OnePlus - Watch 2

Got the Watch 2 here, dunno about the other user, but it's weak AF compared to Samsung watches. Was disappointed by the lack of vibration when I first tried it on.

I would consider a OnePlus watch. The 3 is the latest. I have a 2R which has been fine for my use cases so far. It supports NFC and apps. I have the always on display activated and it is lasting around 3 days. It's VOOC charging is also very fast. The 2R is on WearOS 4 but the Oxygen UI still gives features like the App Grid. It is expected to update to WearOS 5 later this year.

@gdir You guys both say 'fast charging', but what does that mean exactly? I used the OPW2 for about 2 weeks before my OPW3 came in the mail and I compared with both chargers. The 2 charger was slower by about 10-15mins on each watch. With my 3 charger the most it ever takes is just shy of an hour, about 58-59 mins, and that's from 0-100%. If there's even 5-10% already on the watch when I snap it on it'll take 40-45 mins. So with using the 2 charger, that would be 1hr-1:15hr. I know 15 mins doesn't sound like a lot, but I never have to charge more than an hour, and that's huge to me. It's the fastest charging watch with 2nd to longest battery life, while still being the most capable I've ever used. I've used Garmin, Fitbit, and this OPW3 over the last 10 years. (I'm not including Moto 360 watch from 2014, that was a failure...)

I think the OPW2 was pretty ass tbh, but the latest greatest insanely expensive watch having to go power save to get 3 days is pretty funny. But hey, if you like it that's all that matters.

Very odd I have a GW4 it doesn't track naps but my op 2r does very accurately as well.

Well 48h with heavy use is still 48h you asked for 10H this should be plenty enough. I use AOD and I still get 2-3 days of battery. In smart mode without AOD and with light use you can definitely get even more than 100h. It literally is the best wearos watch when it comes to battery life. If you put it in energy saving mode it can last 12 days while still receiving notifications and allowing sport tracking, the only difference is that you won't have wearos apps so it won't work if you use Strava or something similar. But don't worry even in smart mode you can go on a 10h hike without any problem. The 30 minutes/day doesn't mean that the watch lasts 30 minute it means that they did 30 minute or exercice while continuing to use it heavily the rest of the day with sleep tracking and everything.

I'm a converted fan to OnePlus. Had the OP Watch 2 for over a year now and it's rock solid, battery is 4-5 days easy, it's beautiful, bright, tons of first party watch faces, I'm a fan, and have been wearing android watches since the ole Moto 360 flat tire.

I picked the 2R. Its lighter with an aluminum case. I like the design better then the 2. They both have the same processors and systems but the 2R is less expensive but it has just a glass screen so you will need a screen protector which are cheap and plenty available. Best watch I have owned and I have worn many since 2015.

Its a long review but fairly accurate. The 2R has a great display in direct sunlight with the auto brightness. I can't speak for the watch 2 never owned one. You missed the step count in your review. The 2R step count has been rated as the most accurate compared to many other watches. The vibration is very good. It wakes me up and is as strong as the fossil watches and much stronger than any Ticwatch. I do not miss any notifications. I use a very thin silicone 22mm band that is close to my wrist. As for the two systems Wear 4.0 shows the full email which is nice among many other advantages but I find myself using the RTOS power saving mode. The 10+ day battery life and still able to answer and make calls, get all notifications, emails, texts, weather, health and more. I hope all mfg's look at the design of the 2R and use dual processors and dual systems like this watch. IMO, best smartwatch on the market.

I've had mine for about 3 months with no scratches on the case. I have the dark grey model. The screen has a small scratch but I have a screen protector so the scratch didn't touch the screen. I just found out the Oneplus model 3 watch is coming out in January with the same electronics but more features like ECG and Rotary dial.

I had the Oneplus 2r and sold it. Great battery life but too many quirks. Don't know if the Oneplus 3 is better. I am super happy with my Galaxy watches and my Galaxy Z flip 5.

Examples? I would walk 50 steps and when I stopped the Oneplus 2R watch would keep going 6 steps ahead, Sleep monitoring didn't show any active awake time even though I remember waking up on a restless night. The stress meter didn't work and the quick panel icons are not adjustable and the O'health app is very basic. Maybe they fixed these on the Oneplus 3. My favorite galaxy watch is the Galaxy 5Pro. Wear O/S Battery life is the same as the OnePlus 2R watch but with much better vibration. It's not as good looking as the One-plus watch but has more accurate functions. These are my opinions.

The Oneplus watch 2 and 2R have the same battery life. The 2R is less expensive and better looking IMO.

Sorry you haven't been checking the new wear watches. The Oneplus watches both 2 and 2r blow away any Garmin watch. The Oneplus watches have 2 operating systems that are easy to switch between. The systems are wear 4.0 and Color 6.0. The wear 4.0 system gives you everything a typical wear OS watch does and the color 6.0 system gives you 12 Days of battery and you can take and make calls, receive emails, texts, Heart Rate, SP02 and much more. I use the watch mostly on this mode. The only thing I can't do is respond to emails and texts from the watch.

Yes, a Wear OS or Apple OS watch can only last a few days or less but suddenly the Oneplus watches 2 and 2R appear and with their 2 processors and 2 operating systems you can easily switch between the two systems and now your watch will outlast any other Wear or Apple watch made to date. That's what I have been saying.

The Oneplus watch 2 and 2R have the same battery life. The 2R is less expensive and better looking IMO.

