Huawei watch been delivering fantastic battery life for years. I own watch pro 2. Easy 7 to 10 days. Titanium case, sapphire glass. Huawei currently on their watch 4
When I first saw the leaked render I thought that the flattened space between the buttons might have capacitive touch for navigating menus, but damn. Not even a rotating crown. Might be okay if it at least runs the aqua touch feature that Oneplus has been touting on the 12. Somehow I doubt they've got it running on a watch though...
Great Review ! Just ordered mine unbelievable value, used a £50 voucher one plus gave me plus Buds 3 included all for £219. Looking forward to 8th March 24 delivery date.
I love how when talking about battery life champs in Wear OS world the reigning champs, Mobvoi are nowhere to be found... You guys do this for a living right?
@@aamirsidd94 You think it's worth to buy it? I had Galaxy watch 5 44mm for a few days and return it because of poor battery and not the most smooth UI experience. I still rock my old galaxy watch 46mm which gives me 1,5 to 2 days if I use it for answer messages and pick up calls at work if I use it more lightly I get around 3 days 2,5 years old watch. I am looking for watch with at least 2 days of battery life with moderate usage what I mean by that, few calls per day maximum 1-2 nun by call, and 10-20 messages send per day + basic monitor like every 10min heart rate etc. Or 3 days+ with lighter usage. I was thinking of I still not ditch the possibility to write messages and just get something like Amazfit balance or Huawei gt4 and then I saw this one you think it's worth it, all I am afraid of is that OnePlus will drop software updates after 1-1,5 year and I plan to use watch like this for at least 2-3 years. Or maybe ticwatch 5 pro but problems with software but it's possible to get it for around 180-200 euro. I don't know myself paying 300 euro for watch is bit high for me but if it's worth it.
Bought Galaxy Watch 4 classic earlier. Great watch with great functionality..but they don't mean anything if I have to always make compromises because of the battery. I will never buy a smartwatch again with less than five day battery.
Seriously, when I saw the rave headlines of all videos regarding the battery 🔋 life of this smartwatch I was expecting 4-5 days in smart mode, but no, it's no better than a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro or TicWatch Pro 5, no rotating bezel (and yet, there is no lack of borders on this OnePlus Watch 2, they are more than abundant 🤧) or crown, no fall detection, no ECG... In fact, it's the testers/youtubers (in reality, they're more salespeople than anything else) who make brands today allow themselves to release such mediocre products at such high prices, pfff 🤦🏽♂️
The Ticwatch can do it because of its secondary screen layer. So basically turning the "real" display off to save battery. OnePlus is doing it by having a low powered processor to run the device when you're not running complex tasks. Without some special trick a smartwatch running wearOS and the same processor isnt going to see this kind of performance. Credit where credit is due. This is a clever solution.
I think it's perfect for people like me who value battery life, notifications, and music control above fitness and sleep tracking. I have a big wrist so the size is perfect, but I can see how it wouldn't fit a woman's wrist well. The only real downside for me personally is the rotating crown, I would have liked that to either function or be another oval button, but it's not a deal breaker.
For us with small wrists, it would make us look like a toddler wearing one of those giant phone tracking watches. lol. Example: 23 seconds into the video.
Different OS's, so not a direct apples-to-apples comparison. This runs Wear OS, which has an app store and can run third party apps. So you can run apps like Google Maps etc. That 2 day+ battery life is impressive in that context, not as a direct comparison to Garmin. It also has an RTOS "power saving" mode that can do 12 days of life, but no Wear OS apps on that mode
I've considered this one...But a few years ago I bought a Garmin Fenix 6X. And once you have that kinda battery life, there's just no going back. Wear OS or not, all I need it to do is tell me about messages/calls, etc. I do like the OLED displays though.
Nah I have the same Garmin, I’ll take functionality around town any day. Unless I’m in the field, I don’t use the Garmin. But sounds like you use the function of your watches less than I do, so I guess different pov.
Can you disable all the sensors on this watch? I just want battery life, step tracking and nfc for payments. Thats it! I would buy a Garmin, but Garmin insists you use Garmin pay. Immediate pass for me. Thank you!
