cbed37f6 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-angular/src/QueryRef.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-angular/src/QueryRef.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class QueryRef<T, V = R> {
   public valueChanges: Observable<ApolloQueryResult<T>>;
   public queryId: string;
 
-  constructor(private obsQuery: ObservableQuery<T>, ngZone: NgZone) {
+  constructor(private obsQuery: ObservableQuery<T, V>, ngZone: NgZone) {
     this.valueChanges = wrapWithZone(
       from(fixObservable(this.obsQuery)),
       ngZone,
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ export class QueryRef<T, V = R> {
     return this.obsQuery.fetchMore(fetchMoreOptions);
   }
 
-  public subscribeToMore(options: SubscribeToMoreOptions): () => void {
-    return this.obsQuery.subscribeToMore(options);
+  public subscribeToMore<MT = any, MV = R>(
+    options: SubscribeToMoreOptions<MT, MV>,
+  ): () => void {
+    // XXX: there's a bug in apollo-client typings
+    // it should not inherit types from ObservableQuery
+    return this.obsQuery.subscribeToMore(options as any);
   }
   public updateQuery(
     mapFn: (previousQueryResult: T, options: UpdateQueryOptions<V>) => T,
diff --git a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Subscription.ts b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Subscription.ts
index b25e44649..a525480e2 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-angular/src/Subscription.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-angular/src/Subscription.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ export class Subscription<T = any, V = R> {
 
   public subscribe(
     variables?: V,
-    options?: SubscriptionOptions,
+    options?: SubscriptionOptions<V>,
     extra?: ExtraSubscriptionOptions,
   ): Observable<SubscriptionResult<T>> {
-    return this.apollo.use(this.client).subscribe(
+    return this.apollo.use(this.client).subscribe<T, V>(
       {
         ...options,
         variables,
diff --git a/packages/apollo-angular/src/types.ts b/packages/apollo-angular/src/types.ts
index 5dfe3d01b..dcf951b13 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-angular/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-angular/src/types.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ import {
 } from 'apollo-client';
 import {ExecutionResult} from 'graphql';
 
-export type R = Record<string, any>;
-
-export type TypedVariables<T> = {
-  variables?: T;
+export type R = {
+  [key: string]: any;
 };
 
 export interface ExtraSubscriptionOptions {
@@ -18,17 +16,17 @@ export interface ExtraSubscriptionOptions {
 
 export type Omit<T, K extends keyof T> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>;
 
-export interface WatchQueryOptions
-  extends Omit<CoreWatchQueryOptions, 'query' | 'variables'> {}
+export interface WatchQueryOptions<V>
+  extends Omit<CoreWatchQueryOptions<V>, 'query' | 'variables'> {}
 
-export interface QueryOptions
-  extends Omit<CoreQueryOptions, 'query' | 'variables'> {}
+export interface QueryOptions<V>
+  extends Omit<CoreQueryOptions<V>, 'query' | 'variables'> {}
 
-export interface MutationOptions
-  extends Omit<CoreMutationOptions, 'mutation' | 'variables'> {}
+export interface MutationOptions<T, V>
+  extends Omit<CoreMutationOptions<T, V>, 'mutation' | 'variables'> {}
 
-export interface SubscriptionOptions
-  extends Omit<CoreSubscriptionOptions, 'query' | 'variables'> {}
+export interface SubscriptionOptions<V>
+  extends Omit<CoreSubscriptionOptions<V>, 'query' | 'variables'> {}
 
 export interface SubscriptionResult<T> extends ExecutionResult {
   data?: T;