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TL;DR
- A brand new leak means that OnePlus is engaged on a brand new smartwatch with the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 SoC, supposed for international launch.
- This smartwatch may have eSIM help, fist clench gestures, and different health-tracking options.
OnePlus has some actually thrilling telephones developing within the type of the OnePlus Open and the OnePlus 12. However curiously, the corporate has shied away from placing its title on a correct smartwatch. There’s the unique OnePlus Watch and a few health trackers, however all of them characteristic a primary OS that doesn’t have its personal app retailer. OnePlus might be planning to alter this, as leaks round its subsequent smartwatch have popped. And the large information is it might be a correct smartwatch this time.
Code sleuth and leaker @realMlgmXyysd has shared specs of an upcoming smartwatch from OPLUS (the dad or mum investor group firm of OnePlus, OPPO, and Realme). This smartwatch may take form as a OnePlus Watch and an OPPO Watch.
In line with them, OPLUS has a smartwatch with the codename “star” within the works, with doable variants OWW231 for the Chinese language market, OWWE231 for the International market, and OPWWE231 for the International market as a OnePlus branded product.
This OnePlus smartwatch is alleged to have a spherical show with a decision of 466 x 466. It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 platform alongside the BES 2700 co-processor to deal with lower-power operations. It’s stated to return in Black and White colours, although the hex code for the white has a pastel blue shade to it on a low alpha.
Curiously, the system talked about for the smartwatch is ColorOS for Watch 6.0 (possible for the Chinese language mannequin) and Android 11 Go. We’ve contacted the leaker for clarification, as Android Go will not be typically used on smartwatches, and Google has a devoted Put on OS platform that might work out significantly better.
The smartwatch’s {hardware} record consists of two operation buttons, a crown, and a barometer. These would allow options like ECG, At all times On Show, fist clench gestures, eSIM, blood oxygen measurement, stress monitoring, sleep monitoring, and exercise monitoring.
We additionally get a sneak peek on the watch faces, the fist clench gesture, and a primary rendering of the physique.
Options like ColorOS 14 Sound, RTOS WeChat, and WeChat Pay are additionally talked about, although we imagine these would possible be restricted to the Chinese language market.
The leaker additionally mentions that there’s a round-shaped OPPO Watch 4 Professional operating Put on OS that’s destined for the worldwide market.
The presence of the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 and eSIM help offers us a lot hope for the OnePlus smartwatch. If it does pan out, it would present shoppers with another Android smartwatch choice to compete in opposition to the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 sequence and the Google Pixel Watch 2. OPPO not too long ago launched the OPPO Watch 4 Professional (square-shaped) in China, which has comparable specs apart from the form, so we’re crossing our fingers for a global launch.