Dear Android Authority, it would be good for the reviewer to hold the watch in hands if you are going to criticize it. This is more like a third degree CZcams channel; her background is not helping as well.
Google's post is talking about the same thing. Wear OS now enables hybrid architecture setups with the co-processor handling tasks like notifications, watchfaces and activity tracking. OnePlus uses this new functionality on the Watch 2
When will smart watch companies actually measure a wrist? Is your wrist round? No. Are analogue watches round because your wrist is round? No. They're round because of clockwork. So just put a square screen, preferably rectangular on my watch. Make it 16:9 and I can watch proper TV in it. But at least I can get a big watch which displays everything I want. Only small brands have noticed this so far. Circular digital screens are as offensive as if they started to put notches on smartphones or round off the corners of perfectly good rectangular screens.
Oh and they need to be USB C not dedicated 'wireless' charging. No-one wants a special watch charger, Fitbit et al. We want to slap it down on any wireless charger, or just plug it in with USB-C. We're not savages. There's no reason they couldn't agree a simple flat, QI2 charger, or make them work on normal QI2 chargers. At least they've let you use any cable you want, that is a plus but not a big enough improvement. They've used a standard 22mm watch strap so kudos to them for that. You can use any strap you want, unlike Fitbit and Apple and all the other manufactured e-waste companies. I really want the EU to make proprietary smart watch straps completely illegal. They're such a disaster. My Casio strap from the 80s lasted longer, and I could replace it with anything I wanted (most popular watch ever btw and they still make it). Proprietary stuff is a disaster.
Apple is not 100% perfect so don't compare everything with it. I used since yesterday & watch works like butter.what's missing is app like wearable & 3rd party syn with strava
Round watch with protruding legs both sides ... it will not look nice on hand.. same issue with the Samsung watch also. If the fitting is not nice, then no point to speak about its features.. i go back to Fitbit eventhough google almost killed it..
Still cant beat Apple and samsung watches in terms of design and features. That watch looks outdated. Not everyone use their watch for time and fitness tracking, watch is for fashion too!!
OnePlus watch 1 had less than a year of support, and it's full of bugs. (owner of OnePlus watch 1) Idk who will want to buy a second generation with that attitude
Maybe this time it'll be different because the OnePlus Watch 2 is pretty much just an Oppo Watch under a different name and using the OHealth app instead of the OnePlus Health App.
Thing looks monstrous
Huawei watch been delivering fantastic battery life for years. I own watch pro 2. Easy 7 to 10 days. Titanium case, sapphire glass. Huawei currently on their watch 4
When did the Apple Watch become the standard of the world for accuracy?
Quantified Scientist did a video on Apple Watch accuracy versus actual hospital grade monitors, it’s pretty darn accurate.
There are plenty of video showing how accurate Aplle watches are compared to medical grade devices.
I also don't know, but all tests point to that. Apple Watch, especially the Ultra, is extremely accurate.
When I first saw the leaked render I thought that the flattened space between the buttons might have capacitive touch for navigating menus, but damn. Not even a rotating crown.
Might be okay if it at least runs the aqua touch feature that Oneplus has been touting on the 12. Somehow I doubt they've got it running on a watch though...
I got mine, two weeks ago! I really love this watch. Updated from Galaxy 4. I'm so impressed for the battery and the smoooooth operation software.
Did you use Galaxy watch 5 pro? Just wondering...
It's HUGE!
Woah. Except for the thick bezels, seems like a good step up
Those Bezels are huge, they would be a deal breaker for me.
Do you think it can be made functional via a software update?
Would love a followup/update especially to your concerns when you were testing this released version of the software.
thank you for testing, and suggestions.
This watch actually looks pretty sweet.
Great Review ! Just ordered mine unbelievable value, used a £50 voucher one plus gave me plus Buds 3 included all for £219. Looking forward to 8th March 24 delivery date.
Doesn't the ticwatch pro and samsung watch 5pro last longer?
I don't know if I want to get it now, looks huge
it's smaller than the apple watch ultra 2, which was massive on my hands
Do you guys think they could add the crown rotation functionality via software update or is that something that's lacking a hardware issue?
probably hardware
I love how when talking about battery life champs in Wear OS world the reigning champs, Mobvoi are nowhere to be found... You guys do this for a living right?
