OnePlus Watch 3: Health, Sport and Robustness, these new features that could change everything
If it is rumored that “Mini” smartphones could regain their glory of yesteryear in 2025the time is certainly not compactness for the market for connected watches. This is evidenced by the Watch 3 of OnePlus, freshly announced, and which is a little more imposing than the Watch 2 which it succeeds. What she fortunately justifies by technical improvements.
While its Watch 2 Scheduled a 1.43 inch display, OnePlus teams his Watch 3 with a 1.5 inch oled slab, the characteristics of which are nevertheless largely improved. Exit the 1000 cd/m² of the 2024 model, the 2025 watch announces a brightness amounting to 2200 cd/m², which classifies it almost among the most ambitious on the market, “ultra” models included (the Apple Watch Ultra 2 And Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Amount at 3000 cd/m²). This screen also offers LTPO technology, which allows it to vary its cooling rate and fall up to 1 Hz, to better save the battery of the device. It is protected by a sapphire window, which brings us to the sustainability of the device.
More endurance, brightness and solidity
OnePlus intends to make its watch a device that can be used in all types of conditions. The brand therefore offers him a perimeter in titanium and a stainless steel body, an IP68 certification (waterproofing) accompanying its test at 5 ATM, and finally a MIL-STD-810H label (military resistance standard). What therefore hope that it is not afraid of water, shocks, or cold. In return, it is necessary to deal with a housing which remains massive despite refined screen borders, since it measures 46.6 x 47.6 x 11.75 mm. Note that he adopts a rotary crown, absent from Watch 2, and that his battery wins in capacity: we go from 500 mAh to 631 mAh. More imposing, therefore, the watch promises to be more enduring than its elder thanks to this new battery, but also to the re -use of a double architecture (Snapdragon W5 and BE BS2800) operating in concert with Wearos 5, the latest version of the system of operation of Google. In sight, five days of use in standard mode, and 16 days in energy saving mode. A promise that we hope is held, as endurance remains the poor parent in the world of Wearos watches.
New health ambitions … and sport
What to do with such a connected watch? Obviously, follow your daily notifications, but also use the device as a remote control to control the smartphone camera, for example. And above all, make it a health tool. OnePlus intends to convince in this chapter and include sensors that were lacking in Watch 2. Watch 3 is fitted with a temperature sensor, but also electrodes for ECG, these new features accompanying a new generation heart rate meter and A pulse oximeter. The watch even offers a complete analysis to be carried out in one minute, to verify and analyze the heart rate, ECG, the oxygen rate in the blood, stress level, the temperature on the wrist and the quality of sleep quality. On the program therefore, detailed reports and alerts in the event of abnormal metrics.
Much more related to health than its predecessor, the OnePlus Watch 3 is nonetheless a sporting watch. It offers the follow -up of a hundred different activities, including eleven drive modes (running, tennis, etc.). The followers of the outdoor race will appreciate the integration of a double-frequency GPS.
These additions justify a slight price increase. While the Watch 2 cost € 329 when it was launched, the OnePlus Watch 3 is announced from € 349, for an expected availability on February 25, 2025.
