Good design and excellent performance

There is already one of the most awaited smart watches at the start of the year: The Watch 3 OnePlus, which will be available in Europe on February 25 at a price of 349 dollars. And smartwatch With bones that are based on its predecessor, the OnePlus Watch 2, which has had an excellent reception, but which arrives with several improvements in order to notice in a fierce market which has more and more devices. The Chinese company, known for its mobiles and headphones, is trying to stand out with a clock that perfectly combines a design prime With great performance and a battery.

To create the OnePlus 3 watch, the company heard customers who tested Watch 2, who loved very much for its life of the extraordinary battery, their sophisticated health functions and their elegant design, as they pointed out to This newspaper during a session before launch. With this new model, they have done everything a little further, adding in -depth sport and health, a high quality screen and more autonomy; And leave accordingly A device for daily tasks which is also a mode supplement.

In Spanish – the free android that we have used the OnePlus 3 watch for a few weeks with the OnePlus 13, the last smartphone High end of the Chinese manufacturer. A smartwatch This is delivered with Google Wear OS as an operating system and which has an interesting technical file. Of course, it is only compatible with Android devices, so it cannot be used if you have an iPhone; but It offers everything that can be requested an intelligent watch: A sophisticated conception, precise monitoring and a huge battery which does not force to have to load it often.

A sophisticated design

For some time, manufacturers have been looking for designs that make smart watches also serve as a device to become fashionable. And this is one of the aspects that OnePlus insisted the most with his new OnePlus 3 watch, which is available in two colors, green and black (which is the one we have tried); They offer an elegant touch that can be combined with any type of clothing. The new smartwatch The company is also distinguished to offer a circular design and to be made of resistant and durable materials.

The 3 OnePlus watch is delivered with A 46 mm high quality stainless steel box -What keeps its predecessor, a PVD black titanium telescope (steam physical deposit), a black fluorary strap with a stainless steel loop that curves in its upper part to adapt better to the wrist, and a screen LTPO 1.5 inch composed of 2D sapphire glass composed, which guarantees high sustainability and provides greater light.

The screen is one of the large virtues of the OnePlus 3 watch, an elegant and sophisticated watch on the wrist, and which is really comfortable, because it weighs only 81 grams. The new LTPO AMOLED panel (466 x 466 pixels) 1.5 inch, which is combined with a narrow bezel, offers a larger screen area. While the 2D sapphire crystal has a resistance to scratches and impacts, which reduces the risk of wear and dreaded cracks. One of the aspects we loved on the screen is his brightness, which reaches a maximum of 2,200 nitsSo you can clearly see sunny days.

Indeed, the OnePlus 3 watch incorporates Q10 equipment and the flagship screen technology of the Chinese manufacturer. While LTPO technology considerably reduces energy consumption and, in screen mode always on, the update frequency is dynamically adjusted to only 1 Hz, which saves the battery and widens the time of use. Another of the great new-news of the new smartwatch The company's badge is your crownwhich is located on the right side, above the button which gives access to sports modes.

And this time, OnePlus incorporated a redesigned rotary crown which presents a conical design with a pyramid texture and that offer rotation and pressure functionswhich allows the user to have more practical control of various functions and facilitates the fluid and intuitive interaction. For example, this element can be used to move and navigate through the different sports modes, notifications or by watch parameters, among others. While if you press, the different applications that the device have installed are accessible.

Continuing with the design, OnePlus stresses that its watch has been manufactured according to military standards MIL-STD-810H, so that it can support extreme environmental conditions. Also, too Delivered with the IP68 classification and water resistance 5 ATMSo that you can get wet and even swim with him without any problems. The OnePlus 3 watch also has a variety of customizable spheres, which can download more via the OHEALTH application.

One of the most striking is “video watch face” with which each time he lifts his wrist The clock will play a mobile video that is chosen in the sphere. GIF can also be used. Another of the keys to the OnePlus Watch 3 is that it works with Wear OS 5, the latest Google operating system, which includes a series of updates that improve intelligent functions, performance and optimization of energy. It also incorporates updates of major G applications and allows you to change the clock into a new phone without having to restart it.

And this function is wonderful because you don't have to adjust the clock if you change your mobile phone. With OS 5 use, Gmail is now compatible with synchronization and response functions by e-mail, while Google Maps Adimits Synchronized navigation with the mobile phone and location information. Google Wallet, in the meantime, Admits boarding cards or concert tickets.

In addition, WhatsApp messages can be read and respond directly from the clock and Telegram, among other applications; And make and accept calls. The OnePlus 3 watch also incorporates a series of functions that are only compatible with brand phones, such as the use of the smart watch itself to control the mobile remote control and reproduce videos, being compatible with Tiktok Shorts And youtube, or to use the camera of the device.