Sorry you haven't been checking the new wear watches. The Oneplus watches both 2 and 2r blow away any Garmin watch. The Oneplus watches have 2 operating systems that are easy to switch between. The systems are wear 4.0 and Color 6.0. The wear 4.0 system gives you everything a typical wear OS watch does and the color 6.0 system gives you 12 Days of battery and you can take and make calls, receive emails, texts, Heart Rate, SP02 and much more. I use the watch mostly on this mode. The only thing I can't do is respond to emails and texts from the watch.

Yes, a Wear OS or Apple OS watch can only last a few days or less but suddenly the Oneplus watches 2 and 2R appear and with their 2 processors and 2 operating systems you can easily switch between the two systems and now your watch will outlast any other Wear or Apple watch made to date. That's what I have been saying.

I have tried Fossil. Skagen, Galaxy 4 and 6, Ticwatches, Oneplus, Amazfit watches. The ticwatches I tried had terrible vibration. I recently was surprised and found the galaxy 5 and the Galaxy 5 pro watches and they both have great vibrations. The 5 pro is thicker and its vibration is the best I have felt in years. Reminds me of the Pebble time and time steel which had a similar vibration. I would also like to point out the Galaxy watch 5 is 44 and the 5 Pro 45mm. The 40mm usually have less vibration strength.

I agree that the battery life of the Oneplus 2, 2r is great and the Oneplus 3 must be even better since the battery is larger and I'm glad you are enjoying it. I do disagree on the health sensors compared to the galaxy watches. O'health does not compare to Samsung health. O'health needs more work. Did they improve it with the Oneplus 3?

You mention you want to use your watch for hiking I believe you are better with the Galaxy watch. The step count on the galaxy watches is right on the step count on the Oneplus watches is off. I have read this for the Oneplus 2, I experienced it on my Oneplus 2R and the Oneplus 3 has the same processors so I would be concerned. The galaxy watches get the updates the Ticwatches do not. My galaxy watches already have wear 5.0. The other problem with the Oneplus watch is the sleep monitoring. If you take a nap it will link in with your sleep score and you can not remove it. The galaxy watches have a much better sleep monitoring and if you take a nap it is registered separately so you can remove it or keep it. The stress monitoring on the Oneplus watch simply does not work. Galaxy watches win here again. If vibration strength is important to you the Galaxy 5 and 5 pro have the strongest vibration. I could go on and on.

OnePlus Watch 2 here. It's not bad at all. Just a shame if you use a custom face it shouts at you before applying it.

OnePlus watch 2. Good basic tracker but long battery life.

Good write up, but I have to disagree on some of the most important points. Namely, brightness is nowhere near good enough outdoors. In the sunlight directly it is not readily visible even on the highest mode. Absolute deal breaker for me. Secondly, vibrations are severely lacking. Maybe you have just gotten used to them or have a sensitive wrist lol but coming from Samsung watches it was an immediate return for this point. I constantly miss notifications even on the vibration strongest you just simply can't feel it. I would caution anyone on these two points before getting this watch as both were straight up deal breakers for me.

Love me a traditional watch so don't fault you, but there are great SmartWatch options out there.  My OnePlus Watch 2 lasts 4+ days of straight use and charges back to 100% in ~30 minutes.

I've been on the OPW2 for a year and agree these are great, 4+ days on a charge and less than 30 minutes to charge it back to full.  I basically only take it off to shower, but don't need to.

I got one plus 2r surprisingly light and have been using for swimming around 6 months now. Still works. Altough swim tracking can be improved(I do not expect Grasim level tracking) but overall satusfies my requirements with good level of accuracy

I have a OnePlus Watch Large 46mm (1.5 Inches Display). Wrist around 17.5-18cm: [https://imgur.com/a/FLOU29x](https://imgur.com/a/FLOU29x) Or [one more](https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/1l3ni11/comment/mw3ozod/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) example. I wear it to sleep every day, it works nicely in my opinion. The naps, the precise sleep and wake up times are tracked. In Power Saver mode you won't get the Sleep Score, since it's calculated on the phone and maybe they omitted this code). But once you switch to smart mode it will update. Sometimes i get the lower score but after going back to Sleep app it will update to larger one 🤷🏻‍♂️. I think [this review](https://www.reddit.com/r/WearOS/comments/1j7dek8/oneplus_watch_3_review_meda_with_care/) is nice to read if you want a summary. It's not bulky or heavy for me, i don't feel it during sleep at all. That said, i use nylon straps, they are stretchy and comfy. For calls, i haven't figure out what's wrong, but my Pixel 9 Pro when i accept the call on the watch won't transfer the input audio or mic. Maybe i need to play with some settings to make it work, but weird that i does not work out of the box, but i saw it working on other reviewers. No LTE version (i think they only have one in China, maybe did not want to go through the licensing process) Spotify music will show as lower notification dot immediately and is controllable ;) I don't get why people get GWC8 or GWU if OnePlus Watch does everything the same for less and better battery. It charges from 10 to 100 in less than an hour. It lasts (AOD on 7:00-20:00, Sleep Tracking, SPO2 deactivated - it's always 98% or so for me, so i don't see the benefit of the red light from time to time) for 4-5 days. In case you need an active WearOS processor (for Home Assistant state reports, HA BLE Tracker, normal pop-up notifications instead of just default vibrations) than it will last 2.5 days with custom watchface or custom watchface complication (that activates Snapdragon and basically deactivates RTOS processor). I had 3 days of hike and used about 50% of battery in Power Saver mode during that time. That said, if you have problems, the customer support sucks, search the OnePlusWatch subreddit - if some water damage occurs, although you never submerged it in the water, they are not willing to repair ;) In my case Samsung replaced GW2 to GW3 for me, when it died after the pool.

