OnePlus Watch release date, price, news and leaks OnePlus Watch

• March 22, 2021

It’s confirmed: OnePlus has a smartwatch in the works, the OnePlus Watch, and it’s on the way soon.

Thanks to a teaser posted by OnePlus itself, we’re confident that the OnePlus Watch is going to be launched on March 23 alongside the OnePlus 9 at the company’s official launch event.

Below, you’ll find everything that we’ve heard about the OnePlus Watch so far, including specs, features, pricing and more. We’ll also be updating this article whenever we hear anything new, so check back often if you want to stay up to date on the OnePlus Watch.

Cut to the chase

• What is it? The first smartwatch from OnePlus
• When is it out? Announced on March 23
• What will it cost? Rumors suggest around $178 / £128 / AU$230

OnePlus Watch release date and price

It’s almost certain that the OnePlus Watch is going to be launching on March 23, at an event where we’re also expecting the OnePlus 9 phones to be unveiled.

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau originally confirmed via a tweet that the OnePlus Watch would land ‘early next year’. More recently, the official OnePlus Twitter account responded to an Unbox Therapy tweet by confirming that the company has “a lot more to show on March 23” – suggesting an imminent launch.

Before the official confirmation, though, the wearable had been spotted on the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards), which is something that would usually happen close to launch. It didn’t come as a huge surprise, then, to learn that the device would be announced in March. 

As for the price of the OnePlus Watch, recent leaks have suggested it will cost around $178 / £128 / AU$230, after serial OnePlus tipter Ishan Agarwal tweeted that it would be priced at €150 on the European market.

At that price range, the OnePlus Watch undercuts the launch cost of many of its mid-range smartwatch competitors, including the Amazfit GTS 2, and would be noticeably cheaper than more premium options like the Apple Watch SE and Samsung Galaxy Watch 3.

Of course, it’s worth taking every rumor with a healthy helping of salt, though we already know the watch is set to enter the market at an ‘affordable price point’, as per recent comments made by OnePlus CEO Pete Lau on a company forum.

News and leaks

Despite its imminent official announcement, we’ve already seen what the OnePlus Watch will look like – and we’ve got an idea of what its internals might look like, too. 

A tweet posted by popular tech YouTuber Unbox Therapy revealed a circular case, two visible side buttons and a rubber wristband; a design which most rumors predicted. 

The design looks similar to the circular Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 (without the touch dial), but this single image doesn’t reveal a great deal else about the watch. We do know it’s expected to arrive in a silver color variant (thanks, Android Central), in addition to the black case color featured above.

In perhaps the most surprising turn of events – since the company makes Android phones – we also know the OnePlus Watch won’t come running Google’s Wear OS software, suggesting we could see it using its own proprietary operating system (rather than Apple’s watchOS or rival Samsung’s Tizen OS). Previous leaks also pointed towards this being the case.

Another recent reveal by leaker Ishan Agarwal suggests the OnePlus Watch will be a simpler device without as much processing power or software complexity as top-tier smartwatches. Instead, it will have basic fitness and health tracking features like automatic workout detection, SpO2 sensing, heart rate monitoring and sleep tracking.

A potentially week-long battery life and 20-minute full recharge is, however, very exciting, especially given that most top-tier watches rarely last more than a day or two – and in the Apple Watch 6’s case, less than a day. 

In terms of its chipset, we’re still unsure of the specifics. Whether the watch will come packing the recent Snapdragon Wear 4100 or 4100 Plus processor remains to be seen. There’s no specific rumor on this, but it would be the obvious choice given that most alternative options are quite old now. 

Also interesting is a certification listing which lists two models of the OnePlus Watch, and while we don’t know for sure what the difference is – or indeed whether a companion device will be announced at the same time – it’s likely that one of them includes LTE connectivity.

All of these questions will be answered on March 23, so make sure you stay tuned to TechRadar for our coverage of the OnePlus 9 launch event.

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It’s confirmed: OnePlus has a smartwatch in the works, the OnePlus Watch, and it’s on the way soon. Thanks to a teaser posted by OnePlus itself, we’re confident that the OnePlus Watch is going to be launched on March 23 alongside the OnePlus 9 at the company’s official launch event.…