You didnt mention huawei watches they are beast of battery life and features!
How responsive is the nfc? I know some lag might happens because the watch change the os.
How is the vibration on this watch? Does it resemble the apple watch haptic feedback, or more of a Samsung vibration?
More Samsung than Apple (Context: I use the Galaxy Watch 4, Apple Watch Series 9, and now this OnePlus Watch 2)
@@aamirsidd94 You think it's worth to buy it? I had Galaxy watch 5 44mm for a few days and return it because of poor battery and not the most smooth UI experience. I still rock my old galaxy watch 46mm which gives me 1,5 to 2 days if I use it for answer messages and pick up calls at work if I use it more lightly I get around 3 days 2,5 years old watch. I am looking for watch with at least 2 days of battery life with moderate usage what I mean by that, few calls per day maximum 1-2 nun by call, and 10-20 messages send per day + basic monitor like every 10min heart rate etc. Or 3 days+ with lighter usage. I was thinking of I still not ditch the possibility to write messages and just get something like Amazfit balance or Huawei gt4 and then I saw this one you think it's worth it, all I am afraid of is that OnePlus will drop software updates after 1-1,5 year and I plan to use watch like this for at least 2-3 years. Or maybe ticwatch 5 pro but problems with software but it's possible to get it for around 180-200 euro. I don't know myself paying 300 euro for watch is bit high for me but if it's worth it.
2 year old Galaxy watch 5 pro is running laps around this in every category including battery life.
I'm not sure honestly.
The 9 year old LG Urbane 2nd Edition Lte watch had a 570mah battery.
Bought Galaxy Watch 4 classic earlier. Great watch with great functionality..but they don't mean anything if I have to always make compromises because of the battery. I will never buy a smartwatch again with less than five day battery.
I was kinda hyped for this, until i saw how it looks.
Auto detect has to set in the setting app. I am interested.
Seriously, when I saw the rave headlines of all videos regarding the battery 🔋 life of this smartwatch I was expecting 4-5 days in smart mode, but no, it's no better than a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro or TicWatch Pro 5, no rotating bezel (and yet, there is no lack of borders on this OnePlus Watch 2, they are more than abundant 🤧) or crown, no fall detection, no ECG...
In fact, it's the testers/youtubers (in reality, they're more salespeople than anything else) who make brands today allow themselves to release such mediocre products at such high prices, pfff 🤦🏽♂️
The watch seems quite chunky, that's the big downside for me
It has a crown, it rotates like a crown but it does nothing...
It's not hard, it's huge. Ticwatch can do it with the W5 chipset so others can get 2+days.
The Ticwatch can do it because of its secondary screen layer. So basically turning the "real" display off to save battery. OnePlus is doing it by having a low powered processor to run the device when you're not running complex tasks. Without some special trick a smartwatch running wearOS and the same processor isnt going to see this kind of performance. Credit where credit is due. This is a clever solution.
What about the battery life on the Ticwatch, and the Huawei watches?
I got a Huawei watch 3 pro and ain't charged it in 2 days and still at 90 percent,😜👌
@@blaxican_ It's a great watch.
Another watch with a great battery life is the Xiaomi Watch S1 Pro.
Those are more fitness trackers than anything, that’s why people don’t usually count them.
I think it's perfect for people like me who value battery life, notifications, and music control above fitness and sleep tracking. I have a big wrist so the size is perfect, but I can see how it wouldn't fit a woman's wrist well. The only real downside for me personally is the rotating crown, I would have liked that to either function or be another oval button, but it's not a deal breaker.
I feel like its real competitor is the Ticwatch 5P, which also uses a non-wearos "essential mode".
For us with small wrists, it would make us look like a toddler wearing one of those giant phone tracking watches. lol. Example: 23 seconds into the video.
I love the big screen. It reminds me of my TicWatch Pro 5. This has me really interested.
I wish the bezels were more on par with the galaxy watch 6. They seem a bit chunky on the OP2
Ordered mines. Looking forward to it
And batery of galaxy watch 5 PRO????
Where have y'all been Amazfit has been doing 15 days of battery for years?
Apparently no one has ever used a Garmin smartwatch before. 2 full days is not impressive if you are used to getting 5-7 out of a Garmin.