[The OnePlus Watch 2R](https://freeimage.host/i/2jUg8hv) Just to preface a bit, I've dabbled with multiple smartwatches from different brands and platforms: - Galaxy Watch 46mm - TicWatch Pro 3 GPS - Galaxy Watch 5 Pro - Huawei Watch Fit 2, Fit 3, GT3 Pro, GT4, 3 Pro, 4 Pro I've been an owner of the watch for a month and I want to share my impressions of it. And if there's one word I would use to describe this watch, it would be this: **Underrated**. Honestly, I didn't expect the watch to be so good, especially for its price.  While people might consider it as a "cheaper" watch than the more premium Watch 2, people shouldn't dismiss it as being inferior to its more expensive brother. #BUILD But first, let's talk about the build! The OnePlus Watch 2R uses a brushed aluminum case, making it light at 37g (without strap). This is compared to the Watch 2’s stainless steel build, which weighs 49g without the strap. The lighter weight makes the Watch 2R more comfortable for extended wear. So far, I haven't got any scratches on it, but note that Aluminium isn't the toughest build around. Also, it doesn't have military grade durability (although honestly, it may just be hype marketing). It's been a month with no scratches, so far. #### Colors Comes in two colors: Forest Green (Silver/Green) and Gunmetal Grey (Black) #### Design  [OPWR2 with AmoledWatchFaces' Pathfinder Watchface](https://freeimage.host/i/2jrcimu) [Looks great with the Official Pixel Watchfaces as well. ](https://freeimage.host/i/2jr0daS) [OPWR2 compared with the Huawei Watch 4 Pro (Center) and Huawei Watch GT4 (Far Left)](https://freeimage.host/i/2jr07ta) [Something less green to look at. ](https://freeimage.host/i/2jrWJFj) When it comes to style and design, with its most expensive brother, it's one of the most stylish WearOS watches you can get. Since the departure of Fossil (RIP), there haven't been any great looking watches that could pass off as something classy (Barring the Galaxy Watch Classic series). Hopefully OnePlus fills that space and best thing yet, it's actually very functional.  More on the design, the Gunmetal Grey looks nice and much more sporty, while the forest green has more of a classy look. Now this is where it gets tricky. Both have an inner 24H-GMT inner bezel... White/black for the black and for the silver one, it's white/Green. I personally wish there could be one that is white/black just like the black version, but with a silver casing. The green is very polarizing and some watchfaces (and clothes) may clash with it, color-wise. OnePlus comes with two watchfaces that also make use of the 24H-GMT inner bezel, so it's not just there for style, it can also be used for functionality. (Yes, 24H analog clocks exist and kudos for those that can read and appreciate them. They are not common.) Comes with two buttons on the side that can rotate. Looks like a stopwatch. Unfortunately, despite the buttons being able to like a rotating crown, it doesn't work, just like in the Watch 2. It's not as bad since the buttons are small (so using them would be awkward anyway). But OnePlus, please make a rotating crown for the next iteration. One last thing, with the right band, the watch does catch people's eyes. I've had people ask me what I am wearing, a few times.  #### Size Only comes in one size: 47mm. Yes, it's a fairly large watch, but the casing makes it look rather thin. For those looking for a small version, unfortunately, this ain't it.  #### Display  It has a 1.43-inch AMOLED display with a flat synthetic glass. The screen itself is pretty much vibrant honestly. Maybe not to the same quality as the Galaxy Watches but frankly, it's a good quality display.  **About the brightness...** One of the biggest complaints about the Oneplus Watch 2 is the fact that it's not bright enough outside. Well, the Oneplus Watch 2R fixes that issue by having a high-brightness mode that raises the screen up to 1,000 nits. And yes, **the screen is pretty visible outside.** Also, speaking of another complaint from the Watch 2: . #### Vibration Personally, with the 2R, I can always feel the watch vibrating. I never missed an alarm and I even had to reduce its strength because it was getting annoying. (I get quite a significant amount of notifications.) #### Misc Has a speaker for bluetooth calls, voice replies, etc. (And it really picks up your voice well, I am impressed.) Speaking or calls, the watch only comes with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi version. There is no LTE/Esim version of it. (In fact, Oneplus doesn't sell their watches with LTE functionality.) Buy the Oppo Watch X (Global version) if LTE is an absolute must. A weird quirk is that, even though Emergency SOS is available, fall detection isn't. You have to invoke Emergency SOS manually. Has a 500 mAh battery inside which ensures long battery life by WearOS standards (Up to 4 days/12 days in Power Saver mode). More on that later.  ---------------------------------------- # HEALTH FEATURES AND FITNESS The watch sports an Optical Heart Rate sensor like pretty much all the modern smartwatches. It's an 8-channel Photophethysmography (PPG) sensor with a 16-channel Blood Oxygen (SPO2) sensor. Surprisingly for its price, it has a barometer/altimeter sensor.  It can: - Continuously measure your heart (in fact, it does so automatically and only in that way) - Measure your blood oxygen (manual and all-day monitoring) - Track your sleep - Measure your stress - Analyse your relaxed breathing with pre-sleep breathing exercise And frankly, that's about it for the health features. Unfortunately, it lacks (in terms of physical sensors): - A skin/body temperature sensor (No period tracking for the women) - Electrocardiogram (ECG) And in terms of features, it lacks: - Blood Pressure Measurements (honestly, I wouldn't use a watch for this, unless it's something like a Huawei Watch D2) - Skin/Body temperature measurements - Period tracking - Body Composition (Simply a gimmick. Use an actual balance for this) And a few other health features that you would find in actual fitness trackers, like a Body Battery feature (Garmin)... It's pretty basic, honestly. Not meant for people that are that serious into fitness or health but it's there, just in case. I've only done one workout with it (unfortunately), but I was honestly surprised with its performance. It was just around 8 km of outdoor walking/running but it didn't have any problem keeping with my heart rate. I've heard that the OnePlus Watch 2 is pretty inconsistent with its HR tracking but it really hasn't been my experience with the 2R. I'm guessing the build has something to do with it. The Dual-Band GPS tracking performance is solid. The lighter build definitely helps in its comfortability. While doing the workout with my Huawei Watch 4 Pro on my other wrist, the difference in the total steps were just a measly 100 steps. However, the OnePlus Watch 2R tends to underestimate distance. In my case, it was just by a few meters. [Steps comparison (Note that I've walked a few steps before wearing the Huawei Watch 4 Pro)](https://freeimage.host/i/2jUiM0l) I'll have to do more honestly, but my initial impressions are positive. Now this may sound a bit contradictory, because of my initial impressions but...  If fitness/working out is that important to you, I would suggest getting a dedicated fitness watch/tracker for it. An dedicated and lightweight RTOS tends to be better because it will focus all of its operations on the workout. WearOS will still have some active processes to function, and your apps in the background as well. Sometimes, that can affect performance during the workouts, which can cause your watch to miss steps and affect the results. Even worse, imagine your watch freezing in mid-workout... that would be frustrating. Thank god the OnePlus Watch 2/2R mitigates that issue with **its own RTOS in Powersaving mode**! This also reduces the Battery Drain during workout mode. In Smart mode while working out, the watch lost 10% after an hour, which is not bad for a WearOS watch. I should add that it has over 100+ workouts and 12 professional sports (as in, Oneplus will measure some unique data catered to these sports). There are also 6 types of auto-workouts (running, walking, cycling, rowing, rowing machines, elliptical machine). I should add that it definitely works. OHealth app supports Google Health Connect service and the watch activity data natively also syncs with Strava. For the other health features... The SpO2 measurements seems to be working fine, as it takes them rather frequently, however I absolutely hate the graph and how it is presented in the watch and app. I think OnePlus could be better in showing the info. Also, an SpO2 tile would be useful. Same for the Barometer/Altimeter. Accuracy wise, I can't tell how accurate it really is. I can't test this in a high altitude place. 