It is not imaginable to check Oppo’s first smartwatch without encountering the elephant in the room, so we could also remove it in the first sentence; yes, the design of the Oppo Watch reminds us very well of the Apple Watch, to the point that it would not be unfair to call it a clone or photocopier.
But once it succeeds, if you can trust, the enduring design, the Oppo Watch is a perfect WearOS watch that could be the most productive Android smartwatch right now.
Stunning screen
I’m testing the largest 46mm foreign edition of the Oppo Watch that will soon be introduced in markets like India, the UK and other parts of Asia and Western Europe, and the display is more surprising, perhaps larger than Apple’s. It is an OLED panel with curved left and right sides (such as the screen of a fashionable phone), which provides an aesthetic visual effect and a more padded sliding surface. Despite its overall shape only 2 mm larger than that of the Apple Watch five 44 mm, the Oppo Watch has a slightly larger screen due to thinner lenses: the canvas measures 1.9 inches diagonally.
More screen means more and more data can be displayed, and the Oppo watch benefits from superbly designed clock dials, adding a customizable dial for the user to use any photo they want.
The rest of the hardware is about to return, but it’s very reminiscent of the Apple Watch. There is a center frequency sensor on the back, there is a speaker on the left side for phone calls and alerts, and two hardware buttons on the right. All wrapped in a stainless metal frame. Included rubber straps can be removed by an urgent release mechanism. The global structure feels premium
WearOS is here…
Google’s WearOS has long been teased through the means of generation for being slow and limited software. WearOS was so bad that Samsung and Fitbit developed their own portable software to avoid using it. But last year’s TicWatch Pro optimized delight enough for delight to be pleasurable, and Oppo has taken another step here: the WearOS running on the Oppo Watch is good.
The first synchronization of the watch is easy, once connected, the watch can get and respond to notifications, as well as access the suite of Google programs like Google Maps Translate and directly on the screen. Navigation in the software is done through a series of swipes and urgent taps and buttons. Animations move smoothly without notice.
For me, the main explanation for why we use a smartwatch is that we check our phones a little less, and the Oppo Watch does. I can browse the first paragraph of a new email on my wrist and have a concept whether it requires a quick reaction or not; I can also reply to WhatsApp messages by dictating voice or typing on a mini on-screen keyboard. The Google Assistant also paints through an urgent yetton (it’s intended to be a way to provoke a voice command, but it didn’t work for me).
… even the best
But WearOS doesn’t make it to Apple’s WatchOS yet. Although I said I could only respond to messages by voice dictation or data entry, no pleasure works as well as on the Apple Watch. The latter can capture full sentences of 15 words with an obvious accuracy of 90 to 95%, while the Oppo Watch can capture perhaps 8 words maximum, with an accuracy of approximately 80%. Writing on a long keyboard on a small portable screen is also difficult, while Apple has a much greater solution with its doodle function (you just have to scribble the alphabets on the screen one by one of pecking on a small keyboard).
Functions and fitness monitoring
Let’s go back to smart news: Oppo Watch’s fitness tracking is accurate. You can track steps, center frequency, and sleep, which Apple’s computer still can’t do. It also has a 5ATM rating, so you can take it for a swim.
Oppo has also designed this virtual fitness master mode, it is necessarily a video that plays on the watch of a non-public master who performs various workouts. The fact is that the user can look and follow. You can choose from several programs, adding “fat burns” for longer high-intensity workouts and morning stretches. The watch also tracks and presents your center, grades the query, and provides voice activations that indicate when you rest and how many training sets.
In terms of battery life, the Oppo watch can last two days with a single rate if used in all its diversity (i.e. with notifications enabled and constantly using its wise features); there is a “battery saving mode” that only presents the time and tracks the center frequency and steps, and lasts 21 days. It is impressive that the watch can track the center frequency in this mode. The rate is made through an exclusive magnetic evaluator included in the box.
It’s like an Apple Watch for Android
The Oppo watch is generally a perfect laptop. It looks better/more modern in my opinion than the Fitbit Versa 2, while keeping track of correct fitness; and is more effective than 2019 from Huawei or Samsung (warning: I haven’t tried Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 3 yet).
However, the value is strange. In India, the 46 mm Oppo watch has a starting price of about 20,000 rupees, which equates to $267. But in the UK, it starts at £329 or $420. The British edition (like the edition that reaches non-Indian markets in Asia) includes eSIM capabilities, while the Indian edition does not, but the difference in value remains impressive.
Like who enjoyed the Apple Watch, but who’s disappointed that it only works on iPhones, I’m glad there’s necessarily an Android version now.
I am a Chinese-American journalist in Hong Kong and I know customer technologies in Asia. Before I focused on this exciting pace, I was editor of general culture with