Battery for five days

Autonomy is, without a doubt, one of the forces of the OnePlus 3 watch and more when you do not want to constantly load the aircraft. The manufacturer's new smart light watch offers a battery that Lost up to 5 days, around 120 hoursuse it in intelligent mode; which are 20 hours more than its predecessor, the OnePlus 2. watch. It can also reach up to 3 days is used intensely and 16 days in energy saving mode.

In addition, it comes with a super fast load with which With only 10 minutes, the autonomy is obtained for a whole day. Some figures affected for various reasons: its capacity is increased to 631 mAh – in front of the 500 mAh of the previous generation – and is equipped with the OnePlus Silicon Nanostack Batturu, a technology that the company has already implemented in its smartphone OnePlus 13 which considerably increases the energy density for longer autonomy without affecting the design thickness.

It is also because The OnePlus 2 watch uses a double processor. The first is the new BS2800, prepared with the Advanced 6 Nm Finfet Transistor, which offers higher CPU performance and NPU treatment power against its predecessor; which also considerably reduces energy consumption, reflecting by a longer battery life. A chip that works jointly with the Snapdragon W5, which is that which allows high performance and that which performs the operating system.

When monitoring sports, the OnePlus 3 watch is very precise. And it is thanks to the new GPS GPS GPS with double frequency (GNS), which guarantees Faster and faster monitoring than your predecessor in outdoor activitiesLike the sessions of running. A clock compatible with more than 100 sporting modes, including the race, walking, cycling, swimming, hiking, skiing, tennis or football; And provides detailed information on the intensity of the training, the efficiency of the exercise and the combustion of the fat.

Also can automatically detect 6 training modes so that the user does not have to change manually. The GPS has also improved, and is that the 3 ONEPLUS watch incorporates a new antenna with a circular polarization, which improves its ability to receive signals from several directions. This improves, for example the monitoring of a route during a race through the city or the surveillance of any outdoor activity. In health surveillance, there are also important innovations.

El OnePlus Watch 3 también ha renovado por completo sus funciones de seguimiento de salud y lo hace con nuevos sensores y algoritmos. Entre ellos se encuentran un sensor sensor de temperatura de la muñeca, un sensor óptico de frecuencia cardíaca de 8 canales y otro de pulsioximetría de 16 canales. Una de las grandes novedades en cuanto a salud es la función de ‘Chequeo de salud’ en 60 segundos, que llegará el mes de marzo. Con ella, el usuario tan sólo tendrá que levantar la muñeca y tocar suavemente el botón de escaneo todo en uno, el que está debajo de la corona.

En apenas un minuto podrás ver las métricas sanitarias importantes en la aplicación. El OnePlus Watch 3 también puede evaluar simultáneamente siete indicadores clave de salud: frecuencia cardiaca, niveles de oxígeno en sangre, bienestar mental, temperatura de la muñeca, calidad del sueño y edad vascular. Todas ellas se centran en tres de los principales problemas de salud: los ronquidos durante el sueño, la salud cardiaca y la salud vascular, proporcionando un sistema de control de la salud completo que cubre las áreas de interés más importantes.

El reloj también incorpora widgets para la esfera que ofrece consejos para aliviar el estrés, datos y, gracias a los algoritmos, puede analizar los patrones de los datos y realizar una evaluación detallada de los niveles emocionales y de estrés. La interfaz del reloj, que se ha actualizado y es más intuitiva, presenta un emoji dinámico que refleja el estado físico y anímico del usuario. Asimismo, permite una monitorización de sueño más precisas, avisando cómo se ha dormido, la duración del sueño o el número de ronquidos. Unos datos que se pueden consultar en la app OHealth, que es realmente completa y fácil de utilizar.

¿Me lo compro?

El OnePlus Watch 3 es uno de los mejores relojes inteligentes que hemos probado en los últimos meses y viene a un precio de 349 dollars que es bastante interesante, y más barato que algunos de sus rivales. Un dispositivo que no sólo ha conseguido mantener los puntos más destacados de su antecesor, sino que, además, los ha mejorado. Es el caso de la batería, que ha aumentado su autonomía hasta las 120 horas, lo que termina con la tediosa tarea de tener que cargar el smartwatch constantemente. 

La pantalla es otra de las claves de este reloj, ya que cuenta con una alta calidad y un brillo que permite ver sin problema la hora o seguir una actividad al aire libre a plena luz del día. Luego está el diseño, que tiene un toque elegante y premium, pudiendo combinarlo perfectamente con cualquier ropa. También resalta por su rendimiento y su precisa monitorización de los deportes y de la salud. Si hay algo que se le puede echar en cara es que no sea compatible con iOS, ya que esto elimina la posibilidad de recomendárselo a alguien que use un iPhone.