🤣. That being said, it does seem to fluctuate more than the values coming from my Huawei watches. Same for the stress, I really cannot say how accurate it is, but the value does rise accordingly when I do get stressed out, so I guess that counts for something.  [Sleep Mode](https://freeimage.host/i/2jr77Jn) Sleep tracking is surprisingly really good. It never misses my sleeps and naps, unlike some of my Huawei watches. It nails the sleeping and wakeup times perfectly and the sleep duration is excellent. As for the different sleeping stages analysis, I honestly cannot test the accuracy since I don't have any proper equipment for it. But, when you wake up during the night, it picks it up. The graph showing different sleep stages is good enough and informative. It gives a sleep score, which is influenced by your sleep quality. Note that there's no sleeping animals, for those that like this sort of thing.  The watch can also assess breathing problems using its speaker. Note that turning this feature on will significantly drain the battery.  ---------------------------------------- #PERFORMANCE AND SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE Hookay, I suspect that most people will rather read this part over the Health and Fitness part. So let's dive right in.  The Oneplus Watch 2R comes with a dual-core architecture: the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 with the BES2700BP. It also sports WearOS 4.0 with a RTOS in tow. 32 GB of storage with 2 GB of RAM for the WearOS part and 4GB of storage for the Power Saver mode. A bit of a fun fact, while this is the first WearOS watch to sport a dual-core architecture and a Dual Operating System, it's not the first Android watch of its kind. That honor belongs to the Huawei Watch 3 series. 😁 (This is right after the Huawei Ban happened) Performance wise, by WearOS standards, frankly, the OnePlus Watch 2/2R is crazy fast and practically outspeeds a great deal of the WearOS watches in circulation. Part of this not only contributes to the fact that the processor itself is fast, but also the fact that the software itself is "Stock-like" and barely has any bloatware. While I cannot compare the OnePlus Watch 2R with the Galaxy Watch 7/Ultra, it wouldn't be surprising to find that it outspeeds it, because of how heavy the OneUI skin is. I did get to compare it with my Galaxy Watch 5 Pro... The difference is night and day. If I had to compare the performance to watches outside the ecosystem, well, it is almost as fast and responsive as my Huawei Watch 4 Pro (which is to say great and lag-free.)  The software experience is what you'd expect with any WearOS watch (Although there are some unique things not found in other watches. You have your basic watch apps like health, fitness, weather, alarm, stopwatch, timer and a few third party apps. It does come included with Google Assistant and it works very well! (Personally, I choose to disable it.) It has the Google Play store, which you can download many other apps, like Gmail, Google Messages, Google Calendar, WhatsApp, etc. Really, it's third party apps central... for better or worse. The OnePlus Watch 2R comes with its own branded watchfaces and they are unique, in the sense that they have Power Saver features. When the watch isn't actively used, it will switch to the BES2700BP processor, which will make the watch functional with very minimal battery life. This feature is only available with the OnePlus watchfaces (and OnePlus offers more choices to download with the OHealth app). All the watchfaces from the Google Play Store, Facer, Watchmaker, Pujie Black, will only use the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1.  A bit of a fun feature, there are two analog Oneplus watchfaces that use the 24-GMT bezel. Should be great for those that appreciate military time. [Two different ways of telling the time. One of them actually uses the bezel. How neat!](https://freeimage.host/i/2jUauae) Something to mention for those that are more on the development side of things, this is WearOS 4.0. That means there's no compatibility with watchfaces made with the Watch Face Format 2 (WFF2). It should come soon with the upcoming WearOS 5 update. #### Menus The app menu's default view is Planet View. Really, it's the same kind of view for many watches, inspired by the Apple Watch. There's also a Grid View (the same view from Samsung watches), and List View.  The drop down menu includes 15 options and it doesn't seem like it can be edited. Some buttons have different options depending on whether they are tapped or long-pressed. It has options like the sleep mode button, do not disturb, airplane mode button... bluetooth earphones button if you want to pair it with headphones (which makes sense if it was an LTE watch like the Oppo Watch X, but it really doesn't with the Oneplus watches.) Weirdly enough, long pressing it brings up the toggle for the bluetooth connection. People will definitely miss that and think they will have to get through the settings and go through the menus to turn it off. Turning the Wi-Fi on and off is a hassle, because there is no toggle for it, from the drop-down menu. While the watch can decide for itself whether the Wi-Fi should be used or not, sometimes, it's not that reliable, on that front. For manually turning the Wi-Fi on and off, you will always have to go through the settings menu. And as for the WearOS settings, it looks pretty much like a menu, without anything really remarkable. Honestly, it's pretty much simple, barebones and devoid of personality. ####Button Shortcuts The up button has a few shortcuts: - Press once opens the menu or goes back to the home watchface - Double press gives you a Recents Menu - Long Press leads you to Google Assistant. The down button has a few shortcuts as well: - Press once leads you to an app shortcut (By default, it is assigned to the Workout app) - Double Press leads you to Google Wallet - Long Press leads you to the Power Menu. You can edit the button shortcuts to set up any apps and a few other options. ####Notifications Slide up from the bottom is the notification list. (Which, honestly I prefer much more than Samsung's. Don't fix what isn't broken.). Considering this is an Android WearOS watch, this means that it has a much better synergy compared with RTOS watches from the other brands. (Garmin, Coros, Amazfit, Huawei, etc): - Clearing notifications from the watch will also clear them in your phone - Notifications can show a lot more info than any other RTOS watches - Every app has its own notification space and icon. No apps are grouped together under a generic message icon. - Better sync with Do Not disturb from the phone. (Although for OPW2/2R, this is only true with OnePlus phones) For apps where you can make replies on your phone, you can do the same with your watch. There's an Emoji button, a mic button for Voice-to-text replies (and I cannot stress this enough how well it works!), and the keyboard button (comes with Gboard).  You'll also be able to see pictures. Careful to those who get steamy saucy pictures from their partners. Some apps like Google Messages and Whatsapp will support a full display of the chat and also voice clip replies (FINALLY!!!). **A glaring omission:** "Notification Wake-Up screen" feature is absent. Not everyone uses Raise-To-Wake and even if one does, the notification screen doesn't stay long enough if you miss the timing window.  