Different OS's, so not a direct apples-to-apples comparison. This runs Wear OS, which has an app store and can run third party apps. So you can run apps like Google Maps etc. That 2 day+ battery life is impressive in that context, not as a direct comparison to Garmin. It also has an RTOS "power saving" mode that can do 12 days of life, but no Wear OS apps on that mode
True. My Venu 3 gets 7-8 days of battery life when just using it as a smartwatch. The Connect IQ store isn't great though compared to WearOS.
I got huawei gt 2 pro,2 years ago bought,still running up to 14 days battery life
I love this watch - the larger size is wonderful. Easy to see the screen and easy to touch and use. This is the best watch I have ever had.
With 2 Processors and 2 OS's (Wear OS and RTOS), forget about updates anymore for firmware or software.
I have Huawei Gt3 since last 2 years giving 2 weeks battery every single charge
I've considered this one...But a few years ago I bought a Garmin Fenix 6X. And once you have that kinda battery life, there's just no going back. Wear OS or not, all I need it to do is tell me about messages/calls, etc. I do like the OLED displays though.
Nah I have the same Garmin, I’ll take functionality around town any day. Unless I’m in the field, I don’t use the Garmin. But sounds like you use the function of your watches less than I do, so I guess different pov.
I like this watch, and am thankful for a watch that actually fits on a man's wrist. Did I miss something, or doesn't this have SPo2 function?
It has SpO2 function
@@aamirsidd94 thank you for letting me know.
Have you ever checked the Oppo watch? I have one. It got the same functionality with 2 different OS and CPU for power saving YEARS AGO
That's why I bought a garmin, 16 days of battery life in smart watch mode.
For $150 more. 👍
That doesn't have wear os, not a comparison Im afraid
Ticwatch Pro 5 has 615mah on Wear OS and 96 hours battery life
Oh I know why the crown doesn't do anything when it spins, it's a built in fidget spinner :D
Why wait till after the watch comes out. People look for these videos before products release.
I wish they would make a transflective watch. My Bip 1 lasts for literally a whole month!!!
Have not done anything OnePlus ever since OnePlus One phone. Basically since Koush and Kondik left. This watch looks nice though.
I'd try it
Huawei watch GT series have been giving us 2 weeks of battery life for years now.
Insane battery is 4 days?
How does Google wallet work on this? It doesn't have NFC afaik, so what's the point?
It does have it
Good review. I'd still buy this watch over the Google pixel watch 2.
Can you disable all the sensors on this watch? I just want battery life, step tracking and nfc for payments. Thats it! I would buy a Garmin, but Garmin insists you use Garmin pay. Immediate pass for me. Thank you!
my gt3 pro stands for 14 days on regular use and all live tracking sensors working!
My G-Shock battery lasts 5+ years....
Does your GT3 Pro have Google Maps, Whatsapp and Spotify?
Does it have wear os?
Iphone support?
hi what is your wrist measurement?
The lack of a rotating crown ruined the watch for me
I have the watch 6 classic and tbh never use it.
@@neruul cool?
@@jamesjames7601 not sure if that's cool, but maybe usefull for people who are considering this watch who never had a rotating bezel.
@@neruul Neat?
Dear Android Authority, it would be good for the reviewer to hold the watch in hands if you are going to criticize it. This is more like a third degree CZcams channel; her background is not helping as well.
Does it need two OS? didn't Google write about switching between AP and mcu or what it was
Google's post is talking about the same thing. Wear OS now enables hybrid architecture setups with the co-processor handling tasks like notifications, watchfaces and activity tracking. OnePlus uses this new functionality on the Watch 2
Um idk but my watch 4 classic easily goes more than 2 days with all the features and apps running
Just pre-ordered to pair with my oppo find x7 ultra 👌😜🔥🔥🔥
Does it pair with smartphones with Chinese ROM?
Thanks for teh review, i'll wait for the Galaxy Watch 7.
Use a Huawei watch to see the big battery life. Goes up to 14 days on a single charge.
Mobvoi tic watch pro 5....
Ticwatch pro 5 has a bigger battery... And your reference should be garmin not apple 😮
What size is the watch band????
22 mm
22mm bands. You can use third party bands, easy to swap.