I sincerely hope this gets included in a future update. Another software feature is the **Power Saver mode,** which I will talk about, in the next section. ------------------------- # BATTERY LIFE AND POWER SAVER MODE Let's talk about the one thing that makes this watch a cut above the rest: **Battery life.** [https://freeimage.host/i/2jU1X0N](https://freeimage.host/i/2jU1X0N) As mentioned previously the watch sports a 500 mAh battery, giving it up to 4 days/100 hours in Smart Mode (WearOS mode) and 12 days in Power Saver mode. From experience, I can manage to push it between 3 and 4 days, rather comfortably. And this is using third-party watchfaces and all the features activated.  Using a Oneplus watchface with the dual-engine architecture will stretch it to 4 days. How does that work?! The watch will manage tasks in the background using the two chipsets inside, and as you might guess, the BES 2700 is the one that handles a lot of the less intensive tasks. Here's a table that shows you what happens with the two chipsets, depending on the activity: Activity | Snapdragon W5 | BES 2700 --- | --- | --- Checking the time with 1st Party Watchfaces | Sleep | Active Checking the time with 3rd Party Watchfaces | Active | Active Receive and Check Notifications | Sleep | Active Change Setting in Control Center | Sleep | Active Swipe to check 1st Party Tiles | Sleep | Active Swipe to check 3rd Party Tiles | Active | Active Open App List | Active | Active Start Official Workout app | Sleep | Active Launch WearOS app | Active | Active Bluetooth Calling | Active | Active Google Assistant wake word "Hey Google" | Standby | Active If you do this right, again, you can easily stretch it to 4 days. This is fantastic by WearOS standards. And for those that are willing to "dumb"  their watch by turning the health features off, disable Google Assistant, etc... You can definitely push the battery further. Something to note. The OnePlus Watch 2/2R is very power-efficient and will warn you everytime you're about to use a watchface and/or complication that could reduce its battery life.  #### Power Saver mode Now let's talk about the next very important and unique feature that makes the watch further stand out: The Power Saver/RTOS mode. Usually any form of battery savings mode with WearOS, renders the watch virtually useless. It's almost never mentioned as a suitable option to use. With its dual-core architecture, the OPW2R has a Real-Time Operating System that serves as its battery savings mode. And it is truly the superior Battery Savings mode in WearOS, at this time of writing. The RTOS is this case, is a lite WearOS mode. It has your OnePlus watchfaces and the following first party apps: - Phone - Barometer/Altimeter - Daily Activity - Sleep - Stress - SpO2 - Heart Rate - Workouts - Weather  - Alarm - Timer - Stopwatch - Compass  - Flashlight - Media Controls - Settings In that mode, **3rd Party apps, 3rd Party watchfaces and 3rd party complications are disabled**. You also need to set your complications in your watchfaces in Smart Mode BEFORE switching to Power Saver mode, as you will not be able to edit them. Here are all the differences between Smart Mode and Power Saver mode in a neat table! Activity | Smart Mode (Snapdragon W5) | Power Saver Mode (BES 2700) --- | --- | --- Official Watchfaces | Yes | Yes Bluetooth Calling | Yes | Yes Notifications | Yes | Yes (Read-Only) Raise to Wake | Yes | Yes Alarm Clock | Yes | Yes Compass | Yes | Yes Some Exercise Modes: Outdoor/Indoor Running, Outdoor Walking, Outdoor Cycling, Free Training | Yes | Yes Find Your Phone | Yes | Yes Media Control | Yes | Yes Weather | Yes | Yes Flashlight | Yes | Yes Sleep Detection, Heart Rate, Blood Oxygen | Yes | Yes Official Tiles, Daily Activities, sleep, heart rate, stress, exercise, timer, weather | Yes | Yes WearOS 4 Apps | Yes | No Third Party Watchfaces | Yes | No Always On Display | Yes | No Google Assistant | Yes | No Text Size Adjustment (Font Size)| Yes | No Accessibility Settings | Yes | No As shown with the list, you can still make or take calls, contacts all synced with it and dial pad even included. Health and Fitness tracking seem to be fully included with no caveats. And much more. As for notifications, they are fully shown and they are identical in how they are shown in Smart mode. The only difference is that you cannot reply to them in any way.  It may sound a bit limited compared to full RTOS watches like the Amazfit Balance, and the recent Huawei Watch GT5 or even the Huawei Watch 4 Pro, but OnePlus is a WearOS watch first, so I suppose OnePlus don't expect people to use the Power Saver mode that much. Things that OnePlus could improve on the PS mode: - A full stock keyboard of their own for replies (Garmin, Huawei, Amazfit have done it with their recent watches), or at the very least, quick replies - A stock calendar app - It's a big stretch, but making custom watchfaces compatible with Power Saver mode would be great.  Despite that, the watch is a joy to use in said mode. I suspect that a lot of people will use it. Something of a quirk: **The battery percentage level is not shown in Power Saver mode and OHealth stops tracking the battery charge left,** which is a bit disappointing if this was intended. Else, it's a bug that should be fixed. ####Charging rate The watch comes with a charging puck of 4 pins (and a USB-C cable). While the watch magnetically sticks to it, it needs to be aligned with the four pins to charge, so no wireless charging with any QI compatible chargers or back of a phone. The puck is very portable and the fact that it can be used with any USB-C cable is a major plus. At the same time, because of its small size, it is very easy to lose. Finding a 3rd-party replacement might be possible but it's highly likely that only the original charger will reach the maximum speed of charging the watch can support. And this thing charges crazy fast. Not only does the battery doesn't get hot, but it can take around 50% to get from 0 to 50%. And yes, it easily takes less than an hour to fully charge. A watch that charges fast and is long-lasting. Who knew you could get both in the WearOS ecosystem? This watch easily sets up a new benchmark for charging speeds and battery life and you won't find it anywhere else in WearOS. ---------------- # Final Thoughts  Honestly, considering the failure of the first Oneplus Watch (and I really do mean failure), there wasn't much to expect from OnePlus in the wearable market. This became a very nice surprise when it finally got released. The watch managed to exceed my expectations by a very large margin and it absolutely delivered. What's even more impressive is the fact that this is a much cheaper watch in price (around the same as a Galaxy Watch FE) and yet manages to be faster and much more reliable in terms of battery life. And it does improve in some areas, compared with the most expensive version. One caveat however... In terms of software support, we only get 2 Major WearOS updates with it. Not bad, but considering how fast Google tends to make a previous WearOS version rather obsolete, this can be concerning. If you manage to find it on sale, you'll be getting a lot, for less! (And at this moment of writing, the OnePlus Watch 2R is 169$US/209$CAD, on sale at Oneplus website). On a budget, this is the wearOS watch to get. #### Alternatives - If you need the LTE version of the watch, check the more expensive Oppo Watch X (Global version) - If you want the more expensive premium brother: Oppo Watch X/OnePlus Watch 2 (Might I suggest the Nordic Blue? It looks beautiful) - If ECG, Blood Pressure, Period Tracking, Fall Detection are important, Samsung Watches are your choice. Beware of the dreaded battery life. - Need a more focused Fitness focused version of this watch? Check out the Huawei Watch 4 series, if you are in European or Asian countries. (A very similar Dual-Architecture system with two operating systems (HarmonyOS based on Android 12 + HarmonyOS RTOS) with better workout integration and longer battery life. However, you will lose Google Mobile Services. - If you're looking for something outside the WearOS ecosystem: Amazfit Balance/T-Rex 3, Huawei Watch GT5 series, Garmin Vivoactive 5 or Venu 3 are also solid alternatives. Hope you had fun reading this non-professional review. I know I did, writing it, despite taking me several hours.

Yeah, I will not suggest you any of the Ticwatch watches here. My recommendations: - Galaxy Watch 7 or Ultra: Pros Pros | Cons --- | --- Strong Ecosystem | Bloated UI Great amount of features right off the bat | Abysmal and inconsistent battery life Great performance with their new processor (finally) | Some features are exclusive with Samsung Phones Only X | Health Sensors are not bad but not great - OnePlus Watch 2/2R/3 Pros | Cons --- | --- Unbloated skin of WearOS | Ohealth app could be better Snappy performance with its dual-architecture internals | Health sensors could be better Excellent battery life (The OPW3 is the best out of every WearOS watch at this time of writing | Lacking LTE The best battery life saving mode (Makes your watch still functional, while increasing the battery life up to 2 weeks or so) | Software Support experience needs improvement - Pixel Watch 2 or 3 Pros | Cons --- | --- Unbloated skin of WearOS | Battery Life could be better Snappy performance | Easy to scratch/shatter with its design Arguably the best Heart Rate sensor out of all WearOS watches | GPS while outdoor workout is T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E Stellar Software support | X Personally, I'd pick the OnePlus Watch 3, but that's because I am wearing one atm and I frankly love it.

I have found the same thing about Google fit and O-Health. I am using OPW2 though.

OnePlus Watch 2. Great battery life as well as fitness and smartphone features. Previously used a Garmin Vivoactive.