Meanwhile my Huawei Watch 4 is getting me 2 weeks minimum
When will smart watch companies actually measure a wrist? Is your wrist round? No. Are analogue watches round because your wrist is round? No. They're round because of clockwork. So just put a square screen, preferably rectangular on my watch. Make it 16:9 and I can watch proper TV in it. But at least I can get a big watch which displays everything I want. Only small brands have noticed this so far. Circular digital screens are as offensive as if they started to put notches on smartphones or round off the corners of perfectly good rectangular screens.
Oh and they need to be USB C not dedicated 'wireless' charging. No-one wants a special watch charger, Fitbit et al. We want to slap it down on any wireless charger, or just plug it in with USB-C. We're not savages. There's no reason they couldn't agree a simple flat, QI2 charger, or make them work on normal QI2 chargers. At least they've let you use any cable you want, that is a plus but not a big enough improvement.
They've used a standard 22mm watch strap so kudos to them for that. You can use any strap you want, unlike Fitbit and Apple and all the other manufactured e-waste companies. I really want the EU to make proprietary smart watch straps completely illegal. They're such a disaster. My Casio strap from the 80s lasted longer, and I could replace it with anything I wanted (most popular watch ever btw and they still make it). Proprietary stuff is a disaster.
Apple is not 100% perfect so don't compare everything with it. I used since yesterday & watch works like butter.what's missing is app like wearable & 3rd party syn with strava
How do you do Android authority review but review the Android watch to the iWatch? How about review it to other Android watches let's try that.
Does it work with iPhone?
No unfortunately. Android only
Everyone suddenly forgot Ticwatch Pro 5 exists, and No OtHeR sMaRtWaTcH hAs ThIs MuCh BaTtErY.
5:59 is that a "manual" washing machine ?
No, it's a water rowing machine. The water is the resistance. There's more or less resistance, depending on how the fan blades are adjusted.
@@TimmyMAah, thanks!
Does it have Google pay
Yes it does
Meanwhile my 5,5year old 1st gen Huawei gt still have almost 2 weeks battery life 😂
can this connect to other android phones?
Have you ever known a smartwatch to not connect to any phone?
@@slickshewz yes my sam sung watch doesnt connect on iphone
@@mfactor but works with all Android phones...
@@slickshewz perfect i thought it was a ONE PLUs EXCLUSIVE watch but glad it works with other android phones
Yes, it can connect to other Android phones. However, does not connect to iPhones.
46mm is too big for my wrists.
Yet another attempt at trying to beat the old Gear S3 Frontier. Still, nothing has caught my eye to make me consider upgrading! Nice try though
Will stick with the Galaxy watches
It's massive.
I was interested in this thing, until I found out how stupidly big it is.
Round watch with protruding legs both sides ... it will not look nice on hand.. same issue with the Samsung watch also. If the fitting is not nice, then no point to speak about its features.. i go back to Fitbit eventhough google almost killed it..
It's a watch lol. It looks like a classic watch. Some of us want a smartwatch that looks like a watch. Not a fitness tracker.
Galaxy watch 3 actually lasted forever. Granted it didn't gave google
Still cant beat Apple and samsung watches in terms of design and features. That watch looks outdated. Not everyone use their watch for time and fitness tracking, watch is for fashion too!!
Please don't go by some youtube review and then go buy something. You always find out they oddly left out main facts about the so called item.
So the crown is a wink at Nothing? 😉
Mens wrists in da house!!!!
OnePlus watch 1 had less than a year of support, and it's full of bugs. (owner of OnePlus watch 1)
Idk who will want to buy a second generation with that attitude
Maybe this time it'll be different because the OnePlus Watch 2 is pretty much just an Oppo Watch under a different name and using the OHealth app instead of the OnePlus Health App.
Huawei gt 4 looks like the obvious choice.
0:40 You can't even write "mah" the same way 5 times? It's also written "mAh" and there is always a space between value and unit like "500 mAh"
kinda expensive :)
Nice Samsung ring 💍
They copied Huawei that has had this dual chip setup for years... But they have even better battery life then OnePlus
Well one needs real arms to wear it not baby arms. Then the apple watch 3 might be suitable instead.