My Oneplus Watch 2 has been great with my 9 Pro XL. Previously had a Garmin, and don't see myself going back to one.

I ended up getting a OnePlus Watch 2R. You just tap the button to go home. The watch is awesome! Would highly recommend.

former Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 40mm series here: battery is kinda meh, almost reaching 10-15h until battery is discharged. performance was also meh, but Samsung Health was plenty of features, from calories intake, to water drunk, to a plethora of exercises I've just switched to OnePlus watch 2R. is still wear OS, but more "vanilla"-ish. Battery life is amazing, never heard on any other watch (they use a new dual-architecture system). those are along the smartwatch line. if you don't want a smartwatch, but rather a fitness watch (a dumber smartwatch maybe?) then you should go for Coros, Garmin or Polar

I have owned android wear watches from the very beginning. Latest being in the opw2 and ticwatch atlas. I know alot of people slate the ticwatch however I have fully enjoyed it. Sleep tracking wise it actually picks up when I wake during my sleep which no other watch has.

I got my opw2 last month. Switched from the pixel 2 and kept the op because of battery life. Sleep tracking for me usually misses a couple of hours at the beginning of the night (that the pixel watch did track). Oddly enough I have no problems tracing naps.

OnePlus Watch 2 (Nordic edition) honestly one of the best watches i used . I used Galaxy Watch with S23 Ultra . I used Apple Watch with iPhone . I still got Huawei Watch gt 3 and ticwatch pro in my drawer :) . Personally i always use same brand phone+watch ticwatch being only exception .

I'm late to this thread, as it is a month old already. I got the new one plus 13 and the free watch 2 r. My first impression, as a female, "yikes the watch is huge, the green band is ugly" Once I set it up, which took all of a minute and a half, I'm impressed. I've set up Fitbit versa and Samsung watches that were a pain in the neck. This was by far the quickest and easiest setup of a smartwatch ever. It appears to have tracked my sleep quite well. Does a good job on activity tracking. Heart rate. I haven't used it much for talk, text or some of the other features. I do wish that it's sleep mode was automatic, I have to manually put it into sleep mode.

I've only been wearing it for 2 days. There's a very light vibration and a beep for notifications. Vibrate and sound for calls. Light vibration and gentle sound for timer. Haven't tried alarm.

I've had my Opw2 for a year now and I'd say the sleep tracking is very accurate. It even tracked my naps which Galaxy watch doesn't do properly(Thinks I only got 4 hours of sleep when I actually napped and woke up for some hours, then went back to sleep)

Oneplus watch 2. It's an amazing watch and very accurate for me. No issues with heart rate or sleep tracking.

Agree. Have one too and I love it. But the OnePlus 2R is worth a look too. As is the Huawei Fit 4 Pro.

The 2 works great for me. The 3 looks nice but it's not tracking sleep-related things as accurately (or at all).

I used 2R for a while with OnePlus Nord 4, and I can agree that notifications don't sync in time from phone to watch. But now when I'm testing (just for fun) original Amazfit Bip (A1608), all the notifications appears in watch exactly at the same time as in phone. So can't really say that the problem is OnePlus phone itself, has to be something to do with OnePlus Watch 2R also. Or did you mean that OnePlus phones has this notification delay problem only with WearOS watches? Btw, awesome review, very detailed and especially that info about Power Saver Mode was really cool to read. Kudos to you!

Great review! I actually switched from the OnePlus Watch 2 to the OnePlus Watch 2R when it came out, purely because of the weight. It's much more comfortable because of this, especially during sports.

Great review! I actually switched from the OnePlus Watch 2 to the OnePlus Watch 2R when it came out, purely because of the weight. It's much more comfortable because of this, especially during sports.

I have the oneplus watch 2 and its pretty neat

Love my watch 2R, the only issue I've been having is sometimes the notifications would show on my watch about half an hour after I've received it on my phone. I've enabled all the "app protection settings" as I was asked to but the notification sync on this thing is a hit or a miss. Sometimes I get notification for a text message which I've already replied on my phone. The worst part is my phone is also a OnePlus Nord I bought this year so if at all the sync issue shouldn't happen within OnePlus' ecosystem itself. Loving the battery life on this thing but I feel the software needs a bit more polishing from their end.

OnePlus watch 2 tracks your deep sleep,light sleep, REM sleep, awake time, risk of breathing problems, respiratory rate and heart rate. It will also detect when you fall asleep and wake up. You will be given a sleep sccore based on your sleep quality along with suggestions for getting better sleep. Not sure how that compares to Samsung watches but it is useful to me.

I bet there will be some poor synchronization of basic things like the alarm. Either use the alarm on the phone or the watch, or duplicate both. They don't work together, they are not synchronized.The same goes for the timer. The second thing that annoyed me in OPW2 was the truncation of messages on the watch. You couldn't read the whole message and had to take out your phone. I don't know how it will be in OPW3 but I think not much has changed. I used OPW2 + SGS24U. Finally I changed the watch to GW7. One ecosystem does a good job though. I'm not complaining.

Dang! Awesome detailed write up. I have had the Watch 2 for about 2 months now (I'm rough on watches and swim frequently, so I want the durability). They did awesome with the styling!

Watch 2r. I love it, it was £170 It looks good, works well and the battery lasts 3 days easily. I may get a watch 2 later on to have a different colour but the 2r certainly isn't letting me down.

This is the answer. I have the OnePlus Watch 2 and I'm pretty much right there with you, except I usually get about 2 days battery if don't charge it. Plus I'm running a Watchmaker face so I'd probably have better battery life if I was on a stock watchface. I've had a Android watch since the first Moto 360 came out and the OnePlus watches have been the best I've had.

I wouldn't say the OP Watch 2's vibration is weak, it's just kind of buzzy and unsatisfying. The watch itself is terrific though. Well built and durable, with excellent battery life. I think the Pixel Watch 3 feels more refined software-wise, and the haptics are unquestionably better. It just doesn't seem like it would take a beating quite as well.

OnePlus watches have excellent battery life and offer health metrics and all other features you'd expect from a smartwatch. Also they're pretty affordable.

One Plus Watch is my new favorite! You cant beat it for the money.

One Plus gives you 14 days on Power Save.

What are your desires and expectations? Must-have or don't-care features? Do you want it to have LTE capability? Regarding Samsung there are only a few things that aren't supported without a Samsung phone and, personally, none of these things are all that important and I'm not sure you'd get those features on any other watch brand anyway, so it's not like you're losing anything by getting a galaxy watch. I've used a pixel watch 2 and, most recently, galaxy watch 7. The pixel watch 3 is essentially a 2 but with an optional larger size; the soc and everything other than the display is the same. If you're considering the smaller size options and considering a pixel watch, you should just get the pixel watch 2 instead of the same size pixel watch 3 of you want to save some money. I stopped using my pw2 because it does not show new notifications as they come in without some sort of manual action, so unless you tap the screen or lift your wrist when you get the vibration, you don't get to see anything and 75% of the time my pw2 wouldn't recognize a wrist-raise gesture, so I'd miss whatever the new notification was. Contrast with the Galaxy watch that has this option to just show the notification card with content automatically. If you want a wearos watch with better time between charges without too much sacrifice of features the oneplus watches are good. They aren't great with fitness tracking and the vibration motor isn't very good. People mention Garmin here but I want to point out that they are not smartwatches and even the smartest ones they make are not smart and lack many features of an actual smart watch. I used a venu 2+ for a while and while I appreciated the fitness aspects, the lack of smarts (and generally bad UI design of both the watch OS and the companion app) turned me off after a while.

pretty much everything outside of wear os will give you that - but if you want to stay within wear os then your best option is a oneplus (up to 4-5 days or you can switch over to their own operating system and get up to 16 - though no access to google services including any installed apps/watch faces). There is also amazfit, fitbit, xiaomi, garmin, coros, polar, suunto, and huawei where you will get +7 days and in most cases somewhere between 10-16 days. Of course there is also the garmin instinct 2 or 3 solar - assuming you don't mind a b&w mip screen, and get up to 3hrs of 50k lux light per day - based on your usage you may not have to charge the battery for years....

I like the OnePlus Watch. Appearance, size and weight ticks all boxes. But I can't retire my AmazFit Balance still gets 2 Weeks of battery life, with everything turned on. It Has all the workout routines I need and it's accurate. It runs Zepp OS, don't really care and both Android & IOS Zepp apps are feature rich. I've never had a single issue with the Balance.

With a diameter of 46mm the watch is certainly bigger than a pixel watch. But does everything a pixel watch does (almost) has a much better autonomy (between 5 and 10 days) depending on your use. Has NFC, maps and everything you can think of. And is cheaper. And, not unimportantly, it's one of the only watches where you can put all those sports-sleep-repeat shenanigans apps on DND. (for those who want it of course)

If you're on an android phone get the OnePlus watch and swap out the band for a mesh bracelet. https://preview.redd.it/4r55g7q1elnf1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cf1872c3e6c197f2eec54de4f3d0598ac112b76